FOSS4G 2007 - whats in a name?

Arnulf Christl arnulf.christl at ccgis.de
Sat Sep 30 17:40:56 EDT 2006


Hi All,
while waiting for things to happen (the RFP is there and waiting) we might
as well find out what the name of next year's conference will be. We all
know that names are really important and I guess that there will be
several opinions to this one. The roots of this conference all had
different names: MUM, OSG, FOSS4G, GRASS, EOGEO and Joint Conference (I
wonder about that "joint" though).

1. We might choose to continue with this traditionn and choose yet another
name. This will also make sure that only people who really care about it
will come and we don't get into troule with the size. Lets call it
GeoBonkers' Meeting.
2. Alternatively the name could be changed to "OSGeo [year]" (as in the
Wiki currently is the case).
3. On the other hand I like FOSS4G a lot because it adds the Free we are
missing in OSGeo and it would make a lot of sense to not change yet again.
Before I change it everywhere we can talk this over.

With all the roots, joints and grass we could add a pinch of psychedelic.

What do other people feel (or hallucinate) about this?

Regards,
Arnulf






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