[OSGeo-Conf] Logo for FOSS4G 2008

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 3-Oct-07, at 11:57 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:

> If anybody remembers who registered http://www.foss4g2008.org/ please
> speak up, I think that would be a good placeholder that could just  
> point
> to whatever it becomes in the end.

OSGeo has that name registered and it is pointing to a server that  
will host foss4g2008 website.

> There are several possible addresses for FOSS4G that I think have  
> already
> been registered. My favorite would be
> http://www.foss4g.org

Venka clarified what the requirements were for obtaining foss4g.org,  
which I passed on to this list for discussion a while back.  In  
general, I believe that having foss4g.org under our banner is a good  
idea regardless of the final name.  However, the particulars of  
meeting the requirements he outlined are, I believe, something the  
committee needs to discuss.

Then perhaps the naming debate could continue after that :)

Personally, I think we need to start looking at conference web site  
as part of the main OSGeo site, regardless of the domain names used  
for the particular.  What we have now is a scattered history of  
events located on different servers, one per year, managed by several  
different groups.  Meaning our proceedings, historic info,  
applications, etc. are all re-designed every year and potentially  
(eventually?) lost.  I'll bring up the issues in a separate email.


Tyler