[OSGeo-Conf] My Prague proposal questions

Jeff McKenna jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Fri Aug 26 11:44:32 EDT 2011


Hello Karel,

I believe you mentioned that CULS is near the Praha airport, and not in 
the downtown core; does that area near CULS have a number of restaurants 
and cafes, or would attendees have to travel to the downtown core for that?

Thanks.

-jeff



On 11-08-26 11:59 AM, Karel Charvat wrote:
> Dear Jeff,
> One more issue, what I would like mentioned CULS is university with 2000
> students and we are planning to organise event, before courses. So in
> principle we are not limited by number of rooms including computer rooms
> Also connectivity to Web is theoretically unlimited, because University is
> interconnected trough University network
> Karel
>
>
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> [mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna
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> Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] My Prague proposal questions
>
> Hello Karel and the Praha team,
>
> I have a few questions/comments about your proposal:
>
> - I like that you already have your local committee separated into
> appropriate subcommittees.  This is very important, as you know.
>
> - I think that the maximum of 500 for a plenary is problematic, but I
> like that you have proposed a workaround (joining the 2 halls by
> teleconferencing/video).
>
> - Very nice to see affordable accommodations available around the CULS
> venue.  I can imagine that the dormitory option would be very popular
> with attendees.
>
> - Thank you for providing your proposed sponsorship levels.
>
> - Very detailed proposed schedule.  May I ask that you specifically slot
> in a time for the OSGeo Annual General Meeting? Thanks (this is often
> forgotten, yet is specifically stated in the RFP).
>
> - It's not clear to me the impact that the national INSPIRE event will
> have on the FOSS4G event.  How many attendees normally attend your
> INSPIRE event?  What if a person wants to attend both events, what is
> the proposed registration fee in that case?
>
> Thank you.
>
> -jeff
>
>


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