[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G2012: Next Steps

[Karel Charvat]

Dear Cameron,
I think, that from local community we are easy able to attract all people.
Free and Open Source software is used by more companies in our country and
there exist community of companies who are using FOSS solution and some of
them also actively contribute to the development. Academic community is very
active ad in principle already all Universities dealing with GIS or SDI are
in some way in connection with us. What is important, that also public
sector accept FOSS solution, our national INSPIRE portal is hundred percent
based on Open Sources (and Czech Environmental Agency CENIA is member of our
team). Also other public bodies like Forest Management Institute, some
regions are using FOSS solution. So we are sure, that, we are able to
attract communities in our country. Due the fact, that our group is active
in many European research project, but also in commercial activities in
other countries, we are sure to be able attract people from this countries
(Slovakia, Latvia, Poland). We are now running one international conference,
so we have already dedicated group of people, with experiences with this
area and we have also good imagination about necessary effort.
I am also sure, that we are able to attract sponsors from and country, but
also form other European countries.
Best regards
Karel


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[mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G2012: Next Steps

For me, I think that a conference's success is largely influenced by how 
well the local community can attract people from the local community. 
(The international community is important, but will likely come no 
matter what).

So can you please answer:

1. What is your ability to attract local and regional delegates. What 
connections do you have with the local geospatial communities? Are you 
in a position to help encourage participation from local communities?

2. What is your ability to attract local sponsorship? Sponsorship covers 
a large proportion of the costs of the conference. How are you planning 
to attract local sponsors? Do you have anyone in a position to influence 
attraction of sponsors?

3. Do you have dynamic, decisive, committed people on your committee? 
This one might be a bit hard to answer. To be successful, you will need 
to make lots of decisions. Some will have straight forward answers. Most 
won't. You will need to be decisive and you will need to spend a large 
amount of time selflessly thinking about the conference. Doing things, 
and encouraging others to do things. I think I was spending ~ 10 to 15 
hours / week on the conference in the first 12 to 6 months out, then 15 
to 20 hours / week in the 6 months before the conference.

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Cameron Shorter
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