I agree with Jorge, South America is moving already with or without us.<br>IMO there's not yet a good SA network to justify a big conference.<br>Our hope as FOSS4G 2010 is that Barcelona can be the right place to meet and expand this network.<br>
<br>lorenzo<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jsanz@osgeo.org">jsanz@osgeo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
2009/11/2 Arnulf Christl <<a href="mailto:arnulf.christl@wheregroup.com">arnulf.christl@wheregroup.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">><br>
> On Fri, October 30, 2009 11:49, Rafael Medeiros Sperb wrote:<br>
>> Folks,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Before we go ahead, I would like to know whether the ideia of having the<br>
>> International FOSS4G every two years will be considered, as discussed in<br>
>> Sidney? In this case, we would have international and regional meetings<br>
>> alternating each other.<br>
>><br>
>> Warm regards,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Rafael<br>
><br>
> Rafael,<br>
> from my tiny perspective Brazil is a continent of its own and should<br>
> therefore also have at least one annually recurring event of its own.<br>
> During bootstrapping this is a heavy load on those starting it up but the<br>
> second or third event can - if you manage accordingly - run on its own.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Well, maybe I'm missing something in that thread but Brazil has its<br>
FOSS4G event at <a href="http://geolivre.com/" target="_blank">http://geolivre.com/</a> this month on Brasilia.<br>
<br>
But I have no idea if they are connected with OSGeo or OSGeo-Brazil in any way<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> But it is very important to have you here on the conference committee to<br>
> add a Brazilian perspective. Ideally some folks from Spanish speaking SA<br>
> will also eventually join, for them it definitely makes sense to have a<br>
> local conference in their language. I guess Barcelona will be the right<br>
> time to bootstrap them, if they are not already under way, Lorenzo is very<br>
> active.<br>
><br>
> Can you argument in favor of having the international FOSS4G in Brazil<br>
> apart form it being a great venue and probably offering the most lively<br>
> night life ever? Would it help the cause of OSGeo in Brazil, spread word,<br>
> mission and so on? This might sound like a rhetoric question but I guess<br>
> we should know because it will give us the option to adjust a localized<br>
> FOSS4G event to address these questions.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Arnulf.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>On the other hand, this year was the first gvSIG conference for<br>
Latinamerican and Caribe, with a lot enthusiasm and success AFAIK.<br>
Next year will be at Venezuela and probably next on Brazil. So the<br>
thinks in SA are moving and I see a growing "market" there for OSGeo<br>
and free geosoftware.<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas<br>
Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz</a><br>
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