[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4G 2007 Workshop Submission

[Jody Garnett]

Correction :-)
> Hi Daniel -
>
> I agree that workshops are the most valued part of the conference; I 
> was a bit sad personally to do some more developer focused workshops 
> (but looking at the target audience for the conference I did not 
> expect any such applications to be successful).
I was sad *not* to do some developer focused workshops. I am a developer 
and frankly I need more developers on the different open source projects 
I am involved with. I would like nothing more then to set up a workshop 
to inspire and involve new contributors in lots of 40.

My impression is that conference attendees are looking forward to using 
the completed products ;-) Either as part of mash up or in a SDI 
"Architecture Slot" (two very large extremes).

Daniel Ames did your developer community talk about a workshop proposal 
with you before you submitted? I know for GeoTools and GeoServer we had 
extensive IRC discussions in order to try and choose the right mix (and 
not overlap).

As for any play time with developers (new and old) I am saving my 
energies for the code sprint.
Jody