[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2009 to reach those who cannot attend

Sat Aug 1 04:28:11 PDT 2009

Maning, Massimo, Alex, Ravi,

Thank you all for your kinds offers of help with the LiveDVD. This is 
greatly appreciated, will be very valuable, and will also make space for 
the overly committed FOSS4G local organising committee to focus on the 
other aspects of the FOSS4G conference.

As I see it, this is what needs to be done:
1. Anyone who is interested, please subscribe to the live-dvd email 
list, where we can continue the rest of this discussion. 
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo

The wiki associated with this project is at:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Live_DVD
and
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc

2. We need someone who can continually keep track of the status of the 
LiveDVD. Determine what it contains, what package versions are on it, 
how much space is being used, what should and should not be on it etc.
This data should be kept up to date in this wiki:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Live_DVD

2b. Revise the LiveDVD schedule, and then track to it.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Schedule

3. The LiveDVD needs to be tested, and make sure that the current, and 
any future packages all work together without impacting each other. Any 
issues found need to be tracked in the issue tracker.

4. Someone needs to contact all interested parties for the LiveDVD, and 
encourage them to provide data or software, or configurations, etc for 
the LiveDVD. This includes:
* Workshop and tutorial authors who may want to hand out a DVD at the 
conference.
* OSGeo projects already on the LiveDVD, or who want to get on the DVD
* UbuntuGIS, DebianGIS, GISVM, OSGeo4W packaging projects, which have 
significant synergies with the LiveDVD
* And any other people who want to help out.

5. Add what ever new packages, linux software, windows installers, etc 
to the LiveDVD. This is the technical grunt work.
Note that the packaging projects like DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS are quite 
robust, and have been very helpful in getting new people started with 
packaging, and many of these people are also on the LiveDVD email list.

Welcome aboard.
I suggest that any volunteers join the live-demo email list, and respond 
to this email suggesting how you might want to help.
Cameron Shorter, FOSS4G chair.

Ravi wrote:
> Hi,
> volunteer:
> Happy to note a good discussion.
> I can help in seeing the draft of workshops/Labs that deal with Vector-GIS and GIS that focuses on Geoscience. Can help in advising where necessary, to tune the material such that those multitudes not attending the event can equally use the material with ease. 
>
> Cheers
> Ravi Kumar
>
> --- On Fri, 31/7/09, Alex Borrell <borrellalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> From: Alex Borrell <borrellalex at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2009 to reach those who cannot attend
>> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Cc: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com>
>> Date: Friday, 31 July, 2009, 8:12 PM
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:55 AM,
>> Massimo Di Stefano <massimodisasha at yahoo.it>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm  working on a live dvd project based on GIS
>> software,
>>
>> i'm avaiable for any help on the dvd creation.
>>
>> let me know.
>>
>>
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>>
>>
>> Massimo.
>>
>>
>>
>> Il giorno 31/lug/09, alle ore 11:11, Cameron Shorter ha
>> scritto:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Ravi,
>>
>> Yes, you are so right, we do need to collect as much of the
>> material from the FOSS4G conference as we can.
>>
>>
>>
>> One way we hope to facilitate this has been to give every
>> attendee a LiveDVD which can be populated with all the
>> material from the workshops. This means that if workshop
>> presenters can get their data onto the DVD, then they know
>> all attendees will receive it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> So we have budget for the LiveDVD. We have an old version
>> of the LiveDVD (based on FOSS4G 2008). What we need to
>> continue through to completion is to have someone who will
>> coordinate the compiling of the DVD.  This is primarily a
>> project management role, keeping track of what is on the DVD
>> and what should be on it, contacting workshop authors, and
>> project leads and helping them get their projects onto the
>> DVD etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sound like you? It would be an incredibly valuable
>> contribution to FOSS4G and the greater OSGeo community at
>> large.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>>
>> These are all kind thoughts. Would you consider
>> volunteering to help
>>
>> put together the conference live DVD? You can see an
>> example from
>>
>> FOSS4G2008 etc...
>>
>>
>>
>> Jody
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:20 AM, <ravivundavalli at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> FOSS4G every year is a keenly followed event. Many await
>> the publication of material on the website eagerly such that
>> they can follow labs, workshops and presentations of
>> choice.
>>
>>
>>
>> So the present organisers may please request those
>> especially conducting labs/workshops to keep in mind the
>> multitudes who browse them through the internet can have
>> equal benefit. This can be achieved my keeping on the
>> internet for download
>>
>>
>> 1. All the binaries that are required for the exercise
>>
>> 2. All the data that are required for the exercise
>>
>> 3. All the printed material provided for the exercise
>>
>> 4. All the other material provided to the attendees, CD or
>> DVD etc
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree that most of it is done each time, except for a few
>> instances
>>
>> Example:'Download data from the CD provided', is
>> given in the lab pdf.. but the data is not given for
>> download...
>>
>> Example:'Run the pg_setenv.bat file first,'
>> (FOSS4G2007).. even on date a nice archive is available from
>> the FOSS4G2007 website, data, text etc..
>>
>> but, the pg_setenv.bat, not there.
>>
>>
>>
>> This may be trivial for experts, but for those learning
>> through the internet and depending on 'Discuss
>> Lists', it will be a roadblock.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ravi Kumar
>>
>>
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>> I think Massimo is right, there are lots of people who can
>> not attend FOSSG4, but would like to learn
>> through Internet the workshops and conferences. As it is a
>> fast growing field, the sooner the better. Please,
>>
>> if there is a way to help this happen, let me know!
>>
>> I am from Mexico, so if there is some need for spanish
>> translation, or any other work I'll be glad to help.
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>> Alex Borrell
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