[OSGeo-Discuss] North America (Seattle) codesprint -- last chance to save it!

[Tyler Mitchell]

It'd certainly be cool to help prop these up.  Collecting sponsors, etc. could be a part time job for an organiser :)  

It has been neat to see the other code sprints (New York, Toronto, and others I forget) self organise and deal with it all.  Usually they aren't aiming for as nice as a facility as Michael has been.. hence the added challenge of a deposit :)  Jeroen had similar challenges with Bolsena sprint, but after a few years of running it goes smoother I think.

Remember there is the annual FOSS4G Code Sprint too organised by the FOSS4G event team too.

On 2011-08-18, at 3:36 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

> If I was on the board (ahem), I’d be in favor working on such an idea.  For small gatherings like this, the amount at risk is relatively low – under $10K, not the huge amount that, say, FOSS4G requires.
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> -mpg
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> From: Daniel Kastl [mailto:daniel at georepublic.de] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 5:10 PM
> To: mpg at flaxen.com; OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] North America (Seattle) codesprint -- last chance to save it!
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> Without being able to attend a code sprint in Seattle, I would like to ask, if this isn't something OSGeo Foundation would be able to cover the risks for. In my opinion this is one of the events OSGeo could support, because it has a high impact on its projects.
> Leaving such a risk on individuals is likely to make this kind of events difficult to organize.
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> Daniel
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> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com> wrote:
> The goal of hosting the 2012 North American code sprint here in Seattle is,
> unfortunately, almost dead.
> 
> To date I have received almost $4K in sponsorship money -- thank you to
> Airborne Interactive, Anonymous/CUGOS, Development Seed, and LizardTech! --
> and almost $4K in the form of seven registrations from individuals.
> 
> However, this doesn't get us to the $12K needed to reserve the facilities
> and minimize my risk of defaulting.
> 
> If you are interested in attending and can pay the $525 fee (registration +
> lodging + meals) in advance, please contact me.
> 
> I will try to drum up some more interest down in Denver next month, but the
> longer we wait the higher the chance the facility won't be available
> anymore.  After FOSS4G, if we haven't raised enough funds, I'll be refunding
> the sponsorship and registration monies.
> 
> Details on the event can be found here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2011.  Thanks!
> 
> -mpg
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