[OSGeo-Discuss] West Coast USA Conference

[Landon Blake]

Thanks for all of the responses.

Landon


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Jeff McKenna
<jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>wrote:

> Hi Landon,
>
> I think your idea of starting with a one day addition to the existing
> land surveyors event is great, this is a great way to introduce FOSS4G
> to a new community.
>
> Also don't be afraid to 'just do it', if your chapter is interested in
> hosting their own event, excellent!  It's very very important that we
> spread our passion at the local level.
>
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2013-05-07 10:54 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
> > I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS
> > conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce
> > that idea by this general discussion list.
> >
> > I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the
> > California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the
> > West Coast and may be interested.
> >
> > If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change
> > I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors
> > conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly
> > reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some
> > extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with
> > the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference
> > and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this
> > option with them.
> >
> > Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a
> > one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll
> > open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list,
> > and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast
> > conference committee.
> >
> > My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a
> > smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people.
> >
> > I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G
> > conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the
> > interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference,
> > especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the
> > USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years?
> >
> > Please share your thoughts.
> >
> > Landon
> >
> >
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>
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