[OSGeo-Discuss] Local chapter event planning (Ireland)

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Seth,

Great news on a local event by the Irish chapter in May!  I haven't seen 
any discussions on this within the Ireland chapter mailing list yet (for 
those interested, subscribe at 
https://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ireland); might be a 
good idea to share that news and call for help there.

Regarding financing, please keep in mind that the OSGeo foundation can 
also help if you need backing (you can request help through the OSGeo 
Board mailing list).

Regarding editing the wiki, I'll contact you now through IRC.

Thanks for sharing the news about your local event in May, I will follow 
along its progress on the Irish mailing list! :)

-jeff

-- 
Jeff McKenna
President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna





On 2017-02-07 6:04 AM, Seth G wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We are planning our first event for the Irish chapter of OSGeo -
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland for May this year.
>
> We hope to get around 30 attendees, and will be running some workshops
> and discussions. I have found the following links on the OSGeo wiki:
>
>   * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Event_Management
>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland>
>   * http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Material_Samples
>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland>
>
> A question which is not answered in the above is what other local
> chapters do with regards to financing these events. We need to book a
> hotel conference suite - do most chapter's create bank accounts? Or do
> the organisers pay costs directly?
>
> Also what happens if there is a shortfall in funds (I'm guessing the
> event is cancelled or the organisers make up the difference), or
> alternatively a surplus?
>
> Finally I have been trying to register to edit the wiki to create an
> initial event page at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ - however it has been
> a couple of weeks and I have received no reply/confirmation. Is there
> anyway to see what has happened to this application?
>
> Regards,
>
> Seth
>
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