[FOSS4G-Oceania] FW: FOSS4G-Oceania Workshops Announced [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Thu Aug 16 19:23:31 PDT 2018

Re: full day participants only get food once - how about if we provide
morning refreshments / snacks pre-first workshop?

On Fri., 17 Aug. 2018, 12:20 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> So if you book two workshops, and eat only once, should we not provide a
>> discount?
>>
>
> Yep, a discount could make sense, but I think we did discuss it and
> decided to keep it 'simple' (whether this is actually simpler or not, I'm
> not sure). I think the cat's out of the bag and we will have to live with
> this... but we could *possibly* arrange a discount code for people who ask?
>
> Perhaps we should add a link at the end of each (i.e. on the 'resigtered!'
>> page or in the ticket email) to link to the other registration process...
>
>
> Great idea! We can easily do this on the email that gets sent out when
> someone buys a conf registration. I'll do it now.
>
> Clearly we're heading into a phase where we need to be increasing our
> communications... but I'm feeling pretty swamped with writing news items,
> web page content, tweets, emails, etc... can I call out for some help with
> this aspect? Would be great to have a bit of a crew of writers to tag team
> this stuff, and help generate content for the media pipeline.
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 12:09, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
>> Apologies for miossing the meeting today, had a meeting I could not alter.
>>
>> Agreed wit hSarah ( and I also forgot that the workshops were not
>> included). Will have to scrape some more funds… Hope 100 is not too steep
>> for many attendants ( but it is a fair price) . That said, they include
>> catering, right? So if you book two workshops, and eat only once, should we
>> not provide a discount?
>>
>> M.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
>> behalf of Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu>
>> *Date: *Friday, 17 August 2018 at 12:06 pm
>> *To: *John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *"foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] FW: FOSS4G-Oceania Workshops Announced
>> [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>>
>>
>>
>> Great!
>>
>>
>>
>> But yes, also 'registration can be separate' implys that the cost is
>> covered in the full conference registration. Which is what I had thought
>> until this morning too. Oops sorry to miss this too.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, if these are two separate registration processes, which I believe
>> they are?  Perhaps we should add a link at the end of each (i.e. on the
>> 'resigtered!' page or in the ticket email) to link to the other
>> registration process... Just so we don't lose potential people (i.e.
>> registrating for conference, but did not know about the workshops) in this
>> process?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri., 17 Aug. 2018, 11:50 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Awesome, thanks for spamming, Jonah!
>>
>>
>>
>> Just one small point of clarification: the half day workshops are $100
>> each, so attending both a morning and afternoon session would be $200. In
>> case anyone asks.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 11:34, Sullivan Jonah <Jonah.Sullivan at ga.gov.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Below is the promotional email I spammed my organisation with.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Jonah Sullivan,* GISP-AP* |*  Geospatial Analyst
>>
>> Maritime Jurisdiction Advice
>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/marine/jurisdiction>
>>
>> National Location Information Branch
>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information>
>>
>>  *t* +61 2 6249 9516     www.ga.gov.au
>>
>>
>>
>> *Error! Filename not specified.* <http://www.ga.gov.au/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Sullivan Jonah
>> *Sent:* 17 August 2018 11:27
>> *To:* GIS List
>> *Subject:* FOSS4G-Oceania Workshops Announced [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>>
>>
>>
>> The FOSS4G-Oceania <https://foss4g-oceania.org/> Conference has
>> announced the workshop line-up.
>> <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/workshops>
>>
>>
>>
>> Workshops are a great way to get practical experience in a hands-on
>> session guided by expert practitioners and project developers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Workshop registration <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/registration>
>> can be separate from the full conference registration: workshop day is
>> $100, full conference is $400.
>>
>>
>>
>> The workshop submission period is closed, the submission period for the Community
>> Day <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/community-day>, and conference
>> presentations
>> <https://foss4g-oceania.org/present/call-presentations-and-workshops>
>> are still open.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Community Day is an opportunity to get participants to engage with
>> any project.
>>
>>
>>
>> Projects could be:
>>
>> ·         Humanitarian mapping (Missing Maps
>> <https://www.missingmaps.org/> or Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>> <https://www.hotosm.org/>)
>>
>> ·         Local mapping
>>
>> ·         Testing software features
>>
>> ·         Improving or creating instructional documentation
>> <https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/documentation_guidelines/> and
>> translations <https://www.transifex.com/postgis/postgis/> for software
>>
>> ·         Improving features in software and/or identifying and
>> debugging glitches
>>
>> ·         Citizen Science
>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/news-events/events/public-talks/public-talks-archive/people-power-how-citizen-science-can-take-your-science-further>
>> initiatives
>>
>>
>>
>> The conference workshop agenda is below.
>> Morning <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/workshops>
>>
>> 1: Visualising Geospatial data with Mapbox JS GL
>>
>> 2: Making maps with OpenStreetMap
>>
>> 3: Introduction to running Auto Scaling Geoserver and PostgreSQL/PostGIS
>> in the Cloud (AWS)
>>
>> 4: A gentle introduction to spatial web services by building your first
>> web application
>>
>> 5: Processing spatial data with JavaScript
>>
>> 6: All the OTHER places you will love using Python in QGIS
>>
>> 7: Bridging Scientific Computing and Virtual Reality with R
>> Afternoon <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/workshops>
>>
>> 1: 0 to 100 on AWS – Building a full stack web mapping application with
>> PostGIS, Geoserver, OpenLayers and ReactJS
>>
>> 2: QGIS Python Plugin Development
>>
>> 3: Spatial data APIs - making your spatial data public without giving
>> away database access
>>
>> 4: Editing OpenStreetMap with street-level imagery and automated
>> detections
>>
>> 5: FOSS4G routing with pgRouting
>>
>> 6: Geospatial data visualizations with d3
>>
>> 7: Open source point cloud processing and visualisation with the PDAL and
>> Potree stack
>>
>>
>>
>> *Jonah Sullivan,* GISP-AP* |*  Geospatial Analyst
>>
>> Maritime Jurisdiction Advice
>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/marine/jurisdiction>
>>
>> National Location Information Branch
>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information>
>>
>>  *t* +61 2 6249 9516     www.ga.gov.au
>>
>>
>>
>> *Error! Filename not specified.* <http://www.ga.gov.au/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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