[FOSS4G-Oceania] Venue and dates for next conference

Mon Dec 3 14:51:50 PST 2018

FOSS4G Asia is biennial some time between Nov-Jan. So they had FOSS4G Asia
in Hyderabad in Jan 2017 and the next was in Sri Lanka in Dec 2018 and the
next will be Nov 2020-Jan 2021.

Therefore no clash to worry about next year, but a possibility of clashing
in future years.

ALGIM will be held 3-6 November in Wellington next year.

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 10:32 AM adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let’s also confirm FOSS4G Asia’s 2019 intentions (may need to wait till
> they’re done). I wondered if the first week of December might work out
> (after Pacific GIS & RS) - but clashing with FOSS4G Asia is also not great.
>
> I don’t have any real thoughts otherwise - agree that it was pretty
> successful in spite of many clashes this year; but also know that choosing
> which event to attend from a limited travel budget is always tough.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 12:57, Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Agree that we don't want it same week as ALGIM, but also we don't wont it
>> same week as Pacific Conference..
>>
>> Daniel - can you reach out to ALGIM and see if they have a date in mind?
>> I will reach out to the Pacific Conference and confirm the same. I am not
>> sure that the SotM Asia event will have the same impact?
>>
>> The other issue will be of course is weather local government will have
>> funds to send someone to both conferences, or have even have the time to
>> attend both? Maybe Simon Nitz can give us some insight into this as a long
>> ALGIM attendee?
>>
>> We also need to think what % NZ will make up of the conference (I suspect
>> that it will close to 50/50) and how that will effect international
>> visitors (including the Aussies!)
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 11:42 AM Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe we need to reach out to those three events, ALGIM, Pacific GIS and
>>> RS and SotM A and try to work out a way to schedule... if we're avoiding
>>> dates based on last year's (this year's) dates, then it's a bit fuzzy...
>>>
>>> We probably could run at the same time as the PGIS&RS or SotM
>>> conference, but I agree that avoiding the IT event is important.
>>>
>>> The venue sounds great!
>>>
>>> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 12:32 Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't think we can clash with ALGIM while we're in New Zealand.
>>>> It's a large local government ICT conference, includes geospatial - if
>>>> we clash we basically lose local government and vendors that work with
>>>> local government.
>>>> Lots of potential sponsor overlap - their sponsors this year included
>>>> HERE, Eagle (Esri NZ), AWS, Catalyst IT and TechnologyOne.
>>>>
>>>> If we go a week later to avoid ALGIM, we clash with the Pacific GIS &
>>>> RS Conference, if we go a week earlier we clash with State of the Map Asia
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 2:07 PM Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> Venue option sounds ideal. Nice work on checking it out early!
>>>>> As it was 'promoted' as 2019 it would be nice to keep it in the
>>>>> year... I agree Nov is good for Uni timetables too.  This year we had
>>>>> clashes and still so many people came so I don't know if any of those
>>>>> potential clashes in Nov will reduce numbers too much.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon., 3 Dec. 2018, 12:01 Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree with Greg, and +1 for me for a ~ similar timeslot as this
>>>>>> year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a period where universities have free capacity, and none of
>>>>>> the potential clashes in the calendar outlined matter much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> M.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
>>>>>> behalf of Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com>
>>>>>> *Date: *Monday, 3 December 2018 at 11:49 am
>>>>>> *To: *Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com>
>>>>>> *Cc: *foss4g-oceania <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] Venue and dates for next conference
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although it is a busy time of year I think the third week of November
>>>>>> is suitable
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Uni term is finished
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Dovetails into the South Pacific GIS and RS conference
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Wellington weather!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As most of the other conferences have not confirmed 2019 dates then
>>>>>> we should take the lead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We can ignore Ozri, and the SSSI conferences are regional, so don't
>>>>>> think there is much conflict. We may struggle with 'competing funds' to
>>>>>> attend conferences but I don't think time of year will matter for that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it is important that we lock in the dates now, especially as
>>>>>> attendees may need to add to next years budgets, international travel etc.
>>>>>> For some international travel budgets may be more difficult to manage.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the venue would work well - central location and enough space
>>>>>> - do we have any idea of costs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 10:06 AM Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry I missed most of Friday's meeting due to a fire alarm in our
>>>>>> building (which was set off by a water leak?!).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This may seem a little premature without having sorted the governance
>>>>>> arragements, but venues are filling up fast so I'd like your thoughts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been working on a 2019 Events calendar:
>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-bueIooYwUH6q8PQIH0J0Ou_KOpWhmJQl9Qa690z_Ao/edit#gid=57941525
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> November is *the busiest* time of the year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am wondering about two options:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Second half of October - but all of Oct is an exam period at VUW
>>>>>> so maybe we can't get any of the seminar rooms during that time. Still
>>>>>> possibly too close to every else that is happening in November?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Second half of February 2020 - I know, I know, it's too far away
>>>>>> and not in 2019, but it seems way more of a gap in the current events
>>>>>> calendar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would be great to hear some input on these.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, on venue, I met with Victoria University of Wellington last
>>>>>> week and they are keen to assist in helping us host, under a similar
>>>>>> arrangement to University of Melbourne this year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Their proposed venue is Rutherford House in their Pipitea Campus:
>>>>>> https://goo.gl/maps/6Btd98ZGp492
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It has a 300 seat lecture theatre, a 150 seat lecture theatre, a 60
>>>>>> seat lecture theatre and a large number of seminar rooms (like 20 split
>>>>>> across four levels??) that would suit for workshops. A few of the seminar
>>>>>> rooms also have partition walls that can be removed and would allow a
>>>>>> third, larger-than-60-seat space if we had 3 streams again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These rooms are accessed off a large foyer area on a mezzanine level
>>>>>> that would be suitable for lunch and sponsor stands. The building was
>>>>>> recently upgraded and has large windows wrapping all the way around, with
>>>>>> views out over the historic Old Government Buildings and the Beehive (the
>>>>>> executive wing of our Parliament). The main Wellington bus terminal is on
>>>>>> one side of the building and the main Wellington railway station on the
>>>>>> other side, so super convenient. It's about a 4 minute walk to the
>>>>>> waterfront.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They need some date ranges as soon as we can provide them in order to
>>>>>> book us in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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