[FOSS4G-Oceania] Fwd: Potential Georabble during event week

[Andrew Harvey]

+0 Tuesday (could work, but might miss people who aren't going for the
workshops and only flying in Wednesday morning)+1 Wednesday (naturally flows after Ozri for those that are interested,
even if they are already Victoria based)+1 Thursday (next most suitable day)
-1 Friday (most people from the conference left already or leaving,
as it would need to be in the evening to capture people working
during the day)
So I agree with Steve,

 if (conferenceDinner.isFlexible?) then {
  geoRabble.day = 'wednesday'
} else {
  geoRabble.day = 'thursday'
}

--
Andrew Harvey

On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, at 6:09 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Suggestion here from Stephen Lead (from Georabble):


> 
> On 25/6/18 5:50 am, Stephen Lead wrote:
>> Hi Cameron,
>> 
>>  If it's easy to shift the conference dinner to Thursday, then it
>>  would make sense to hold GeoRabble on the Wednesday to hopefully
>>  catch some of the Ozri crowd.>> 
>>  If not, hold GeoRabble on the Thursday when there isn't anything
>>  else scheduled.>> 
>>  I don't think it's a good idea to hold it during the 'icebreaker'
>>  event since people will want to catch up with old friends and make
>>  new ones, and not listen to talks.>> 
>>  Cheers,
>>  Steve
>> 
>>  if (conferenceDinner.isFlexible?) then {
>>    geoRabble.day = 'wednesday'
>>  } else {
>>    geoRabble.day = 'thursday'
>>  }
>> 
>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> 
>>> Maurits, Stephen,


>>> It would be great to have you guys weigh in on this vote, bringing
>>> in your experience with GeoRabble. Discussion is happening on: foss4g-
>>> oceania at lists.osgeo.org>>> You can reply to me and I'll forward onto the list, or subscribe to
>>> the list and then reply directly.>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania


>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [FOSS4G-Oceania]
>>> Potential Georabble during event week Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018
>>> 11:55:57 +1000 From: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> To: foss4g-
>>> oceania at lists.osgeo.org>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all, 
>>> 
>>> There has been some discussion going on with GeoRabble organisers
>>> about the possibility of organising a GeoRabble event during the
>>> week of our event. For us to get behind this, obviously we would
>>> need to figure out a time slot when this could make sense.>>> 
>>> The idea is that the GR crew would organise the GR event, and we
>>> would merely make way for this to happen, and promote it to our
>>> attendees. This is all hypothetical, until we get confirmation from
>>> the Melbourne GR organisers that they actually want to do this.>>> 
>>> At today's committee meeting, we batted around some ideas for time
>>> slots when this could happen. The options we came up with are listed
>>> below, with some pros & cons of each.>>> 
>>>> **
>>>> *GeoRabble. Discussed options.*


>>>> **
>>>>  * Ozri is on Wed 21 Nov, finishes at 6pm. It is targeting Vic only
>>>>    (as Ozri happens in other Australian capital cities).
>>>>    https://esriaustralia.com.au/events-ozri
>>>>  * One opportunity for Georabble is to mingle with ESRI users and
>>>>    help move these users one step to the left (toward Open Source),
>>>>    and help reach an audience that wouldn’t usually come to Open
>>>>    Source.>>>> **
>>>> *Options for Georabble night:*


>>>> **
>>>> Tu 20 Nov (Workshop)
>>>>
>>>>  * Pro: Provides an informal introduction to the event, while
>>>>    enabling mixing of crowds. Could be a confluence of Ozri,
>>>>    GeoRabble and FOSS4G SotM folks. Most people will already be in
>>>>    Melbourne.
>>>>  * Con: This is when we have our icebreaker event planned. If the
>>>>    intent of the icebreaker is to let FOSS4G attendees meet each
>>>>    other, then replacing it with a GeoRabble will potentially make
>>>>    this outcome less potent.>>>> 
>>>> We 21 Nov (Presentations) (Ozri day)
>>>>
>>>>  * Pro: Potential to have Ozri attendees continue on from Ozri onto
>>>>    GeoRabble
>>>>  * Con: Would mean we’d need to move dinner (to Thursday).>>>> 
>>>> Th 22 Nov (Presentations)
>>>>
>>>>  * Pro: We don't have anything planned for this time.
>>>>  * Con: Some people may leave after conference day 2, and will be
>>>>    unavailable to attend.>>>> 
>>>> Fr 23 Nov (afternoon of Community Day)
>>>>
>>>>  * Pro: Same day as free Community Day, so volunteers will already
>>>>    be around. Could contribute to festival atmosphere of CD.
>>>>  * Con: Friday is last day of conference, and start of weekend, and
>>>>    many people will be heading home.>>>> 
>>> There is some urgency to coming to a conclusion on this, as our
>>> registrations are due to open on Monday, and one of the above
>>> options requires us to move our dinner event, thus changing what
>>> some people would be registering for. It would be best to not change
>>> the date of the dinner after people have bought tickets.>>> 
>>> So as I see it, the question is in two parts: 1) should we make room
>>> for GeoRabble in our schedule, and 2) if so, which of the above
>>> options makes the most sense for us?>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>> 
>
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