[FOSS4G-Oceania] What is our upper limit of registrations?

[adam steer]

hi all

let me ping a couple of contacts at CSIRO (Mel) and BOM (also Mel) before
we advertise.

cheers

On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 at 06:00, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> A PCO is a bit too much, I think. Maybe they will take on a small job like
> ours, but I feel we'd be better served by someone more casual.
>
> I've asked the woman who helps with Locate, and she's not available (but
> would have been great).
>
> I think we need to find a way to advertise the role...
>
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 at 05:17 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> I think we should be open to someone from a Professional Conference
>> Organising (PCO) body being employed for this role.
>>
>> We bring with us passion, and understanding of OSGeo principles. They
>> should bring experience in the logistics and legalities of running a
>> conference. If we find someone we trust, we can potentially bring them with
>> us to the next FOSS4G too.
>>
>> I don't have any particular person in mind for this. SSSI might have
>> worked with a PCO before and be able to recommend someone. I'm CCing
>> Stephen Lead who I've noticed is well connected and might have some ideas.
>>
>> We might also want to reach out to http://pco.asn.au/ and see if they
>> can recommend someone. (We should be careful not to have to trawl through
>> 100s of applicants).
>>
>> On 4/10/18 7:08 am, John Bryant wrote:
>>
>> OK team, let's wrap this one up.
>>
>> I'm reading the comments in this thread as generally supporting setting
>> an upper limit at 250, with some valid concerns raised around our ability
>> to handle the crowd size. With some further discussion on the topic at last
>> week's committee meeting, there was also general support.
>>
>> Let's mitigate the HR risk as best we can, by making good use of paid
>> help in the lead up and during the conference itself (this was also part of
>> the meeting discussion).
>>
>> On that note, I've drafted a role description
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oXjrk-qc2Qmgc2F36EwSUhAcelARwG2Lf5KlAmtOEuQ/edit#>
>> for a Conference Coordinator, and have circulated it to Melbourne-based
>> committee members and others, feel free to share. Comments & suggestions on
>> the role description welcome! It would be good to get someone in place soon
>> - if you know anyone in Melbourne who would be good at this kind of work
>> and is available, get them to drop us a line at admin at foss4g-oceania.org.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> John
>>
>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 at 10:48, Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> On Thu., 27 Sep. 2018, 17:13 Edoardo Neerhut, <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well in that case. Absolutely +1.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe we can frame the announcement around "the number of spots has
>>>> been increased due to the overwhelming response".
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 at 10:08, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Edoardo. Having spent a fair bit of time walking around the
>>>>> venue and looking at the rooms, and gradually gaining confidence as we
>>>>> overcome uncertainty, my opinion is that we can provide a comfortable
>>>>> environment for 250.
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