[Foss4g2009] Re: Fwd: FOSS4G website

[Cameron Shorter]

Simon,
Do you think it would be difficult to start the foss4g2009 website?

As we write about foss4g, it would be good if we could reference the 
website by URL.


mapbutcher wrote:
> Cameron FYI - looks like OCS is the path of choice for OSGeo.
>
> I'm happy to see what I can tackle from the current list of issues for 
> the 2008 site and this will give us a heads up for the 2009 site.
>
> Gavin has asked Frank to register the domain - you cool with this?
>
> Cheers
>
> Si
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Gavin Fleming* <GavinF at mintek.co.za <mailto:GavinF at mintek.co.za>>
> Date: 2 Apr 2008 21:36
> Subject: FOSS4G website
> To: mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com <mailto:mapbutcher at mapbutcher.com>
> Cc: Graeme McFerren <gmcferren at csir.co.za 
> <mailto:gmcferren at csir.co.za>>, "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" 
> <tmitchell at osgeo.org <mailto:tmitchell at osgeo.org>>, Frank Warmerdam 
> <warmerdam at pobox.com <mailto:warmerdam at pobox.com>>
>
> Hi Simon, yes I've got your e-mails, thanks very much for offering to 
> help out.
>
>  
>
> Please use the wiki page that I see you've already looked at to log 
> other issues and progress towards resolving them and correspond with 
> Tyler Mitchell at OSGeo (OCS server admin) and Graeme McFerren, our 
> LOC's conference website manager. Anything you help out with for 2008 
> will directly improve things for 2009.
>
>  
>
>    1. Frank, please register the 2009 domain. Yes it is the intention
>       to host all conferences on the OSGeo conference domain. OCS
>       hosts multiple conferences within a conference series.
>    2. explained in previous e-mail. It has its limitations but we'll
>       see soon whether it plays to its strengths in paper submission
>       and review. You'll see when you login as a Conference Manager
>       that 2009 already has a shell up.
>
>  
>
> Cheers
>
>  
>
> Gavin
>
>  
>
> --------------------------------
>
>  
>
> Hi Gavin,
>
> You may have already received an email from me about my involvement 
> with FOSS4G 2009 - Cameron Shorter forwarded your details to me. I've 
> also posted to the 2009 
> <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/2008-April/000009.html> 
> mailing list
>
> I want to look into the use of OCS for the 2009 website with a view to 
> getting the site up and running and perhaps addressing some of the 
> issues 
> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Committee_Issues#OCS_website_management>you've 
> already raised? - Would you be able to set me off in the right 
> direction on the following:
>
> 1. We'd like to register a domain (/http://www.foss4g2009.org/)/ for 
> the 09 conference. The current 2008 site is a 'conferences' sub domain 
> of the OSGeo site  - is the intention to host all conference sites on 
> this sub domain?
>
> 2. What is your general impression of OCS so far? What were the 
> reasons for going with OCS for the 2008 conference?
>
> Any other info you think might be useful then let me know
>
> Cheers
>
> Simon
>
>  
>
> Gavin Fleming MSc, Pr. GISc Technologist
>
> Senior GISc and Sustainable Development Researcher
>
> FOSS4G2008 <http://www.foss4g2008.org/> conference chair
>
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