[Foss4g2009] FOSS4G 2009 Website

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 22-Sep-08, at 10:30 PM, Tim Bowden wrote:

>> the established pattern from 2006-2008,
>> which means we should use:
>> http://www.foss4g2007.org/
>
> Wasn't there some discussion on the marketing list ages ago about  
> this?
> The concern was future domains could be hijacked.  Sorry, I can't  
> point
> to the reference atm.  If we always use foss4g.org/year then we escape
> this issue.  foss4g.org/ would always point to the next/current  
> conf as
> appropriate.

I don't recall the outcome of the earlier discussion, but it's safe  
to say that the only reason foss4g.org/20xx  hasn't been used the  
past two years was because we didn't own foss4g.org until recently.   
I got this done a couple months ago, so we're all set now.  It simply  
wasn't an option and 2007 wasn't going to wait for it to get ironed  
out first.

By using a different domain each year, we are somewhat forking focus  
on FOSS4G as an ongoing event.  Of course a few aliases never hurt,  
but I have a hard time believing that anyone ever specifically  
yearned for the year as part of the URL.

Now to the technical nitty gritty, this involves filing a work  
request ticket to our systems committee (SAC).[1]  I don't mind  
helping here and there, but can't see me leading this process this  
year.  There are some important issues to be worked out - shell  
access for site updates, admin contacts, urls paths etc.  Holler if  
you need help with the ticket.  Will Simon be the main contact from  
your end?

Tyler

[1] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo