[Foss4g2009] Re: [Aust-NZ] Aust-NZ FOSS4G Booth [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Jody Garnett]

Cameron:

I thought tour hosts showed us a room during the tour of the
facilities that was available to run the conference out of if I
recall; it was not really one open to the public (more a room to panic
in private and send people off in different directions).

Jody

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Cameron
Shorter<cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've had a chat with Bruce and Jody about this.
> Thinking about logistics, I think it is important for the Aust-NZ OSGeo
> chapter to have a central nerve centre (ie a booth) that the Organising
> Committee can work from.
>
> In particular, the Organising Committee will be filling lots of roles
> including:
> * Addressing any technical glitches that may happen in the conference. Ie be
> findable by delegates who have noticed a problem.
> * Coordinate planned foss4g activities and volunteers
> * Standard OSGeo promotion to local delegates. This will be our best
> opportunity to source local OSGeo members for the next 5 years or so.
>
> Unless there are any objections, I'll discuss logistics with Tour Hosts.
>
> Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>> I thought the Aust-NZ chapter was putting on the conference :-)  I
>> agree that a lot of us are not going to sit still long enough to be in
>> a booth :-D
>>
>> However it would be a really good place for advocacy and to promote
>> our chapter (may be case of preaching to the converted?).
>>
>> Do we know if OSGeo is going to have a booth?
>>
>> Jody
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bruce
>> Bannerman<bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> It's a great idea, however some thoughts:
>>>
>>> - We'll need to find some money for the stand $2,500 at least
>>>
>>> - We're hosting the FOSS4G-2009, so a lot of us will be helping to
>>> organise
>>> the conference
>>>
>>>
>>> It would be good to have a place for people to find out about us though
>>> if
>>> we could find additional volunteers to stand at the booth and get the
>>> required money.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> [mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett
>>>> Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2009 10:36 AM
>>>> To: aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> Subject: [Aust-NZ] Aust-NZ FOSS4G Booth
>>>>
>>>> I have an interesting question; I just noticed that my
>>>> organization is sponsoring the "power station" (which while
>>>> more expensive then a booth does not include a place for me
>>>> to hang out at FOSS4G).
>>>>
>>>> As the local OSGeo group organizing the conference are we
>>>> going to have a booth? And if so can I please hang out at it :-)
>>>>
>>>> Jody
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