[Foss4g2009] A helping hand.

[Cameron Shorter]

Doug,
Great to hear from you, and welcome aboard.

 From your interests, it seems like you would be technically competent, 
which is excellent because people like you are in high demand.

Here is some background, and my suggestions for involvement, highest 
value first:

Getting the workshops sorted out is going to be quite a challenge. It is 
one area where local volunteers like yourself will be especially 
valuable. Mark Leslie has started work on this, but is at the very early 
stages of planning. He has drafted a call for workshops here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Call_for_Workshops
and recently sent an email out about computer requirements:
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/2009-January/000640.html
There will be lots of questions answered about workshops, like whether 
we use the LiveDVD or not, whether we use Windows or Linux, etc, etc.
So if you have an interest in this area, it would probably be the 
highest value you can add.

The LiveDVD project is ticking along. We have produced a liveDVD.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
Next steps is to automate much of the building of the liveDVD so that it 
can be recreated much more easily than in the past. This ties in very 
closely with packaging DebianGIS, UbuntuGIS and building a GIS Virtual 
Machine. All related projects.
Stefan Hansen has been working on the LiveDVD between paying projects.

And the other big ticket item at FOSS4G will be the Climate Change 
Integration Plugfest
http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
This project is just starting, with the OGC and Bureau of Meteorology 
taking lead roles.

Our next Organising Committee teleconference will be next Wed 21 Jan at 1pm.
You might want to meet us in person for the meeting. LISAsoft where I 
work is based in Pyrmont.

Doug White wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just joined the mailing list and I am happy the assist where possible 
> with tasks etc for conference. I am still digesting the wiki in stages 
> so bare with me while I come up to speed, it seems everyone has been 
> very busy!
>
> One thing that came to mind... are there any documentation 
> requirements for the LiveCD or workshop sessions?  Maybe I could help 
> there?
> Noted thread on relationship with SSI 
> (http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/2009-January/000639.html) 
> - as a member I might be able to help here as well.
>
> A little background...
> I suppose my interests revolve mainly around integrated solutions and 
> data migration/management. I've been working with open source software 
> for a-spatial data management and services for a number of years and 
> have more recently shifted my focus back to geospatial applications 
> (FWTools, web applications, etc).  I am particularly interested in the 
> application and promotion of OS software for value adding existing 
> commercial and non-commercial systems.
>
> I have good deal of experience within Local Government IT realms and 
> think that there should be a fair amount of interest in this 
> conference from that sector in particular.  Happy to make some phone 
> calls to discuss/promote conference among contacts.
>
> I look forward to getting involved.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug White
> Geospatial Consultant
> Omnilink Pty Ltd
>
>
>
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