[Foss4g2009] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Re:FOSS4G Conference Presentations and an academictrack

[Paul Ramsey]

More than anything else, the Sydney team needs someone with an
academic background to step up and take on the academic track:

- organizing the peer review panel
- selecting the publication mechanism
- selecting the papers for the academic track

In 2007 Tyler and members of the education committee did that for me,
which was invaluable. In 2008, a member of the LOC was sufficiently
academic to do it. For 2009, a volunteer from the academic community
is needed. Us ordinary folk don't understand what makes a good process
for this stuff, we need someone who does. Could that person be you,
Jorge?

P

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Jorge Gustavo Rocha <jgr at di.uminho.pt> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The proceedings discussion is related with the previous one about the
> OSGeo 'main' conference strategy. The OSGeo Foss4g strategy includes a
> scientific/research discussion on the annual conference? Or the meeting
> is more focused on the tribes and the business?
>
> Fortunately, there are already so many business initiatives around the
> OSGeo tools, but it is quite dangerous to transform the main conference
> in a fair to sell services around OSS. We must have all the participants
> involved in the open source process.
>
> FOSS4G 2009 was a good starting point. They started an academic track,
> and they selected a known local publication to include selected papers.
> Serena Coetzee organized the reviewing process, in which I was involved.
>
> This year, more than an ISBN (which means nothing), we need a good
> journal to published some selected papers. We don't have much time, but
> I think we could talk with Springer to have the FOSS4G proceedings
> published in the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series
> http://www.springer.com/series/7418
>
> As I said in the beginning, it is a strategic option: either we do have
> an academic track or not. But if we choose to have one, we should make
> it seriously.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jorge Gustavo
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> Qui, 2009-05-21 às 06:57 +1000, Cameron Shorter escreveu:
>> What is involved in getting ISBN publication for FOSS4G conference papers?
>>
>> Chris, Linlin, Abbas,
>> Is this something that the University of NSW or University of Melbourne
>> could facilitate?
>>
>> Paul Ramsey wrote:
>> > Beyond the logistics of this (which I think Gavin has explained
>> > nicely), there is a big benefit in having published proceedings for
>> > our academic attendees, who need that bibliographical credit to get
>> > things like funding to attend, and so on. Having an academic track and
>> > publicizing it and making sure people know they'll get a
>> > bibliographical credit in an ISBN publication is important for a chunk
>> > of attendees.
>> >
>> > P.
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Cameron Shorter
>> > <cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> conference_dev,
>> >>
>> >> Questions from Harley who is coordinating the selection of presentations.
>> >> Answers about prior experience welcomed.
>> >>
>> >> Harley Prowse wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Will we require presenters to provide a written version of their
>> >>> presentations for a CD or some kinds of published proceedings?  Has this
>> >>> been done in the past for FOSS4G?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> The implications are:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1)      Letting everyone know
>> >>>
>> >>> 2)      A standard will need to be developed
>> >>>
>> >>> 3)      Cost of publishing
>> >>>
>> >>> 4)      Getting the full presentation submitted in time to prepare CD etc
>> >>> in time for Conference
>> >>>
>> >>> 5)      Time to put it all together etc
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Harley
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> *Harley Prowse*
>> >>>
>> >>>
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