[Foss4g2013] [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham update

[Cameron Shorter]

Thanks for the update, they are excellent.
I'll be very interested to hear feedback on how use of volunteers 
worked. I expect it would deserve its own section in the FOSS4G Cookbook.

On 4/07/2013 9:45 PM, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> FOSS4G planning is getting hectic, so it seems a while since the last
> of these updates. Have no fear, we are ready. We were born ready. Then
> for a while we weren't ready, but now we're back to full readiness.
>
> The BIG Entertainment News. For our Gala night in the GeoCamp on
> Thursday we have booked an act that could have been custom-made for a
> tent full of open source geo geeks. Steve and Helen from "Festival Of
> The Spoken Nerd" will be presenting comedy, music, and live
> experiments from their hit shows such as "Technobabble" and "Full
> Frontal Nerdity", which have played to packed theatres at the
> Edinburgh festival, as well as under a giant upside-down purple cow in
> London for "Udderbelly". Audience participation may be required!
>
> Serious News: our academic bursaries, sponsored by edina.ac.uk, have
> been reviewed and awarded, giving a number of students the opportunity
> to attend FOSS4G. The winning students have been informed and the
> remaining students have been offered a place at Early-Bird rates if
> they wish to attend.
>
> Volunteer News: Abi, our volunteer coordinator, has put out a call for
> volunteers and will be collecting names and assigning tasks such as
> staffing the registration desk, pointing lost delegates in the right
> direction, helping run sessions and so on. There's also some specific
> technical volunteers we need to do video and sound tasks. Details and
> sign-up form are on the volunteer web page:
> http://2013.foss4g.org/volunteering-at-foss4g/ All our volunteers will
> be thanked and rewarded specially at the conference.
>
> The presentation programme is being processed, and some minor edits
> are being done to set the style for the printed programme. A live
> timetable to replace the current static provisional one should be out
> in a couple of weeks. We've found a designer to produce a good-looking
> booklet for delegates with all the information (for when the Wifi
> fails? That won't happen).
>
> The committee is now moving to a weekly meeting schedule, and this
> week a number of them are meeting at the venue to discuss logistics
> with the conference centre and university staff, and produce a more
> detailed delivery plan for the days ahead. The 74 days ahead.
>
> Everything is on schedule, hundreds of people have registered, and
> we're heading for a fantastic fun-packed foxy FOSS4G. You will of
> course get regular updates here.
>
> Barry
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