[foss4g2014] Birds of a Feather wiki

[Jeff McKenna]

I agree Matt, I'll let Philip know to pick a room now through a direct 
email.

-jeff



On 2014-08-28 1:55 PM, Matt Sayler wrote:
> Go for it. We'll get some stuff sent out soon-ish.
>
> There is an entry for a FOSS4G Educators BoF that got put in before I
> was able to get in there and add the rooms. They scheduled it for the
> Exhibit hall, which I suppose is fine, really. However, it's kind of a
> big open public space, and the time given is during the Vendor Social.
> If they're just doing a meet and greet, that's probably fine, but it
> will likely be too noisy to do a serious meeting.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     I see that later times are now available on the wiki, thanks!  I
>     will now share this page with the OSGeo Discuss mailing list.  (it
>     might also be good to share the link on your twitter and press releases)
>
>     http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__FOSS4G_2014_BirdsOfAFeather
>     <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2014_BirdsOfAFeather>
>
>     Or if someone else wants to share it on Discuss, give me a quick
>     yell now :)
>
>     -jeff
>
>
>
>
>     On 2014-08-28 9:16 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>
>         I wouldn't say we need very late, just a few rooms at the end of
>         every
>         session (say 16:30-18:00 wed-fri).
>
>         -jeff
>
>
>
>         On 2014-08-27 8:52 PM, Darrell Fuhriman wrote:
>
>             Yes, we have access until quite late, I forget the hours.
>
>             d.
>
>             On Aug 27, 2014, at 16:48, Jeff McKenna
>             <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>             <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>             <mailto:jmckenna at __gatewaygeomatics.com
>             <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>> wrote:
>
>                 Wow Matt thanks, this is very helpful.  Are there also
>                 rooms available
>                 at the end of day?  (at past FOSS4Gs, there typically
>                 was an hour or
>                 so at the end of the day's sessions, that could be used
>                 for BOFs) But
>                 if not, having all these timeslots through the day is
>                 really great!!
>
>                 -jeff
>
>
>
>                 On 2014-08-27 7:14 PM, Matt Sayler wrote:
>
>                     Added a rough skeleton for the BoFs (someone with
>                     better wiki skills is
>                     free to re-organize into something easier to work
>                     with). We'll have 3
>                     rooms available each day. I made 1 hour blocks
>                     during times I think
>                     everyone will agree are ok. We can potentially add
>                     slots during
>                     keynotes, lunch, etc., but we just haven't discussed
>                     it formally.
>                     Likewise, 1 hour blocks are just guidelines, not
>                     hard and fast. I
>                     should
>                     have room capacity numbers soon-ish as well if
>                     that's helpful.
>
>                     Feedback welcome on all points.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>                     On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Jeff McKenna
>                     <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>                     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>                     <mailto:jmckenna at __gatewaygeomatics.com
>                     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>><mailto:j__mckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>                     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>>
>
>                     wrote:
>
>                         Hi all!
>
>                         I was just thinking of BOFs at the Portland
>                     event, so I went
>                         searching online and couldn't find a reference
>                     to its wiki page (I
>                         did find a recent press release mentioning BOFs
>                     there, but no link
>                         to a page).
>
>                         Refresher: BOFs are self-organized, but we do
>                     need to give attendees
>                         a wiki page so they can sign up, and the wiki
>                     page should list what
>                         timeslots, and rooms, are available to use.
>
>                         So I created a wiki page:
>                     http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/____FOSS4G_2014_BirdsOfAFeather
>                     <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__FOSS4G_2014_BirdsOfAFeather>
>
>                       <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__FOSS4G_2014_BirdsOfAFeather <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2014_BirdsOfAFeather>>
>
>                         It would be great if someone with "boots on the
>                     ground" could edit
>                         that page with details of rooms and timeslots,
>                     then we can announce
>                         it on the Discuss list (or in your future press
>                     releases).
>
>                         Thanks all!
>
>                         -jeff
>
>