[FOSS4G2016] Reminder: Today - FOSSGIS / OSM "Stammtisch" Wednesday 1st of July 2015

[Jeff McKenna]

Till, let me respond to this in a different way:

Both Venka and Markus did not attend FOSS4G Portland.

There was also a FOSS4G-Asia event this past December in Bangkok, where 
the 10 years of FOSS4G was also mentioned (but unfortunately Markus 
could not attend it).

So, Bonn 2016 will indeed be a wonderful way to celebrate 10 years of 
FOSS4G, getting everyone together again :)  [imagine bringing Venka and 
Markus and I on stage there to thank the entire FOSS4G community for 10 
years)

Not that FOSS4G is about any 1 or 3 individuals, it is not, but, it 
could be a great way to celebrate all together.

-jeff




On 2015-07-02 11:13 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Till, Gert-Jan,
>
> Yes indeed, confusion.
>
> Some history:
>
> - FOSS4G was first coined as a term in 2004, and the first ever
> conference to use the FOSS4G name was in 2004 in Bangkok
> - it was at that Bangkok event where Venka, Markus and I met, and we
> came up with the idea/plan to merge the existing GRASS users conference
> and the MapServer users conference, into an annual FOSS4G event
> - the 1st FOSS4G event, hosted by OSGeo, with various communities
> involved, was then held in 2006, as Till noted
> - the 2014 event promoted itself as 10 years of FOSS4G, as Gert-Jan noted
>
> So, true, it is confusing.  But I think yes, yes, we should market this
> as 10 years since FOSS4G Lausanne. (most are not aware of the 2004
> Bangkok event, as only a couple representatives from GRASS and MapServer
> attended it)
>
> I am all for promoting 2016 as 10 years of FOSS4G.   It really is, in
> many ways.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-07-02 4:21 AM, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> there is one issue, I'd like to discuss with you  before we go out with
>> that.
>>
>> In my counts we have 10th FOSS4G - that one in 2012 was missed, so the
>> history is:
>>
>> 1. Lausanne
>> 2. Victoria
>> 3. Cape Town
>> 4. Sydney
>> 5. Barcelona
>> 6. Denver
>> 7. Nottingham
>> 8. Portland
>> 9. Seoul
>> 10. Bonn
>>
>> I thought I've seen something in 2014 or 2015 saying s.th. about 10
>> years I can't find for now...
>>
>> We would like to take that onto our webpage and also advertise a little
>> with that.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Regards, Till
>>
>


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