<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Boston AAG in 2017 had ~9000 attendees.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">— Andy<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 19, 2018, at 9:25 AM, Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" class="">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Hi Guido,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I haven't attended AAG but I think it is over 1000 delegates -maybe someone who has more knowledge on AAG can inform us on the exact numbers. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">We can reach out to the OSGeo Marketing Committee and OSGeo-Live for ideas. If we can give away OSGeoLive USBs to all delegates it will be a great boost for OSGeo Promotion and outreach at this key event. Many people in the geography community are not aware of the excellent resource like OSGeo-Live. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">As the costs may be high (if we are planning 1000s of USBs), I suggest that to have someone in OSGeo Marketing Committee/OSGeo Live Team to actively explore if there are organisations willing to sponsor this. The sponsor organisation can have thier logo in the USB. <font size="3" class="">We can then extend this idea for future conferences for OSGeo Live USBs </font>promotion<font size="3" class="">.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">We are planning to run a Panel session (just before the YouthMappers Mapathon ) . I have send a draft abstract to the GeoForAll community .</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Best wishes,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Suchith</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 915.3125px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Guido Stein <<a href="mailto:guido@guidostein.com" class="">guido@guidostein.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>17 October 2018 17:02<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Suchith Anand<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Solis, Patricia; Mueller, Thomas; Chad Blevins;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org" class="">geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org</a>; Thomas Gertin; Sven Fuhrmann; Zeballos, Marcela<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: AAG synergies and collaboration- telemeeting followup</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hey folks,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Again, sorry I missed the meeting. I hope to make any followup ones.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I how many USB sticks are you looking for? Have you found a vendor to produce them and if so do you know how much you need to create them? Did you want to do bootable disks, if so can your vendor create the bootabe disks?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">As someone who is on the marketing comittee and who has done a run of USB live sticks for a FOSS4G I can tell you that it is not as easy or inexpensive as I thought it would be to make them. That said, they were a very useful tool to share with our workshops and to new users who were able to get them to work.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Other than the youth mapping project, is anyone submitting a talk or panel about open source?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I look forward to working with you all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Guido</div><br class=""><div class="x_gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 11:30 AM Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank" id="LPlnk668456" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="x_gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div id="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Thanks. I will aim to send the draft abstract for the panel session tomorrow to all.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Guido, all - Please share your ideas on the OSGeo USBs . May I also suggest to reach out to OSGeo Marketing committee for ideas on how we can plan to get OSGeo live USBs to all AAG delegates. All ideas very welcome.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Best wishes,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Suchith</div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr style="display: inline-block; width: 901.15625px;" class=""><div id="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Solis, Patricia <<a href="mailto:Patricia.Solis@ttu.edu" target="_blank" id="LPlnk196417" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Patricia.Solis@ttu.edu</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>17 October 2018 16:16<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Suchith Anand; Guido Stein; Mueller, Thomas<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chad Blevins;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" id="LPlnk51142" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org</a>; Thomas Gertin; Sven Fuhrmann; Zeballos, Marcela<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: AAG synergies and collaboration- telemeeting followup</font><div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div id="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="" class=""><div lang="EN-US" class=""><div class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_WordSection1"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Hi Suchith – you capture it very accurately! Thanks, and looking forward to this!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Patricia</div><p class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Patricia Solís, PhD</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">CoFounder and Director, YouthMappers</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Geography</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Department of Geosciences</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Texas Tech University</span></div><p class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span></p><p class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> </span></p></div><p class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank" id="LPlnk162766" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 7:06 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Guido Stein <<a href="mailto:guido@guidostein.com" target="_blank" id="LPlnk833799" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">guido@guidostein.com</a>>, "Mueller, Thomas" <<a href="mailto:Mueller@calu.edu" target="_blank" id="LPlnk279956" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Mueller@calu.edu</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Chad Blevins <<a href="mailto:cblevins@usaid.gov" target="_blank" id="LPlnk983211" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">cblevins@usaid.gov</a>>, "Solis, Patricia" <<a href="mailto:Patricia.Solis@ttu.edu" target="_blank" id="LPlnk182497" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Patricia.Solis@ttu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" id="LPlnk792602" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" id="LPlnk348701" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, Thomas Gertin <<a href="mailto:tgertin@gmail.com" target="_blank" id="LPlnk393822" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">tgertin@gmail.com</a>>, Sven Fuhrmann <<a href="mailto:sfuhrman@gmu.edu" target="_blank" id="LPlnk794230" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">sfuhrman@gmu.edu</a>>, "Zeballos, Marcela" <<a href="mailto:Marcela.Zeballos@ttu.edu" target="_blank" id="LPlnk623824" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Marcela.Zeballos@ttu.edu</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>AAG synergies and collaboration- telemeeting followup</span></div></div><div class=""><p class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p></div><div id="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thank you to Patricia, Marcella, Tom, Phillip who were able to join our telemeeting. . I hope I correctly summarised the main points from the discussions below . Please correct/edit/modify as needed.</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><ol start="1" type="1" class=""><li class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">We discussed ideas for supporting YouthMappers hackathon at AAG 2019. Patricia, Marcella are involved in organising this. We can support them by helping organise a panel session (just before the hackathon) bring key panelists. </span></li></ol><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class="">Action - Suchith to prepare a draft abstract for the proposed panel session and send it to GeoForAll list with request that any two volunteers who are planning to be at AAG 2019 act as co-chairs for the session. We can then submit this by Oct 24th?</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">2. We discussed the importance of having strong presence for OSGeo at AAG 2019. Once idea was to have OSGeo Live USBs handed out to all AAG participants, students etc . This will be a great way to reach out to the participants as well as serve a great value to the participants. </span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">There will costs but doable if we are able to find an organisation to sponsor the OSGeo Live USBs ? Guido- it will be great to have your ideas for this. The sponsor can put their logo in the USB? All ideas welcome.</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">Patricia - please add any other points I missed? Thanks.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">Suchith</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="x_m_-7878797636942265401m_-997951198294130208x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><pre class=""><br class=""></pre><pre class=""></pre></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><pre class="">This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee
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