[Live-demo] Invitation for OSGeo-Live workshop at FOSS4G Europe

[Siki Zoltan]

Hi Cameron,

On Fri, 20 Mar 2015, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> Hi Siki,
> I can see there is a lesson for us to ensure that we organise ourselves 
> sooner. Hopefully we will have an opportunity to submit an OSGeo-Live 
> workshop next year, and next time will be more prompt.

Sure!
>
> Great to hear that OSGeo-Live is still getting used with the other workshops.

This is a great project, what I also used in workshops in Hungary.
Thanks for your afforts,

Zoltan
>
> On 20/03/2015 8:10 am, Siki Zoltan wrote:
>> Dear Cameron,
>> 
>> as the track chair of workshops at FOSS4G-EU 2015, I regret to inform you 
>> that there was no OSGeo Live workshop proposal submitted on EasyChair 
>> system.
>> You were invited to submit a proposal through the EasyChair, the deadline 
>> was on 3rd of March.
>> 
>> I good news for you, one third of the submitted workshops plane to use 
>> OSGeo Live USB thumb drive.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Zoltan Siki
>> 
>> On Thu, 19 Mar 2015, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> 
>>> Great to see that we have both volunteers and ideas flowing for such a 
>>> workshop.
>>> 
>>> I agree with the ideas being suggested so far, and am all for those of you 
>>> attending to agree amongst yourselves what the shape of the workshop 
>>> should look like.
>>> 
>>> I think any such workshops are more valuable when you tap into the 
>>> personalities, and experience of the presenters.
>>> 
>>> My thoughts for the presentation have been:
>>> * Quick introduction to Linux/Ubuntu
>>> 
>>> * Optional: General overview of OSGeo / OGC / OGC standards
>>> 
>>> * Walk through each category, eg Desktop GIS. Very briefly mention each 
>>> OSGeo project in the category (You can draw upon the OSGeo-Live lightning 
>>> presentation if you wish). Then pick one of the applications in the 
>>> category to explain the concepts. Eg, for Desktop GIS you might choose 
>>> QGIS. (The Quickstarts should hopefully contain enough material for this).
>>> 
>>> However, I'd prefer local attendees to take the lead and regarding 
>>> defining content.
>>> 
>>> I'll leave it to those of you attending to coordinate amongst each other. 
>>> Hopefully one of you will volunteer to take the lead in coordinating 
>>> everyone?
>>> 
>>> And hopefully we can get some updated training content which we can build 
>>> into our existing documentation base.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Cameron
>>> 
>>> On 19/03/2015 8:08 am, Daniel Kastl wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>     > 1. What ideas do people have about what should be included in an
>>>>     OSGeo-Live
>>>>     > workshop? What material do people have already which we can
>>>>     build upon? (We
>>>>     > have a starting point with our presentation:
>>>>     > http://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation/index.html )
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It's not clear to me how an OSGeo Live workshop would look like. 4 hours 
>>>> of going through each and every Quickstart?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not really convinced that OSGeo Live makes a good workshop.
>>>> But I think it's a perfect platform to use for every workshop. Almost 
>>>> every FOSS4G event now encourages the use of OSGeo Live (or makes it even 
>>>> mandatory).
>>>> 
>>>> Just a few notes based on my experience with OSGeo Live for my own 
>>>> workshop:
>>>>
>>>>   * Installing a workshop package:
>>>>     It's practically impossible to include every workshop on the ISO,
>>>>     but having to download and install workshop material is always a
>>>>     point of failure and just takes time I would like to use for the
>>>>     workshop. Not sure there is an easy way to do this, maybe a shared
>>>>     workshop directory, that has a link on the Desktop?
>>>>
>>>>   * Very basic "Ubuntu Quickstart"
>>>>     I think for many workshop participants OSGeo Live is the first
>>>>     time they use Ubuntu (Linux). It can be tough to follow a workshop
>>>>     and have to use a completely new OS. Maybe a Desktop background
>>>>     image could provide the most important information (ie. arrows
>>>>     pointing to application menu ...)
>>>>
>>>>   * Reliability and speed of USB sticks
>>>>     It just happens too often, that USB sticks with OSGeo Live don't
>>>>     work as expected for whatever reason. And every event usually
>>>>     orders its own USB sticks from their dealer of choice.
>>>>
>>>>     >
>>>>     > 3. Who will be at FOSS4G-EU and would be willing to help present
>>>>     such a workshop?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I will be there.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Daniel
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan
>>>> eMail: daniel.kastl at georepublic.de <mailto:daniel.kastl at georepublic.de>
>>>> Web: http://georepublic.info
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Cameron Shorter,
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>>> LISAsoft
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>>> 
>
> -- 
> Cameron Shorter,
> Software and Data Solutions Manager
> LISAsoft
> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
> 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
>
> P +61 2 9009 5000,  W www.lisasoft.com,  F +61 2 9009 5099
>