[VisCom] Re: Geoscience World Congress 2008 - 33rd IGC with deadline soon

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Agreed -- please go ahead and submit it.

-mpg
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Neteler [mailto:neteler.osgeo at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:28 AM
> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Cc: OSGeo-discuss
> Subject: Re: [VisCom] Re: Geoscience World Congress 2008 - 
> 33rd IGC with deadline soon
> 
> Michael,
> 
> currently we are only talking about two (or so) abstracts to
> get into it. Then I don't foresee action for the next many months.
> I don't have the slightest idea why they plan 2 years ahead but
> this is how it works for IGC.
> 
> I just thought to get the abstracts written on the Wiki and submit
> them, nothing else. :-)
> 
> Markus
> 
> On 8/22/06, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at lizardtech.com> wrote:
> > <rant (not directed at Markus)>
> > Am I missing something -- a *TWO YEAR* lead time for 
> planning a session?
> >
> > If someone wants to take the lead on this -- like Markus -- 
> and propose
> > an open source session, I'm sure that OSGeo would be 
> willing in general
> > to take it up: but who knows what OSGeo will be like in two 
> years?  And
> > realistically I don't see any action being taken until sometime late
> > next year or so.  We have enough possible events to worry 
> about in the
> > coming months.
> > </rant>
> >
> > -mpg
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Markus Neteler [mailto:neteler.osgeo at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:36 AM
> > > To: OSGeo-discuss; OSGeo-VisCom
> > > Subject: [VisCom] Re: Geoscience World Congress 2008 - 33rd
> > > IGC with deadline soon
> > >
> > > Hi again on this issue,
> > >
> > > the problem with IGC is that they want an abstract now for 2008.
> > > AFAIK some OSGeo members have already been to an IGC
> > > event, I don't have experience yet.
> > >
> > > One interesting issue is: all the petroleum industry will 
> be there,
> > > I heard that they have 8000 (!) participants. See the 
> excursions they
> > > offer - from Norway to Greenland and Iceland...:
> > > http://www.33igc.org/coco/excursions/default.aspx
> > >
> > > But the fees are a bit prohibitive for me 
> (Full-conference EUR 600/
> > > half-conference EUR 450). With good negotiation we may get
> > > reduced entry, and/or workshop organizers don't pay (no idea).
> > >
> > > In any case: a motivation for OSGeo presence is 
> fundraising there :-)
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > Markus
> > >
> > > On 8/19/06, Markus Neteler <neteler.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I was contacted to advertise the idea of organizing a
> > > > Free Software GIS/Geodata/OSGeo session at
> > > >
> > > > Geoscience World Congress 2008 - 33rd IGC
> > > >
> > > > While 2008 is far away, the deadline for proposing sessions
> > > > is end of *this* month. From a draft proposal by Henning Lorenz
> > > > I have made a wiki page:
> > > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_at_IGC2008
> > > >
> > > > My name therein is a placeholder so far. We should
> > > > now discuss if and how to participate and improve the
> > > > Wiki page (I assume OSGeo presence there).
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > >  Markus
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> > > >
> > >
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