[VisCom] Open Source GIS Users Meeting in Girona (Spain), march 2007

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Frank, I think you have done the Right Thing.  Our policy on this is
sort of given in paragraph 3 of this page:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Event_Owner#Types_of_Events.2C_Types_of_
Participation

More specifically:

  * There are two kinds of conferences.  Those that
OSGeo-the-Big-Foundation
    wants to take a lead on, and those that
Some-OSGeo-Member-or-Local-Chapter
    wishes to take a lead on.

  * For the former, VisCom will somehow get involved and make things
happen
    (often through a proxy agent, e.g. Arnulf).  Examples are Where 2.0
or 
    OSCON.

  * For the latter, VisCom will issue a Call-For-Volunteers, and then
"back away
    slowly".  VisCom will help out with getting collateral, etc, but
will not
    actually do any "organizing" per se.  Examples are that Hawaii thing
or this
    Spain thing.

Therefore, in accordance with our Policy, I will put out a CFV for the
Girona meeting to the discuss list.

-mpg


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:warmerdam at pobox.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:19 AM
> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: [VisCom] Open Source GIS Users Meeting in Girona 
> (Spain), march 2007
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I have taken the liberty to add this meeting to:
> 
>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Current_events#2007
> 
> There is a lot happening in Spain in the realm of open source gis, and
> hopefully we can have at least some degree of OSGeo 
> involvement at this
> 3 day meeting.  Is this wiki page the right place to put 
> conferences we
> *might* like to participate in?  I could find any other list 
> of prospective
> conferences.
> 
> /me backs slowly away so as to avoid being assigned any degree of
> responsibility.
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
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> warmerdam at pobox.com
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> and watch the world go round - Rush    | President OSGeo, 
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> 
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