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

[Cameron Shorter]

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.

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

Regards,
Cameron

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,
>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>> LISAsoft
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>>

-- 
Cameron Shorter,
Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
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26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009

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