[Ottawa_users] OSGeo workshops/etc.

[Sampson, David]

Scott,

I guess the other issue is access to the computer lab at Carleton while
you are gallivanting on your sabbatical (sp).

Or are you still going to be around in spurts...

Cheers 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Sampson, David
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:49
> To: Scott Mitchell; Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
> Subject: RE: [Ottawa_users] OSGeo workshops/etc.
> 
> I agree...
> 
> BTW your original post got scrubbed, see bellow.  Something 
> is definitely going on with the list serve these days, 
> getting lots of bounces.
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Mitchell [mailto:smitch at me.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:44
> > To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
> > Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] OSGeo workshops/etc.
> > 
> > Sounds and looks great!  This would be a good option to 
> make our work 
> > have lasting / broader impact.
> > 
> > I see Dave is starting to bat tutorial ideas around.  
> Perhaps we can 
> > discuss what it ready, what should be worked on, etc., and when 
> > something is mature enough for a multimedia possibility, we should 
> > schedule something with you.
> > 
> > I keep in touch with the OSGEO Education committee, too, 
> and there's a 
> > lot of demand for not only developing tutorials, but getting them 
> > available and linked to the catalog being built at:
> > 
> > http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content
> > 
> > Dave, note there's some stuff to potentially build on there.
> > 
> > Plus, some of it (hopefully more in the future) is being 
> loaded into 
> > osgeo svn, so that people can directly update content as 
> time goes on 
> > and software gets updated.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Scott
> > 
> > On 14 Apr 2009, at 13:11, Andrew Ross wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > In case it is helpful, so long as it's open source software, I am 
> > > happy to enable workshops/lunch & learn sessions. This
> > means filming,
> > > encoding, with hosting included. All for $0.
> > >
> > > I can do live webcasts too with a decent internet
> > connection such as
> > > cable/DSL or similar.
> > >
> > > There's a bunch of examples on http://fosslc.org. Here's a recent 
> > > example (for OpenMoko, but you'll get the idea -
> > demos/code/slides... 
> > > it's all
> > > good):
> > > http://hosting3.epresence.tv/fosslc/1/watch/53.aspx?
> > >
> > > I'm happy to do this. Please just plan it ahead of time
> > with me so I
> > > can fit it into my schedule. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > > [mailto:ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf 
> Of Russell 
> > > McOrmond
> > > Sent: April 14, 2009 7:54 AM
> > > To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
> > > Subject: [Ottawa_users] OSGeo workshops/etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 12 Apr 2009, Dave Sampson wrote:
> > >
> > >> there was chat about some people interested in some GRASS
> > workshops
> > >> or tutorials on other software.
> > >>
> > >> What do people think?
> > >
> > >   I'm interested to learn more.
> > >
> > >   At work there are some "lunch and learn" sessions that 
> are being 
> > > hosted by ESRI.  They use a combination of a remote desktop
> > (MS Live
> > > Meeting, but could just as easily be Citrix gotomeeting.com or
> > > similar) and a conference call.
> > >
> > >   I've asked the organizer if we could continue these
> > sessions later
> > > to include the OSGeo components as well.  What I don't 
> know is the 
> > > details of how that might be done.  In the case of ESRI 
> they may be 
> > > free and come out of their marketing budget -- so now sure
> > how to do
> > > the same for OSGeo which doesn't have such a budget to dip into.
> > >
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