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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Dave,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>This is a great idea. I'm definitely
interested (enthusiastic community/Ingres guy that I am) in organizing
something. Meeting with GEOS users is a good idea and that'll be a nice
checkpoint since Victoria. There may be interest in other things related to
Ingres as well such as seeing Ingres in action in a demo. I'll see what makes
sense and work with you off line to schedule.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>This also makes sense given the tight relationship Ingres
has with Talent First. I'm sure there are opportunities for my team and I to
help. Let's talk. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ottawa_users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:ottawa_users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dave
McIlhagga<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 11, 2007 10:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Ottawa
((Canada)) Local Chapter List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Ottawa_users] Code Sprint in
June<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Ottawa OSGeo'ers,</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm not going to be able to make it tonight - so wanted to throw out an
idea that i've been discussing with a few people to the group. Hopefully this
can spawn some discussion over brews tonight.</DIV>
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<DIV>This June has a couple of key events going on ... GeoTec is coming to
Ottawa AND it will be DM Solutions Group's 10th Anniversary! Hard to believe I
know ...</DIV>
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<DIV>DM will have a booth at GeoTec (and will be organizing a heck of a good
party. :) ) but in addition, DM would like to sponsor an opportunity for
projects and their close communities to have 1-2 days for a code sprint,
technical meetings/discussions etc.. here in Ottawa - either in advance of or
after GeoTec. The Code Sprint in Victoria after FOSS4G was a huge success and
with the conference headed for South Africa next September, I thought this may
provide a good opportunity for some of the key developers in North America to
get together.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm a committee member for GeoTec -- so if there is interest, I can push to
have a strong OSGeo / Open Source presence at the conference given the number of
folks who will likely be in Ottawa at that time. I'd encourage anyone coming to
put forward abstracts for presentations and workshops.</DIV>
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<DIV>I've also spoken to the folks at Carleton University from the Talent First
Program -- and they too are keen to help sponsor, provide space etc...</DIV>
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<DIV>Andrew / Ingres -- do you think Ingres could help out too in organizing
something? Maybe a good time to get some of the GEOS players around the
table?</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm really just throwing this out there - looking for ideas, but I can
definitely say that there are a number of things we at DM can do to help pull
this off -- but of course this will require some significant help from the local
OSGeo community to turn this into a raging success!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Let me know what you think -- if everyone feels this has merit -- perhaps
we can organize to talk about this a bit more formally at the OSGeo Ottawa
meeting in early November.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave</DIV>
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