[TCMUG] RE: Dreaming of Iron Sheep...

[Nancy Read]

What kind of a "room" would be good?

One big one? Little break-out rooms available?

 

From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Dolbow, Mike (MDA)
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:48 PM
To: tcmug at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [TCMUG] RE: Dreaming of Iron Sheep...

 

1.       Plan it out very far in advance (several months) so we can try to
get #2 & 3 easily

2.       Find a room for free

3.       Make sure it's either near a) free parking b) transit or within
walking distance of the target audience (might be tough to find)

4.       Get free food from the Consortium (snacks)

5.       Plan happy hour, hopefully nearby

6.       Network, network, network

7.       Season to taste

That's off the top of my head, but I tend to get bogged down in details, so
you all might not want to rely on me for "thoughts". I'm thinking as long as
we're not fronting a lot of money or time, having it be very loosely
organized won't be too bad a thing.

 

From: Bob Basques [mailto:Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:39 PM
To:; Dolbow, Mike (MDA)
Subject: [TCMUG] RE: Dreaming of Iron Sheep...

 

Count me in.  So, what are your thoughts about how to lure those formal
folks into something informal? 

 

bobb 

 



>>> "Dolbow, Mike (MDA)" <mike.dolbow at state.mn.us> wrote:


All right, you all know I mostly lurk on this list but David's post made me
think "yeah"! I've been trying to sell the idea of an un-conference-style
even to a few others lately without a lot of success. This one I think has a
good chance at getting legs, and I'd be willing to help. The key selling
point for me from David is to "cross-pollinate with Web and Design folks who
don't self-identify as GIS or geospatial people". Reason? Us GIS folks are
pretty good at doing a lot of informal (and formal) collaboration, but
"traditional IT" folks (at least in state agencies) really are only doing
formal collaboration. I want to demonstrate the benefits of informal
collaboration.

I'm in. Anyone else?

-----Original Message-----
From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Fawcett, David (MPCA)
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:17 PM
To:
Subject: [TCMUG] Dreaming of Iron Sheep...

Living here in the flat land on the craton, the geospatial world tends to
mimic the geophysical world.  The coasts have some exciting geospatial
events going, but they have earthquakes and hurricanes too. 

Aside from the large conferences that cost a lot of money to attend, there
are quite a few cheap/free unconferences and other events going on.  Free to
attend, but one would just have to buy an expensive airplane ticket to get
there...

I lurk on the CUGOS list, and it is cool to see the things that they pull
together.  The FRUGOS folks have some pretty awesome events too.

I recently ran across this event.
http://www.floatingsheep.org/2012/01/announcing-iron-sheep-map-and-hack-day.
html
And I started to wonder if we could pull of something like this here in MN.
(Of course, we may not have Michael Goodchild and Javier de la Torre, but
how about [fill in your local rockstars here]).

Here are some random thoughts:
- A 4 hour, focused event may be more easy to manage as opposed to an
unconference with lots of breakout sessions. 
- It could be coordinated with MinneBar, MinneWebCon, GIS/LIS, GIS Day,
GIS/LIS Spring Workshops, etc.  Or it could stand alone.
- We could use it as a chance to cross-pollinate with Web and Design folks
who don't self-identify as GIS or geospatial people.
- We could use it to promote (or stimulate the production) of data services
by state agencies and other organizations.
- We would get to know each other better.
- We could follow it up with a social event.

Oh yeah, it would be fun!

David.



David J Fawcett, GISP
Spatial Database Administrator
Information Systems Office
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

651.757.2350
david.fawcett at state.mn.us






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