[TCMUG] js.geo

[Kevin Dyke]

I can help out too with U of MN logistics. This sounds like a great event.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:06 AM Len Kne <lenkne at umn.edu> wrote:

> Sounds great. I'm happy to secure rooms/facilities at UMN. When thinking
> about scheduling, it is far easier to find open rooms for a whole day when
> class is not in session (or a weekend).
>
> Len
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 3:06 PM, David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The js.geo events have traditionally been cheap, one-day, 'un-events'.  I
>> have only attended one, when it was associated with FOSS4G in Portland.
>>
>> The first one was in Denver in 2013  [1]
>> The second one was in Portland on the day before FOSS4G 2014 [2]
>> This year, it was in Philadelphia.
>>
>> Past years have included people who are on the leading edge of geo
>> development in javascript.  Most (all?) of them have been held in a
>> university setting to keep the cost down.
>>
>> I wonder if we could team up with U-Spatial to hold it at the U of M.  If
>> people were feeling ambitious, we could potentially pair it up with a code
>> sprint. The original one was held in January, but the last two have been in
>> the fall.
>>
>>
>> 1.
>> http://mapbrief.com/2012/11/21/js-geo-2013-a-meeting-of-javascript-mappers-in-denver/
>> 2. http://lanyrd.com/2014/jsgeo14/
>> 3. http://www.jsgeo.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 10:11 AM, <sdlime at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> How big event are we talking?
>>>
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>>> ------ Original Message ------
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>>> *From: *David Fawcett
>>> *To: *Tcmug at lists.osgeo.org
>>> *Sent: *October 17, 2015 at 10:51 AM
>>> *Subject: *[TCMUG] js.geo
>>>
>>> A week or two ago, Brian Timoney floated the idea of having js.geo
>>> somewhere in the midwest next year.  http://www.jsgeo.com/
>>>
>>> Is anyone in this group interested in putting a bid together?  It could
>>> be interesting to try to pull in some of the non-geo javascript groups in
>>> the Twin Cities too.
>>>
>>> David.
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