[TCMUG] Fwd: Re: FOSS4GNA

[Peter Wiringa]

If anyone is interested in trying to host a FOSS4GNA 2024 in the Twin Cities, see below.


-pete

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Peter Wiringa (he/him/his)
Computing Geospatial Analyst | U-Spatial | Research Computing
Office of the Vice President for Research | University of Minnesota
uspatial.umn.edu
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From: Guido Stein <guido at guidostein.com>
Date: Oct 14, 2022, 6:07 AM -0500
To: Peter Wiringa <wiringa at umn.edu>
Subject: Re: FOSS4GNA

> Hi,
>
> Yes, we did not have much MN participation. Thank you for the heads up.
>
> At the meeting today the group discussed location and we chose to look at Reston VA (near dc group), Nashville (near southern group), and Baltimore (near dc group).
>
> I think that location is a bit arbitrary this year as we are restarting after the pandemic. I hope that we can build a better system for organizing and locating this event in the future.
>
> Would you be interested in hosting for 2024? If so, how much lead do you think a selection process should start (18 months)?
>
> Thanks for reaching out,
>
> Guido
>
> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 4:42 PM Peter Wiringa <wiringa at umn.edu> wrote:
> > > Hi Guido,
> > >
> > > Would you clarify what’s happening with FOSS4GNA? I must’ve missed that it’s set for Baltimore (yes?) when I submitted the interest form with whatever options I checked. I’m happy to try and help as time permits, but I’m far from local.
> > >
> > > I saw a lot of other Minnesotans on the invite and our annual statewide GIS conference is on right now, so I wouldn’t expect you had a good showing from MN today.
> > >
> > > -pete
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Wiringa (he/him/his)
> > > Computing Geospatial Analyst | U-Spatial | Research Computing
> > > Office of the Vice President for Research | University of Minnesota
> > > uspatial.umn.edu
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