[TOSprint] 2015 OSGeo Code Sprint in Philadelphia

[Daniel Morissette]

Thank you Robert for your work on this.

With respect to your suggestion of also inviting LocationTech projects, 
I do not have a strong opinion, and I think the host of a sprint is 
certainly free to add some of his own taste to the event as long as it 
does not diverge too much from what the sprinters expect and can afford.

For instance, this year in Vienna the QGIS and GRASS communities joined 
which doubled the number of participants, and the whole thng remained 
manageable thanks to the great venue and Stephan's excellent job.

So I'm all for trying new things personally, but I know that some 
sprinters have expressed the preference to keep the sprint closer to its 
roots in the past, but I'll let them express their own opinions in the 
thread.

Daniel

On 14-08-14 2:17 PM, Robert Cheetham wrote:
> OSGeo Developers,
>
> At this year's code sprint in Vienna, Azavea was asked to consider
> reviving our proposal to host a code sprint in Philadelphia.  We've done
> some research on venues and have a couple of possibilities.  I've
> revised our 2014 proposal and now have a 2015 proposal page up at
> _http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015_
>
> While Azavea could potentially host a smaller sprint (up to 40) in our
> office, we'd like to anticipate the kind of crowd that attended this
> year's code sprint in Vienna.
>
> I would also like to propose that we consider expanding the scope by
> inviting both OSGeo and the Eclipse Foundation's LocationTech
> <http://www.locationtech.org/> projects (JTS, uDig, GeoTrellis, GeoMesa,
> Geogig, GeoJini, etc.).  There are several developers that work on both
> OSGeo and LocationTech projects, and we think this would be an
> opportunity for people to work together.  That said, this would also
> likely require a larger venue and there are likely other considerations
> before pursuing this idea.
>
> I'm interested in your feedback.  I'd like to potentially book a block
> of hotel rooms as well as settle on some dates.
>
> Best,
>
> Robert
>
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