[TOSprint] 2015 OSGeo Code Sprint in Philadelphia

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for setting up the doodle, I will input mine now on the form.

A short note for those interested, is that a yearly FOSS4G-Europe will 
now occur (after a very successful Bremen, Germany event) and there is 
talk now having it around the March/April time; no issue/conflict here 
but just something I want others to be aware of, when we pick timelines 
for the code sprint (I am also letting the Europe committee know this, 
so we all are on the same page).

Talk soon,

-jeff



On 2014-08-14 3:17 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
>