[TOSprint] 2015 OSGeo Code Sprint in Philadelphia

Stephan Meißl stephan at meissl.name
Wed Sep 17 02:31:42 PDT 2014


On the hand it might be a pro for Europeans catching both events with
just one long flight. I suspect the number is pretty low though.

cu
Stephan


On 09/16/2014 08:56 PM, Robert Cheetham wrote:
> Aargh.  What do you suggest?  Should we re-open the Doodle poll for
> people to change their answers?  Or start a new one?
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> ------------------
> Robert Cheetham
> 
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> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
> <mailto:pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>> wrote:
> 
>     Um, “arg”.
>     So, at FOSS4G I discovered the FOSS4G-NA dates.  It is the week
>     *after* the March 2-6 week, so no explicit conflict, but for me the
>     conflict is going to be the relative impossibility of being away
>     from the family for two solid weeks. Not sure who else is in the
>     same boat.
>     P.
> 
>     -- 
>     Paul Ramsey
>     http://cleverelephant.ca
>     http://postgis.net
> 
>     On September 16, 2014 at 11:43:06 AM, Robert Cheetham
>     (cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>) wrote:
> 
>>     I talked to a few people at FOSS4G as well and that added a couple
>>     of folks in the past few days.  I agree that this looks like the
>>     best option.  
>>
>>     So Mar 2 - 6 (or some 4-5 day combination that week) is what we'll
>>     plan on.
>>
>>     I'll update the wiki and start making other plans regarding venues
>>     and hotel blocks.
>>
>>     Best,
>>
>>     Robert
>>
>>     ------------------
>>     Robert Cheetham
>>
>>     Azavea  |  340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA
>>     cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>  | T 215.701.7713
>>     <tel:215.701.7713>  | F 215.925.2663 <tel:215.925.2663>
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>>     <http://goog_858212415>rcheetham <http://twitter.com/rcheetham>
>>      and @azavea <http://twitter.com/azavea>
>>
>>     /Azavea is a B Corporation
>>     <http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps> - we apply
>>     geospatial technology for civic and social impact/
>>     /while advancing the state-of-the-art through research. Join us
>>     <http://jobs.azavea.com/>./
>>
>>
>>     On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Jeff McKenna
>>     <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Robert, it seems like opening it up to the Discuss list has
>>         verified the initial results (Mar 2-6).
>>
>>         -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>         On 2014-08-29 12:04 PM, Robert Cheetham wrote:
>>
>>             Thanks, Jeff.  I'll do that.
>>
>>             Robert
>>
>>
>>             ------------------
>>             Robert Cheetham
>>
>>             Azavea  |  340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA
>>             cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>
>>             <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>>
>>             | T 215.701.7713 <tel:215.701.7713> | F
>>             215.925.2663 <tel:215.925.2663>
>>             Web azavea.com <http://azavea.com>
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>>             <http://azavea.com/blogs>
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>>             <http://goog_858212415>rcheetham
>>             <http://twitter.com/rcheetham>  and @azavea
>>             <http://twitter.com/azavea>
>>
>>             /Azavea is a B Corporation
>>             <http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps> - we apply
>>             geospatial
>>             technology to create better communities /
>>             /while advancing the state-of-the-art through research.
>>             Join us in
>>             creating a better world./
>>
>>
>>
>>             On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Jeff McKenna
>>             <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>             <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>>             <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>             <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>>
>>             wrote:
>>
>>                 Robert, maybe you should send this doodle to the OSGeo
>>             Discuss list
>>                 as well, if we really want to know when the best time
>>             for the OSGeo
>>                 community to attend is. (hard to base a decision on
>>             when to hold the
>>                 "OSGeo code sprint" on 9 responses)
>>
>>                 -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                 On 2014-08-24 3:40 PM, Robert Cheetham wrote:
>>
>>                     I've received only 7 responses to the Doodle poll
>>                     (http://doodle.com/__6krhmqpimxx4pdni
>>                     <http://doodle.com/6krhmqpimxx4pdni>) for an OSGeo
>>             code sprint in
>>                     Philadelphia in Feb/Mar.  I'll keep it open until
>>             Friday, August
>>                     29 and
>>                     then report back to the mailing list with the results.
>>
>>                     Best,
>>
>>                     Robert
>>
>>
>>                     ------------------
>>                     Robert Cheetham
>>
>>                     Azavea  |  340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA
>>                     cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>
>>             <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>>
>>                     <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com
>>             <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com> <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com
>>             <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>>> | T
>>                     215.701.7713 <tel:215.701.7713> <tel:215.701.7713
>>             <tel:215.701.7713>> | F
>>                     215.925.2663 <tel:215.925.2663> <tel:215.925.2663
>>             <tel:215.925.2663>>
>>
>>                     Web azavea.com <http://azavea.com>
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>>                     <http://goog_858212415>__rcheetham
>>                     <http://twitter.com/rcheetham>  and @azavea
>>                     <http://twitter.com/azavea>
>>
>>                     /Azavea is a B Corporation
>>                     <http://www.bcorporation.net/__what-are-b-corps
>>                     <http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps>> -
>>             we apply
>>                     geospatial
>>                     technology to create better communities /
>>                     /while advancing the state-of-the-art through
>>             research. Join us in
>>                     creating a better world./
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                     On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Robert Cheetham
>>                     <cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>
>>             <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>>
>>                     <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com
>>             <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com> <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com
>>             <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>>>> 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_
>>
>>                    
>>             <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
>>
>>                          ------------------
>>                          Robert Cheetham



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