[TOSprint] Proposal for Code Sprint in Daytona Beach (please vote on dates)

[Steve Lehr]

It would be ideal to wrap up voting, next week so we can finalize the room reservations with the college.  I know its difficult to commit, but the college will shutdown for US Thanksgiving, and the end of semester craziness and then its Christmas/New Year.  Heck from a business perspective there's only 4 weeks left till the New Year (at best).

Really looking forward to having you all here in Daytona Beach!!

Airports to look at DAB - Daytona Beach International - Connects thru Atlanta on Delta, Charolette NC on American Airlines, and JFK from Jet Blue   this might help with connections ideas:  http://www.flydaytonafirst.com/schedule.stml

DAB is super easy in/out 5 minutes away from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, actually the college is situated off the runway for the flight school.  Here are the other airports that might be cheaper on the surface, but between having to commute another hour plus the extra time dealing with the airports...DAB is probably $200 more to fly in/out of, but you save hours of transportation time and costs.  Of course if you are hitting Disney World while you are here or something, then fly out of Orlando or Sanford.  Or Kennedy Space Center which is an hour South, you could fly out of Melbourne FL or again Orlando.  MCO is the main Orlando airport and probably has the "cheapest flights" because of the volume, but security takes a good bit of time, and typically you need to check in 90 minutes early, and traffic in Orlando can build quickly.

SFB is about 50 minutes South West and typically has good deals on Allegiant Airlines (no-frills)  http://www.orlandosanfordairport.com/

MCO is about 90 minutes West in Orlando FL

JAX is about 90 minutes North in Jacksonville FL


Thanks
Steve
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From: TOSprint [tosprint-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Jody Garnett [jody.garnett at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 1:39 PM
To: Daniel Morissette
Cc: OSGeo Code Sprint List
Subject: Re: [TOSprint] Proposal for Code Sprint in Daytona Beach (please vote on dates)

Thanks Steve / Daniel - and to everyone voting thus far.

I have to think ahead with respect to planning (if Boundless is in position to send more people). How soon could we decide on dates?

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Jody Garnett

On 4 November 2016 at 12:34, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com<mailto:dmorissette at mapgears.com>> wrote:
Hello, Sprinters,

Following our recent discussions about possible venues for the 2017 Code Sprint, we've had some exchanges off-list with Steve Lehr to confirm the feasibility of the sprint in Daytona Beach since that was the option that seemed to trigger the most interest. (I'm writing this on behalf of Steve Lehr)

Well, we have some great news today! Steve has got confirmation from Daytona State College for a large room with great WIFI access ... The college is 5 minutes from DAB Airport, and walking distance to hotels and food, etc:

  https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/29.1941/-81.0615

There are two dates to consider: Feb 7-11 or Feb 28-March 4 to avoid conflicts with the Daytona 500 Feb 26th, and Bike Week March 10-19.

Oh, in return for the use of the space the college would appreciate if we could organize a ~2 hours session for students and personnel on OSGeo technologies. With the quality of the people and projects attending the sprint, I'm sure filling a two hour session would not be a problem at all, right?

The next step would be to confirm this plan and decide on the dates. Let's use a Doodle open for about a week for that, and if we have enough confirmations of interest via the Doodle survey then Steve can go ahead and confirm the reservation, etc.

If you are interested in participating, then please go ahead and vote here:
http://doodle.com/poll/vyyew4ibbwcdp6ka

And BTW, there is a draft wiki page with a few more details here. Feel free to add to it as you wish:

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach_Code_Sprint_2017


Thanks a lot to Steve for his hard work on this so far!

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Daniel Morissette
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