[OSGeo-UK] OSGeo UK annual gathering

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Ian,

Although no one is forced to name an event FOSS4G, I think leveraging 
the FOSS4G brand makes a lot of sense (FOSS4G-FR recently did the same 
thing, for their most recent event).

I'm quite happy to hear that FOSS4G-UK is a possibility.

-jeff



On 2014-08-04 7:08 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
> Hi Barry
>
> It's a shame that you won't be able to make it to OSGIS - but good to
> hear that a more spatial project should be in the pipeline...
>
> Plans will be made at OSGIS on how to take things forward in 2015.  If
> OSGIS goes on the road next year then it's quite possible that it may be
> renamed FOSS4G UK.
>
> Ian
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Barry Rowlingson
> <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk <mailto:b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     I'd just like to send my apologies for absence for this meeting, and
>     for OSGIS. Much as it would be great to meet up again with the heroes
>     from FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham and meet a bunch of new people, I'm tied
>     up with work stuff. Sadly this work isn't even spatial[1] and doesn't
>     involve maps :(
>
>     Later this year I am hoping to get involved with a public-facing web
>     mapping project so that should be something to report at OSGIS 2015
>     (or is that going to be FOSS4G-UK?).
>
>     If any of the conference and UK-chapter group are going to be live
>     streamed I'll probably listen in.
>
>     Barry
>
>     [1] Yes I know I've often said all data is spatial because everything
>     happens somewhere - this data is all happening at the same place
>     though!
>
>
>
>     On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Edwards, Ian
>     <ian.edwards at metoffice.gov.uk <mailto:ian.edwards at metoffice.gov.uk>>
>     wrote:
>      > Hi All,
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Plans for the annual OSGIS conference are shaping up very well.
>       Please see
>      > the attached agenda for everything that is going on.
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >                  Fifth Open Source GIS Conference - OSGIS 2014
>      >
>      >                  Nottingham Geospatial Institute
>      >
>      >                  2 - 3   September 2014 - The University of
>     Nottingham
>      >
>      > http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/osgis/
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > We’re planning a get together on the second day where, among
>     other things,
>      > we’ll be choosing a chair to take OSGeo:UK forward over the next
>     year.  If
>      > you’re interested in discussing the role of chair (or someone you
>     know would
>      > like to consider acting as chair or co-chair) then please get in
>     touch over
>      > the next couple of weeks.
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > If you’d like to see anything else on the agenda for OSGIS, or
>     have any
>      > suggestions then please email myself or Suchith,
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Looking forward to seeing you next month,
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > Ian