[OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G UK Day. Was: UK Digest, Vol 100, Issue 2

Steven Feldman shfeldman at gmail.com
Wed Apr 5 01:58:21 PDT 2017


Good advice Chris

Thanks
______
Steven


> On 4 Apr 2017, at 15:47, Little, Chris <chris.little at metoffice.gov.uk> wrote:
> 
> Dear Steven, James, Jo, and others,
> 
> For a FOSS4G UK day, can I suggest that the 19th Sept is better, as there is the big Inspire conference in Germany, 4-8 Sept, and the OGC quarterly Tech Conf is at the OS in Southampton 11-15 Sept.
> 
> This may help peoples' travel budgets if the day is back-to back with one of these. And perhaps attract a wider, non-UK audience.
> 
> Best wishes, Chris Little
> 
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>>   1. Re: FOSS4G UK Day 2017 Potential dates (Steven Feldman)
>>   2. Re: FOSS4G UK Day 2017 Potential dates (Jo Cook)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 09:27:01 +0100
>> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> To: James Milner <jamesmilner22 at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: "uk at lists.osgeo.org" <uk at lists.osgeo.org>, Isabel Ulitzsch
>> 	<Isabel.Ulitzsch at geovation.uk>, Alex Wrottesley
>> 	<Alex.Wrottesley at geovation.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G UK Day 2017 Potential dates
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>> Hi James
>> 
>> Big thumbs up that you and others are standing up to run a FOSS4GUK
>> day.
>> 
>> I am assuming that this will in some way be under the OSGeo:UK banner
>> even though you did not explicitly mention us? Let’s have a discussion
>> on the list as to how we can help/support the event. e.g. Do you want
>> to use the OSGeo:UK bank account?
>> 
>> I am willing to help coordinate sponsorship but I would like to use
>> this as an opportunity to get someone else up to speed on the process
>> and potential targets. If anyone is interested in helping on the
>> sponsorship front, stick your hand up. No experience or qualification
>> required but a thick skin helps.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> May the FOSS be with you
>> ______
>> Steven
>> 
>> 
>>> On 31 Mar 2017, at 16:39, James Milner <jamesmilner22 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey folks,
>>> 
>>> After a bit of discussion this end and running it by some Geomob-ers,
>> it looks like we're going ahead with a FOSS4G UK day in September! The
>> current dates in the diary are either the 19th or 26th September.
>>> 
>>> Please let us know which date would work better and if there's any
>> drastic reason not to do the other here:
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWci2KFo88R-c2nTWKi04-
>> 0OD0HdlczwDtreYhUb_wvrJO1g/viewform?edit_requested=true
>> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWci2KFo88R-c2nTWKi04-
>> 0OD0HdlczwDtreYhUb_wvrJO1g/viewform?edit_requested=true>
>>> 
>>> We are also looking for some additional help with :
>>> 
>>> Managing and booking workshops for the day
>>> Sponsorship
>>> Coordinating sponsorship (I think Steven has agreed to help a little
>> with this ?)
>>> Organising the evening party (this would be very helpful!)
>>> 
>>> If you have other ideas about how you might be able to help please
>> let me know.
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> James
>>> 
>>> James Milner
>>> www.loxodrome.io <http://www.loxodrome.io/>
>>> 
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>> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 11:46:22 +0100
>> From: Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>
>> To: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> Cc: James Milner <jamesmilner22 at hotmail.com>,  Isabel Ulitzsch
>> 	<Isabel.Ulitzsch at geovation.uk>,  Alex Wrottesley
>> 	<Alex.Wrottesley at geovation.uk>, "uk at lists.osgeo.org"
>> 	<uk at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G UK Day 2017 Potential dates
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>> Hi All,
>> 
>> To back up what Steven has said- if you'd like to run it as an OSGeo:UK
>> event we can offer the eventbrite account and the bank account/paypal,
>> and
>> would give you whatever support we can.
>> 
>> If you don't want to run it as an OSGeo:UK event then that's fine, but
>> I
>> think you'd need to consider the possibility of confusion with the
>> name.
>> There are no legal constraints around FOSS4G being an OSGeo "brand" but
>> it's a long-established relationship (see
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G#Using_the_Name_FOSS4G). Furthermore,
>> I
>> would feel a little uneasy about tapping into the lists of sponsors
>> that we
>> used for previous OSGeo:UK events, as it would seem as if we were
>> passing
>> contact details on without permission.
>> 
>> Having said that- it's brilliant news, whatever the event gets called,
>> and
>> well done for stepping up :-)
>> 
>> Jo
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi James
>>> 
>>> Big thumbs up that you and others are standing up to run a FOSS4GUK
>> day.
>>> 
>>> I am assuming that this will in some way be under the OSGeo:UK banner
>> even
>>> though you did not explicitly mention us? Let’s have a discussion on
>> the
>>> list as to how we can help/support the event. e.g. Do you want to use
>> the
>>> OSGeo:UK bank account?
>>> 
>>> I am willing to help coordinate sponsorship but I would like to use
>> this
>>> as an opportunity to get someone else up to speed on the process and
>>> potential targets. If anyone is interested in helping on the
>> sponsorship
>>> front, stick your hand up. No experience or qualification required
>> but a
>>> thick skin helps.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> May the FOSS be with you
>>> ______
>>> Steven
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 31 Mar 2017, at 16:39, James Milner <jamesmilner22 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey folks,
>>> 
>>> After a bit of discussion this end and running it by some Geomob-ers,
>> it
>>> looks like we're going ahead with a FOSS4G UK day in September! The
>> current
>>> dates in the diary are either the 19th or 26th September.
>>> 
>>> Please let us know which date would work better and if there's any
>> drastic
>>> reason not to do the other here: https://docs.google.com/
>>> forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWci2KFo88R-c2nTWKi04-0OD0HdlczwDtreYhUb_
>>> wvrJO1g/viewform?edit_requested=true
>>> 
>>> We are also looking for some additional help with :
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   - Managing and booking workshops for the day
>>>   - Sponsorship
>>>   - Coordinating sponsorship (I think Steven has agreed to help a
>> little
>>>   with this ?)
>>>   - Organising the evening party (this would be very helpful!)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you have other ideas about how you might be able to help please
>> let me
>>> know.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> James
>>> 
>>> James Milner
>>> www.loxodrome.io
>>> 
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