[OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G UK 2018?

[Steven Feldman]

My hunch is that with 2 people you are looking at about 4-5 hours per week in the 2-3 months before the event (less in the early stages). 

It isn’t consistent so a chunk of time goes into paper and workshop selection but you can delegate that to a team. Workshop organising takes a bit of time but again you can delegate that. 

Things tend to go a bit crazy in the last 2 or 3 weeks and you should expect to commit more time then.

Jo may have a more accurate recollection of the time she put into the 2016 event (which was a lot more than the time I put in)

I make whoever steps up  a promise: all the time, hard work and worry of planning and running a FOSS4G will be repaid a hundred-fold by the glow of community appreciation and your sense of achievement once it is over.
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Steven


> On 21 Aug 2017, at 12:26, Tom Chadwin <tom.chadwin at nnpa.org.uk> wrote:
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> Hi Stephen (and also Jo)
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> Can you give us some idea of the work involved (nature and amount)? I think that would probably help one or more of us muster the courage to step up.
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> Thanks
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> Tom
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> From: UK [mailto:uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf Of Steven Feldman
> Sent: 21 August 2017 12:20
> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:uk at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G UK 2018?
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> Anyone willing to put their hand up to chair a FOSS4G UK in 2018?
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> IMHO, nothing will happen unless at least one “someone” (and ideally two “someones”) takes the lead. 
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> It’s in your hands, we have a sponsor, we have a venue, we have volunteers to help, we need a chair (or 2)
> ______
> Steven
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> On 24 Jul 2017, at 16:59, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> So the list of volunteers so far is:
> Nick Bearman
> Sam Franklin
> Simon Miles
> Steve Richardson
> Matt Travis
> Tom Chadwin
> AJ Swanpoel
> James Milner (I believe he is still up for some involvement)
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> Nearly there, I suggest you need 1 or 2 more and most importantly you need a conference chair and vice chair (trust me you do). 
> ______
> Steven
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