[OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G UK 2018?

[Steven Feldman]

Yes to all of that except the NGO

Geovation is the innovation and outreach programme of Ordnance Survey
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Steven


> On 19 Jul 2017, at 15:50, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Call me stupid but I'm struggling to work out what Geovation are. A
> private company? An NGO? Part of Ordnance Survey (massive OS logo in
> the footer)?  A thing that runs a Hub, Programmes and Challenges,
> funded by money from its Collaborators (IBM, dstl, KPMG, OGC etc)?
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi UK listers
>> 
>> We have had an approach from Geovation to sponsor and support us running a
>> FOSS4GUK in their London base in March 2018.
>> 
>> To make this happen we would need some members of the community to step up
>> and take on the leadership and planning of the event, some of the 2016 team
>> (who were also the 2013 team) need more recovery time before we go again.
>> 
>> I reckon you need a team of 6-8 people to organise an event, some workshops
>> and a code sprint (if you want one). Advice would be forthcoming from past
>> organisers if requested but we aren’t doers for this one. One of the
>> Geovation team has offered some admin and logistics support.
>> 
>> Anyone interested? It’s great fun and immensely rewarding organising a
>> FOSS4G, go on - put your hand up
>> 
>> May the FOSS be with you
>> ______
>> Steven
>> 
>> 
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