[OSGeo-UK] FOSS4GUK:Local, Thu 17 Nov 2022

Nick Bearman nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
Tue Mar 29 06:25:30 PDT 2022


Thanks for your replies. Hope you see some of you tomorrow at 12:00 on 
Google Meet <https://meet.google.com/wvi-mnri-wah>.

Best wishes, Nick.

On 23/03/2022 14:47, Nick Bearman wrote:
>
> Please step forward if you are willing to host a meet up on Thu 17th 
> Nov 2022 - it would be great to have as wide a geographic reach as 
> possible.
>
> We will also be meeting next Wed (30th) at 12:00 to talk about this - 
> please come along.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you next Wednesday.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
> On 02/03/2022 17:04, OSGeo:UK wrote:
>>
>> At OSGeo:UK we are determined to run another FOSS4G UK meeting in 
>> 2022. This would give us all an opportunity to hear about the latest 
>> developments in open source Geo and meet up for some Geo socialising. 
>> We are proposing a new approach and are aiming to meet both in person 
>> and 'in the cloud' on PostGIS day: Thu 17th Nov 2022. This will be a 
>> hybrid conference, but with a twist: there will be no central 
>> physical location. The idea is to have a range of venues, 
>> geographically dispersed, where you can physically meet up, with some 
>> sessions streamed to all venues, and other sessions run locally.
>>
>>
>> We hope to have at least four meet up locations, but will aim for a 
>> lot more. There is no minimum size location, so you can meet up with 
>> a couple of friends locally, or get together with a much larger 
>> number in a big town or city. You will also be able to join remotely, 
>> from wherever you are, if you can't get to a venue.
>>
>>
>> The schedule for 17th Nov is still to be decided. We plan to have 
>> some keynote presentations which will be streamed to all venues, 
>> along with other workshops and events. These can be streamed to 
>> venues for people who want to participate if equipment is available, 
>> or just run locally if not. We plan to have a range of presentations, 
>> demonstrations and workshops at a variety of levels. We will also 
>> have physical and virtual social events. Sessions that can be 
>> recorded will be hosted on the OSGeo:UK YouTube channel 
>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0wX857AHUGM3qCzR6PcwQ>after the 
>> event.
>>
>>
>> This is where we need you! We need local organisers to step forward 
>> and offer to host an event at their location. Please contact us if 
>> you are interested in helping to deliver FOSS4G UK 2022. OSGeo:UK 
>> will be coordinating the events and are planning to be able to cover 
>> costs of room hire and catering where needed. We will also be looking 
>> for sponsorship, so if you are interested in any or all of these 
>> please get in touch.
>>
>>
>> We particularly need people to organise sessions in:
>>
>> - The Midlands
>>
>> - Wales
>>
>> - North East England
>>
>> - North West England
>>
>> - Northern Ireland
>>
>> We will list these on uk.osgeo.org <http://uk.osgeo.org> as we get 
>> volunteers.
>>
>>
>> We also need volunteers to help us plan, coordinate and run the 
>> event. We are having a planning meeting on Wed 30th March, 12:00 - 
>> 13:00 on Google Meet <https://meet.google.com/wvi-mnri-wah>, so 
>> please come along if you want to run a local venue, or volunteer in 
>> some other way. If you can't make it but want to be involved, just 
>> let us know.
>>
>>
>> Looking forward to a great day of events!
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Nick Bearman (Chair OSGeo:UK) and the OSGeo:UK committee
>>
>> Please send emails to osgeouk at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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