[US] FOSS4G Knoxville - August 13th 2018

[Guido Stein]

ok, I have pushed this request to Loomio and you should have your answer
soon.

Also, if we grant this money can we get a sponsor credit?

-Guido

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 8:35 AM Randal Hale <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com>
wrote:

> Some funding would be great actually. This meeting started last year and
> we ran in the hole about $450 dollars. We received a free facility from the
> University but we have some parking and food requirements. I'm charging (or
> asking) or a $10 donation to help - BUT - in the interest of "I want
> everyone here" some aren't paying and some are paying more. Last years
> total cost was ~$700 and I think I have at least $300 covered - so a $500
> donation should completely cover it. There is a chance we may end up in the
> black so that would go to making this self sufficient for next year.
>
> If that's possible - if not it's all good.
>
> Randy
>
>
>
> On 07/31/2018 07:53 AM, Guido Stein wrote:
>
> This event sounds great.
>
> Is there anything we (OSGeo US) can do to help? Funding food, marketing,
> or grant program?
>
> Would you like us to help get the word out?
>
> -Guido
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:41 AM Randal Hale <
> rjhale at northrivergeographic.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> We're starting to come down to deadlines: Please come to Knoxville TN (if
>> you're in the area) and hear from your peers working with FOSS4G software.
>> This one day event gives you the chance to speak, hear, and learn from your
>> fellow geo open source practitioners. Last years event brought 50 people
>> from across the region to discuss tools, software, and techniques. No prior
>> knowledge of FOSS4G is needed - we just want you to show up and have fun
>> and ask questions.
>>
>> Website: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/20180813-knoxville-foss4g Cost: $10
>> Location UTK, Knoxville TN (see wiki page).
>>
>> Talks that are slated currently:
>>
>>    - What's new in QGIS 3.x
>>    - Fusing Geopolitics, Human Development, and Environmental Policy
>>    Data to Predict Population Stability through Open Source Software: A Case
>>    Study Across Africa
>>    - Open Source Mapping Dashboard Using Leaflet and Esri REST Services
>>    - Landscape Level LiDAR and the National Land Cover Dataset
>>    - Tennessee’s Public Lidar Data
>>    - Understanding patterns of vegetation structure and distribution
>>    across Great Smoky Mountains National Park using LiDAR and meteorology data
>>    - Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Mapping Arctic Vegetation
>>    using Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Fusion
>>    - Hey, where are these spatial indexes?: Adventures of PostGIS in
>>    Production
>>
>>
>>
>> <more talks are being added>
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
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>>
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