Alex,
what sessions are you organizing? I will be probably teaching but I
may be able to come or my colleague who plans to attend could present
if I cannot come. I was planning to submit to GIS and geomorphology
but if there is an open source GIS related session I can submit there,
best regards, Helena
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Helena Mitasova
Associate Professor
Department of Marine, Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences
1125 Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208
North Carolina State University
Raleigh NC 27695-8208
http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/
On Oct 8, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Alex Mandel wrote:
Was there any resolution on this proposal at the conference. We
need to move fast to at least get the deposit($500) for a booth
down in the next 8 days.
I'd just like to reiterate that the AAG should not be considered a
local event as it changes location every year (the US is quite
large) and draws an international crowd.
Alternate funding suggestions are welcome, but we need to at least
get the booth deposit down before the deadline to have something to
work with.
Regardless we are moving ahead with organizing sessions, although
the response on EDU and General list has been quite low compared to
last year. Suggestions for where to send the Call for Papers?
Thanks,
Alex
Cameron Shorter wrote:
This does look like an excellent opportunity for OSGeo and I'd
love to see OSGeo present.
However, it does bring up a bigger question about whether OSGeo
should fund local events.
If OSGeo funds events in the US, then should all 100+ other
countries expect the same level of funding? Do we have budget to
support this?
Here in Australia the OSGeo local chapter have been setting up
conference stands, giving presentations and workshops and funding
ourselves. Local industry has been coughing up for travel expenses
fliers and registration fees and often OSGeo friendly delegates
help man the stand. We often get free registration often based on
us being Non-Profit and a highly desirable act.
We have some good presentations you are welcome to use at:
http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/Company/Presentations.html
Mark Leslie's summary of the Open Source Gespatial Stack
and my Business Case for using Open Source.
Alex Mandel wrote:
Marketing Committee,
I would like to propose that Osgeo commit to exhibiting at the
Association of American Geographers meeting in late March, 2009
in Las Vegas, Nevada. The AAG annual meeting is the largest
meeting of geographers in the United States and includes many
international academics and government employees in geography.
The last 2 conferences have had over 7000 attendees.
I've put together a preliminary budget proposal at
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AAG_2009
At minimum we need to commit to $1000 to reserve the booth in the
exhibit hall very soon, there are less than 8 spots left for non-
profits with a deposit of $500 at booking.
I can guarantee 4 volunteers for the booth on top of the request
to send at least one top Osgeo member(board?).
In conjunction with the exhibit I'm attempting to organize paper
sessions around FOSS software which I will be proposing to the
Edu and general lists shortly.
Thank you,
Alex Mandel (wildintellect)
Geography Graduate Group
University of California, Davis
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