hello all, I think we should carefully consider whether we put energy in local chapters of FOSS4G.
Wouldn't this negatively impact the yearly, global FOSS4G ? I think it probably would. But it may be preferred to do so -- it may make it easier for people to attend (less long-distance travel). But it may be the end of the global conference. Is this what we want ? It should be carefully considered, in my opinion. Kind regards Heikki Doeleman On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com > wrote: > Hello Jachym, > > Although I didn't make it to your event (Prague has a special place in > my heart) I followed the event closely through the #foss4g-cee twitter > hashtag - it sounded like a very successful event! > > I would agree that a yearly 'FOSS4G-Europe' makes sense. Might as > well make it easier for locals to attend, and focused on local topics. > > Hello from Eastern Canada my friend. I thank you for your hard work > organizing the event. > > -jeff > > > > > > On 12-05-24 5:38 PM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: > > Hi, if anybody is interested, I'm sending here very short report > > about FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics in Prague 2012, which was > > organised this week (and which is continuing with GRASS Code sprint > > right now). See http://foss4g-cee.org for more details. > > > > Number of registered participants: 120 > > > > CZ - 35 RO - 14 DE - 12 FR - 6 AT - 5 SK - 4 EE, HU, CH, PL, TU, > > USA - 3 IT, UK - 2 HR, NRW, NZ, Georgia, Ghana, Nigeria 1 > > > > Number of accepted papers cca 60 Number of accepted workshops: 6 > > Number of accepted tutorials: 5 > > > > However, relatively high number of presenters did not arrive (at > > least one did announce it soon enough, but has slipped between my > > fingers, sorry one more time) - luckily, present speakers were > > usually able to prolong their presentations operatively. > > > > On some tutorials, no attendees have come :-( > > > > Social events formal and informal: nice! > > > > Lessons learned: > > > > * Double check presenters against list of registrations. * Double > > check list of vegetarians and keep track of it * Have more accepted > > presentations in the stack, for possible substitutions * and > > others > > > > List of photos: http://foss4g-cee.org/photos/ > > > > PDF version of presentations are being added to > > http://foss4g-cee.org/program/overview/ > > > > Big thanks to the organisation team, general feedback was > > positive. > > > > Big thanks to all participants: Without them, the conference would > > not happen. > > > > Future of FOSS4G-CEE: --------------------- > > > > It was agreed, that (unless there is no big obligation), FOSS4G-CEE > > 2013 will be organised by Vasile Crăciunescu and his team at > > geo-spatial.org in Bucharest, Romania. Their situation will be > > quite difficult thanks to "global" FOSS4G organised "somewhere in > > Europe". But still, they have clearly expressed their enthusiasm > > about organisation the event. > > > > During the event, several participants from various countries > > (France, Italy, Germany, Czech, Romania and others) have indicated > > their strong demand for conference best described as > > "FOSS4G-Europe". > > > > Having FOSS4G-NA in mind, and all the discussions about positives > > and negatives of such proposals, we've had during last months, I > > do personally support this idea: There is demand for more local > > oriented, yet "big enough" events around the ellipsoid, let's talk > > about it (better in some other thread, at conference_dev list). > > Such event should happen during 2014, so we have about year for > > clarifying all possible questions. > > > > Jachym > > > > > > -- > Jeff McKenna > MapServer Consulting and Training Services > http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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