On 5/10/13, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:27 AM, andrea antonello > <andrea.antone...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Also I would have another wish. Is there a way to understand how the >> workshops were chosen. >> I see important projects missing, whereas several have kind of >> "double" or even "triple" workshops.
Yes, surprising also for me. >> Given the few available slots, I would have expected more >> differentiation. >> >> Would be really keen to understand the process, if there is a simple >> way to do so. > > The workshop selection process was handed to our workshop subcommittee > - I've asked them to respond to these issues here on the mailing list > and personally to you two if that's necessary. > > The balance looks quite good to me, where there is duplication it > seems to be different aspects of the same project - Postgis Intro and > Postgis 3d have different audiences, for example. Its possible that > other projects weren't represented in the proposals which would > explain their absence. While I submitted an advanced GRASS GIS 7 workshop, I didn't even receive a 'your proposal was not considered' notification. A bit sad for a cofounder of OSGeo and participant of the first ever FOSS4G Conf 2004 in Bangkok. > There are a few workshops from OpenGeo, but if > you go to their website and see how much they charge for commercial > training, you might see this as us giving people the opportunity to > get some great training cheaply from some great trainers. ... well, not a convincing argument. > Anyway, our Workshop Team will address these issues later. Better sooner :) Markus (FOSS4G trainer since 1996) > Barry > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss