Hi, thank you for your thoughts. I'm a bit surprised that I didn't hear from other co-authors. At this point I would like to know who is planning to be there at the workshop anyway.
Thanks On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Simone Giannecchini < simone.giannecch...@geo-solutions.it> wrote: > Ciao Jachym, > a few clarifications below... > > Regards, > Simone Giannecchini > == > GeoServer training in Milan, 6th & 7th June 2013! Visit > http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it for more information. > == > > Ing. Simone Giannecchini > @simogeo > Founder/Director > > GeoSolutions S.A.S. > Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 > 55054 Massarosa (LU) > Italy > phone: +39 0584 962313 > fax: +39 0584 1660272 > mob: +39 333 8128928 > > http://www.geo-solutions.it > http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Jachym Cepicky > <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Madi, > > > > I still did not obtain any confirmation mail about proposed presentation > > - do you know by chance, how far the process is? > > > > As for the workshop, it seems odd to combine MapStore as concrete > > product with whole OSGeo stack and more dialogue-based workshop. > > > > I see them as two different topics for completely different auditorium. > > I would understand, that MapStore people would feel upset, if they would > > have to share their time with "pure" OSGeo. > > > > From my point of view, all decisions are bad (except having two full > > workshops accepted). I think, that the best option would than be to > > share the time with MapStore and gladly accept their offer kind 30:60 > > (rather 60:30 - OSGeo in general, MapStore as concrete example of local > > company using and developing OSGeo projects), if possible. > > > > That was exactly my proposal :) > We also had to try and find a decent title as having two different > workshops using portions of the same time seemed misleading and > actually contraddicted what was asked from > the organizers. Therefore I suggested to split the time giving > precedence to the OSGEO based discussion and then hold the MapStore > workshop at the end. > > > > NOTE: This is nothing against MapStore. I wish them all the best and I > > think, they deserve full workshop time slot as well. INSPIRE conference > > committee forses us to compete as international organization with > > semi-local company (GeoSolution). This is simply not all right (or do I > > see it completely wrong?) > > > > Well, life isn't perfect and we need to live with what we are while we > try to change things :) > I believe the solution we are proposing here is Ok (not perfect I > admit) as I believe leaves enough room for discussion > as well as as enough room for us (as in GeoSolutions) for showing a > bit of what we do. > > > I also think, this shows us, that OSGeo is not taken seriously as > > important partner to conference committee of INSPIRE conference and that > > brings me back to our SDI committee proposed earlier - I have to push it > > little bit further (I do not like pushing to hard, though). > > > > Thanks > > > > Jachym > > > > Dne 20.5.2013 15:47, Margherita Di Leo napsal(a): > >> Dear All, > >> > >> as correspondent author for the workshop proposal [1], I received an > email > >> from the INSPIRE Conference Organisers. Unfortunately, due to time and > >> space limitations, it is possible for them to only choose a small > number of > >> the submitted workshops to appear in the programme. Therefore their > request > >> was to combine, if possible, our workshop with the one submitted by > Simone > >> Giannecchini and Tobia Di Pisa: > >> > >> "Hands-on Introduction to create mash-ups for INSPIRE Services with > >> MapStore" > >> > >> Simone was in cc in this email. > >> I just had a Skype talk with Simone, and we individuated a couple of > >> possible scenarios: > >> > >> 1) Withdraw one of the two workshops; or > >> 2) Split the 90 minutes at our disposal in two. > >> > >> Of course this decision is up to all the co-authors. In case we decide > for > >> the second solution, Simone kindly offered to shrink his time to 30 > >> minutes, in order to allow the round table to take place in 60 minutes > >> comfortably. > >> > >> Another request from the committee was to delineate a new title for the > >> workshop, and the proposal would be something like: > >> > >> "Ping-Pong match: OSGeo & INSPIRE (with a practical intro to using > MapStore > >> for INSPIRE Services mashups)" > >> > >> Of course also this is open to discussion. > >> > >> Please let me know ASAP your reaction. > >> > >> Thank you and best regards, > >> > >> Margherita > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> [1] > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_conference_2013#Workshop_proposal > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > > > -- > > Jachym Cepicky > > Help Service - Remote Sensing s.r.o. > > jachym.cepi...@gmail.com > > HS-RS: jac...@hsrs.cz http://bnhelp.cz > > http://les-ejk.cz > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- Best regards, Margherita DI LEO Postdoctoral Researcher European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.
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