Hello Johan, thanks for you initiative. Would be great to get an OSGeo devroom on FOSDEM 2015.
Astrid Am 06.08.2014 09:11, schrieb Johan Van de Wauw: > Hello everyone, > > FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 > developers together in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open > source software developers and communities a place to meet to. The > next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 -> 1/2/2015. > > Last edition (in february this year) both Osgeo and Openstreetmap had > a stand and there was a lot of interest in geospatial technologies. > > That is why the idea was coined to organise a geospatial devroom the > next edition. > > Since the call for participation for developer rooms and main tracks > is now open [2], I would like to start writing a proposal [3], so > hopefully we can have a geospatial devroom next year. > > Rather than organising the devroom organised by one project FOSDEM > really prefers joint organisation "Proposals involving collaboration > across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged." That's > why I'm sending this mail to Osgeo, OSM and locationtech. > > If you would like organising the devroom (writing the proposal and > selecting the presentations) and will be present, please get in touch > or add your name to my current draft proposal [3]. > > Note that one can also propose main track presentations. For main > track speakers travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by > the organisation. This is not the case for the devroom. > > Finally a reminder that we are only sending a proposal for a devroom > -> We are not sure it will be accepted. Competition will be fierce. > > Cheers, > Johan > > [1] http://fosdem.org > [2] https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/ > [3] https://titanpad.com/GptTJKIKJB > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Astrid Emde GIS-Consultant ******************************************** FOSS Academy Sommerschule 2014 GDI in 5 Tagen! | 1.-5.9.2014 in Berlin http://www.foss-academy.eu/sommerschule_2014 ******************************************** Astrid Emde WhereGroup GmbH & Co.KG Eifelstraße 7 53119 Bonn Germany Fon: +49(0)228 90 90 38 - 19 Fax: +49(0)228 90 90 38 - 11 astrid.e...@wheregroup.com www.wheregroup.com Folgen Sie der WhereGroup auf twitter: http://twitter.com/WhereGroup_com Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6788 ------------------------------- Komplementärin: WhereGroup Verwaltungs GmbH vertreten durch: Olaf Knopp, Peter Stamm ------------------------------- pgp-public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x06DA52D72D515284 Signierte und/oder verschlüsselte Nachrichten sind sehr willkommen Signed and/or encrypted mail is highly appreciated _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss