That is great news about the sponsors! Glad to see the sprint coming together .. and I have booked a flight. If anyone is interested in cutting costs and sharing a room please send me an email. -- Jody
-- Jody Garnett On 28 November 2014 at 03:13, Robert Cheetham <cheet...@azavea.com> wrote: > OSGeo Developers, > > We've managed to nail down a venue and reserve a hotel block for the 2015 > OSGeo Code Sprint. Sprinters are invited to make travel plans for a 4-day > code sprint that will occur Feb 9 - 13. > > We will have a social *get-together on the evening of Mon, Feb 9* with > the code sprint beginning in earnest on *Tues, Feb 10* and running > through *Fri, Feb 13*. > > *Hotel *- We have reserved a *block of hotel rooms* at the Loews Hotel > for $ 149/night - a great rate in a nice hotel that occupies an historic > tower in downtown Philadelphia. Booking information is available at: > *http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015 > <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015>* > > *Venue *- We are currently planning to hold the code sprint at the > downtown Friends Center <http://www.friendscentercorp.org/>, a conference > facility operated by the Quakers (Philadelphia was founded by Quakers, and > the "Society of Friends" continues to be an important part of the local > community). The Friends Center is located at 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia, > PA 19102. > > *Flights - *Philadelphia (PHL) is a hub for American/US Air and has a > good number of international carriers with direct flights, including Air > Canada, Air France, Lufthansa, British Air and Qatar Airways. Other > regional options include Newark Airport (EWR), which has a rail link to the > Newark Airport train station, which is about a 50 min train ride to > Philadelphia 30th St Station. Newark airport has a broad range of > international flights, including Porter Airlines from Toronto. > > *Rail *- Philadelphia is about 2hrs from Washington DC and 1hr 15min from > New York Penn Station by Amtrak rail. > > > As I've mentioned in previous emails, I think this might be a good > opportunity for folks in the OSGeo and LocationTech communities to meet and > work on areas of common interest. The Eclipse Foundation's LocationTech > <http://www.locationtech.org/> projects include: JTS, uDig, GeoTrellis, > GeoMesa, Geogig, and GeoJini. I did not receive significant push-back when > I raised this question in August, so I'm going to proceed under this > assumption that LocationTech projects will also be invited as well as seek > sponsorship support from LocationTech. > > We're looking forward to welcoming you all to Philadelphia in February. > > Best, > > Robert > > ------------------ > Robert Cheetham > > Azavea | 340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA > cheet...@azavea.com | T 215.701.7713 > Web azavea.com <http://www.azavea.com/> | Blog azavea.com/blogs | > Twitter @ <http://goog_858212415>rcheetham <http://twitter.com/rcheetham> > and @azavea <http://twitter.com/azavea> > > *Azavea is a B Corporation <http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps> > - we apply geospatial technology for civic and social impact* > *while advancing the state-of-the-art through research. Join us > <http://jobs.azavea.com/>.* > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Robert Cheetham <cheet...@azavea.com> > wrote: > >> OSGeo Developers, >> >> At this year's code sprint in Vienna, Azavea was asked to consider >> reviving our proposal to host a code sprint in Philadelphia. We've done >> some research on venues and have a couple of possibilities. I've revised >> our 2014 proposal and now have a 2015 proposal page up at >> *http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015 >> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015>* >> >> While Azavea could potentially host a smaller sprint (up to 40) in our >> office, we'd like to anticipate the kind of crowd that attended this year's >> code sprint in Vienna. >> >> I would also like to propose that we consider expanding the scope by >> inviting both OSGeo and the Eclipse Foundation's LocationTech >> <http://www.locationtech.org/> projects (JTS, uDig, GeoTrellis, GeoMesa, >> Geogig, GeoJini, etc.). There are several developers that work on both >> OSGeo and LocationTech projects, and we think this would be an opportunity >> for people to work together. That said, this would also likely require a >> larger venue and there are likely other considerations before pursuing this >> idea. >> >> I'm interested in your feedback. I'd like to potentially book a block of >> hotel rooms as well as settle on some dates. >> >> Best, >> >> Robert >> >> ------------------ >> Robert Cheetham >> >> Azavea | 340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA >> cheet...@azavea.com | T 215.701.7713 | F 215.925.2663 >> Web azavea.com <http://www.azavea.com/> | Blog azavea.com/blogs | >> Twitter @ <http://goog_858212415>rcheetham <http://twitter.com/rcheetham> >> and @azavea <http://twitter.com/azavea> >> >> *Azavea is a B Corporation <http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps> >> - we apply geospatial technology to create better communities * >> *while advancing the state-of-the-art through research. Join us in >> creating a better world.* >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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