It sounds like OSGeo folks in North America are going to start having an annual conference here in the US. This year it is in Washington DC.
That got me thinking about hosting an annual conference for OpenJUMP. I know our worldwide developer base makes a traditional conference a challenge. (I certainly don't have the money to fly to Europe.) :] But I think a virtual conference would be possible. We could prepare a series of video lectures and demonstrations, and host them to a dedicated event web site. There may even be a way to open an IRC channel for a few hours after the videos are posted to answer questions from video viewers. It seems like enthusiasm for OpenJUMP has recently increased, and it would be good to capture some of that energy. If we are successful in getting our OpenJUMP annual conference off the ground, we could work to coordinate it with the OSGeo North American conference in 2013. I think the exposure for OpenJUMP would be a really good thing. We might even be able to coordinate an annual conference with a major release of OpenJUMP, and use the conference videos to demonstrate improvements in the new release. I'm willing to put together a few videos and to edit videos prepared by others. I'm also willing to prepare and host the conference web page. We might even be able to ask for sponsors to help pay for some of the costs associated with preparing the conference media. (I'm curious how our user base might respond to that.) I've got a full plate this spring and summer, but I could make something happen towards the end of the year. Or, we could start work now and plan on launching the conference in conjunction with the OSGeo North American Conference in 2013. Let me know if there is any interest among our development community. If there is, we might consider forming a team to plan and coordinate the conference. Landon P.S. - I'm still planning on an OJ code/doc sprint in the Spring. I'm shooting for some time in May. I'm currently investigating the possibility of hosting the code sprint as a California OSGeo Chapter event. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
