Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
How about Tulsa, Oklahoma? Closest major metro area to the lower 48's centroid. Can't get much more heartland than that. On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, Eric Theise wrote: No question DC could host SotM US in style, but I'd be thrilled to see it move to the heartland. Too big of a stretch for it to be in Chicago? ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Then that kind of eliminates everything but Oklahoma from the running. Most affordable state in the nation. On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, Alex Barth wrote: Expenses for attendees are a concern in both places, we want to make sure SOTM-US is as inclusive as possible and this means folks with smaller budgets shouldn't be left out. We're running these numbers right now. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. -- Richie Kennedy www.route56.com * richiekenned...@gmail.com facebook.com/route56 * twitter.com/route56 I'm not crazy. I'm just ahead of my time. From: Paul Johnson Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 10:19 AM To: OpenStreetMap talk-us list How about Tulsa, Oklahoma? Closest major metro area to the lower 48's centroid. Can't get much more heartland than that.___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
It would be nice to have the SOTM-US within driving distance from Denver, but I enjoy the travel too. I'd suggest Philly if I wanted to get a bid together, but I don't think I'll be doing that this year. I would love to see some good bids this year, and hopefully if those bids aren't selected, the information can be updated for next year's bidding. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 10:28 AM, richiekenned...@gmail.com wrote: Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. -- Richie Kennedy www.route56.com * richiekenned...@gmail.com facebook.com/route56 * twitter.com/route56 I'm not crazy. I'm just ahead of my time. *From:* Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org *Sent:* Friday, November 15, 2013 10:19 AM *To:* OpenStreetMap talk-us list talk-us@openstreetmap.org How about Tulsa, Oklahoma? Closest major metro area to the lower 48's centroid. Can't get much more heartland than that. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Just to remind everyone, we have a sign in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle that claims it is the Center of the Universe. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Friday, November 15, 2013, wrote: Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. Just going by the claims of some random KDOT sign along US 169 nearish Caney, stating it's at the geographic center of the lower 48th. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Sorry, the center of the universe is in Tulsa on the pedestrian bridge across the railroad tracks downtown. Also, Postgres tells me that the geographic center of the lower 48 is at 39.5359,-99.1558 (ish) Yours in precision, -Nathan Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: Just to remind everyone, we have a sign in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle that claims it is the Center of the Universe. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Friday, November 15, 2013, wrote: Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. Just going by the claims of some random KDOT sign along US 169 nearish Caney, stating it's at the geographic center of the lower 48th. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
If those KDOT signs are near Meades Ranch then they are likely correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meades_Ranch%2C_Kansas -- Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse my brevity. Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Friday, November 15, 2013, wrote: Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. Just going by the claims of some random KDOT sign along US 169 nearish Caney, stating it's at the geographic center of the lower 48th. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Yeah, second this statement, I regularly take out of town guests to the Center of the Universe, particularly if we're on a pub crawl and need a cab (since there's few cabbies that don't know where the center of the universe or the airport are). On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Nathan Mills nat...@nwacg.net wrote: Sorry, the center of the universe is in Tulsa on the pedestrian bridge across the railroad tracks downtown. Also, Postgres tells me that the geographic center of the lower 48 is at 39.5359,-99.1558 (ish) Yours in precision, -Nathan Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: Just to remind everyone, we have a sign in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle that claims it is the Center of the Universe. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.orgwrote: On Friday, November 15, 2013, wrote: Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. Just going by the claims of some random KDOT sign along US 169 nearish Caney, stating it's at the geographic center of the lower 48th. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch -- Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
I got Caney and Coffeyville backwards. They're roughly midway between Coffeyville, KS and South Coffeyville, Oklahoma on US 169, IIRC ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/?relation=129916#map=13/37.0054/-95.6294). I know when I saw them, they were surprisingly far south for what I thought. I strongly suspect KDOT has posted a number of conflicting landmarks (similar albeit slightly less inconsistent situation would be ODOT's posting of 45th Parallel signs, many of which, particularly in the desert, are off by up to a mile, and likely posted in the wrong spot intentionally to give tourists a spot to pull out and stop; you learn to hate the tourists that stop at the accurate ones because they're putting you and the rest of the public in danger, like this moron standing in the middle of I 5 near Keizer, Oregon: http://confluence.org/us/or/n45w123v7/pic2.jpg) On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Tod Fitch t...@fitchdesign.com wrote: If those KDOT signs are near Meades Ranch then they are likely correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meades_Ranch%2C_Kansas -- Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse my brevity. Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Friday, November 15, 2013, wrote: Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. Just going by the claims of some random KDOT sign along US 169 nearish Caney, stating it's at the geographic center of the lower 48th. -- Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
On 11/15/13 6:39 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: Just to remind everyone, we have a sign in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle that claims it is the Center of the Universe. yeah, but i live a short distance away from a community with a sign that proudly announces that it's the only Stephentown on earth. richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Nathan Mills nat...@nwacg.net wrote: Sorry, the center of the universe is in Tulsa on the pedestrian bridge across the railroad tracks downtown. Also, Postgres tells me that the geographic center of the lower 48 is at 39.5359,-99.1558 (ish) That is only the center of the lower 48. Fremont is the actual center of the universe. See http://dakinecascadia.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/fremont-center-of-universe1.jpgfor proof! -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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This actually is the Center of the Universe ( http://urbane-chaos.hubpages.com/hub/TulsaCenteroftheUniverse), it's located in downtown Tulsa (http://osm.org/go/T4_e8jEsA?m=). There's even a festival there every summer (http://centeroftheuniversefestival.com/http://centeroftheuniversefestival.com/center-universe). CBS even situated a comedy around it ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_the_Universe_(TV_series)). On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.uswrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Nathan Mills nat...@nwacg.net wrote: Sorry, the center of the universe is in Tulsa on the pedestrian bridge across the railroad tracks downtown. Also, Postgres tells me that the geographic center of the lower 48 is at 39.5359,-99.1558 (ish) That is only the center of the lower 48. Fremont is the actual center of the universe. See http://dakinecascadia.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/fremont-center-of-universe1.jpgfor proof! -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
On 11/13/13 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: What about DC that time of year? it would be nice for it to come back to the east coast. the recent history: 2010 - Atlanta (2011 Denver SOTM, no SOTM-US that year) 2012 - Portland 2013 - San Francisco there had been a DC proposal in 2010 as i vaguely recall, the wiki page for it may still be out there. richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Ok well don't let me get in your way! DC is always just a pretty easy default location and Boundless (OpenGeo) has organized conferences there before with MapBox. Happy to help if we can. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:37, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
To be clear, we (as in, the OSM-US Board and Bonnie, our conference organizer) are totally open to getting proposals from anywhere. We didn't receive any during the CfP period and have been working on selecting a location of our own. We aren't all the way there yet though, so more info is welcome. I'm just giving a constrained timeline because we are well past the CfP deadline and need to lock in a venue soon. Do let us know if you start pulling together a proposal-- we'll be eager to see what you come up with! Best, Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.netwrote: On 11/13/13 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: What about DC that time of year? it would be nice for it to come back to the east coast. the recent history: 2010 - Atlanta (2011 Denver SOTM, no SOTM-US that year) 2012 - Portland 2013 - San Francisco there had been a DC proposal in 2010 as i vaguely recall, the wiki page for it may still be out there. richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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No question DC could host SotM US in style, but I'd be thrilled to see it move to the heartland. Too big of a stretch for it to be in Chicago? Eric On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok well don't let me get in your way! DC is always just a pretty easy default location and Boundless (OpenGeo) has organized conferences there before with MapBox. Happy to help if we can. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:37, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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Personally, I'm angling for Honolulu. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com wrote: No question DC could host SotM US in style, but I'd be thrilled to see it move to the heartland. Too big of a stretch for it to be in Chicago? Eric On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok well don't let me get in your way! DC is always just a pretty easy default location and Boundless (OpenGeo) has organized conferences there before with MapBox. Happy to help if we can. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:37, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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Y'all can come see me in San Diego if you just want to get warm :) Ian, Chicago sounds great tbh, who could potentially arrange that? I'm sure the board are already looking at good locations, throwing DC out there because it's probably easy to pull off and would be awesome. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:51, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Personally, I'm angling for Honolulu. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com wrote: No question DC could host SotM US in style, but I'd be thrilled to see it move to the heartland. Too big of a stretch for it to be in Chicago? Eric On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok well don't let me get in your way! DC is always just a pretty easy default location and Boundless (OpenGeo) has organized conferences there before with MapBox. Happy to help if we can. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:37, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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I'm working on Chicago and am discovering that it is very hard to find a venue here that can fit us. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear 'em. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com wrote: No question DC could host SotM US in style, but I'd be thrilled to see it move to the heartland. Too big of a stretch for it to be in Chicago? Eric On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok well don't let me get in your way! DC is always just a pretty easy default location and Boundless (OpenGeo) has organized conferences there before with MapBox. Happy to help if we can. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:37, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities. I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal on the pocketbook). d. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:48, Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com wrote: No question DC could host SotM US in style, but I'd be thrilled to see it move to the heartland. Too big of a stretch for it to be in Chicago? Eric On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok well don't let me get in your way! DC is always just a pretty easy default location and Boundless (OpenGeo) has organized conferences there before with MapBox. Happy to help if we can. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:37, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. If by global event you mean FOSS4G and not SOTM, rest assured we're cranking away on getting things ready. There should be some exciting announcements in the near future. Darrell ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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I meant the more 'global' SotM, not sure what the plan is for that in the fall. Its been very close to FOSS4G for the last several iterations, and wondering if that will be the case again in portland? On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org wrote: On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. If by global event you mean FOSS4G and not SOTM, rest assured we're cranking away on getting things ready. There should be some exciting announcements in the near future. Darrell ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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St. Louis sounds great! I've actually never visited there. One other place that could be super interesting is Research Triangle in NC. I've met up with quite a large number of people from the Code for America community there including in each of Cities and their brigades etc and they are all doing pretty progressive civic innovation stuff. Not sure about the size of the actual OSM community there, but it would be close enough to draw in the USG crowd, which is one of the main reasons I am particularly interested in DC. Im also very +1 on Universities or inexpensive facilities. St. Louis is also home to NGA which is (quietly) a large consumer of OSM data now. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org wrote: Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities. I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal on the pocketbook). d. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:48, Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com wrote: No question DC could host SotM US in style, but I'd be thrilled to see it move to the heartland. Too big of a stretch for it to be in Chicago? Eric On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok well don't let me get in your way! DC is always just a pretty easy default location and Boundless (OpenGeo) has organized conferences there before with MapBox. Happy to help if we can. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:37, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: If we're going to be getting proposals from folks, I think I'd like to see that within a week, so 11/20 at the latest. We're moving very quickly on our end to come up with viable solutions, so I don't want to delay. I hope you understand! On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, let me ask a few folks what they think, including Bonnie, and I'll get back to the list. What are the preferred dates? On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:29, Kathleen Danielson kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, If you or someone at Boundless (or someone else in DC) would like to put together a proposal for DC, those of us on the board would be happy to read it! What we need in a proposal can be found here: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ We'll need a very quick turnaround, but let us know if you start working on a proposal and we'll give you a sense of our timeline. Thanks! Kathleen On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: What about DC that time of year? I'd really like to see more cooperation among USG agencies using and contributing to OSM and that may be a great time/place to kick that off. I'm sure Bonnie et al wouldn't object ;) I believe my employer (boundless) would be willing to help organize if it was close to home. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, We didn't receive any location proposals, so we're working on locations and will announce when we have something set up. Since the global SotM event is usually held in the second half of the year we've moved the time frame for SotM US up to Spring so that it's not too close to the global event. This puts us in March-May and FOSS4G is in September. Also, we've already had a SotM in Portland and while it was pretty darn great, we're trying to spread the love to other cities, too. -Ian On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.orgwrote: Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities. +1 -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Hawaii! I would definitely be there :D Cheers, Katie Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Katie Filbert filbe...@gmail.com @filbertkm / @wikimediadc / @wikidata ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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I meant the more 'global' SotM, not sure what the plan is for that in the fall. Its been very close to FOSS4G for the last several iterations, and wondering if that will be the case again in portland? No one from SOTM has been in contact with us about it. We're certainly happy to help to the extent we can, if that's what the organizers want to do. I don't know if any of the organizers on this list or not. Darrell smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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On 11/13/13 11:10 AM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: I meant the more 'global' SotM, not sure what the plan is for that in the fall. Its been very close to FOSS4G for the last several iterations, and wondering if that will be the case again in portland? according to the wiki page, the call for venues will be opening soon, for some value of soon. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2014 for it to come to the US again, you'd need a local organizing committee that wanted to prepare a bid. for Denver, there was such a group and they were supported by OSM US, which chose not to organize an SOTM US that year since SOTM was coming here. i note from the wiki page that SOTM is trying to go for a longer baseline in organizing these events. i think that OSM US should also think in those terms. it would be really nice if, during the closing session of SOTM US, the place for next year's SOTM US could be announced. there's a ways to go for that tough, which i think is clear from the fact that no local committees stepped up during the call for SOTM US proposals this year. richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote: Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how we get started. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo blordcasti...@gmail.com wrote: We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size: Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play) Union Station Hotel Millennium Hotel next to the Arch Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech businesses) Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium) Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the downtown area (e.g. http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf ) WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though. The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external events. Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on it. --Brett Lord-Castillo St Louis County Emergency Management On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.orgwrote: Message: 3 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800 From: Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org To: Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014 Message-ID: b59300b2-d4eb-4237-b063-bd7a258cb...@garnix.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities. I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal on the pocketbook). d. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Jeff, Alyssa, Kathleen - According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. That's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. Alex On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:16 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.comwrote: Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote: Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how we get started. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo blordcasti...@gmail.com wrote: We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size: Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play) Union Station Hotel Millennium Hotel next to the Arch Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech businesses) Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium) Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the downtown area (e.g. http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf ) WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though. The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external events. Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on it. --Brett Lord-Castillo St Louis County Emergency Management On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.orgwrote: Message: 3 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800 From: Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org To: Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014 Message-ID: b59300b2-d4eb-4237-b063-bd7a258cb...@garnix.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities. I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal on the pocketbook). d. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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Thanks for the information. Excited to help with any NYC event as well. Best, Alyssa. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Jeff, Alyssa, Kathleen - According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. That's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. Alex On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:16 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.comwrote: Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote: Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how we get started. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo blordcasti...@gmail.com wrote: We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size: Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play) Union Station Hotel Millennium Hotel next to the Arch Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech businesses) Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium) Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the downtown area (e.g. http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf ) WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though. The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external events. Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on it. --Brett Lord-Castillo St Louis County Emergency Management On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.orgwrote: Message: 3 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800 From: Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org To: Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014 Message-ID: b59300b2-d4eb-4237-b063-bd7a258cb...@garnix.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities. I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal on the pocketbook). d. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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+1 on both of those too (Perhaps a small preference for Chicago), but understand the concerns about them being pricey for some people. . Still very happy to help. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:40 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks for the information. Excited to help with any NYC event as well. Best, Alyssa. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Jeff, Alyssa, Kathleen - According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. That's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. Alex On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:16 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.comwrote: Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote: Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how we get started. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo blordcasti...@gmail.com wrote: We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size: Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play) Union Station Hotel Millennium Hotel next to the Arch Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech businesses) Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium) Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the downtown area (e.g. http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf ) WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though. The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external events. Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on it. --Brett Lord-Castillo St Louis County Emergency Management On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.orgwrote: Message: 3 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800 From: Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org To: Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014 Message-ID: b59300b2-d4eb-4237-b063-bd7a258cb...@garnix.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have inexpensive facilities. I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal on the pocketbook). d. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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at's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. Ugh. Well, I guess we know who has an expense account. Of those two, Chicago is preferable for being merely expensive as opposed to Are you f-ing kidding me expensive. d. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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Expenses for attendees are a concern in both places, we want to make sure SOTM-US is as inclusive as possible and this means folks with smaller budgets shouldn't be left out. We're running these numbers right now. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.orgwrote: at's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. Ugh. Well, I guess we know who has an expense account. Of those two, Chicago is preferable for being merely expensive as opposed to Are you f-ing kidding me expensive. d. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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On 11/13/13 3:46 PM, Darrell Fuhriman wrote: at's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. Ugh. Well, I guess we know who has an expense account. Of those two, Chicago is preferable for being merely expensive as opposed to Are you f-ing kidding me expensive. Manhattan is expensive. other parts of NYC are a bit more affordable. richard signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.netwrote: i note from the wiki page that SOTM is trying to go for a longer baseline in organizing these events. i think that OSM US should also think in those terms. it would be really nice if, during the closing session of SOTM US, the place for next year's SOTM US could be announced. Let me be the first to suggest holding 2015 in Canada. Vancouver would be my first choice. -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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We just wrapped up the Locating the Future conference here in St Louis and it is probably coming back here next year (and I think I've been volunteered to be a conference chair next year). So, I'll be in conference planning mode soon. Perhaps I can work with those interested to put together a St Louis proposal for 2015 (especially if 2014 is NYC). That could make it possible to evaluate the proposal (or other proposals) and maybe approve it in time for announcement at SOTM-US 2014. I am pretty certain St Louis is applying for Code for America in 2015 too, so that might make a nice dovetail if the city was able to land that as well (but they have applied in the past too and not gotten in). --Brett On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.orgwrote: at's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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I sent what I found for Phoenix to the board email address just now for cost comparisons. I was as far as talking with the Phoenix Convention Center and the Visit Phoenix for area information before missing the deadline. I found that this was a short lead time for the details involved and finding a large enough venue for the expected size of the 2014 event. The moral of the story is that I applaud the work Bonnie must have put in to make the last event such a success! Regards, Greg On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Expenses for attendees are a concern in both places, we want to make sure SOTM-US is as inclusive as possible and this means folks with smaller budgets shouldn't be left out. We're running these numbers right now. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.orgwrote: at's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities. Ugh. Well, I guess we know who has an expense account. Of those two, Chicago is preferable for being merely expensive as opposed to Are you f-ing kidding me expensive. d. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of last month. Anyone have any idea where the decision making progress is at? Also curious why it couldn't be held in the fall in conjunction with FOSS4G in Portland? Haven't heard much of anything on the global event either at this point. Thanks in advance! Jeff On Friday, September 13, 2013, Bonnie Bogle wrote: Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org javascript:; https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014
Hi everyone, The call for locations for State of the Map US 2014 is open! Find out all about it on the openstreetmap.us blog: http://openstreetmap.us/2013/09/call-for-locations-sotm-us/ State of the Map US is a great opportunity to bring US and international mappers together with folks from government, business, nonprofit, education, and more. It's about coming together and discussing the future of OpenStreetMap, and about bringing OpenStreetMap to a wider audience to grow it in numbers and diversity. This coming year we're aiming for a Spring date in March through May. We look forward to your submissions! Cheers, Bonnie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
