Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-11-06 Thread Russ Nelson
Nic Roets writes: On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: What's an 'ambassador' program? http://cloudmade.com/careers/community-ambassador Haha! Just because the job position is described there doesn't mean that there are any positions to be filled. --

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-25 Thread John Smith
On 25 October 2010 15:52, Nic Roets nro...@gmail.com wrote: Launched in the UK ? I guess that is why I have never heard of it. Considering it's 1 of many android handsets I can't say I'm surprised exactly, there seems to be a new one out every other week and they seem to alternate between being

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-25 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
SotM11 is planned to be arranged just after the FOSS4G conference. I do not believe it is an accident because Steve Coast and Mikel Maron are members of the FOSS4G Local Organizing Committee (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Denver_LOC). It can be a good idea if people can spend the whole

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-25 Thread Martijn van Exel
For SOTM10, having it coincide with FOSS4G - also in Spain - was considered but rejected for, iirc, that very reason: the idea of SOTM sharing the stage with the bigger (at least in numbers) FOSS4G did not appeal. The advantages of having the conference stand on its own outweighed the

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-25 Thread Floris Looijesteijn
Indeed, that was exactly the reason why they didn't coincide in 2010. But then I heard quite a few people 'complain' that they had to go to Spain twice this year. Let's see how it works out this time. Greets, Floris Looijesteijn Martijn van Exel wrote: For SOTM10, having it coincide with

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-25 Thread SteveC
Believe it or not (and I look forward to the conspiracy theories on 80n's mailing list) it's one very large coincidence. I originally pushed Denver (where I live) with some folks here for SOTM-US and Eric asked me to help with the FOSS4G bid for 2010. Both fell through. Then Hurricane and

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-24 Thread Nic Roets
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Julio Costa Zambelli julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl wrote: contributors, core developers, authors, etc. are still in Germany, the UK and other countries of Western Europe, As an outsider to the bidding and selection process, I think that hosting it in the US

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-24 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Julio Costa Zambelli wrote: I would not argue if a German city bids for the event (as long as English is still considered the lingua franca for it ;) I'm in Germany and I have always objected to the idea (even though there were many people in Amsterdam suggesting a location in Germany

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-24 Thread Gregory
I'm within the group of people that have been saying 'hmm, really not sure that I will be able to make it to SotM outside of Europe' for the last few months. We made comments like this while the bidding process was on going, and I'm sure the OSMF team were aware that it was a big concern. My

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-24 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: In one of the following years, I think we should go to Asia for the same reasons. +1. Yes, please. :-) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-24 Thread Dave F.
On 24/10/2010 09:40, Nic Roets wrote: On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Julio Costa Zambelli julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl mailto:julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl wrote: contributors, core developers, authors, etc. are still in Germany, the UK and other countries of Western Europe, As an

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-24 Thread pavithran
On 24 October 2010 14:15, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: In one of the following years, I think we should go to Asia for the same reasons. +1. Yes, please. :-) Atleast US had SOTM USA and both CM and

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-24 Thread Nic Roets
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 24/10/2010 09:40, Nic Roets wrote: On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Julio Costa Zambelli julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl wrote: contributors, core developers, authors, etc. are still in Germany, the UK and other

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-23 Thread Julio Costa Zambelli
Richard, I have to make something clear first, I have _nothing_ against Denver, and I will do my best effort to have the money and the time to go to the SOTM2011 there. I love going to the states (three times, with zero bad experiences yet) and I was not being sarcastic about my good experience

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-23 Thread Julio Costa Zambelli
Dear Serge, I will reply to your message tomorrow because right now it is 3:20AM here and I just can not keep my eyes open and mind focus anymore. Cheers, Julio Costa On 22 October 2010 20:38, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Julio Costa Zambelli

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-23 Thread Julio Costa Zambelli
Dear Serge, I followed the bids for the SOTM2011 and actually translated Viennas bid. That is why I am expressing my surprise that the organizing team selected a city that does not meet some of the conditions that where used as the definitive elements [1] in past events, the same with the only

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-22 Thread Julio Costa Zambelli
Henk, I do not want to argue since this just a personal opinion from someone that has gone just to one SOTM and only thanks to the OSI Scholarship, but: What was the election criteria? I guess easy access by public transport, low-budget airlines, and visas for the OSI+OSMF Scholarship

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Julio Costa Zambelli julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl wrote: Henk, I do not want to argue since this just a personal opinion from someone that has gone just to one SOTM and only thanks to the OSI Scholarship, but: OSI is great. I'm glad that folks from so many

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-22 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Julio Costa Zambelli julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl wrote: Henk, I do not want to argue since this just a personal opinion from someone that has gone just to one SOTM and only thanks to the OSI Scholarship, but: What was the election criteria? I guess easy

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

2010-10-22 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Quick correction. The planning for 2011 is here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid - Serge ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk