Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-13 Thread Sam Vekemans
Fyi, the peanut gallery over here on the west coast is also pondering over it too. Can someone who actually attended last years SOTM, summerize the experience? Imo Map nerds are more like smarties, where ArchGIS folks are more like m&m's. :-) both make great week-end snacks. And both may contain t

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-13 Thread Yves Moisan
> "Barcelona because of the combination with FOSS4G: OSM will not be the > centre of attention" Sleeping over it, I feel I need to make some nuances to my email of yesterday. I know, Emilie, I told you I wouldn't post again on this subject so that it doesn't snowball, but for the sake of balance

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-12 Thread Yves Moisan
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2010/Organisation/Meetings#November_11th.2C_2009 "Barcelona because of the combination with FOSS4G: OSM will not be the centre of attention" With all due respect, I disagree on that first point. While FOSS4G 2010 will likely draw in over 100

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-12 Thread Emilie Laffray
Yves Moisan wrote: >> I understand. I was just stating the fact that was discussed last night. >> > > Are there meeting minutes for that ? I'd like to see what are the pros > and cons from the point of view of either conference organization > committees. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wi

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-12 Thread Yves Moisan
> I understand. I was just stating the fact that was discussed last night. Are there meeting minutes for that ? I'd like to see what are the pros and cons from the point of view of either conference organization committees. Cheers, Yves > It has nothing to do with my opinion of whether it sho

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-12 Thread Emilie Laffray
Yves Moisan wrote: > Hi Emilie, > > I do not understand your first sentence. FOSS4G is already scheduled > for Barcelona ?? I know zilch about the organization of SoTM (and of > talks between SoTM and FOSS4G organizers, if any), but really we need > that landslide to happen. I've been attending

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-12 Thread Yves Moisan
> > > I am afraid it won't happen unless there is a landslide of support for > Barcelona during the FOSS4G. It might still happen in Barcelona, but not > during the FOSS4G apparently. > > Emilie Laffray Hi Emilie, I do not understand your first sentence. FOSS4G is already scheduled for Barc

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-12 Thread Emilie Laffray
Yves Moisan wrote: > Le mardi 20 octobre 2009 à 22:18 -0700, Sam Vekemans a écrit : > >> Thanks Yves, >> >> yup, i DEFINATLY support the idea of Barcelona for the 2010 SOTM, (i >> saw on the talk-au list that maybe 2011 would be great for Austrailia, >> and maybe 2012 for Canada. (we should be

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-11-12 Thread Yves Moisan
Le mardi 20 octobre 2009 à 22:18 -0700, Sam Vekemans a écrit : > Thanks Yves, > > yup, i DEFINATLY support the idea of Barcelona for the 2010 SOTM, (i > saw on the talk-au list that maybe 2011 would be great for Austrailia, > and maybe 2012 for Canada. (we should be all imported by then) :) > >

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-10-20 Thread Sam Vekemans
Thanks Yves, yup, i DEFINATLY support the idea of Barcelona for the 2010 SOTM, (i saw on the talk-au list that maybe 2011 would be great for Austrailia, and maybe 2012 for Canada. (we should be all imported by then) :) and yes, if you can help on the sotm planning side, i think is Henk who is a

Re: [Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-10-20 Thread Yves Moisan
> Hi, > Just wondering if anyone on the talk-ca list wants to make a bid for > the 2010 SOTM? (although i like the idea of Barcelona, also) :-) A comment from someone at the FOSS4G conference here in Sydney who usually can attend *one* FOSS conference per year and desperately wants to attend Sot

[Talk-ca] SOTM 2010 Bid for Ottawa?

2009-10-20 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, Just wondering if anyone on the talk-ca list wants to make a bid for the 2010 SOTM? (although i like the idea of Barcelona, also) :-) .. i got my hands full with this import coordinator task, but perhaps someone wants to take that on. Might be a great way to share what were doing, as it's a