[Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

2012-12-21 Thread Jeremy Morley
Dear all, Sorry to land suddenly in this list. Most of you won't know me - I work at the University of Nottingham (as my sig says) in GIS. I've been part of research work relating to OSM at UCL in the past, and the group I lead also research or interact with OSM in various ways (e.g. the OSM-GB

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

2012-12-21 Thread Andrew Mackenzie
Hi Jeremy and Mappa Mercia people I spoke with Bob Barr (AGI) about this recently and whilst he was enthusiastic about a Midlands UK SOTM bid he shares the concern that if the dates are not closely aligned with FOSS4G we risk diluting attendance at both events. Jonathan@Spiffymap has also made

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

2012-12-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Jeremy, I think I speak for the whole team when I say that we are very keen to have interaction between FOSS4G and SOTM. In regards to the dates, we started to look for venues in late October/ early November. We had the support of Birmingham Convention Bureau in suggesting suitable locations