Re: [Talk-us] SOTM-US compared

2013-06-19 Thread Alex Barth
Frederik - Thank you for taking the time to write up your impressions (and for coming out to San Francisco in the first place) - this is really helpful for creating better conferences. tea, chocolate and delicate mini cakes during practially all the breaks ;) You can't beat that :) On the

Re: [Talk-us] SOTM-US compared

2013-06-19 Thread Alex Barth
Serge - You're not doing yourself justice as initiator and organizer of what are the first sprint days at a US State of the Map. I actually think the sprint days went very well - we had amazing turn out for both days and great work happened. So: I see absolutely no need to feel badly and thank

[Talk-us] SOTM-US compared

2013-06-18 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, this year I was at SOTM-US for the first time, and immediately thereafter travelled to the German-language version of FOSS4G, the FOSSGIS conference. There were lots of similarities - but also big contrasts. Below is a personal comparison that might or might not be useful or

Re: [Talk-us] SOTM-US compared

2013-06-18 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Frederik, Thank you for this valuable feedback, in particular regarding the sprints. I feel very badly about how the sprints went, and I want to go into detail why, and what I'm going to try to do next year about them. First, I want to say that for those people who were calling this a hack day,

Re: [Talk-us] SOTM-US compared

2013-06-18 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi, Frederik, Thanks for the compare contrast and I am happy you have enjoyed SOTM US. I am very happy you could make it and that you got a chance to (re-)connect with members of the US and international community. I have attended a FOSSGIS or two and can relate to your experience. They are