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 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 disadvantage of missing out on the additional attendee > potential. > > I did not really fall for that argument back then and I am glad to see the > conferences coincide this time. It will be a different conference from the > European ones for that and other reasons. But that's not a bad thing. > OpenStreetMap evolves and SOTM should evolve with it. > > Martijn van Exel +++ m...@rtijn.org > Laziness Impatience Hubris > > http://schaaltreinen.nl > twitter: mvexel > skype: mvexel > flickr: rhodes > > On Oct 25, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Jukka Rahkonen wrote: > >> 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 week and take part >> in the >> both conferences. Or then somebody could have a speech in both >> conferences. >> After all, we are not so far away from the FOSS4G folks and software. >> OSM was >> very visible in FOSS4G this year but also we might have something to >> learn from >> the paleogis side. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk