Absolutely. We will be there and with bells on. I added a section to the wiki... join up! It will be fun to meet the *other* francophone eric of openlayers fame :-)
e On 8/10/08, Eric Lemoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. Is there an OpenLayers code sprint planned or being planned? I > haven't checked the wiki yet. Looking forward to meeting you all at > the conference. Eric > > 2008/8/8, Erik Uzureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > dear users, dev: a brief promotional message for the upcoming FOSS4G > > conference in > > Cape Town South Africa. There will be many of us there for the week, > > hope to see you > > too! > > Erik > > > > Free and Open Source Geospatial Conference 2008 (FOSS4G2008) > > > > FOSS4G2008 will be taking place this year in September / October this > > year in South Africa. FOSS4G is a an annual gathering place for Free > > and Open Source projects with a geospatial leaning. The conference > > venue is the Cape Town International Conference Center (CTICC) in the > > Foreshore area of Cape Town - the beautiful 'mother city' of South > > Africa. > > > > Demo Sessions: > > ======================= > > > > We will be holding a demo theatre during tea breaks and lunch times. > > Demos are a great way to show off your work to decision makers, GIS > > professionals and fellow code crunchers. The demos will be restricted > > to 10 minutes each (including questions and setup time) so they need > > to be brief and to the point. If you would like to demo your project, > > something you have achieved with FOSS geospatial, or anything else > > relevant to a geospatial practitioner audience, you can register by > > following the instructions provided on the demo wiki page here: > > > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Demos > > > > > > Lightning Talks: > > ======================= > > > > During the plenary session on Monday 29 July, there will be eight > > lightning talks of 5 minutes each. Time limits will be strictly > > adhered to and we are looking for the most entertaining, thought > > provoking and informative speeches possible. The speeches will be > > presented to the entire conference. If you are interested in making a > > lightning speech, or know of any good candidates to give such a > > speech, please visit the lightning talks wiki page to register your > > interest here: > > > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_LightningTalks > > > > > > Code Sprint: > > ======================= > > > > We will be holding an all day code sprint on Saturday 4 October - the > > day following the end of the main conference activities. Given that > > most FOSS projects are conducted as virtual collaborations over the > > internet, the code sprint is a rare opportunity for you to get > > together in person with other developers in your project. > > > > The code sprint is also a great opportunity for those who are > > interested in getting involved in a project to go and meet the > > developers face to face and get some help in getting started with > > development. If you are not a developer, but interested in other > > aspects of project development, (documentation, creating demonstrator > > implementations of software etc.) the code sprint is an equally good > > opportunity to collaborate. > > > > We will provide a venue, lunch and refreshments, internet connection > > and flip charts. If you have other special requirements let us know > > and we will see what we can do. > > > > In order to provide the very best experience for you it would be > > helpful to get an idea of how many people are likely to attend. We > > have created a Wiki page at: > > > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_CodeSprint > > > > On this page you can create a section for your project and list the > > people planning to attend. The page also provides a space to help you > > organise your code sprint day by writing up the goals and preparation > > work needed for your sprint. > > > > > > Contact Info: > > ======================= > > > > > > The code sprint, lightning talks & demo session organiser is Tim > > Sutton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - if you have any questions or special > > requirements, please don't hesitate to ask. If you haven't already > > registered for the conference, we advise doing so as soon as possible > > to secure your place. Visit the conference registration page at: > > > > http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/registration > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >
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