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FOSS4G2008 LocMembers

== Foss4G2008 LOC Member Contact Details ==
 Name: Alize Botha
 Phone: 084 5141966 / 012 8413242
 Area of Responsibility: Technical tours and Educational outreach activities
 Other relevant/ interesting info: Sunday 28th - Thursday 2nd
 Name: Burnie Nawn
 Phone: 0721345352
 Area of Responsiblity: Workshops/Labs & venues for these/PC's & AV equipment
 Other relevant/ interesting info: Sat 27th - Sat 4th
 Name: Mandy Vickers 
 Phone: 083 278 4056
 Area of Responsiblity: Posters
 Other relevant/ interesting info: Sunday 28th - Friday 3rd
 Name: Inge Netterberg
 Phone:0824188712
 Area of Responsiblity: Technical programme
 Other relevant/ interesting info: not available Sat 27th pm
 Name: Carrin Martin
 Phone: 072 1448510
 Area of Responsiblity: Plenaries, education outreach, GISSA notices, engineers CPD
 accreditation, GISSA stand. Will be available generally to assist.
 Other relevant/ interesting info: Arriving on Saturday mid day to help with bag packing and registration,and leaving Saturday mid-morning in case we need to entertain people on Friday night
 Name: Tim Sutton
 Phone: 071 407 6101
 Area of Responsiblity: Code Sprint, lightning talks, demo theatre
 Other relevant/ interesting info: 27th - 4th
 Name: Russell Hope
 Phone: 084 444 3686
 Area of Responsiblity: Volunteer coordinator
 Other relevant/ interesting info: attending Monday
 Name: Serena Coetzee
 Phone: 082 464 4294
 Area of Responsiblity: Academic track
 Other relevant/ interesting info: Sunday afternoon 28th - Thursday evening 2nd
 Name: Jeff McKenna
 Phone: 
 Area of Responsiblity: OSGeo rep, workshop subcommittee
 Other relevant/ interesting info: Saturday 27th (to help with workshop room setup on Sunday)
 Name:Daina Mudimbu 
 Phone: 082 880 7571
 Area of Responsiblity: Marketing, communications, PR
 Other relevant/ interesting info: Arriving Sunday 28th after 4pm leaving Saturday 
 Name: Graeme McFerren 
 Phone: 083 540 5108
 Area of Responsiblity: Workshops and Labs, website, guest speaker
 Other relevant/ interesting info: from the Friday morning 26th September (workshop setup) - Sunday evening 5th October
 Name: Magda Roos
 Phone: 083 611 1161
 Area of Responsiblity: Exhibition coordinator and sponsor liaison
 Other relevant/ interesting info: 28th - 3rd
 Name: Gavin Fleming
 Phone: 0845965680
 Area of Responsiblity: general dog's body - all over the place!
 Other relevant/ interesting info: 27th - 4th
 Name: Petro Farrell, Karryn Gracey
 Phone: 0827805111, 0829000021
 Area of Responsiblity: Registration, Gala dinner, buses, CTICC liaison, airport transfers
 Other relevant/ interesting info:
 
Category:FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 Motivation to Attend

I've had quite a few phone calls from mainly Government employees asking for help in putting together a motivation to their managers to attend FOSS4G 2008. Why should you or your staff attend FOSS4G 2008? If you're interested in GIS, geospatial software, open source or anything related, as a manager, user or developer, here are some reasons to attend:
*Like it or not, Government procurement is soon going to demand Open Source solutions (www.oss.gov.za). If you're in business, what better platform to launch into this market than a conference like this? If you're in Government, what better way to learn about FOSS and prepare for the transition? 
*FOSS4G 2008 is not just about open source – the whole SA GIS community will be there, including all the normal 'proprietary' GIS community. Content, exhibitors, sponsors (including GIMS) are from the open source AND the proprietary communities, not that there is a clear distinction, with many being from both. If you attended AfricaGIS in '05, or any GISSA or local GIS conference for that matter, FOSS4G is for you and is going to be bigger and better. It is indeed also the ‘GISSA 2008’ conference. Learn about how proprietary and FOSS GIS can work together. Or, learn about how to make the transition from proprietary to FOSS. 
*Open source software in many cases (especially server and web-based) outperforms the proprietary equivalent - come and see live demos and benchmarks. 
*You can build the same or better solutions with open source than you currently build with proprietary. Come and see FOSS GIS projects in action. Learn how to use them in hands-on workshops and labs. 
*Using open source can save your clients money, increase your profits while providing the same or better functionality. 
*Many FOSS GIS projects are best-of-breed. Did you know, for example, that ESRI now uses and supports GDAL and 52North. GDAL now is at the core of almost everything you do with rasters in ESRI software. Frank Warmerdam (GDAL/OGR and PROJ4) and the lead developers on many other best-of-breed open source projects will be presenting papers and hands-on workshops at the conference. 
*FOSS4G 2008 is a landmark event in Africa, the first time FOSS geospatial is being showcased on the continent. 
*South Africa won an international bid to host FOSS4G 2008. 
*Hands-on labs and workshops will be in full swing for five days - where can you get training and experience like this for even twice the price? 
*People from over 40 countries have already registered and we have users on our conference website from over 80 countries. 
*If you are a developer, there is a full day Code Sprint. 
Feel free to add to these, improve them and make them more generic. 
Category: FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 Music

Let's get a lot of suggestions in, then we'll sort them into a play order and allocate them to before-Opening and after-Closing. 
Themes of freedom, sharing, and looking to the future...
I'd love to be able to put a free CD of really good SA music in eveyone's conference bag. Anyone got contacts in the music industry to organise this? User:GFleming
= Opening Plenary Music =
* 
= Closing Plenary Music =
* 
= General Quiet Time =
Most of the time when we want music will be when folks are being seated. Here are a couple "ambient" background music podcast examples that are nice and long so they can be switched on and off without the obvious interruption of lyrics, etc.
* From a great Australian weekly podcast: Ultima Thule - Episode 667 Episode 668 Episode 637
* soma fm online station has some great groove, chill and space music that might fit in nicely
* Royalty free mixes, including rock, etc. from uniquetracks.com
* CC licensed mixes from Magnatune
* More interesting royalty free music from royaltyfreemusic.com
Category:FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 OSGeo Booth

Placeholder for organising the OSGeo Booth at FOSS4G 2008, similar to previous year: FOSS4G2007 OSGeo Booth.
Event Contact: Tim Bowden
== Schedule ==
* Will plan some specific times for interviewing people and having a "meet the VIP" slot
== Volunteers ==
Staff name 	Monday 	Tuesday 	Wednesday 	Thursday 	Friday 	Sprint
Arnulf Christl 	morning 	afternoon 	morning 	--- 	 	whole day
Jeff McKenna 	--- 	afternoon 	afternoon 	afternoon 	 	
Markus Neteler 	when needed	when needed	when needed 	when needed	 	---
yjacolin 	No 	No 	morning then 15h00-18h00	morning 	 	
tbowden 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Booth closed	Whole day
Pls add yourself	 	 	 	 	 	
== Equipment ==
What kind of equipment should be available?
* Video monitor? Laptops?
* Video camera for live feeds
* Bandwidth? Live Demos?
* Static demos?
== Handouts ==
What handouts will be available, who/where will they be printed?
* Poster showing sponsors!
* ...
== Presentations ==
What kinds of live demonstrations or recorded examples can be played at the booth? Where can they be downloaded from or who can run them?
* ...
=== Self-Running ===
* OSSIMPlanet video with sound (181MB)
* GRASS historical Video (60MB)
* Italian OSGeo chapter youtube video Can we get a full res copy of this?
* gvSIG OpenMoko youtube vid. High res copy?
* gvSIG Days '07 Video.
== Other Considerations ==
* Good reading: Running Conference Booths
* Operate OSGeo Booth
Category: Marketing
Category: FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 Presentation Materials

Please link presentation materials from this wiki page when they are complete.
* Open Geodata Lightning Talk, Schuyler Erle, http://www.vimeo.com/1841244
* OpenStreetMap in India, Free Data in the Developing World , Schuyler Erle and Mikel Maron: http://www.slideshare.net/mikel_maron/freemapindia-2008-part-1, http://www.slideshare.net/mikel_maron/freemapindia-2008-part-2
* Rebuilding a City through Community Participation, Neogeography and GIS , Andrew Turner, http://www.slideshare.net/ajturner/rebuilding-a-city-through-community-participation-neogeography-and-gis-presentation
Category: FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 Roomshare

Whoever is planning to attend FOSS4G needs to book their hotel soon. We have a block of rooms available for you to reserve from in order to SAVE MONEY and have a place to sleep. 
The number of rooms held for us will decrease if a significant amount are not used within a certain period of time. There is a chance that you will be stuck with a more expensive room, or in a non-central hotel, hostel or grassy patch to lay your head if you wait until the last minute.
For details on accommodation specials for FOSS4G 2008, see PeopleSA
== Share a Room ==
For anyone who is looking for a roommate to further share costs, add your name/email below to connect with others. Be sure to list what dates you are looking for a room. 
* Name, Date...
* Tim Bowden, Friday 26th, till Sunday 5th. I've got several beds spare at the Fountain Hotel. Short walk from the conf centre. email me tim.bowden_at_mapforge.com.au for details if you're interested.
For budget accommodation tips and other ideas about doing it yourself, see FOSS4G2008 DIY 
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FOSS4G2008 Social

= Social Venues =
Places to eat and drink in and around the various venue locations. Also, a schedule of what is happening socially.
Places to meet and eat:
* Fountains Hotel - 1 St Georges Mall - hotel where many delegates are staying. (www.fountainshotel.co.za / phone: (+27) 021-443 1100)
* Cocoa Expresso - Vodacom Building, Pier Place, Foreshore - opens early for breakfast. Good for coffees, lunches, snacks and meeting outside the CTICC (free WIFI). Within walking distance - across the road and one block away.(6.30am - 4pm)
* V&A Waterfront - many pubs, restaurants and coffee shops - can walk there (15 minutes?) or take a taxi 
** Proposed Main conference hangout: QUAY 4 ( www.quay4.co.za / Telephone +27 (21)) 419 2008) as the conference people finder and gathering place for the duration of the conference.
* Cocoa Wah Wah - 18 Main Road Rondebosch - close to UCT and open day and night (a popular student venue with free wifi open 7am - 11pm)
* La Med, Camps Bay - lively indoor/ outdoor bar venue overlooking Clifton/ Camps Bay - awesome for Atlantic sunsets, but is weather dependent
== LOC Function ==
Proposed places:
* Maestro’s on the Beach (Woodbridge Island) – is a great place for LOC event in Milnerton (we would need to book) http://www.maestrosgroup.co.za/ 
* Bizerca Bistro (foreshore) – 2 blocks from CTICC
* Beluga (Greenpoint) – seafood
* Wakame (Mouille Point) – great for sunsets and seafood / sushi
== Schedule of planned social events: ==
* Sunday 28th - Panama Jacks at the docks - Pre conference dinner for those who are there early - Gavin seems to know the docks well (!) so speak to him for directions. Actually, perhaps best to meet at say Fountains Hotel before heading to PJ's, as it is easy to get lost (very lost)
* Monday 29th - Ice breaker cocktail event (official), the cool folks are meeting at Quay 4
* Tuesday 30th - Relish, a 3-story bar recommended by a local, about a 15-20 minute walk towards Table Mountain from Fountains. 70 New Church Street
 * http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-33.92694&lon=18.411086&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF
 * http://www.relish.co.za/
* Wednesday 1st - Banquet at Moyo in Stellenbosch (official).
* Thursday 2nd - 
* Friday 3rd -
* Saturday 4th -
=What's on in Cape Town=
 
 
Category:FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 Tourism

This page is dedicated to collect information helpful for everyone interested in tourist activities in Cape Town, during FOSS4G 2008. Please, add any information you would consider helpful for people visiting Cape Town. 
See how it was done in 2007: FOSS4G2008_Tourism
List of proposed topics:
== Must-see places, features, etc. ==
== Cape Town By Bus ==
== Public / Online geodata and maps ==
=== Online Maps of Cape Town===
http://www.mapexchange.co.za/foss4g
== Walking with GPS ==
Where can I get some waypoints about Cape Town?
There is also a Cape Town Mapping Party planned during the weekend before the conference, so it will be also an interesting opportunity to take a walk or ride a bike and visit Cape Town.
== Helpful notes ==
Tourism information, phone numbers, must-know, etc.
== Other ==
There is also some useful information available on the official website of FOSS4G 2008
Add some more on 
:About Cape Town
:Wining, Dining, Shopping
:Special places
:Further afield
::around Cape Town
::Western Cape
::Other provinces
::Neighbouring coutries
Also see the conference organiser's website: 
* Things to do
Category:FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 Video and Photos

Back to FOSS4G2008...
Information about Video and Photos from the FOSS4G 2008 conference that was held in Cape Town, South Africa, September 29 to October 3, 2008.
Using FOSS4G2007 Video and Photos as a template, populate this page when appropriate.
The FOSS4G 2007 attenders who use Flickr were asked to tag their photos with foss4g2008 (foss4g2007), so all pictures can be easily found. There is also OSGeo group on Flickr dedicated to build photos pool from FOSS4G and OSGeo events. 
Category:FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2008 cap fr

= FOSS4G 2008 à Cap town =
Cette page a pour but de réunir l'ensemble des informations (hébergement, déplacement, présentation de l'OSGeo-fr, Assemblé Générale de l'OSGeo-fr, etc.) relatif au FOSS4G 2008
== Généralité ==
=== Participants ===
Listez vous ici :
# Guillaume Sueur
# Yjacolin
# Thierry Badard et un étudiant (probable à 60 %...)
=== Info diverses ===
Convertisseur 
Localisation du Centre de Conférence de Cap Town et de quelques hôtels
== Déplacement ==
Deplacement
== Hébergement ==
Les organisateurs du FOSS4G 2008 propose une liste d'hotel (petit dej., transport hotel-aéroport, 5 jours) à des prix attractifs : http://www.psaevents.co.za/Events/Foss4g/accomodation.aspx (400 € pour 5 j. pour une chambre simple, possibilité de chambre double, etc).
# http://www.capestay.com/ 
# http://www.backpackers.co.za/
Category:Past Events
Category: Local chapter francophone
FOSS4G2008 news and reports

Please add links here to any coverage of FOSS4G 2008 you know about. Blogs, articles, photos, twitter sites, anything!
...and tag anything you post with 'FOSS4G2008'
=Media partners=
PositionIT was the only media partner to have a reporter at the conference. They published a page of photos in the Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec editions and published several articles in Nov/Dec:
*'Where to after FOSS4G 2008?'
*'FOSS4G Education outreach at Bishops'
*'Hout Bay OpenStreetMap mapping party'
*'Volunteering at FOSS4G 2008'
*'Challenges affecting open source adoption in Government'
GeoConnexion: Still waiting...
Directions Mag
Baliz-Media (Canadian French): 
*Article on the Open Source movement OSGeo-fr :
**http://media.baliz-geospatial.com/fr/article/la-geomatique-libre-en-france-et-au-quebec-des-differences-qui-s-assemblent
*Micro-blog post :
**http://media.baliz-geospatial.com/fr/direct/openstreetmap-a-cape-town
**http://media.baliz-geospatial.com/fr/direct/mapmaker-vs-osm
=General=
CR Schmidt post-mortem
CR Schmidt September and October blogs with various FOSS4G items.
Felipe Costa (Portuguese)
Jody Garnett
Twitter
Google Moderator questions posed in Closing Plenary
SAEON article(South African Environmental Observation Network)
University of Trento article by Clara Tattoni (Italian). See page 6.
SAHANA at FOSS4G
=Pictures=
On compfight.com or Flickr search for 'FOSS4G2008'. 
=Slides=
Slideshare's foss4g2008
=Workshops and labs=
OpenLayers workshop includes links to html and French versions
Category:FOSS4G2008
FOSS4G2009 OSGeo Booth

Placeholder for organising the OSGeo Booth at FOSS4G2009, similar to previous year: FOSS4G2008 OSGeo Booth.
Event Contact: Tyler Mitchell, Brent Wood
== Schedule ==
Day 	Hours
Tuesday 20th 	1200 - 1630
Wednesday 21st	0730 - 1630
Thursday 22nd 	0800 - 1630
Friday 23rd 	0800 - 1630
== Volunteers ==
Sign up for an hour or so at: FOSS4G 2009 Volunteers#OSGeo Booth
== Equipment ==
What kind of equipment should be available?
* Volunteers should bring their own laptop if possible
* 2 large tables, 1 "discussion" pedestal table and chairs
* 1 pop-up banner - Tyler bringing
== Handouts ==
What handouts will be available, who/where will they be printed?
* Brochures, sponsorship postcards - Tyler bringing
* Poster showing sponsors! - to be printed
* ...
== Presentations ==
What kinds of live demonstrations or recorded examples can be played at the booth? Where can they be downloaded from or who can run them?
* ...
=== Self-Running ===
* OSSIMPlanet video with sound (181MB)
* GRASS historical Video (60MB)
* Italian OSGeo chapter youtube video Can we get a full res copy of this?
* gvSIG OpenMoko youtube vid. High res copy?
* gvSIG Days '07 Video.
== Other Considerations ==
* Good reading: Running Conference Booths
* Operate OSGeo Booth
Category: Marketing
Category: FOSS4G2009
FOSS4G2015 OSGeo Booth

Placeholder for organizing the OSGeo Booth at FOSS4G 2015 Seoul, similar to previous year: FOSS4G2014 OSGeo Booth Portland.
Event Contacts: TBD
== Floor Plan ==
OSGeo has booth #8
== Booth Structure ==
== Booth Size ==
3m x 3m
== Schedule ==
K Hotel Seoul
Day 	Hours 	
Mon Sep 14th 	15:30-18:00	possible setup.
Tues Sep 15th 	8:30-9:30 	setup.
Wed Sep 16th 	10:30-18:30	Regular hours, sessions running, etc.
Thurs Sep 17th	10:30-18:30	Regular hours, sessions running, etc.
Fri Sep 18th 	10:30-17:30	Regular hours, sessions running, etc.
 	17:30-18:00	Move out
conference program: http://2015.foss4g.org/programme/presentations/
== Signup Schedule ==
Day 	Hours 	 	Booth Team (2-3/slot)
Tues Sept 15th 	8:30-9:30 	Move in / Set up 	Jeff McKenna, Vasile Craciunescu, Till Adams
Wed Sept 16th 	10:30-13:00	Regular hours (Exhibit Hall opens at 10:30)	Till Adams
 	13:00-15:00	Regular hours 	Jeff McKenna, Till Adams,
 	15:00-17:00	Regular hours 	Jeff McKenna,
 	17:00-19:00	Regular hours 	Jeff McKenna,
Thurs Sept 17th	10:30-13:00	Regular hours (Exhibit Hall opens at 10:30)	Jeff McKenna, Vasile Craciunescu,
 	13:00-15:00	Regular hours 	Jeff McKenna,
 	15:00-17:00	Regular hours 	Till Adams,
 	17:00-19:00	Regular hours 	closed -> Annual Meeting
Fri Sept 18th 	10:30-13:00	Regular hours (Exhibit Hall opens at 10:30)	Jeff McKenna, Vasile Craciunescu,
 	13:00-15:00	Regular hours 	Jeff McKenna,
 	15:00-16:00	Regular hours 	
 	16:00-18:30	Take down 	Jeff McKenna, Vasile Craciunescu, Till Adams
== Equipment ==
as travel with equipment is difficult, best scenario is these are provided by Asia local chapters...
 Possible needs:
 banner?
 laptops/monitors?: LOC/OSGeo-Korea will provide 24 inch LCD monitor
 table? drape? chairs?
 wired internet?
* Volunteers should bring their own laptop if possible. Maybe have a larger desktop monitor there too. Or projector?
* Banners?
*
== Handouts ==
* LOC/OSGeo-Korea will provide OSGeo baggage tag
* LOC/OSGeo-Korea can print materials, please submit files direct to them to print
== Presentations ==
What kinds of live demonstrations or recorded examples can be played at the booth? Where can they be downloaded from or who can run them?
* If there are multiple booth volunteers, therefore multiple laptops, might simplify by having canned demos/videos, manual demos, and associated data living on a server somewhere.
* 
=== Self-Running ===
Review in case of updates or additions
* place visible links to slides or videos here
* OSGeo Live overview presentation
== Other Considerations ==
* Good reading: Running Conference Booths
* Operate OSGeo Booth
Category: FOSS4G2015
Category: FOSS4G
Category: Marketing
FOSS4G2025 Q&A 2 Auckland

= Questions to the LOC from CC =
== María Arias de Reyna ==
=== I see that you consider numbers that I feel are a bit low for attendance (base 550, better 650, best 750). I like that you are conservative and that the budget stays strong with a low number, but I think that we should be prepared for the upper number to be at least 1000, considering the historial data[1]. Is there a reason why 750 is the higher you planned? Because even if it is very far away from me (Spain), I see it is very close to some of the most vibrant communities out there. I know you mention you can expand to more rooms if needed and that you can have a bigger plenary room, I am just curious if I'm missing some reason behind the numbers.===
We have tried to be realistic with our numbers. 
During our modelling of the attendee numbers from different regions we used the historical data available from OSGeo but also took into account that for most of the previous conferences the travel distances were much shorter for the majority of attendees.
Focused marketing to the various different OSGeo regions will be critical in attracting attendees to travel to New Zealand.
A number of our committee have traveled in the past from our Oceania region to FOSS4G conferences in Europe and North America and we know first hand that the extra distance we travelled was more than worth it!
=== I like the childcare services. ===
We do too! This is something we have provided at previous FOSS4G Oceania conferences.
=== As a suggestion: are you also considering offering some tourist package for partners? ===
Yes that is something we are definitely considering and actively talking about with our tourism partners. 
We have a tight relationship with Tourism New Zealand and the Auckland Convention Bureau and have already discussed how we might offer discounts and packages on many tourist related attractions and activities on offer.
We see this as been one of the ways to attract delegates to travel to New Zealand - we will not just be a conference destination but also a tourism destination before, during and after FOSS4G Auckland 2025.
=== Sometimes the codesprint is not of interest for the majority of the audience for several reasons (considered too technical, people are tired at the last day and decide to just do some tourism,...). Do you have any ideas on how to encourage participation? ===
Discussions are underway to include the following associated events as part of the codesprint community day:
* Regional QGIS User event
* HOT Open Mapping Hub (Asia Pacific) event
These events will allow those attendees who feel the code sprint to be too technical to participate in the day and feel they have gained real value and given value back.
[1] FOSS4G Historical Data
FOSS4GDiscount

= FOSS4G Discount for Charter Members (Draft Proposal) =
Since 2006 in Lausanne, the OSGeo Foundation is organizing the most important event in the world about Free and Open Source Software for Geomatics (FOSS4G), gathering the community of major international experts from all over the world and amongst all of the OSGeo communities. Obviously, the OSGeo Foundation desires to have its Charter Members join this event; so, to ease their plight, the OSGeo Foundation is offering a special discount to Charter Members for registering to attend the annual FOSS4G event.
The fees that a Charter Member should pay to attend the FOSS4G event should not exceed the price fixed by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for early bird registration. That means that, even if the deadline was passed already, OSGeo Charter Members will always benefit from the discounted early bird price. 
To achieve this goal, future LOCs will have to mention accepting this specific discount privilege for OSGeo Charter Members in their hosting proposal (so, this proposal cannot be taken into account before the RFP for FOSS4G 2016). The LOC can then work with the OSGeo Secretary, who maintains the official contact list for OSGeo Charter Members.
The OSGeo Foundation feels that Charter Members are the core of the organization, and deserve a thank you for their passionate and dedicated support.