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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 39

Distribution: To foss4g presenters
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= People want your FOSS4G presentations =
Sydney, Australia. 27 October 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
FOSS4G presenters,
We need your compressed presentations, and an OK to release presentations and video of you under Creative Commons, if we are to publish them on the FOSS4G website.
Thank you for presenting at FOSS4G. I've had many people tell me what an excellent conference this has been, and in particular, expressed how good the presentations were.
I've also been getting many requests for FOSS4G presentations, and video recordings of the presentations, and we are hoping to have these all uploaded to the website within a week, although it might take us two. We already have all the presentations that were uploaded onto the conference computers. Some of these presentations are very big, up to 1 Gig in size, which is unsuitable for downloading. Other people presented off their laptops, and we don't have those presentations.
So what we are looking for is:
* Confirm that your presentation may be made available, preferably via the Creative Commmons Attribution-Share Alike license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Do this by sending an email to foss4g2009@lists.osgeo.org stating:
 I, <first name> <last name> confirm that my presentation titled "<title>", and presented
 during the FOSS4G 2009 is available to all under the terms of the
 Creative Commmons Attribution-Share Alike license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
* If your presentation was greater than 10 Meg, can you please compress it, maybe by converting to PDF, then 
** upload to: http://presentationsfoss4g.arinex.com.au/ with user/password: foss4g/Upl0ad
** email presentations.foss4g@arinex.com.au and Shoaib (CCed) with the uploaded file name, title, presenter, and presenter's email address (so we can link to right location on the website).
* If your presentation was not loaded onto the conference system (at the speaker ready area), then can you ensure it is uploaded via process above.
* If your presentation was videoed, and you have not filled out a Copyright Release form, can you please fill one in, scan it, and email to Andrew Ross (CCed). The release form can be downloaded from: http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/uploads/fosslc_release_form_v5.2.pdf
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 4

=FOSS4G Sponsorship and Exhibition bookings now open=
For information about this announcement, contact:
Cameron Shorter
Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
tel +61-8570-5050
c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
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Sydney, Australia. 28 January 2009. 
Sponsorship and Exhibition packages are now available to be purchased for the international FOSS4G conference, to be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from 20-23 October 2009.
http://2009.foss4g.org/sponsorship/
FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" for open source
geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their
latest software and projects. The theme for 2009 is "User Driven",
highlighting the power of Open Source to integrate with existing
systems. The OGC's Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP) to be launched
will demonstrate standards based interoperability between
Open Source and Proprietary geospatial applications.
The CCIP will be a major draw-card for Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) sponsors looking for standards based spatial solutions. http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
BOOK NOW to take advantage of extensive direct marketing campaigns that will extend your exposure well before and beyond the Conference itself. For further details, contact Kirsty O’Brien, Sponsorship and Exhibition Executive, kobrien@tourhosts.com.au or Tel: +61 2 9265 0776
The Sponsorship and Exhibition Prospectus is available at
http://2009.foss4g.org/downloads/FOSS4G_Sponsorship_Exhibition_Document.pdf
== Upcoming milestones ==
* 2 Feb 2009, Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens
* 9 Mar 2009, Call for Abstracts opens
* 13 Apr 2009, Registration for conference and tutorials opens
* 31 Jul 2009, Author/Early registration deadline
* 20-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G
* 24-25 Oct 2009, Code Sprint
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 40

Distributation: foss4g2009 attendees
= FOSS4G Feedback =
Sydney, Australia. 4 November 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
FOSS4G delegates,
Thank you for attending the FOSS4G 2009 Conference. We have been collecting and collating presentations, and videos of sessions, and hope to have them all on the website by early next week.
We have been delighted by the level of feedback we have been getting from delegates and have set up a forum to capture ideas for future FOSS4G events at: http://www.youtellme.com.au/FOSS4G2009/
Furthermore, Business Events Sydney would appreciate hearing about your stay in Sydney and have some questions in the survey It should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. In return for filling out the form, you have the chance to win a $200 voucher on amazon.com.
Thanks again for your help, and hope to see you at FOSS4G 2010.
== About FOSS4G ==
http://2009.foss4g.org
FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which came to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
* Slashgeo: http://slashgeo.org
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 41

Distributation: as wide as possible, foss4g2009-announce
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Translation are available here : FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_41_Translations
= FOSS4G Videos and Presentations online =
Sydney, Australia. 7 December 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
Presentations, videos and posters from the international conference for Free and Open Source Software for GeoSpatial are now online. So if you missed the conference, or couldn't attend all the sessions, you now have a second chance to participate. In particular, I strongly recommend viewing Paul Ramsey's thought provoking and entertaining keynote speech, " Beyond Nerds Bearing Gifts: The Future of the Open Source Economy", http://2009.foss4g.org/speakers/#Paul_Ramsey .
Almost all presentations, tutorials and workshop material has been collected, and we have videos of 2/3 of all the presentations.
* Presentations, workshops and tutorials and videos are linked from abstract descriptions at: http://2009.foss4g.org/schedule/ .
* Videos can also be found at: http://blip.tv/search?q=fosslc
* Posters: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Posters
* Ignight Spatial lightening talk videos: http://www.ignitespatial.com/?page_id=181
* Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/foss4g2009/
== About FOSS4G ==
http://2009.foss4g.org
FOSS4G is an international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which was held in Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offered presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It was presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and included the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics included mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
* Slashgeo: http://slashgeo.org
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 41 Cover

OSGeo and Spatial Community Leaders,
Could you please forward on one last FOSS4G press release to your communities, preferably with an introductory message about the conference. Something like:
* "I presented at FOSS4G, you can see my presentation at ..."
* "Look out for presentations about our project at ..."
* "I strongly recommend watching Paul Ramsey's entertaining and informative presentation at ..."
* ...
The press release is available at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_41
Based on the prior experience of FOSSLC, the Open Source Conference video team, they find they get 30 times more video downloads than conference attendees which shows that there is significantly more interest in conferences than have budget to attend.
Thank you so much for your support of the FOSS4G conference. We have had glowing reports back from attendees about the success of the conference here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdC00cXNHTURTZjZrY3phT3RpTFNybFE&hl=en_GB
Your part in promoting the conference through viral marketing proved to be incredibly successful, as shown by how people heard about the conference:
Information Source 	Attendees	Percentage
Friend/colleague 	177 	53%
E-mail list 	80 	24%
Web badge on open source site	23 	7%
Grapevine 	20 	6%
Internet Search 	20 	6%
Web advertisement 	12 	4%
Magazine advertisement 	2 	1%
FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 42

Distributation: foss4g presenters
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= Please check links to your FOSS4G presentation and video are correct =
Sydney, Australia. 2 December 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
FOSS4G presenters,
Next Monday, we will send a press release announcing the availability of FOSS4G presentations and videos. So by this Friday 4 December, could you please verify and correct references to your FOSS4G presentation and video on the google doc at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdFBIS3Z0ZDdVN3lQTnlZX3loRWtaMGc&hl=en_GB . (We are aware that we have a number of inconsistencies.)
Video links from http://blip.tv/search?q=fosslc need to be added to the spreadsheet and we are looking for help to complete this.
The spreadsheet contains hints in blue for each column. Please add your name to the verified column when you have finished. If you are able to verify other presentations as well, even better.
==Schedule==
* Today, Wednesday 2 December, send this announcement
* Friday 4 December, corrections to spreadsheet complete
* Sat/Sun, apply revised details to the website
* Monday 7 December, send press release announcing availability of FOSS4G presentations and videos
If your presentation is still not loaded, could you please:
# Email your presentation to foss4g2009 AT lists . os geo . org, including Title, Presenter, Day, Time, Room, and attach the presentation. If your image is greater than 10 Meg, please contact us to coordinate an alternative upload arrangement.
# If you have not already done so, please confirm that your presentation can be published under the Creative Commons by sending the following email to foss4g2009 AT lists . os geo . org 
 I, <first name> <last name> confirm that my presentation titled "<title>", and presented
 during the FOSS4G 2009 is available to all under the terms of the
 Creative Commmons Attribution-Share Alike license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
# Then update the spreadsheet above with the correct information.
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
* Slashgeo: http://slashgeo.org
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 4 Cover

OSGeo Community Leaders, Local Chapters, and Translaters,
This limited press release is going out today to potential FOSS4G sponsors.
If you know an organisation, maybe your own, who may be interested in raising their organisation's profile at FOSS4G, could you please pass on this press release to them.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_9
FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 8

For limited distribution, to workshop and tutorial presenters.
= FOSS4G Workshops and Tutorials announced =
Sydney, Australia. 30 March 2009.
It is my pleasure to end the speculation on tutorials and workshops for FOSS4G in October. While the full descriptions won't be published until closer to the opening of registration, here is the final list: 
==Tutorials==
A Friendly Hands-on Survey of Popular Geospaital Services
* Jody Garnett, Mark Leslie, and Andrea Antonello
Delivering data using published application schemas
* Rob Atkinson, Ben Caradoc-Davies
Getting Started with MapWindow: An easy-to-install, easy-to-use free GIS for Windows
* Dan Ames and Ted Dunsford
How to Cope with GeoSpatial - Intro to GeoTools for the Java Developer
* Jody Garnett and Michael Bedward
Introduction to deegree iGeoDesktop
* Hanko Rubach
Leveraging OGC Services with GeoExt
* Andreas Hocevar
Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching
* Arne Kepp and Jim Groffen
Making Maps Pretty with Style Layer Descriptor
* Andrea Aime and Jim Groffen
Protecting OGC Web Services with the 52°North Security System
* Jan Drewnak
Sensor Web Enablement - Bringing Sensors into SDIs
* Arne Broering, Simon Jirka, Christoph Stasch, and Thomas Everding
Using ILWIS with its PostGIS plug-in for raster-vector applications
* Rob Lemmens
Working with GRASS-GIS Vectors and Databases
* Richard Chirgwin
==Workshops==
Getting Started with MapServer
* Jeff McKenna, Tyler Mitchell, and Pericles Nacionales
Geospatial BI with FOSS: an introduction to GeoMondrian and Spatialytics
* Thierry Badard and Etienne Dubé
Introduction to PostGIS
* Mark Leslie and Paul Ramsey
Introduction to the Open Geo-Stack: PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, and OpenLayers
* Justin Deoliveira, Andrea Aime, Paul Ramsey, and Tim Schaub
Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching
* Arne Kepp and Jim Groffen
OpenLayers - Your Foundation for Browser Based Mapping
* Tim Schaub and Roald de Wit
Organising your geospatial data and services using GeoNetwork opensource
* Jeroen Ticheler and François Prunayre
Practical Introduction to GRASS and related software for beginners
* Paolo Zatelli, Marco Ciolli, and Clara Tattoni
Practical introduction to MapFish, the web 2.0 mapping application
framework
* Claude Philipona, Cédric Moullet, Frédéric Junod, and Eric Lemoine
Working with GeoServer
* Justin Deoliveira and Andrea Aime
Announcement reference: http://fromtheinsidelookingin.blogspot.com/2009/03/foss4g-workshops-and-tutorials.html
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
----
For information about this announcement, contact:
FOSS4G Organising Committee: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009#Contact_Us
or,
Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
tel +61-8570-5050
c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
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FOSS4G 2009 Schedule

Date 	FOSS4G, Derived from master 	LiveDVD 	Climate Change Integration Showcase (CCIP)
2 Feb 2009 	Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens 	 	
19 Feb 2009 	 	Ubuntu Jaunty Feature Freeze 	
2 Mar 2009 	Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes 	 	
9 Mar 2009 	Call for Abstracts opens 	 	
30 Mar 2009 	Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials 	 	Core hardware live
23 Apr 2009 	 	Ubuntu Jaunty Final Release 	
5 May 2009 	Registration for conference and tutorials opens 	 	
18 May 2009 	 	 	Call for Sponsors released
25 May 2009 	2 weeks till abstracts due reminder 	 	
26 May 2009 	 	 	Call for Participation released
8 Jun 2009 	Abstract submission deadline 	 	
27 June 2009 	 	 	Call for Sponsors closes
28 June 2009 	Abstract voting closes 	 	
20 Jul 2009 	Presenters notified of acceptance for talks 	 	Sponsored Scenario freeze
20 Jul 2009 	 	 	Call for Participation closes
27 Jul 2009 	 	 	Core Web Services installed (alpha)
7 Aug 2009 	Early registration deadline 	 	
31 Aug 2009 	 	 	Beta Release: Data, Web Services, Clients, Scenarios
4 Sep 2009 	 	LiveDVD Feature Freeze 	
11 Sep 2009 	 	LiveDVD Beta Release 	
14 Sep 2009 	Completed program available on the wiki 	 	
18 Sep 2009 	 	LiveDVD Final Freeze 	
20 Sep 2009 	 	LiveDVD Final Release & sent to printers	
21 Sep 2009 	Printed Programme Deadline, Poster submission close 	 	Plugfest award judging
28 Sep 2009 	Open Registrations for "Workshop Only @ day rate" 	 	System installs on CCIP local system(s)
29 Sep 2009 	Deadline for Workshop Printing and data directory submissions	 	
5 Oct 2009 	 	 	Feature freeze, Start Video production
6 Oct 2009 	Programme to Printers 	 	
20 Oct 2009 	FOSS4G Workshop 	 	
21-23 Oct 2009	FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials 	 	
24-25 Oct 2009	FOSS4G Code Sprint 	 	
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FOSS4G 2009 Venue Feedback

== Room Feedback ==
Smaller rooms, such as the Parkside G03 room used for the Making Maps Pretty and Making Maps Fast tutorial sessions on Wednesday, should generally be avoided unless it is known for certain that the audience for a particular topic is limited. Both of these tutorial sessions were standing room only before they even started, and people continued to trickle in (usually turning away in frustration). The G03 room was particular bad due to the large pillar that prevented a fairly large section of the room from being useful. Obviously it is impossible to predict the number of attendees for a given session unless the attendees are required to register for individual sessions. However, sensible choices should be made. These tutorial sessions would have been much better served taking place in the large auditorium or G04.
== Food Service ==
== Technical Services ==
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FOSS4G 2009 Workshop Computer Setup

== Hardware ==
* 17" LCD monitors
* Dual Core 2GHz
* 1GB RAM
* 160GB disk
== Software ==
* Windows XP
* IE6
* Firefox
* Adobe Reader
== Workshop Data Load ==
A directory for each workshop will be added to all workshop computers to provide installers, sample data, instructions, presentation slides and anything else workshop instructors will require. These packages must be provided by September 29th to ensure they are loaded and that workbooks can be printed. Please direct any inquiries or requests for default software to the workshops mailing list. Note that we are expecting that the installation of software specific to your workshop will be part of the workshop itself.
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FOSS4G 2009 Workshop Meeting 200809

== Time and Place ==
Thursday 20th August, 9am AEST
The information you need to configure your IRC client are:
* Server - Pick one from Freenode Servers
* Channel - #foss4g
* Port - 6667
== Agenda ==
; 9.00 : Introductions
; 9.05 : Update from the Chair
; 9.15 : DVD and Data
; 9.25 : Deadline review
; 9.30 : Other
== Minutes ==
In attendance:
* Jeff McKenna (JM)
* Mark Leslie (ML)
IRC Logs
http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2009-08-19.log
Action points
* ML - Review presenter notes and adjust, creating 'instructor notes'. Include instructions for submitting installers, instructions and tests, needed data or media, etc.
* ML - Issue a call for volunteers to chair tutorial sessions.
* JM - Add a wiki page for scheduling
* ML - Determine if we can get access to the workshop machines the night before workshop day.
* ML - Find out if computers on the tutorial room wireless can see each other.
* JM - Setup an FTP site for workshop instructors to upload stuffs.
FOSS4G 2009 Workshop Meeting 260809

== Time and Place ==
Thursday 20th August, 9am AEST
The information you need to configure your IRC client are:
* Server - Pick one from Freenode Servers
* Channel - #foss4g
* Port - 6667
== Agenda ==
None
== Minutes ==
In attendance:
* Jeff McKenna (JM)
* Mark Leslie (ML)
* Jody Garnett (JG)
IRC Logs
http://logs.qgis.org/foss4g/%23foss4g.2009-08-25.log
Action points
* ML - Details from arinex: Date of availability of image machine, availability of image machine for remote testing, can we get access to the workshop rooms/machines the night before, can tutorial machines see each other within the room, specs of machines (OS inc. service pack, admin access to users, etc.)
* ML - Issue a call for volunteers to assist in tutorials.
* ML - Blog the venue.
* JM - Fill out wiki page for scheduling
* JM - Follow up on FTP site for uploads http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/407
FOSS4G 2009 Workshop Meetings

All workshop meetings occur using IRC chat. To configure your IRC client:
 * Server - Pick one from Freenode Servers
 * Channel - #foss4g
 * Port - 6667 
== Next Meeting ==
Wed 1st September, 9am AEST
=== Agenda ===
* JM: report on Upload Server for Software, Printing, Data for Workshop Instructors
* ALL: create list of questions for Arinex
=== Minutes ===
=== IRC Logs ===
== Past Meetings ==
Thurs 20th August
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