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FOSS4G 2010 Social Activities

=Social Activities=
==Ice Breaker==
== FOSS4G band ==
It was mentioned on the OSGeo discuss list that a live band made out of FOSS4G musicians could be an interesting activity. Considering there will be no time for a group rehersal, who would like to play and what. ?
NOTE : the session is not yet assured due to program and budget issue to solve first
* Yves Moisan; bass (5-string preferably); not bringing instrument; level = beginner (I've been doing it for about two years now in my basement); 70's 80's 90's music (rock, disco) or a simple baseline I can get by
* Jeroen Ticheler; drums; not bringing instrument ;-) ; like to play some easy jazz & rock
* Anne Ghisla: piano or percussions, not bringing instruments :D would like to have a improvisation session, it's easier to set up and it's fun! any genre is fine. 
* Sebastian Benthall harmonica. rock/blues
* Thijs van Menen acoustic guitar and vocals. Will bring my guitar along. Can do a half an hour acoustic gig of my own music. Need Mic and amplyfication.
See also OSGeo_Music ...
==Regular meeting spots==
==Other events==
==Tours==
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FOSS4G 2010 Subscriptions

back to FOSS4G 2010
The information below is not official, and is for discussion purposes only. The final pricing could be radically different.
== Prices ==
All prices include VAT and are shown in Euro currency.
Registration levels include:
* Conference & Workshops - a pass for all days of conference, including workshops
* Conference Only - a pass for all days of conference, not including workshops
* Student - same as full but limited to attendees 25 years old and under
* Workshop Only - access to the workshops only (1 day of workshops, 2 sessions)
Prices in € (VAT included) 	Conference & Workshops	Conference Only	Student	Workshop Only
Extra Early - up to 31 Dec, 2009	500 	350 	220 	150
Early - up to June 15 	575 	400 	250 	175
Late - after June 15 	665 	465 	300 	200
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FOSS4G 2010 TODO List

= Promote at other events =
Whenever you are at an event with spatial folks take some FOSS4G 2010 flyers and distribute them. Talk to your colleagues, teacher, students, etc. Word of mouth can make up to 60% of local attendance. 
The following event should be specifically addressed, ask whether the organizer is willing to mention it at the opening or closing plenary or takes the logo on their web site, printed material, etc. 
* Rotterdam, GSDI 11, 15-19 June 2009, http://gsdi.org/gsdi11/ 
* Nottingham, 22 June, http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk
* Sydney, foss4g2009, 20-23 October 2009 http://2010.foss4g.org
* Evora, Portugal, II SASIG, 2nd Portuguese Congress for GFOSS
* FOSS4G 2009 Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
* gvSIG days, Valencia, Spain, 2-4 December 2009 
* gfoss.it in Bolzano, Italia
* OGC TC Meeting in Mountainview, CA, USA
* FOSSGIS 2010
=Prepare promotional docs=
* flyer for everybody
** http://www.ominiverdi.org/foss4g2010/flyer/
* flyer for sponsors
* poster for conferences
**http://www.ominiverdi.org/foss4g2010/poster/
* business cards for Lorenzo (give public address to pdf)
** http://www.ominiverdi.org/foss4g2010/FOSS4G-card-A4.pdf
* refactor web site
=Invite Humanitarian Agencies and NGOs=
* UN
* MSF
* MapAction http://www.mapaction.org
* Oxfam
* ...
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FOSS4G 2010 Venue Rooms

==Meeting Rooms==
 
Meeting room 	dates
Room 7 - Auditorium (1634 pers.)	
from Tuesday to Thursday
Room 6 (320 pers. - theatre) 	
from Tuesday to Thursday
Room 5 (250 pers. - theatre) 	
from Tuesday to Thursday
Room 3 (120-150 pers. - theatre)	
from Tuesday to Thursday
Room 4 (120-150 pers. - theatre)	
from Tuesday to Thursday
Room 8 (120-150 pers. - theatre)	
from Tuesday to Thursday
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FOSS4G 2011

= For the main FOSS4G 2011 web site, click here =
The upcoming FOSS4G 2011 will take place from September 12-16 in Denver, Colorado 
FOSS4G is the global and annual conference hosted by OSGeo in venues all around the globe. It attracts the best Open Source geospatial software projects and their developers making it the gathering of the tribes. FOSS4G addresses the needs of users and developers alike and this year intends to also bridge the gap between the suits and the geeks by explaining how the business models can be used to address the needs of small and large organizations alike.
*FOSS4G 2011 Sponsor Page 
*FOSS4G 2011 Logo 
*FOSS4G 2011 Milestones 
*FOSS4G 2011 Tasks 
*FOSS4G 2011 LOC Meetings 
*FOSS4G 2011 Lessons Learned 
*FOSS4G 2011 Ideas 
*FOSS4G 2011 LOC members and assignments 
*FOSS4G 2011/Test page 
*FOSS4G 2011 Workshop Scheduling
*FOSS4G 2011 Workshops Meetings 
*FOSS4G 2011 Workshops Venue Logistics
*FOSS4G 2011 Workshops Timeline
*FOSS4G 2011 Discounts
*FOSS4G 2011 Plans June 2011
*FOSS4G 2011 Code Sprint
*FOSS4G 2011 Volunteer Management
*FOSS4G 2011 Travel Hints
*FOSS4G 2011 Follow up survey
== Denver LOC Proposal ==
The original proposal, in PDF form, can be downloaded. 
The content in this section contains the developing proposal for FOSS4G 2011 in Denver. This content will continue to change per discussions on the conference-dev list. 
*Welcome Letter 
*Choose Denver for Mile High Success in 2011 
*Exciting Conference Location 
*Hosting Committee and Local Community 
*Budget 
*Program 
*Dates 
*Conference Planners: GITA
*Attendance Projections 
*FOSS4G 2011 Questions
== Volunteering ==
Do you want to help?!? thanks! 
first of all please subscribe to the public mailing list: 
*http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2011
There's a lot of things to do: 
*Compare FOSS4G 2010 wiki page with this page and help filing the contents. Ask in the Mailing List if you have doubts. 
*help reviewing the official web page contents. 
*Promote! this event is mostly known through friends and colleagues, help us promoting to your favorite mailing lists and buddies.
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FOSS4G 2011 Accommodation

== Conference Hotel: ==
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, perfectly located on the 16th Street Pedestrian Mall...
FOSS4G 2011's main conference program is hosted here and a block of 250 rooms have been set aside for conference attendees. With the attached restaurant and bar there will be lots of great opportunities to meet up with other attendees staying here. It's a short walk across the hotel to the conference facilities, yet it is centrally located downtown and with convenient access to the many other restaurants, shops and other places to see. 
* Hotel: Booking info or General hotel link
* Group Rate: $189 - use this booking link - Book before August 26th.
* Group Dates: Reserved room block is for Sept 10-16th. Phone hotel to inquire about availability at the group rate for additional days before/after our room block dates. If available, they will honour rates within 3 days of our block dates.
* Suites: A couple types of suites are available though not with the conference rate.
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FOSS4G 2011 Bid Process

This proposed process is a result of the FOSS4G Reboot 2011 discussion on the conference-dev mailing list, which concluded with votes on the proposed process and proposed regional rotation:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2009-April/000885.html
* http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2009-October/000944.html
= Basics =
* FOSS4G 2011 will most likely be held in North America.
** 2012 will be in Asia/Pacific and 2013 will be in Europe.
** South America will also be considered as a region if sufficient interest
* "Letters of Intent" will be accepted from potential Local Organizing Committees (LOC) in North America. If there are no submissions from groups in North America, letters from other regions will then be solicited.
* If more than one letter of intent is received, the Conference Committee members will vote by each selecting a single letter as their choice. A letter must receive the backing of at least two members to move on to the bid stage.
* Selected letters will be invited to prepare a full bid based on the usual RFP process.
* A proposal outlining budget, potential sponsors, LOC members, and venue costs will be required even if only one letter is received.
= Letters of Intent = 
* Accepted until April 23, 2010 (23:00 UTC)
* Limited to two pages
* Answer the following questions:
** Who is your conference chair? 
** Who else is on your LOC?
** What is your venue?
** What makes FOSS4G in your proposed location compelling?
Cameron Shorter, Chair of FOSS4G suggests also addressing the following questions:
* Historically, half to three quarters of delegates come from the hosting country / region. Hence it is very valuable to have links with the regional geospatial industries.
* How do you propose to engage the regional communities in order to attract delegates and sponsors.
* The more recent conferences have all worked with a professional conference organisor. If you plan to make use of one, please mention them.
The following historical FOSS4G metrics will likely be useful:
* http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdEZoOUtSeVZRVWtKQzV6R2N5ekdSdlE&hl=en_GB
= Letter of Intent Review =
* Questions will be asked of submitters on conference_dev until April 23.
* Conference committee will vote and results announced on April 30.
= Bid Process = 
* If necessary.
* Bids will be required for selected applicants, due by May 21, 2010 (23:00 UTC).
* Questions will be asked of bidders on conference_dev until May 28.
* A conference committee teleconference will be held on June 2.
* Conference committee will vote and results announced on June 11.
= Summary of Important Dates =
Release RFP: 2010-03-12
Letters of Intent (Stage 1) due: 2010-04-23 (23:00 UTC)
Stage 1 question period: 2010-04-23 to 2010-04-30
Stage 1 decision: 2010-04-30
Proposals (Stage 2) due: 2010-05-21 (23:00 UTC)
Stage 2 question period: 2010-05-21 to 2010-05-28
Final decision: 2010-06-11
= RFP Documents =
* RFP containing updated process (RFP)
* Budget template (file)
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FOSS4G 2011 Call for Presentations

The FOSS4G 2011 Organizing Committee would like to welcome all interested participants to submit abstracts for presentations for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference (FOSS4G), being held in Denver, Colorado September 12-16. FOSS4G offers participants an opportunity to learn from and share your knowledge, experience and ideas with a group of like minded individuals representing a wide array of industries, governments, technologies and nationalities.
Presentations are open to all those interested and will comprise a 30 minute slot which includes hand-over, introductions and 5 minutes for questions. Presentations will be selected which have a strong "Open Geospatial" theme to them. The committee is looking for a mixture of technical and non-technical presentation. 
== Format == 
FOSS4G presentations are either 25 minute talks, with a 5 minute question and answer session at the end or 5 minute lightning talks. See the program overview for more information on scheduling.
Presenters are expected to upload a digital copy of their presentation materials (slide shows, papers, etc) to the conference web site prior to the conference.
== Quantity == 
The conference will run presentations in up to seven concurrent tracks, and has room in the schedule for a maximum of 135 presentations and 30 tutorials.
== Topics == 
Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source geospatial software. Some topics of interest for this year are:
* Case Studies
Relate the experiences of you and your organization using open source geospatial. Where do things work well? Poorly? What problems did you solve, and at what cost? What do you recommend for others? Why?
* Benchmarks
Comparisons between pieces of geospatial software. How do features compare? Speed? Ease of use? What do you recommend for others?
* Visualization
Tell about your tips and tricks for effective visualization. How do you present information in a compelling way? 3D? Cartographic tricks? Labelling and naming ideas? Graphs and hybrid map/data combinations?
* Development
What are the new developments in your open source geospatial software product? How does it work, how do people use it, what are the technical issues you are running into?
* Hacks and Mashing
Have you put together something novel or cool this year? What did you stick together, how did it work, show us your gizmo!
* Open Data and Collaboration
What techniques are you using to improve collaboration between organizations and between individuals. Public geodata, collaborative data collection, data sharing, open standards, de facto standards, and more!
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FOSS4G 2011 Code Sprint/MapServer

MaspServer FOSS4G 2011 Sprint
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The following notes were taken from a MapServer meeting during the FOSS4G 2011 Code Sprint.
 
Meeting Notes
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* Roger André joins docs
* Color Ramping
** docs will be done in trunk by Roger
** issue with legends
** caveat at top of doc... experimental feature
* FrankW: Projection AUTO
** clarify RFC
* DUMP TRUE no longer required in 6.0 for WFS/WCS
** doc issue ... obsolete since we have ows_enable_request metadata
* Vector Field
** RFC
* Text spacing
** Phil Anzel will file ticket
** Thomas to look into it
* Mike's DBINCLUDE plan
** use cases
** Mike to draft RFC
*** http://www.mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-74.html
* INSPIRE RFC
** Stephan to present his RFC to accelerate process
*** http://www.mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-75.html
** agreement in principle to move forward
* OWS Dispatch cleanup
** ready to go forward (ticket)
* WCS GML raster output format
** required by the OGC test suite
** look into adding GDAL GML raster driver
* MapServer-utils ... move to trunk
** utils/ directory
** sub-directory for this tool
* .map -> .xml conversion
** ???
* CSS map definition
** summit at Google (Josh Livni)
** Frank to try to attend...
** use STYLES doc as base for discussion in the working group
** approach: converter from CSS to mapfile
* TinyOWS integration in source tree
** Olivier to do it after 1.0 release ... end of september
** next step
* Docs of two new projects (MapCache + TinyOWS)
** Jeff to look into structure -> trunk
* SQL docs notes
** clarify for each driver how much native SQL stuff pushed to DB server
** Phil to draft something
* 6.2 release = suite???
** never officially agreed... consensus
** When??? Aim for feature freeze around Feb Sprint
** TODO: Daniel to write motion to list???
** requires reasonable level of docs for 2 new components
** TODO: Daniel to document new release numbering mechanism (for suite only or for all modules?)
* Comments:
** release planning slip... will this continue to happen? Hard for users to plan... move to 1 year release cycle?
** funding for relase sprint? (help support devs travel + time)
** project sponsorship to support sprint?
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FOSS4G 2011 Denver Dates

=Dates=
The Denver LOC is exploring a few different dates. In our proposal for FOSS4G 2010, we were interested in early December dates for a few good reasons. First, December is a low period for conferences resulting in significant savings over high-season dates. Second, the ski resorts would be open providing a chance for conference attendees to enjoy post-conference getaway packages. The specific week we chose for 2010 fit nicely between the Autodesk University and American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting. Unfortunately, those two events are back-to-back in 2011 following the US Thanksgiving holiday. 11-16 December 2011 dates are available and would result in similar benefits described in the 2010 proposal.
After consideration of conflicting events, the only other feasible dates are the weeks of 11-17 September 2011 and 18 – 24 September 2011. These dates are more similar to past FOSS4G conference dates and would allow attendees to enjoy fantastic weather as well as the fantastic Fall colors of the famous Colorado aspen trees. Biggest drawback is increased costs. It is estimated that venue expenses and hotel room rates will be 10%-15% higher in September than December. An advantage of September date is that it is at the end of the fiscal year for the US Federal Government. Surplus government funds need to be spent during the fiscal year. The choice of dates may increase participation.
If selected to host FOSS4G 2011, the first order of business would be to finalize the conference dates. This would be a collaborative effort among the OSgeo board members, the Denver LOC and GITA.
==Competitive Conferences==
Following is a list of Geospatial and FOSS related conferences both international and regional. By selecting our dates early, other conference organizers will be able to schedule around FOSS4G 2011. Further, we concluded that FOSS4G 2011 would be better served by using other regional conferences as marketing opportunities, rather than by attempting to combine with one or more of them.
===Professional Geospatial Conferences:===
*GITA Geospatial Solutions, Dallas, TX
*Where 2.0 - May
*GeoWeb – July, Vancouver, BC
*InterGEO – 27-29 September 2011
*Web 2.0 Summit – November
*GITA GIS for Oil & Gas Conference 24 – 27 October 2011, Houston, TX
*Autodesk University: 29 November – 1 December 2011, Las Vegas
===Significant Academic Conferences:===
*AAG – 12 – 16 April 2011, Seattle, WA
*ASPRS – 13 - 15 April 2011, Milwaukee, WI
*ICC 2011 – 3 – 8 July 2011, Paris, France
*GeoComputation – 16 – 19 July 2011, London, UK
*AGU (American Geophysical Union) – 5 – 9 December 2011, San Francisco, CA
*IGU/UGI – 14 – 18 November 2011, Santiago, Chile
===Regional Conferences:===
*GIS in the Rockies 2011 – 14-15 September 2011
*AAG Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division – September/October
*ESRI SWUG (Southwest Users Group) - September/October
===Open Source Conferences:===
*OSCon - July
*OpenSource World (formerly LinuxWorld) - August
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FOSS4G 2011 Discounts

Back to FOSS4G_2011...
DRAFT - for discussion purposes only
== Presenters, Posters, Panelists and Lightning Talks ==
"Early Bird" pricing is designed to help provide substantial discounts to committed conference attendees, including all of these different forms of presenters. Unlike some conferences, presenters are not required to show proof of registration prior to submitting presentation proposals. This allows those who are not selected to present to still have full freedom to choose whether to attend or not. 
* No further discounts are available to presenters.
== Sponsors ==
* Platinum - 6 comps
* Gold - 4 comps
* Silver - 2 comps
* Bronze - 1 comp
== Exhibitors ==
* Exhibitors do not receive any comps (apart from those included with sponsorship packages)
== Keynotes ==
* Keynote / plenary speakers do not in general receive a discount. At the discretion of the LOC, a small number of speakers may receive complimentary registration. In general comps are likely to be reserved for invited speakers who would not otherwise attend the conference.
== Workshop Instructors ==
* 1 full comp for the first presenter
* 1 half comp for the second presenter
* Additional presenters will be required to pay full price. Where there are three or more presenters, they may elect to choose 3 half comps (instead of one full and one half). We will only give full and half comps, not other fractional amounts!
== Tutorial Instructors ==
* 1 half comp for the first presenter
* 2nd, 3rd, etc. presenter will be required to pay full price
== Local Organising Committee ==
* ~10 comps for active members of the committee
== Workshop Committee ==
* 
== Volunteers ==
* 25 comps in budgeted. To cover all volunteers for workshops, presentation rooms and other behind-the-scenes work laid out by the LOC and Volunteer Coordinator.
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FOSS4G 2011 Edu BOF sign up

Please add your name below in either of the two suggested OSGeo edu working sessions if you are interested in participating at FOSS4G in Denver. 
ROOM: Denver room
BOF sessions are scheduled for Wed Sept 14th from 5:30-8:00 pm. We should definitely have a meeting then. 1.5 hours should be enough, though the rooms are available longer. Note this overlaps the poster session and exhibitor reception (snacks/drinks!) - so you don't want to use the whole time for the BOF.
There is also space available for a further meeting on Saturday Sept 17th if people are around and willing to use some of that day to work on content-related activities (TBD). One idea would be to try and have a "Workbook development sprint"?
== Wed Sept 14th OSGeo Edu BOF meeting 5:30-7:00 pm ==
* Phillip Davis, GeoTech Center
* Ari Jolma, Aalto University, Finland
* Charlie Schweik, UMass Amherst USA (by Skype)
* Walt Jaslanek, UMass Amherst, USA
* Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University, USA
* Suchith Anand, University of Nottingham, UK (by Skype)
* Scott Mitchell, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
* Rafael Moreno, University of Colorado Denver
* Dan Ames, Idaho State University, Idaho, USA
* Marco Minghini, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy (in place of Maria Brovelli)
*Massimo Di Stefano (RPI - WHOI)
* Jorge Gustavo Rocha, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
* Christine Lewis, CSU, Chico, GeoTech Center
== Possible discussion topic items ==
* Short informal presentations by Phillip and Suchith on their activities in their organizations and how they see the OSGeo edu group connecting to them
* Short individual reports on OSGeo-relevant activities by other participants
* See if we can come to any consensus on what we as a group should focus on over the next 6 months... for example, can we make any progress collectively on Open Source Desktop and Web handbooks? Should that be our focus? What have individuals done over the last year and are there tangible education-related products they are willing to share with the community? 
* Open discussion about the possibility to create a live dvd/usb dedicated to the educational purpose.
* Edu community -- enter any thoughts you have here