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FOSS4G 2011 Follow up survey

This page contains a draft follow up survey for FOSS4G 2011, which will be sent out to conference attendees on Tuesday or Wednesday, Sep 20 or 21. The main aim of this survey is to provide information to help us plan future FOSS4G events and OSGeo activities. We want to maintain a reasonable balance between obtaining a good amount of useful information, while not taking too much of people's time and making sure it is easy to fill out so we get a good number of responses. 
Please feel free to edit / add ideas / make suggestions. But the FOSS4G Chair reserves the right to make edits to come up with the final version :).
Please fill out this survey to help us plan future FOSS4G events and continue to make them even better!
== About you ==
How many FOSS4G conferences have you attended, including this one? (Answer range: 1-6)
How heavily do you currently use geospatial open source? (from 1 not at all to 5 a great deal)
What is your primary job function:
- Software developer
- Geospatial software end user
- Manager
- Other
(Should we have additional / different categories here?)
What country are you from?
Other items?
== About FOSS4G 2011 ==
How do you rate FOSS4G 2011 overall? (1-5 where 1 is poor, 5 excellent)
General comments on the conference (free text)
How do you rate the following aspects (1-5 plus comments)
- Venue (rooms, layout, etc)
- Food
- Network access
- Opening reception at Wynkoop Brewery
- Exhibitor Reception
- Big Party at the Denver Art Museum
- Social faciliites in general
How did you rate the quality of the workshops overall (if applicable)? 1-5 plus comments
- Ideally would like ability to easily specify which workshops attended and 1-5 plus comments for each, not sure best way to do that. At least allow free text, maybe something better
How was the quality of presentations during the main conference? (1-5 plus comments)
== Future FOSS4Gs ==
How likely are you to attend the next FOSS4G in Beijing (From 1 definitely not to 5 very likely)
If we held a "local FOSS4G" event in North America next year, how likely would you be to attend (from 1 definitely not to 5 very likely)
Currently FOSS4G is focused on one global conference with a three year rotation between Europe, North America, and "Rest of the World", with some local / regional events that are independently organized.
Please rank each of the following options from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent):
- One global conference on a three year rotation (as now)
- One global conference on a two year rotation between North America and Europe, with additional events in other parts of the world more focused on outreach
- A global conference on a three year rotation as now, plus a regional conference in North America (which would be the global event every 3 years, and in other years would be timed to not clash with the global event) - plus potentially other regional events on a similar basis
Comments, or other suggestions (free text)
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FOSS4G 2011 Hostels and Other Options

This page is to help fellow FOSS4G attendees to find similar hotels to their friends and colleagues. If you want to let people know where you booked or how many others might be staying there, then add comments below. Likewise, if you know or recommend a place, add it here. You can also use this page for Room Share information or availability.
== Conference Hotel: Sheraton ==
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, perfectly located on the 16th Street Pedestrian Mall...
* http://www.sheratondenverdowntown.com/
* Suites are also available though not with the conference rate.
* Rates: TBD
== Other Hotels ==
See this Tripadvisor search for listing and ratings in Denver. Wide range available.
== Hostels ==
== Campus Rooms ==
== B&B ==
== Apartments / Vacation Rentals ==
Several condos, lofts, apartments and houses are available in Denver.
* Condos and Lofts Denver: http://condosandloftsdenver.com/ (ask Tyler for info he received from them already)
** Rates vary, 1350-3500/week, 2-4 beds
** The "Glenarm" apt is directly across the street from conference venue. Includes a business meeting area.
** The "Hardware" loft is a short bus ride straight through downtown (~10min). One "bedroom" is actually the sofabed.
* Vacation Rentals By Owner lists ~80 rentals!, several interesting options, some up to 5 bedrooms, prices vary.
FOSS4G 2011 Ideas

This page is just to capture miscellaneous ideas for interesting / cool / fun / educational things we could potentially do at the conference. These are not firm plans, just ideas for further discussion!
* Have a "trip to the mountains mapping party" event in conjunction with SotM - possibly on Sunday before FOSS4G, depending on dates of SotM
* Create a cool interactive map-based web site to places of interest / conference related venues in downtown Denver, based on open source technologies. Again this could be a joint effort with SOTM (using OSM data, of course!). Or maybe we decide existing sites are good enough and leverage those - provide links from our site and maybe add some of our own content.
* Hold various social events at brew pubs downtown to encourage informal networking
* Maybe designate one or more "official pubs" of the conference and negotiate discounts / special deals (in the past the Wynkoop has done "first beer free" promotions). I've also negotiated special beer names with the Wynkoop in the past
* Organize a pool event with "Melissa the Viper" at the Wynkoop
* Consider getting Mayor (possibly Governor?) Hickenlooper to speak
FOSS4G 2011 LOC Meetings

FOSS4G 2011 Home
== FOSS4G 2011 LOC Meetings ==
=== Conference Call Info ===
* Dial-In: 888-877-8003
* Conference ID: 7134772
=== Meeting Logs ===
* LOC kickoff meeting Oct 19, 2010
* LOC conference call Oct 26, 2010
* LOC conference call Nov 9, 2010
* LOC conference call Nov 30, 2010
* LOC conference call Jan 12, 2011
* LOC conference call Jan 19, 2011
* LOC conference call Jan 25, 2011
* LOC conference call Feb 8, 2011
* LOC conference call Jul 5, 2011
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FOSS4G 2011 LOC members and assignments

== Chair ==
Peter Batty - Chair, sponsors, logo 
== Main program ==
James Fee - lead for program
Brian Timoney - focus on outreach to newbies (this work may fall as much or more into workshops, probably some elements in both - details TBD)
Matt Krusemark - focus on open data 
Tyler Erickson - interested in government track 
Greg Matthews - TBC 
Andrei Taraschuk - TBC 
== Workshops ==
Ben Tuttle - lead for workshops 
Jeff McKenna - workshops, OSGeo conference committee 
Chris Helm - workshops 
== Academic track ==
Rafael Moreno - lead for academic track
== Other ==
Tyler Mitchell - sponsors, OSGeo Executive Director
Matt Ball - marketing / communications? (TBC) 
Hurricane McEwen - SotM coordination 
== Conference logistics etc ==
Henry Rosales - GITA 
James Sakamoto - GITA
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FOSS4G 2011 Logo

FOSS4G 2011 Home
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== Final Choice ==
Note that in the end we decided to use the Crowdspring service to design the FOSS4G 2011 logo. We even had a community vote to choose the final one. 
EPS version and more versions/variations: here in SVN
Following material left just to show what happened...
== Prior FOSS4G Logos ==
Image:Foss4g2010 logo.jpg|FOSS4G 2010
Image:Logo 2009.png|FOSS4G 2009
Image:Logo 2008.png|FOSS4G 2008
Image:Logo 2007.png|FOSS4G 2007
== Logo Concepts ==
NOTE: Some of these are rough concepts, some are more polished ... the final idea may be reworked by a real graphic designer!
Image:SteveC-Logo-Shield.png|Highway Shield
Image:SteveC-Logo-Stack.png|Stacked Logo
Image:SteveC-Logo-WhitePlate.png|Euro Plate
Image:SteveC-Logo-Yield.png|Yield Sign Logo
Image:FOSS4G2011 Concept1.png|Concept 1
Image:FOSS4G2011 Concept2.png|Concept 2
Image:FOSS4G_2011_coplate.jpg|Colorado License Plate
Image:FOSS4G_2011_coplate2.jpg|Colorado License Plate w/ Ribbon
Image:GITA-Concept-AllBlue.png|Concept-All Blue
Image:GITA-Concept-Colorado.png|Concept-Colorado
Image:GITA-Concept-ColoredSkyline.png|Concept-Colored Skyline
Image:GITA-Concept-FilledMtns.png|Concept-Filled Mountains
Image:NA-concept.png|Busy NA Concept
Image:SteveC-Logo-Shield-Ribbon.png|Interstate Shield w/ Ribbon
Image:SteveC-Logo-Stack-Ribbon.png|Stack w/ Ribbon
Image:SteveC-Logo-WhitePlate-Ribbons.png|Euro Plate w/ Ribbon
Image:SteveC-Logo-Yield-Ribbon.png|Yield w/ Ribbon
Image:FOSS4G-Goes2Eleven.png|FOSS4G goes to 11
Image:Peter-Rough.png|Basic Mountains
== Please add your comments here! ==
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOW GETTING A LOGO MADE AT CROWDSPRING
From Peter: Personally I like the idea of something that is similar to the Sydney and Cape Town logos, which incorporate the ribbon as a more central theme, and depict the Rocky Mountains across the top. You can see these logos [here]. The GITA design is along these lines, but personally I'd like to see a few more options on that idea, perhaps from Steve's designer to get some variety. I like the Sydney logo best, I prefer its simplicity and would vote for something similar in terms of the text.
I think we also need to consider how the logo appears to an international audience. For example the Colorado license plate is a nice looking logo in many ways, but probably its significance wouldn't be too obvious to people who aren't from here. Some of the others may fall into that category too (don't know whether the Interstate one is included in that or not?)
== OSgeo Ribbon ==
Note: The final logos must have the OSgeo Ribbon integrated
FROM RAFAEL: I like the most the CONCEPT-COLORADO logo. I would suggest to change the font color to red-yellow to match the Colorado logo. Also to switch to all caps FOSS4G.
== Original Files ==
Concept1 (opens in Google Docs)
Concept2 (opens in Google Docs)
Ribbon Concept 3 (opens in Google Docs)
SteveC's ideas: 
Concepts from Sergio 
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FOSS4G 2011 Marketing

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DRAFT IDEAS ONLY SO FAR
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TODO: Add note that this is for established media only - not only bloggers.
== Media Sponsors ==
Interested in promoting open source topics with a mapping and geospatial focus? Join us as a Media Sponsor and help make this years FOSS4G event the best ever! In the process, get your brand and company in front of the thousands who will view the FOSS4G material or attend the event. We anticipate breaking last years attendance record by having more than 1,000 attendees come this year to Denver, Colorado, USA. You will also save on significant costs for attending the event. We'd love to hear what you've done for our event in the past.
=== What will you do? ===
* Link to the FOSS4G conference website with a banner or sidebar graphic. Rotating is fine, tell us about how often we'll get exposure.
* Write at least one pre-conference article, before August 2011, (e.g. announcing the event, sharing past reviews, etc.)
* One article post-conference talking about your thoughts on the event
=== What do you get? ===
* Free conference pass (minus workshops) - a $xxx value!
* Logo and url link from our sponsorship web page
* Logo on our printed program sponsorship page and on all sponsorship posters at the venue
* Logos/links remain online permanently, so our benefits for collaboration continue well after the event
=== Please consider... ===
Media sponsors gain valuable recognition from our attendees and in exchange for helping get you this exposure we expect encouraging and thoughtful coverage. Well written, well researched and knowledgeable first-hand articles are the most beneficial to both organizations and to your readership especially.
Constructive critiques of FOSS4G are always welcome, especially when shared with the organizers. But, ultimately, we are offering Media Sponsor positions to organizations that are interested in partnering with us to make it a special event for those who attend and meaningful for those who read about it afterward.
FOSS4G 2011 Milestones

FOSS4G 2011 Home
== Milestones for previous events ==
For reference, here are links to the milestones from previous conferences:
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
== 2011 Milestones ==
This initial list largely based on FOSS4G 2010 list (with conference date changed from Sep 6-10 to Sep 12-16)
We should possibly add some earlier items, maybe including the following:
* LOC membership confirmed, roles and sub-committees defined
* Detailed plan developed
* Sponsorship brochure completed
* Initial outreach to potential sponsors
The following is based on last year's list, we need to review and adjust if necessary
* 15 Jan 2011, Call for Workshops/Tutorials opens
* 30 Jan 2011, Call for Workshops/Tutorials closes
* 1 Feb 2011, Call for Abstracts opens
* 16 Feb 2011, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials
* 22 Feb 2011, Registration for workshop and tutorials opens
* 15 Apr 2011, Abstract submission deadline
* 20 May 2011, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks
* 15 Jun 2011, Author/Early registration deadline
* 31 Jul 2011, Full Paper (Academic Track) submission deadline
* Aug 2011, Completed program available
* 12-16 Sep 2011, FOSS4G Denver
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FOSS4G 2011 Other Conferences

This calendar is intended to help the Conference Committee and the Denver LOC determine the dates for FOSS4G 2011. Ideally, it would be a full week between mid-August and mid-December 2011. Please edit this page and add any conference or event that you feel would prevent you or others from attending FOSS4G if it were held at the same time. Please provide links out when possible.
There are two ways of doing this: List the events or list the dates. I have chosen to focus on the possible dates and note exceptions rather than try to list exceptions and figure out dates. Weeks are listed Sunday-Saturday. If you have a conference or event that spans a weekend, use your judgement as whether to mention on both weeks. 
If you know of any potential conflicts but do not yet know the dates, please list them below the calendar.
==Calendar==
Mon 	Start	End	Conference/Event
Aug 	14 	20 	
 	21 	27 	
 	28 	3 	
Sept	4 	10 	Labour Day (US & Canada - 5th)
 	11 	17 	
 	18 	24 	
 	25 	1 	InterGeo (Germany) 27-29 Sept
Oct 	2 	8 	
 	9 	15 	Thanksgiving (Canada) and Geomatics 2011 (11-13 Oct, Montreal, Canada)
 	16 	22 	GeoInt (USA) 16-19 Oct
 	23 	29 	GITA GIS for Oil & Gas Conference (Houston) 24-27 Oct
 	30 	5 	*** challenging for POC ***
Nov 	6 	12 	*** challenging for POC ***
 	13 	19 	IGU/UGI 2011 14-18, ASPRS Pecora 14-17
 	20 	26 	Thanksgiving (US)
 	27 	3 	Autodesk University (29 Nov - 1 Dec)
Dec 	4 	10 	AGU 2011 (Dec 5-9)
 	11 	17 	
==Potential Conflicts==
===Major Holidays===
Labour Day (Canada & USA) - Monday, September 5th
Thanksgiving (Canada) - Monday, October 10th
Thanksgiving (USA) - Thursday, November 24th 
===Conferences===
19th ACM SigSpatial Dates not yet announced.
NACIS 2011 - North American Cartographic Infromation Society Annual Meeting. Dates not yet announced.
GeoComputation 2011, 16-19 July in London, UK
GIS in the Rockies 2011 14 - 15 Sept (Unofficial)
InterGeo 2011, 27 - 29 Sept 
Geomatics 2011, 11 - 13 Oct in Montreal, Canada (2011 website not up yet, 2009 website).
GeoInt 2011, 16 - 19 Oct 
GITA GIS for Oil & Gas Conference 2011, 24 - 27 Oct, Houston. (2011 website not up yet, 2010 website).
ASPRS 2011 Pecora Fall Conference 14 -17 Nov
IGU/UGA 2011, 14 - 18 Nov, Santiago, Chile
Autodesk University 2011, 29 Nov - 1 Dec (2011 website not up yet, 2010 website).
AGU 2011, 5 - 9 Dec - Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Attracts over 16,000 people. Held in San Francisco. Official dates confirmed (contrary to some websites).
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FOSS4G 2011 Plans June 2011

This is a working page which is a starting point for developing detailed plans leading up to the conference now that the program is selected. Please feel free to add to and edit this list of items that we need to address. These are largely things that will be managed by GITA, but we need to confirm that and work out where and how the LOC is involved.
== On site logistics ==
Registration
Badges
Signage
T-shirts
Printed on site program
Bags? (Current proposal is not to have bags - any discussion on that)
Volunteers - recruitment and coordination
Staffing (GITA staff and contractors versus volunteers)
Catering
Exhibits
Feedback forms
Social events - Wynkoop, Denver Art Museum
Computers for workshops
== Marketing ==
Publicizing newcomer event
General outreach
- Press Releases - a series of releases have gone out, and a number more are planned leading up to the event
- Media Partners - the following publications are official media sponsors and are running banners on their sites
 - Baliz-Media - www.baliz-geospatial.com
 - Direction Magazine - www.directionsmag.com
 - GeoConnexion - www.geoconnexion.com
 - GIM - www.gim-international.com
 - GIS User - www.gisuser.com
 - Professional Surveyor - www.profsurv.com
 - Slashgeo - www.slashgeo.org
 - V1 Magazine - www.vector1media.com
 - VerySpatial - www.veryspatial.com
Social Media and Sharing Sites
 - Twitter - #FOSS4G
 - LinkedIn - there is a FOSS4G group on LinkedIn, but it has the Barcelona logo. There has been some discussion on that site relating to 2011, and it seems we should get access to update the logo and start adding more content and members 
 - Lanyrd - speakers can set up a session for offline discussion
 - Slideshare - speakers can share slides
 - Others?
Video
 - Live video of sessions?
 - YouTube or Vimeo Channels?
Local News Coverage - 
== Finance ==
Tracking costs and revenue against the budget, making adjustments as necessary
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FOSS4G 2011 Sponsor Page

FOSS4G 2011 Sponsorship Page
Details of and for sponsors go here...
== Sponsorship Prospectus ==
=== Sponsorship Invitation ===
You can download the sponsorship invitation given out in Barcelona. This document initially set the sponsorship tiers and established the early-pay discount. 
=== Sponsorship Levels ===
We are starting with five (5) tiers of sponsorship. Each with progressively greater benefits. There will also be specific sponsorship opportunities and we may add some opportunities for individual sponsorship.
A 10% discount will be extended for sponsors who commit by the end of January 2011.
==== Premier ====
==== Platinum ====
==== Gold ====
==== Silver ====
==== Bronze ====
== Potential Sponsors ==
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FOSS4G 2011 Workshop Installed Software

This page describes the software installed on the Master machine to be used for workshops. Uploaded files exist on the machine at C:\workshop-uploads\
== Base Software ==
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Firefox 5.0.1
- Firebug 1.8.1
- Internet Explorer 8
- Filezilla 3.5.0
- Notepad++ 5.9
- Adobe Reader 10.1.0
- Textpad 5.4.2
- 7-zip 9.20
- OpenOffice 3.3.0
- VirtualBox 4.1.0
- OSGeo-Live 4.5 on VirtualBox
- Google Chrome 13.0.782.112
- Java JDK 1.7.0
== w01 ==
- VirtualBox 4.1 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
== w02 ==
- OSGeo4W (Desktop install)
== w03 ==
- installed visual studio 2010 c# express
== w04 ==
- using installed osgeo-live virtualbox machine
== w06 ==
- using installed osgeo-live virtualbox machine
== w07 ==
- created VirtualBox machine with 'mapfish_workshop.vdi'
== w08 ==
- Google Earth 6.0.3
== w09 == 
- created a VirtualBox machine with 'Geomajas_FOSS4G.vdi' (able to get to Ubuntu login screen)
== w10 ==
- OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition 2.4.3
== w11 ==
- Using a live DVD - nothing to install
== w12 == 
using open office and a virtual box - nothing to be done
== w13 ==
- shortcut to Notepad2 on desktop
- gx_workshop folder installed
== w14 ==
- Created a nodejs and polymaps vbox image (COMPLETE)
== w15 ==
- MS4W (MapServer 6.2-dev, Apache 2.2.19)
== w16 ==
- QGIS 1.7.0
- North Carolina, South Dakota, and Alaska datasets loaded for QGIS 1.7.0
- ColorPic 4.1
- XML Copy Editor 1.2.0.6
- Inkscape-0.48.1-2
- PixelWindow
== w17 == 
- using installed osgeo-live virtualbox machine
== w18 ==
- created new VirtualBox machine with 'qgis-foss4g11-1004.vdi'
== w19 ==
- imported 'mapnik-foss4g-2011v2.ova' into VirtualBox
== w20 == 
- using the opengeo suite nothing to be done
== w21 ==
- created VirtualBox machine with 'osgeo-live-vm-i2maps.vmdk'
== w22 ==
- using installed osgeo-live virtualbox machine
== w23 ==
- workshop materials available at: C:\workshop-uploads\w23\data\GeoNode-Workshop-Materials\
== w24 == 
- installed Putty on the desktop as per Sophia's request (COMPLETE)
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FOSS4G 2011 Workshops

== Introduction ==
Workshops are 3-hour sessions in a PC classroom, and Tutorials are 90-minute sessions in a conference room.
The FOSS4G 2011 Workshop Committee is responsible for the organization of both Workshops and Tutorials.
=== Workshop Committee Members ===
* Ben Tuttle, IRC username: btuttle
* Jeff McKenna, IRC username: jmckenna
* Chris Helm, IRC username: chelm
* Oscar Fonts IRC username: oscarfonts (as last year's Committee chair)
=== Communication ===
* Main discussion mail list: conference-workshops.
* IRC chat meetings in channel #foss4g on freenode.net 
** you can use Chatzilla for Firefox, or directly in your browser with webchat
== Workshop and Tutorial Selection ==
(DRAFT)
FOSS4G 2011 Organization Committee will evaluate workshop and tutorial proposals attending to these criteria:
# Meets conference mandate:
## Matches with the themes of the conference
## Makes use of software that is both "free" and "open source"
# Submission's technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities
# Demonstrates practical applications
# Expected level of attendee interest in the workshop topic
# A plus for proposals addressing the special interest topics stated in the Call
# Likelyhood of a quality workshop:
## Expertise of the workshop presenters in the workshop subject matter
## Presenters personal experience presenting workshops at other conferences
## Successful workshop presented at prior FOSS4G/GFOSS conferences
== Workshop Venue ==
== Schedule ==
Schedule (including workshop codes and floor plans)
=== Workshops ===
=== Tutorials ===
== Requirements: Software, hardware, geodata ==
=== Workshops ===
=== Tutorials ===
== Instructors ==
== Calendar ==
* Jan 15, Opening Call for Workshops/Tutorials 
* Jan 30, Closing Call for Workshops/Tutorials
== Announcements ==
* Call for Workshops and Tutorials.
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