<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>I recently received this message, and was curious is anyone is already involved or planning to be? I am based out of SF, and would be willing to help from a distance.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Sarah</div><div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Shoaib Burq <<a href="mailto:saburq@gmail.com">saburq@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 4, 2009 1:43:38 PM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Mark Leslie <<a href="mailto:mrk.leslie@gmail.com">mrk.leslie@gmail.com</a>>, foss4g2009-private <<a href="mailto:foss4g2009-private@lists.osgeo.org">foss4g2009-private@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, Sarah Manley <<a href="mailto:sarah@cloudmade.com">sarah@cloudmade.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [Foss4g2009-private] Summary time!</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Hi all,<br><br>They guys at OSM & CloudMade should be interested in a Mapping Party<br>as well as a tutorial to the latest tools coming out of CloudMade<br>during FOSS4G2009 - they are doing impressive stuff:<br><a href="http://developers.cloudmade.com/projects">http://developers.cloudmade.com/projects</a><br><br>Just note that mapping party is meant to be open to all - an informal<br>get together (with pre-registered interest) before or during the<br>conference and is not strictly a workshop tutorial.<br><br>I think the best approach for the mapping party is to email the Sarah<br>Manley who can help publicize the event and (I think) help organise<br>the logistics to some extent. I've cc'd Sarah - hope I'm not being<br>presumptuous o_O<br><br>Sarah@cloudmade.com<br>Cell: 631-338-3815<br>Skype: Sarah_cloudmade<br>Twitter: SarahManley<br><br>Shoaib<br><br><br><br><br><br>On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Cameron Shorter<br><cameron.shorter@gmail.com> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Mark, do we have an OpenStreetMap submission?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'm hopeful that they take a tutorial slot, which would take them outside<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">walking around the streets.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Has someone checked against the program for 2007, 2008 workshops and labs to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">determine whether there are other areas not covered? It would be good to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">send a letter to these presenters saying something like:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"We notice that your project was represented at the 2008 conference. Will<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">you, or someone else from your project be presenting a workshop at FOSS4G<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2009?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Details are ..."<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mark Leslie wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I didn't want to interrupt the fervour, but I'll fire out a quick summary<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">now.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So far we've got:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 10 Workshops<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 2 PostGIS-ish<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 2 MapServer<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 MapFish<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 OS Business<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 GeoExt<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 SEXTANTE<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 OpenLayers<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 GeoNetwork<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 5 Tutorials<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 MapFish<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 GeoExt<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 Community Schemas<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 ILWIS<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> 1 Security Layer<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So there are two things that are not well represented here, desktop<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">clients and tutorials. Word has it that there's a uDig workshop coming down<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the pipe. Jeff is chasing GRASS and QGIS, Simon is after MapGuide and FDO.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Jody is prodding away for an OpenJUMP presenter. degree and GeoServer are<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">currently MIA.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">What we really need are some clever use-casey tutorials that will show a<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">single blob of functionality. The complex features Rob is offering is a<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">good example, or the security layer by 52N. Something that builds upon<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">general knowledge. Any thoughts?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Mark Leslie<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Geospatial Software Architect<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">LISAsoft<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">-------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Ph: +61 2 8570 5000 Fax: +61 2 8570 5099 Mob: +61<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf 19-21 Pirrama Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">-------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">LISAsoft is part of the A2end Group of Companies<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://www.ardec.com.au<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://www.lisasoft.com<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://www.terrapages.com<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">mapbutcher wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I've contacted Jackie here in Melbourne with regard to MapGuide and FDO<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">(and pinged the lists)<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Simon<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">2009/3/3 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com>><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Cameron Shorter wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Mark,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Tomorrow, Tuesday, can you please send a list of workshops and<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> tutorials that have been submitted, or are planned to be<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">submitted.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> I expect we'd then be able to identify gaps, and chase specific<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> people of groups for a workshop.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> If there are specific workshops that didn't go as well<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> previously, it would be good to note those now, so that we don't<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> chase them.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> I see big gaps here:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> - no GRASS workshop submissions<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> - no QGIS workshop submissions<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> - no GeoServer workshop submissions<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> - no MapGuide Open Source workshop submissions<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> (I usually have to chase after the GRASS and QGIS community every<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> year for submissions, and I'll do the same this year)<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> -jeff<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> _______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Foss4g2009-private mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Foss4g2009-private@lists.osgeo.org<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> <mailto:Foss4g2009-private@lists.osgeo.org><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009-private<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Foss4g2009-private mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Foss4g2009-private@lists.osgeo.org<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009-private<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Foss4g2009-private mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Foss4g2009-private@lists.osgeo.org<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009-private<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cameron Shorter<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Geospatial Systems Architect<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Think Globally, Fix Locally<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://www.lisasoft.com<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Foss4g2009-private mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Foss4g2009-private@lists.osgeo.org<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009-private<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Sarah Manley</div><div><a href="mailto:Sarah@cloudmade.com">Sarah@cloudmade.com</a></div><div>Cell: 631-338-3815</div><div>Skype: Sarah_cloudmade</div><div>Twitter: SarahManley</div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>