<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Teresa Baldwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tnbaldwin@gmail.com" target="_blank">tnbaldwin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey Sam,<br><br>I am willing to put effort into getting this working. I'm assuming that you are thinking small, like 20 or 30 people or more. One of the suggestions I have received is to book an entire floor at a local microbrewery. That way you can mingle, talk to people, have something to eat, and if someone wants to present something, they are able to as well. <br>
Are you thinking of presenting something? Do you know of someone in the Ottawa area that may be interested in presenting?<br>The one area that I have heard interest in is the legal aspect, particularly the license. <br></blockquote>
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Andrew Ross, of FOSSLC (<a href="http://fosslc.org" target="_blank">fosslc.org</a>), has already volunteered his services to record any talk. I believe he is also capable of live-streaming the talks, as long as the place that we go has wireless.<br>
<br>So, I can very easily help set this up for you. I am just interested to hear what you were thinking of. <br>A Thursday or Friday evening may be the best setting for something smaller, have people start to show up around 5pm, perhaps. The talks start at 6pm. <br>
<br>That's just my take on things, let me know what you think and if you would like me to do anything else (or nothing at all).<br><font color="#888888"><br></font></blockquote><div><br>Thanks, (I dont have andrew's email directly)<br>
Considering that OpenStreetMap - Canada is not an actual non-profit, all it is.... is a talk-list discussion list.<br><br>Since,
there's really only 5 or so 'power users', everyone else focuses on
mapping their own area. And out of the 5, it's really only a few people
who are doing the majority of the import.<br>
I imagine that it's more like 10 people would (physically) show up for it. <br><br>So it's really more like a formal mapping party, than an actual conference.<br>I
think it seems bigger than it actually is :) The entire planet is done
by local people just mapping their own area, and when they go on trips
out of town, they take the GPS and fill-in whats missing. And if
they like, they can contact the other local mappers and meet-up for
coffee-beer whatever they decide.<br>
<br>Yup, I'm actually making it up as we go along. As long as were all
on the talk-ca list, everyone contributes as much or as little as they
like.... everyone is already up to date on the status. <br><br>In
short, talk to me if you want to help with the CanVec import, and make
sure you reply-all, and cc:talk-ca list when discussing :)<br>
<br>.. if it's only myself talking ... there's no point in it being a conference :)<br><br>So what i want todo is gather the local area mappers, so we can share whats going on.<br>Since, what im doing here, in Victoria, effects Canada-wide, it's a good way to connect, and share ideas.<br>
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Perhaps it be more beneficial if the OSGeoOttawa Chapter and the
OSGeoBC chapter could host, and/or co-host, where myself and other
OpenStreetMappers could be speakers. And where the main topic of
discussion would be OSM, then talking about how OSM could be further
integrated with the ideas of other OpenSource projects.<br>
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Look forward to hearing your ideas.<br>
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P.S. <br>
more work has been done on the wiki page. As the OSM Community is growing, with an ever increaasing number of users.<br>
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<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters</a><br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Sam Vekemans<br>Across Canada Trails <br>(OSM Mapper enthusiast)<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>Teresa Baldwin<br><a href="mailto:tnbaldwin@gmail.com" target="_blank">tnbaldwin@gmail.com</a><br>
Twitter: @map_maker<br>OpenStreetMapper, OSGeo member, FOSSLC charter member, collector of maps.<br>
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