William (and others),<br><br>What I was thinking for the event was pretty much exactly like the BarCamp. Reserve the bottom floor of the Clocktower for most of the evening, have a few speakers in. I have talked to others in the OSGeo Ottawa chapter and they seem interested to attend. The suggestion was to have it as a part of the monthly OSGeo meetings (which are often held in a pub). This way, more OSM members and OSGeo members would be able to meet. There are other places as well that would work.<br>
<br>My main question is: how long and when? I estimate that approximately 30 people will show up for this (at least), but what are we looking at? Are we looking at an evening? Are we looking at a half day and an evening? Are we looking at a weekend? I think most people would be interested primarily in an evening session, perhaps two evenings. <br>
<br>Sponsors? I might be able to work on that as well.<br><br>Teresa<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/10 William Lachance <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wrlach@gmail.com">wrlach@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
2009/8/8 Sam Vekemans <<a href="mailto:acrosscanadatrails@gmail.com">acrosscanadatrails@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">> Thanks,<br>
> Do you have other things todo while your there?<br>
><br>
> What if i ask OSGeo (a registered non-profit) to host it, then i would<br>
> be the main speaker for it?<br>
> (since OSM Canada is not a registered organization)<br>
> -we're just the 'coolest' talk list IMO :@) with only 1 person having<br>
> the discussion. .... But at least i dont disagree with myself :) ...<br>
> Just contradict myself sometimes.<br>
><br>
> That way we can make it 'SOTM -Canada ~powered by OSGeo Ottawa chapter'?<br>
<br>
</div>I'd definitely be interested in attending such an event and learning<br>
from other people, time permitting of course. Thanks for organizing<br>
this, face to face meetings are very valuable for building community.<br>
<br>
As a participant in more than a few of these things over the last few<br>
years, I might humbly suggest that a formal sponsor isn't absolutely<br>
necessary for an event like this. I'm not very familiar with Ottawa<br>
anymore, but I'm sure there's any number of organizations or<br>
businesses that would be happy to donate their space for an event like<br>
this, either for the publicity or the business it would bring in.<br>
That's basically all you need. Sponsors for t-shirts, food, etc. are a<br>
nice bonus, but not strictly required. The barcamp Ottawa page might<br>
give you some inspiration on where to start looking:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://barcamp.pbworks.com/OttawaCamps" target="_blank">http://barcamp.pbworks.com/OttawaCamps</a><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
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William Lachance<br>
<a href="mailto:wrlach@gmail.com">wrlach@gmail.com</a><br>
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