[Party] State of the map

[Nick Black]

Hello,

I've been thinking about a few things for the conference.

First, we'll need some way to decide which papers go into which track,
and perhaps which papers we dont accept at all - it could be that we
have 100s of submissions.  The community should certainly decide, and
I would propose that this is done through IRC meetings - once we have
abstracts we should meet and decide which ones go where etc.  Someone
is going to have be responsible for collecting abstracts - I'll
volunteer for this task. (Unless we just get people to post them to
the wiki?)

Secondly, do we think that the wiki will suffice as the main website
for the conference or do we need a static site that allows people to
sign up, pay, register their T-shirt size, dietery requiremens, and
submit abstracts from.  Are there any volunteers for making the site?

Third - email addresses.  I guess people are going to take
responsibility for different parts of the conference.  I think it
could be time for a press at openstreetmap.org,
abstracts at openstreetmap.org etc email adresses.  It makes us look a
lot more professional.

I am basing a lot of this on my experience with the FOSS4G conference
[1], which was quite honestly, the pinnacle of organisation.  Take a
look at their site, I think a lot of the functionality is still there.

Finally, my brother would like to film the conference for us.  He
studies film and media production, and will hopefully be able to
borrow a badass camera from his college.  He'll then be able to edit
it all down and produce DVDs that we can sell.  I think he's going to
email this list this evening.

What would also be cool would be to have a live feed of procedings -
audio and visual so that people can watch in real time, from where
ever they are in the world.  This should all be within our abilities,
but would require another camera and Internet access.

[1] http://www.foss4g2006.org/



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Nick Black
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