[Sotm-asia] Where will it be?
Kate Chapman
kate.chapman at hotosm.org
Thu Aug 29 07:20:10 UTC 2013
Hi Alex,
I was just saying that I think it makes sense for the community in
Indonesia to get together this year, but maybe we can plan for a bigger
Asia-wide event next year. Having a full year for planning would make
things easier for many types of sponsors.
Best,
-Kate
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Busy mapping over here in Indonesia.
>
> I appreciate that the conversation continues.
>
> If the question is about experience, then conference attendees looking for
> that crossover in Thailand will be rewarded for sure.
>
> I am so happy to be part of this conversation, I really just hope everyone
> can get what they need to make the map better.
>
> Kate is right that there is a real need in Indonesia (that's how I read
> what she said) and so I continue to plan.
>
>
>
> --
> Alex
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Taichi Furuhashi <taichi at osmf.jp> wrote:
>
>> Hi all:
>>
>>
>> I agree, Alex is very active.
>> SotM Asia in Indonesia is pragmatic in this year.
>> And also, SotM Track in FOSS4G Asia too.
>>
>> In addition, good news for us.
>> Already, I have some sponsars of StoM Asia.
>> (Not so much, but some Japanese companies are kindly supporter for OSM.)
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> from Taichi
>>
>>
>> 2013/8/28 Daniel Kastl <daniel at georepublic.de>
>>
>>> Hi Kate,
>>>
>>> This is an interesting aspect, though I felt Alex was super motivated
>>> already planning to make this year a big event ;-)
>>>
>>> Since I believe that for FOSS4G a parallel SotM Asia track would be
>>> better than in a row (otherwise the whole event becomes too long), it
>>> should be not too much extra work for the Bangkok team to make a joined
>>> event.
>>>
>>> I think a consensus this year without having to vote would be the best.
>>> Like Maning already said, that 2013 would be a bit early and he would
>>> prefer 2014, so there would be more time for planning. If you think it's
>>> the same case in Indonesia, then maybe the local community can discuss this
>>> internally.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Kate Chapman <kate.chapman at hotosm.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Personally I think it would be better to have an Indonesia specific
>>>> event this year and then next year plan a big SotM-Asia in Indonesia. It
>>>> would give us time to possibly find travel scholarships, sponsors and other
>>>> items. Versus have SotM-Asia with FOSS4G-Asia in January then hopefully
>>>> some people can go to both.
>>>>
>>>> My thought with this is we could start planning a large event in
>>>> Indonesia a year ahead and that would give people plenty of time to block
>>>> of the time and attend.
>>>>
>>>> -Kate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Daniel Kastl <daniel at georepublic.de>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for the silence. I always wanted to reply and then I lost sight
>>>>> of this thread.
>>>>> I think one "lesson learned" from this year is: first set the rules
>>>>> how to make a decision, then ask for venue proposals ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, if I understood it right, then both, Indonesia and Thailand
>>>>> will have an event anyway.
>>>>> My first thought was several weeks ago when the discussion started,
>>>>> how great would it be to have SotM and FOSS4G Asia at one place. But maybe
>>>>> this was the point of view from a person, who doesn't live in any of these
>>>>> countries.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I would tend to say: let's have both. Likely many attendants from
>>>>> Thailand won't be able to make it to Indonesia and the other way round.
>>>>> Those few Japanese (just example), who can't travel to both events, but
>>>>> would like to attend both, might be rather small.
>>>>> So my idea would be to make Bogor the 2013 SotM Asia location and
>>>>> Bangkok will be FOSS4G Asia anyway and they can still run an OSM track. So
>>>>> then both events have a prominent name, SotM in Bogor can advertise FOSS4G
>>>>> a month or two later, and I would say nobody would think then preparing the
>>>>> proposal was a waste of time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this sound like a fair compromise?
>>>>> Not sure voting here would help too much ... maybe just to get a
>>>>> couple of new ML subscribers ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can we finally decide which venue will be chosen? I think a simple
>>>>>> way is to simply let the current subscribers of this mailing list vote for
>>>>>> their preferred venue+schedule among the 2 proposals in a separate thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the future we could have a formal voting structure or even a core
>>>>>> committee that decides the venue, but since we are just starting right now,
>>>>>> let's make it simple.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eugene
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Satoshi IIDA <nyampire at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is the time to think about winter meeting on warmer area,
>>>>>>> while northern SotM Baltic is on. =)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i suppose a poll from "interested in Organizing" members on wiki, by
>>>>>>> some method.
>>>>>>> (e.g. members mail to the collecting guy personally. if situations
>>>>>>> are OK, I will put them in order. mail me)
>>>>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Asia_2013
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> we wish it will happen =^)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Suggestions are welcome.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2013/7/16 Frans Thamura <frans at meruvian.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thx daniel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Waiting you here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> F
>>>>>>>> On Jul 15, 2013 7:35 PM, "Daniel Kastl" <daniel at georepublic.de>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Kristy,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So far we didn't make any decision for SotM-Asia.
>>>>>>>>> But it's pretty much decided that there will be an OSM event in
>>>>>>>>> Bogor in December and there will be FOSS4G Asia in Bangkok in Asia.
>>>>>>>>> I think both events will be interesting to attend for any
>>>>>>>>> "geo-person".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Kristy Van Putten <
>>>>>>>>> kristy.vanputten at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>>>>>> I apologies for being in and out of this conversation, I was on
>>>>>>>>>> holidays for the last couple of weeks and have not been paying complete
>>>>>>>>>> attention to the email trail.
>>>>>>>>>> Today I will be conducting a workshop at Geoscience Australia(GA)
>>>>>>>>>> to talk about the OSM progress in Indonesia and what we would like to do
>>>>>>>>>> into the future.
>>>>>>>>>> I will specifically talk about SOTM Asia and see what we can come
>>>>>>>>>> up with on our end. I will let them know of the 2 current proposals.
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>> mail: nyampire at gmail.com
>>>>>>> twitter: @nyampire
>>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Kate Chapman
>>>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>>> email: kate.chapman at hotosm.org
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>>>
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