[Sotm-asia] Let's re-start discussion about SotM Asia!!

[Daniel Kastl]

Just to get an idea who can attend when, here is some Doodle schedule:
http://www.doodle.com/k6ssut2nhdcredvf

I didn't want to create too many options, so for now there is just
tomorrow, Saturday and Monday.
And I assume that nobody wants to have a meeting before 8AM and after 11PM.
If you think we should add more options, please tell me.
If we none of the days works, we just extend by a few more days next week.

Daniel





On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Satoshi IIDA <nyampire at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> +1 to IRC chat or G+ hangout.
> But due to our time zone are vary,
> I guess we need a base docs before team discussion.
>
> hackpad will be better, i think. (or Google Drive?)
>
> https://hackpad.com/SotM-Asia-Venue-discussion-6cIv1RmFqKv
>
>
>
>
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> 2013/6/27 Kate Chapman <kate.chapman at hotosm.org>
>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> I haven't discussed it with the group in Indonesia but I think Bali would
>> also be a potential location or maybe Yogyakarta.
>>
>> I think having two events together is one thing to keep in mind. We
>> should probably also look at the potential of sponsorship as well. Are
>> there locations that are going to be able to receive financial support if
>> SotM-Asia is there instead of somewhere else. This could potentially reduce
>> ticket costs for attendees for example. I haven't completely discussed it
>> with everyone we work with in Indonesia, but that is maybe a possibility
>> here.
>>
>> Perhaps scheduling an IRC chat would be a good way to hash things out?
>>
>> -Kate
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Daniel Kastl <daniel at georepublic.de>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just a few thoughts on SotM-Asia, because I had a chance to talk about
>>> this with Venka yesterday.
>>>
>>> I think right now we talk about three options:
>>>
>>>    - Indonesia (Jakarta)
>>>    - Philippines (Manila)
>>>    - Thailand (Bangkok)
>>>
>>> We have not talked about any "call for venue" procedure, but there is
>>> not much time left until December or January.
>>> It's obvious that there is a strong interest to have SotM-Asia, which is
>>> a) affordable for people from Asian countries and b) in a country where
>>> Visa applications are not a nightmare for many.
>>>
>>> For this first SotM-Asia the time for planning and organization would be
>>> very limited, and to me it seems that in Thailand a rough concept, an
>>> interesting venue and idea for SotM already exists.
>>> Also there is another strong argument in my opinion for Thailand in case
>>> we combine SotM Asia with FOSS4G Asia: we could celebrate 10 years FOSS4G
>>> anniversary then in the country where the first FOSS4G was held.
>>>
>>> Looking at who is interested to organize SotM-Asia, most of us are
>>> involved in OSM and also OSGeo. So I don't expect anybody would be against
>>> a combined FOSS4G/SotM event.
>>> Making a combined event also doesn't force people with a smaller budget
>>> to choose between either SotM or FOSS4G. This year in UK the situation is
>>> very unfortunate with a rather long break between both events. How does
>>> someone from Philippines want to explain a EU immigration officer that he
>>> needs a Visa for almost 4 weeks? To afford such a long stay or explain to
>>> your employer is another question.
>>>
>>> So I would propose to make a rather quick and pragmatic decision, that
>>> the local team can get started as soon as possible.
>>> And it would be great to already be able to announce the 2nd SotM-Asia
>>> in December/January, so why not already think about the next years and try
>>> to start planning early.
>>> Maybe we can join efforts this year to get some tools in place that
>>> simplify planning and organizing of future events. I want to avoid that a
>>> local team needs to almost start from scratch every year.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
> Satoshi IIDA
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