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

Thu Jun 27 12:07:53 UTC 2013

Thanks all:

I've done on the Doodle
http://www.doodle.com/k6ssut2nhdcredvf

Public Discussion tool -> HackPad +1
https://hackpad.com/SotM-Asia-Venue-discussion-6cIv1RmFqKv

Exchanging files, voting and sharing to only Organizing Members. ->
Facebook Group +1
(I will make draft group on Facebook soon)

Regards,

from Taichi.

2013/6/27 Daniel Kastl <daniel at georepublic.de>

> Just to get an idea who can attend when, here is some Doodle schedule:
> http://www.doodle.com/k6ssut2nhdcredvf
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> 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
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> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Satoshi IIDA <nyampire at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> +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>
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>>> 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
>> mail: nyampire at gmail.com
>> twitter: @nyampire
>>
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