[Strategic] SOTM-EU on Frontpage?

[Steve Coast]

On 6/3/2011 11:13 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:
> SOTM in Denver is Strategic for OSM presumably because we all agree 
> that building community and subsequently the map in US is very important.
>
> Have you planned Denver on the basis of much eu attendance? I guess not.

Actually I had hoped that EU people would make the same efforts US 
people did. If you look at it by % of the active community, a huge 
effort was made by US people to go to previous SOTMS in the EU.

> We need to recognise that for volunteer euro mappers a flight across 
> the pond on their own credit card will be quite a hit. The positioning 
> of adverts will not make a difference to people who are planning to 
> only attend 1 SOTM this year or who fund from their own pocket and 
> vacation allowance

That's a great argument and one I agree with. Unfortunately it doesn't 
nullify my legal duty to OSMF and SOTM as I understand it.

Steve


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> On 3 Jun 2011, at 19:05, Steve Coast wrote:
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>> That's not actually a check, because the timing if I recall was that 
>> they didn't interfere with each other. But in any case, I don't 
>> remember an ad.
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>> Also, it doesn't really matter what we think the barrier is, the 
>> basic fact is that I have a legal responsibility for one of the 
>> conferences and not the other.
>>
>> I would also be much more comfortable is it was clear SOTM is going 
>> to be a success but that's just not clear. Even you Richard are 
>> hesitating about going. So imagine what our liabilities would be if 
>> it bombs.
>>
>> Steve
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>> On 6/3/2011 11:02 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Steve Coast<steve at asklater.com 
>>> <mailto:steve at asklater.com>>  wrote:
>>>> Sorry but no.
>>> I think the Atlantic Ocean is a more substantial barrier than any
>>> osm.org <http://osm.org> ad.  Either way, we have a precedent to 
>>> check.  Did the
>>> Atlanta event last year get onto the front page?
>>>
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