[OSM-talk-be] SOTM 2016 and meetings

[Jo]

Hi Nicolas and Christian,

It's an endeavour that shouldn't be underestimated, but it will be an
interesting one!

I will certainly try to be present. Preferably on a Saturday. Evenings
could work too, but not for people coming from further away.

I guess one of the things we'll need is a dedicated mailing list, but I
guess that has already been thought of.

There might be people from The Netherlands and Germany who would like to
lend a hand with the organisation. So we should let them know on their
mailing lists as well. (Not so much about this initial meeting, but
afterwards).

Cheers,

Jo

2015-08-23 23:02 GMT+02:00 Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas at pettiaux.be>:

> Dear OSM-be community,
>
> We have engaged in the organization of organization of the 2016 edition of
> SOTM. So far, a smaller group of people around Ben, have lead the way to
> transform into reality a possible crazy but interesting idea that I have
> shared with you.
>
> SOTM 2016 will be organized in the second half of 2016 in Brussels, and
> even it it is about one year ahead of us, this year will pass by very
> quickly.
>
> SOTM 2016 could, following Christian Quest of OSM-Fr (in cc), whom I have
> met recently, gather 1000 people. THis is not a small number of people. THe
> resulting event would not be a small one.
> OSM-Fr people have decided NOT to propose to organize SOTM 2016, but work
> with us (the Belgians) to propose a beautiful and very interesting SOTM
> event.
>
> I think it could interesting to open the discussion to more members of the
> community as well as to
> these French friends, and organize regular events to 1/ see and get to
> know each other
> in real life to be better prepared to share the workload, 2/ setup a large
> enough team to support the workload. We could consider monthly meetings
> supporting online effective collaboration.
>
> I therefore propose herewith, if not yet proposed otherwise and compatible
> with Ben"s views and the SOTM expectations, to organize at ESI in September
> the first of such event to organize SOTM 2016 in Brussels.
>
> What do you think ?
>
> ESI is well located centrally, close to Central station, if has the
> infrastructure (as it is a computing school), and I can most probably
> obtain the room for free.
>
> Hope to read you on this proposal.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nicolas
>
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