[OSM-talk-ie] Irish bid to host FOSS4G 2016

Thu Dec 18 20:04:06 UTC 2014

Peter,

Excellent, I look forward to chipping in.

Dave

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Peter Mooney <petermooney78 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response Dave. Thank you very much for the offer of support.
> I'll take you up on that.
>
> As you said this thing has to come to pass first ;-)
>
> In reality I think support can come in many ways from the OSM IE community
> and I'm only too happy to discuss. There will be lots of OSM related
> workshops, demos, hacks, presentations, etc at FOSS4G 2016 so I'm pretty
> sure everyone on the list would find something useful. Mostly there would
> be the opportunity to network, collaborate, code, map, etc.
>
> Being part of the LOC in the planning phase will mostly be done via
> teleconference, phone and email. So geolocation in Ireland shouldn't be a
> problem.
>
> Peter
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Dave Corley <davecorley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > This is a fantastic idea which I hope comes to pass.
> >
> > I will offer any support I can, although being based in Galway, I'm not
> > sure how much use I'll be.
> >
> > Dave
> > On 17 Dec 2014 20:18, "Peter Mooney" <petermooney78 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello OpenStreetMap IE,
> > >
> > > My name is Dr. Peter Mooney and I am a Research Fellow at the Irish
> > > Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Computer Science,
> > > Maynooth University, Ireland. Apologies for cross posting of this
> > message.
> > >
> > > I have been carrying out research on or with OSM for many years now.
> Just
> > > recently I was a co-author on the first ever edited volume academic
> book
> > on
> > > OpenStreetMap (
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geographical+information+systems/book/978-3-319-14279-1
> > > )
> > >
> > > I am writing to the Irish OpenStreetMap talk pages to let you all know
> > that
> > > I am leading a group which will officially bid to host FOSS4G 2016
> (Free
> > > and Open
> > > Source Software for Geomatics). As you may already know this is one of
> > the
> > > largest geospatial conferences held annually. The aim for attendance at
> > > FOSS4G 2016 is 1,000 delegates. I believe that members of OpenStreetMap
> > in
> > > Ireland will find many like minded people at the conference from all
> over
> > > the world. There will certainly be lots of OSM people at FOSS4G
> > conferences
> > > and meetups. The 2014
> > > version of the conference has just passed (https://2014.foss4g.org/)
> in
> > > the
> > > USA. The 2016 conference must take place in Europe. There is likely to
> be
> > > rival bids from Bonn and Lausanne.
> > >
> > > We have to submit a 2-page letter of intend by January 9th 2015. If
> this
> > > makes it past the initial evaluation we will be invited to submit a
> full
> > > proposal by late February. The results will be posted by end of March
> > 2015
> > > by OSGeo.
> > >
> > > Below I've copied the email I posted yesterday to the OSGeo mailing
> list
> > to
> > > announce that a bid would be forthcoming from Ireland.
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2014-December/thread.html
> > >
> > > This is a massive undertaking. I would be delighted to chat with people
> > > from OpenStreetMap Ireland if you are interested in getting involved in
> > the
> > > LOC. Or perhaps your
> > > company or SME are interested? Or you might want to know more about
> > FOSS4G.
> > > In general I would really like to have the support of OpenStreetMap
> > Ireland
> > > in FOSS4G.
> > >
> > > I'll keep this mailing list informed (low-traffic) of our
> success/failure
> > > over the next couple of months. I look forward to hearing from anyone
> who
> > > is interested in volunteering for the LOC.
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading and please drop me an email if you're interested in
> > > hearing more.
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> > > ===================
> > > Copy of OSGeo email
> > >
> > > I am delighted to announce to the subscribers of this list that I am
> > > leading a local organizing committee (LOC) which intends to bid for the
> > > hosting of FOSS4G 2016 in Dublin Ireland. I have been working for over
> a
> > > decade on GIS, Open Data, public access to environmental information
> and
> > > open source software.
> > >
> > > I have gathered an experienced, knowledgeable and enthusiastic (LOC)
> who
> > > are very eager to work with the OSGeo and FOSS4G committees in hosting
> > this
> > > conference in Ireland in 2016. Dublin is European headquarters for many
> > > major ICT, financial, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies. These
> > > companies will be engaged as sponsors, delegates and members of the
> LOC.
> > > The major drives on open data and public access to geospatial
> information
> > > amongst governmental organisations in Ireland will also be a driver for
> > the
> > > conference.
> > >
> > > Our chosen venue is the iconic Convention Centre, Dublin (CCD). The CCD
> > is
> > > located right in the heart of Ireland's capital city and just 20
> minutes
> > > from Dublin International Airport. The CCD is on the banks of the River
> > > Liffey and served by Dublin's tram system. The CCD has hosted
> conference
> > > events with up to 4,500 delegates. The facilities provided by the CCD
> > make
> > > it one of the finest such venues internationally. In addition to CCD we
> > > shall be partnering with local universities and other partners to
> deliver
> > > FOSS4G 2016.
> > >
> > > We shall be officially submitting our Letter of Intent well before the
> > > deadline in January 2015. We are very excited by the challenge and the
> > > opportunity of bringing this truly outstanding geospatial conference
> > event
> > > to Dublin in 2016. We wanted to let the OSGeo commmunity know that
> there
> > is
> > > lots of planning work going on in Ireland at the moment preparing for
> our
> > > bid.
> > >
> > > We will work very hard to ensure that FOSS4G celebrates it's 10th
> > Birthday
> > > in 2016 in style in one of the friendliest and open cities in the
> world.
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