[Talk-us] SOTM bid- Denver

Joshua Finnie joshua.finnie at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 00:05:31 BST 2010


Just saw a typo:

"Locally known as DIA but internationally as DEN <http://www.flydenver.com/>,
Denver Invernational
Airport<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_International_Airport>is
both the largest airport in the USA and has the longest runway! This
means:"

This should be Dever International Airport, not Denver Invernational
Airport.  I can't seem to be able to change it myself...


Cheers,

Josh

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On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:

>
> On Oct 12, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Katie Filbert wrote:
>
> > I think the bid is very promising and would be happy to come to Denver
> >
> > Being strawman here, putting some issues and questions out...
> >
> > Take a look at Haifa's Wikimania bid page, and perhaps fill in some more
> details like what they provided
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa
> >
> > Especially, visas are going to be a concern.  What is the team going to
> do to help facilitate getting visas and dealing with inevitable troubles
>
> Meh - it's just as big a problem in Europe. A bunch of people were denied.
>
> >
> > Also more specifics about venue... sounds like it's up in the air?  Which
> is the most likely or best option of those listed? What buildings would we
> be in?what kind of space is there for plenary sessions? Social space?  The
> dates for the conference are September--- during the fall semester. Will
> this be a problem? Is the venue available for the dates?
> >
> > Sponsorships... Do we have any sponsors committed yet? Maybe ad
> contigency of a winning bid?
>
> I think you should help answer these questions.
>
> > Travel - SOTM has previously been held in Europe, which make it easier
> for OSM volunteers in Europe (much larger community) to attend. Could we
> this year raise some sponsorship money to fund scholarships to bring OSM
> volunteers to SOTM who otherwise cannot afford to attend. Previous
> scholarships were only for people from developing countries, which is good
> but let's do more. Wikimedia funds 40-50 volunteers to attend Wikimania,
> plus people funded by wikimedia chapters, and that makes the conference more
> inclusive
> >
> > Also take a look at last years SOTM bids for Barcelona that proposed
> doing FOSS4G and SOTM back to back. What were the reasons why the committee
> decided against it?  For Denver, make sure to address any concerns that
> there might be about this
> >
> > Katie
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:12 PM, "Coast, Hurricane" <
> hurricane.coast at mapquest.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey North American OSMers,
> >>
> >> The Bids for State of the Map must be final by October 15th.
> >>
> >> Much work has been done on the Denver Bid page, but it still can use
> some spit and polish :)
> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Denver
> >>
> >> Go ahead and give it a 5 minute look over and add your special touch
> >>
> >> More pictures (venues)?
> >> More names on the ‘who’s involved’. Remember you don’t have to be in
> Denver to help out!
> >>
> >> Let’s have a winning bid and host the 5th Annual SOTM in our ‘home’.
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> Steve
>
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