[Talk-us] SOTM-US 2013

Wed Nov 7 18:34:35 GMT 2012

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:

> We are likely going to have to expedite the venue / city selection
> process if we want to make the conference happen in Q2 of next year,
>

Keep in mind that SOTM has traditionally been held in early or mid-July.

The reason for it being September this year and last is to coincide with
FOSS4G in Denver and the one that ended up not happening this year in
Beijing.  No idea if the September scheduling will continue, it will go
back to being in July or something else.

But it means June might not be the best time for SOTM US, if SOTM is in
July.

Cheers,
Katie

> so I would suggest to anyone who has a proposal for a location for
> SOTM US 2013 to be prepared to move quickly and proactively so we can
> determine viability very soon (I would say no later than end of
> November, haven't yet coordinated a firm date though). So please get
> in touch with Alex, Bonnie or me (through this list is fine if you
> prefer) with your ideas for city, venue and local organizing team. Use
> the 2012 bid criteria
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_U.S._2012/BIDS/CRITERIA
> as a guideline, but as we will have to move fast, it's really
> important that we can hit the ground running with local organization.
>
> Note that this is going to be the exception rather than the rule. We
> are aiming to have a full-length bidding process next year again, and
> the years after. The rush is only because we want to align better with
> SOTM international.
>
> Martijn
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Steven Johnson <sejohnson8 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > For those interested in putting together a bid, you may want to review
> the
> > bid criteria and some of the past bids to get a sense of content and
> level
> > of detail. The ones for 2012 are here:
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_U.S._2012/BIDS
> >
> >
> > -- SEJ
> > -- twitter: @geomantic
> > -- skype: sejohnson8
> >
> > "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
> --
> > Einstein
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm going to go ahead and get it started by nominating beautiful Tulsa,
> >> Oklahoma for SOTM 2013.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Alex Barth <alex at mapbox.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hey Kate -
> >>>
> >>> Good question. Given the fact that we're shooting for an early SOTM
> next
> >>> year, we're really strapped of time for a formal bid process. I know
> this is
> >>> not ideal but I think the ability to move SOTM-US to a better date in
> >>> regards to the international conference is worth it. If you were
> plannning
> >>> on bidding or if you know of anyone bidding I would suggest to make it
> known
> >>> here or just get in touch with bonnie at mapbox.com. We should
> absolutely open
> >>> a formal bidding process at the SOTM-US 2013 conference for 2014.
> >>>
> >>> On Nov 6, 2012, at 6:46 PM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Hi Alex,
> >>> >
> >>> > Is there going to be a bid process as with previous years?
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks!
> >>> >
> >>> > -Kate
> >>> >
> >>> > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Alex Barth <alex at mapbox.com> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> OpenStreetMap US is kicking off planning for State of the Map 2013.
> >>> >> With an international conference likely taking place in the fall of
> 2013 (no
> >>> >> confirmation from official places, this is an educated guess at
> this point),
> >>> >> we are shooting for a first half of the year date - thinking around
> April,
> >>> >> May or June. Not being too close to important international OSM
> dates will
> >>> >> allow us to continue to build out the international appeal of the
> US SOTM.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Bonnie Bogle, who did much of the organizing at this year's SOTM in
> >>> >> Portland, is starting right now with researching viable locations
> and dates.
> >>> >> We are looking for places that will allow for an affordable
> conference at a
> >>> >> great location and date.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> If you'd like to help organize, I invite you to join the planning
> >>> >> committee, please let it be known here on this thread or shoot
> Bonnie an
> >>> >> email at bonnie at mapbox.com.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Alex Barth (Secretary OpenStreetMap US)
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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