[OSM-talk] State of the Map 2009 - Date Check / pre-call for venues

[Nick Black]

Judging from the replies the 11th - 12th July are good for SOTM09,
with the possibility of adding days either side for un-conferences,
mapping, workshops etc.



On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Inge Wallin <inge at lysator.liu.se> wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 September 2008 12:46:44 Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
>> El Miércoles, 24 de Septiembre de 2008, Nick Black escribió:
>> > We're aiming to open the call for venues in early October (next week
>> > ideally), so please let me know if the 11th - 12th July are bad for
>> > you.
>>
>> While we're discussing the dates for SOTM09, I'd like to propose expanding
>> the conferences to three days. I don't know if more people had the feeling
>> that two days aren't enough.
>>
>> A formula that has been tested and proven is to let the actual conferences
>> sit in the weekend (11th-12th jul), and plan a "workshop day" the day
>> before (i.e. 10th jul). This way, lots of workshops could be programmed,
>> without overlapping the talks.
>>
>> Does this sound right?
>
> I would instead propose that the talks come first and that the workshop day(s)
> come afterwards.  Why? Because often a lot of new ideas come up during and
> because of the talks, and it is a pity if there is no time afterwards to
> discuss them.
>
> The big KDE conference Akademy uses this formula, but the workshops are often
> drawn out over several days.  It's extremely successful.  See
> http://akademy2008.kde.org/ for this years programme.
>
>        -Inge
>
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