[OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.
SteveC
steve at asklater.com
Mon Oct 25 15:36:23 BST 2010
Believe it or not (and I look forward to the conspiracy theories on 80n's mailing list) it's one very large coincidence.
I originally pushed Denver (where I live) with some folks here for SOTM-US and Eric asked me to help with the FOSS4G bid for 2010. Both fell through. Then Hurricane and others took the SOTM-US bid and turned that in to a SOTM 2011 bid, and Eric did a ton of work on FOSS4G 2011 and both came through.
Personally I have always thought there should be a strong separation between the conferences, and have advocated that in both camps.
I'm super glad SOTM is coming to the US, there's huge potential here. Denver's a great place and it's my hope that SOTM '11 in Denver will help form a stronger community here.
Steve
stevecoast.com
On Oct 25, 2010, at 1:39 AM, Jukka Rahkonen wrote:
> SotM11 is planned to be arranged just after the FOSS4G conference. I do not
> believe it is an accident because Steve Coast and Mikel Maron are members of the
> FOSS4G Local Organizing Committee
> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Denver_LOC).
> It can be a good idea if people can spend the whole week and take part in the
> both conferences. Or then somebody could have a speech in both conferences.
> After all, we are not so far away from the FOSS4G folks and software. OSM was
> very visible in FOSS4G this year but also we might have something to learn from
> the paleogis side.
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