Face to Face Meeting Summer 2006

Meeting
The board has been discussing the idea of getting people together for a face-to-face meeting to establish, and work on, priorities. A meetup / workshop needs clear goals. If we could set them, this could be a really useful occasion.

When and Where
June 11th and 12th at the Autodesk San Rafael offices.

This is just preceeding the Where 2.0 conference June 13/14 in San Jose which is relatively nearby. (According to Google, San Rafael to San Jose is 67 miles / 74 minutes.)

Attendees
Board members and committee members of VisCom, WebCom and the Fundraising committees are encouraged to attend.
 * Frank Warmerdam will attend.
 * mpg could attend as a VisCom person (I will be at Where 13th-14th, unless I have to be at the OWS kickoff 13th-16th)
 * Arnulf Christl will attend
 * Jo Walsh will attend
 * Dave McIlhagga will attend - likely arrive Sunday AM
 * Gary Lang will attend
 * Tyler Mitchell will attend (also from VisCom)
 * please add availability for other people

Goals
For a one- or two- day meeting there need to be clear goals identifiable.

WebCom:
 * OSGeo Web style established.
 * Project style guidelines.
 * Content plan completed.

Board:
 * Briefing by Mark Lucus on open source related activities within DOD.
 * Develop a 2005/2006 budget.
 * General strategy discussions.
 * Discuss the stated priorities and how we meet them
 * Make sure that the VisCom is as focused on promoting OSGeo projects as it is OSGeo itself, (if not more?)
 * Try to reach consensus on new projects to admit to incubation.
 * Discuss ideas for starting cross-collaboration between projects

VisCom:
 * Prepare conference presentation materials (for Where 2.0, and more general use).
 * General strategy discussions.
 * Outreach strategy

Logistics

 * Best way to get from SFO to San Rafael?
 * What arrival times are people having at SFO? Maybe possible to hire a car together?
 * What hotels are near to venue?
 * "The closest hotel to our office (right next door) is the Embassy Suites"
 * Best way to get from San Rafael to San Jose at end of meeting? Share a bus/van?