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Q&A Stage 2 Bristol

2026-03-21T06:40:01Z

Lucadelu: /* Name */ added questions for foss4g 2027 proposal

= Questions to the LOC from CC =

== Name ==

=== Luca Delucchi ===
Dear Briston LOC, thanks a lot for the proposals, I have few questions mainly related to budget

* Related to A/V you wrote 10000£, but for my experience usually they cost more, what is included in you proposals? All the rooms will be recorded?
* There are no cost for the social events
* If I understood correctly the lunch price is included in the "Meeting room rental" record, this is including also coffee break at the mid morning/afternoon?
* Do you plan to have conference T-Shirt? if yes there is no cost on the budget
* Cost for advertising is missing, but usually few thousands of euro are used (participating to conferences, some payed post or other activities)

So the proposal is good, but the budget needs a little more work for my point of view.

FOSS4G 2027 Bid Process

2025-11-21T18:46:56Z

Lucadelu: /* Letters of Intent */ fixed year

= Basics =

* FOSS4G bids are open for all countries in the world.
** [http://2019.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2019] was in Bucharest, Romania
** [http://2020.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2020] was planed for Calgary, Canada (canceled due to COVID-19)
** [http://2021.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2021] was in Buenos Aires, Argentina
** [http://2022.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2022] was in Florence, Italy
** [http://2023.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2023] was in Prizren, Kosovo
** [http://2024.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2024] was in Belém, Brazil
** [http://2025.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2025] was in Aukland, New Zealand
** [http://2026.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2026] will be in Hiroshima, Japan
** 2027 FOSS4G will be Worldwide

* "Letters of Intent" will be accepted from potential Local Organizing Committees (LOC) from all of the world.
* Regardless whether one or more letter(s) of intent are received, the Conference Committee members will vote. The vote procedure for 2027 is as follows: Every member of CC votes on every LoI. LoI's that receive more than 50% of "thumbs up"-votes will pass stage 1.
* Selected letters will be invited to prepare a full bid based on the usual RFP process.
* A proposal outlining budget, potential sponsors, LOC members, and venue costs will be required, even if only one letter is received.
* Based on experiences from the past years, we would like to stress the following tasks:
** OSGeo anticipates a Travel Grant program. There is a budget from OSGeo, but we expect the bidder to further collect money for TGP and to offer free or at least reduced passes for grantees.
** The bid should stress the alignment with OSGeo values as given in OSGeo's CoC and contain hints on a conference CoC

== Voters on RfP 2027 ==

# Maria Brovelli
# David Bitner
# David Fawcett
# Paul Ramsey
# Vasile Crăciunescu
# Michael Terner
# Peter Batty
# Mark Iliffe
# Darrell Fuhriman
# Gavin Fleming
# Claude Philipona
# Venkatesh Raghavan
# Msilikale Msilanga
# Guido Stein
# María Arias de Reyna
# Luca Delucchi
# Besfort Guri

== CRO's on RfP 2027 ==
CRO's will receive the votes for both stages and send the final results (but no counts!) to the chair of the committee. This year we are happy to have Till Adams and Codrina on board.

* [[User:Till Adams | Till Adams]]
* [[User:Codrina | Codrina Maria Ilie]]

= Summary of Important Dates ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth AoE]) =

{|
|-
! Release RFP:
| 2025 November 21.
|-
! Letters of Intent (Stage 1) due:
| 2025 December 22.
|-
! Stage 1 question period:
| 2025 December 23. to 2025 December 31.
|-
! Stage 1 polling Period:
| 2026 January 01. to 2026 January 09.
|-
! Stage 1 decision announcement:
| 2026 January 09.
|-
! Proposals (Stage 2) due:
| 2026 March 10.
|-
! Stage 2 question period:
| 2026 March 11 to 2026 March 18.
|-
! Voting Period:
| 2026 March 19 to 2023 May 27.
|-
! Selection of host city announced
| 2026 March 29.
|}

= Letters of Intent =

* Accepted until December 22, 2025
* Limited to three pages
* Read the RFP document (below) and answer the following questions:
1. Who is your conference chair?

2. Who is on your local organizing committee (LOC)?

3. What is the experience of your committee members with similar events?

4. What is your proposed venue? (include access to Internet, room sizes, maximum attendees)

5. What are your provisional dates for the conference?

6. Early thoughts on prices of conference attendance? (indicative estimates)

7. What is the price range and general location of your proposed accommodations? (hotels)

8. Are you partnering with other organizations? (e.g. local entities or other events like HOT OSM Summit)

9. What makes FOSS4G in your proposed location and with your team compelling?

10. What are your safety plans? What is your financial strategy to make the event sustainable in this complex situation?

=== RFP Documents ===

* RFP containing updated process ([https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/FOSS4G2027-request-for-proposal.pdf RFP])
* Budget template ([https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/2021/osgeo-conference-budget-template.ods file])

= Letter of Intent Review =

* Letters of Intent were received from the following local committees:

* Questions will be asked of LOCs on conference_dev 2025 December 23 to 2025 December 31 - be prepared to answer the questions ASAP!
* Conference committee will vote and results announced on 2026 January 09.
** Letters with more than 50% thumbs up will be passed on to the proposal stage.

= Results Stage One =

== Bid Process Stage Two ==
Proposals were received from the following local committees:

= Result for Stage Two =

= Decision =

[[Category:Conference Committee]]
[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:FOSS4G2027]]

FOSS4G 2027 Bid Process

2025-11-21T18:46:25Z

Lucadelu: /* Voters on RfP 2027 */ removed Sanghee from voters list

= Basics =

* FOSS4G bids are open for all countries in the world.
** [http://2019.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2019] was in Bucharest, Romania
** [http://2020.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2020] was planed for Calgary, Canada (canceled due to COVID-19)
** [http://2021.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2021] was in Buenos Aires, Argentina
** [http://2022.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2022] was in Florence, Italy
** [http://2023.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2023] was in Prizren, Kosovo
** [http://2024.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2024] was in Belém, Brazil
** [http://2025.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2025] was in Aukland, New Zealand
** [http://2026.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2026] will be in Hiroshima, Japan
** 2027 FOSS4G will be Worldwide

* "Letters of Intent" will be accepted from potential Local Organizing Committees (LOC) from all of the world.
* Regardless whether one or more letter(s) of intent are received, the Conference Committee members will vote. The vote procedure for 2027 is as follows: Every member of CC votes on every LoI. LoI's that receive more than 50% of "thumbs up"-votes will pass stage 1.
* Selected letters will be invited to prepare a full bid based on the usual RFP process.
* A proposal outlining budget, potential sponsors, LOC members, and venue costs will be required, even if only one letter is received.
* Based on experiences from the past years, we would like to stress the following tasks:
** OSGeo anticipates a Travel Grant program. There is a budget from OSGeo, but we expect the bidder to further collect money for TGP and to offer free or at least reduced passes for grantees.
** The bid should stress the alignment with OSGeo values as given in OSGeo's CoC and contain hints on a conference CoC

== Voters on RfP 2027 ==

# Maria Brovelli
# David Bitner
# David Fawcett
# Paul Ramsey
# Vasile Crăciunescu
# Michael Terner
# Peter Batty
# Mark Iliffe
# Darrell Fuhriman
# Gavin Fleming
# Claude Philipona
# Venkatesh Raghavan
# Msilikale Msilanga
# Guido Stein
# María Arias de Reyna
# Luca Delucchi
# Besfort Guri

== CRO's on RfP 2027 ==
CRO's will receive the votes for both stages and send the final results (but no counts!) to the chair of the committee. This year we are happy to have Till Adams and Codrina on board.

* [[User:Till Adams | Till Adams]]
* [[User:Codrina | Codrina Maria Ilie]]

= Summary of Important Dates ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth AoE]) =

{|
|-
! Release RFP:
| 2025 November 21.
|-
! Letters of Intent (Stage 1) due:
| 2025 December 22.
|-
! Stage 1 question period:
| 2025 December 23. to 2025 December 31.
|-
! Stage 1 polling Period:
| 2026 January 01. to 2026 January 09.
|-
! Stage 1 decision announcement:
| 2026 January 09.
|-
! Proposals (Stage 2) due:
| 2026 March 10.
|-
! Stage 2 question period:
| 2026 March 11 to 2026 March 18.
|-
! Voting Period:
| 2026 March 19 to 2023 May 27.
|-
! Selection of host city announced
| 2026 March 29.
|}

= Letters of Intent =

* Accepted until December 22, 2026
* Limited to three pages
* Read the RFP document (below) and answer the following questions:
1. Who is your conference chair?

2. Who is on your local organizing committee (LOC)?

3. What is the experience of your committee members with similar events?

4. What is your proposed venue? (include access to Internet, room sizes, maximum attendees)

5. What are your provisional dates for the conference?

6. Early thoughts on prices of conference attendance? (indicative estimates)

7. What is the price range and general location of your proposed accommodations? (hotels)

8. Are you partnering with other organizations? (e.g. local entities or other events like HOT OSM Summit)

9. What makes FOSS4G in your proposed location and with your team compelling?

10. What are your safety plans? What is your financial strategy to make the event sustainable in this complex situation?

=== RFP Documents ===

* RFP containing updated process ([https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/FOSS4G2027-request-for-proposal.pdf RFP])
* Budget template ([https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/2021/osgeo-conference-budget-template.ods file])

= Letter of Intent Review =

* Letters of Intent were received from the following local committees:

* Questions will be asked of LOCs on conference_dev 2025 December 23 to 2025 December 31 - be prepared to answer the questions ASAP!
* Conference committee will vote and results announced on 2026 January 09.
** Letters with more than 50% thumbs up will be passed on to the proposal stage.

= Results Stage One =

== Bid Process Stage Two ==
Proposals were received from the following local committees:

= Result for Stage Two =

= Decision =

[[Category:Conference Committee]]
[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:FOSS4G2027]]

SAC:Weblate

2025-03-05T23:48:27Z

Lucadelu: /* Hosting your own project */ improved gitlab weblate configuration

Weblate is an instance of the [https://weblate.org Weblate] server that runs in an LXD container in [[Osgeo9]] and provides document translation servers for OSGeo community software. .

It can be accessed via https://weblate.osgeo.org/ (login with your [[SAC:LDAP|OSGeo Userid]])

= Location and configuration =

The application runs in LXD container called weblate on OSGeo9.
It is run within that application using various docker containers launched with docker compose under the account weblate.
Data is in a PostgreSQL database.

The configs are in /home/weblate/weblate-docker-compose

= Administration =

At the moment [[User:robe|Regina Obe]] (creator of the container) and [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] are admin users, although from the web UI this seems to provide no useful settings.

For maintenance and changes, administrators can access the container directly using

ssh '''ldap_account'''@osgeo7-weblate

= Hosting your own project =

Those who want to host their own project should put in a ticket in [[https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo|SAC Ticket]]
to be granted project creation permissions.

Aside from general request, how you automate weblate use within your app depends on how you are hosted.
The step generally includes:

1. Setting up a webhook in your project to notify weblate of changes:

** '''Gitea''' add in webhooks section of your project: https://weblate.osgeo.org/hooks/gitea/ (you may specify filter of branches in branch config)
** '''Github''' add in webhooks section of your project: https://weblate.osgeo.org/hooks/github/ (you may specify filter of branches in branch config)
** '''GitLab''' add in webhooks section of your project: https://weblate.osgeo.org/hooks/gitlab/ (you may specify filter of branches in branch config)

2. You can have weblate push changes to your repo in one of two ways

Directly or via Pull requests

a) Directly Giving Weblate commit access (for direct commits)
In the https://weblate.osgeo.org/settings/<your-project>/<main-component>/#vcs (replace <your-project> <your-component> with your specifics) choose '''Git''' for '''Version Control System'''

** '''Gitea''' add [https://weblate.osgeo.org/keys/|weblates ssh pubkey ] as a deployment key in your gitea project
** '''Github''' Invite the [https://github.com/osgeoweblate osgeoweblate] github account to your project.
** '''Gitlab''' Invite the [https://gitlab.com/weblate weblate] account to your project

or

b) via pull requests
In the https://weblate.osgeo.org/settings/<your-project>/<main-component>/#vcs (replace <your-project> <your-component> with your specifics) choose

** '''Gitea''' choose '''Gitea Pull Request''' for '''Version Control System''' # currently this doesn't work
** '''Github''' choose '''Github Pull Request''' for '''Version Control System''' - in this model weblate creates a fork of your project under https://github.com/osgeoweblate and will create pull requests against your project with that fork
** '''Gitlab''' choose '''Gitlab Merge Request''' for '''Version Control System''' # not tested

[[Category:Infrastructure]]
[[Category:Services]]

User:Lucadelu

2025-01-13T06:35:01Z

Lucadelu: changed date of last update

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Luca Delucchi
|JobTitle=GIS Technician
|Company=Fondazione Edmund Mach
|Country=Italy
|City=San Michele all'Adige
|Coordinate=46.1924, 11.1345
|LocalChapter=GFOSS.it
|Email=lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com
|Phone=+39 0461615570
|InstantMessaging=Skype: lucadelu;
|Photo=Lucadelu.png
|Languages=Italian; English; French;
|Info=Luca is an OSGeo and OSM contributor and advocate. He graduated in Geography applied to the environment, landscape and tourism from University of Genoa (Italy) in 2008. Since the same year he work at Fondazione Edmund Mach, a research center near Trento. He is interested in all features about GIS: desktop, web, geodatabase, developing and geodata. Right now he is working on a multiplatform server and client application to monitor agricultural fields named [https://digiagriapp.gitlab.io/digiagriapp-website/ DigiAgriApp]. He contribute to GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, QGIS, and ZOO-Project projects, he is also the main developer of pyModis library.

He is active in the Italian community, GFOSS.it. From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member and from November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.

He was the chair of the successful [https://2022.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2022] held in Florence, it was the first internation FOSS4G meeting in person after the COVID-19
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
{{OSGeo Member FormEdit}}

He is involved in the following projects:

* GRASS GIS: developer and Italian translator
* QGIS: I developed and contributed to some plugin ([https://github.com/lucadelu/OGR2Layers OGR2Layers], [https://github.com/lucadelu/QuickMultiAttributeEdit QuickMultiAttributeEdit])
* ZOO-project: beta tester and documentation
* [https://github.com/lucadelu/pyModis pyModis]: main developer library to download and works with MODIS data
* From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member of [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS.it] (Associazione Italiana per il Software Geografico Libero), the Italian OSGeo local chapter. From November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Lucadelu Actively participating] in OpenStreetMap and promoting OpenStreetMap in Italy organizing a lot of events
* Since 2011, he has been an OSGeo Charter Member
* OSGeo-Live, helping in documentation and Italian Translation

He know and use the following Free and Open Source Project:
* ''Desktop''
** GRASS GIS
** QGIS
* Database
** PostGIS
** Spatialite
* Web Server
** MapServer
** GeoDjango
** ZOO-Project
** IstSOS
* Web client
** OpenLayers
** Leaflet
* Other tools
** Mapnik
** mkgmap

;Spoken Language(s):
Italian (mother tongue), English, a little bit of French

;Profile last updated:
2025 January 13

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Italy]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

User:Lucadelu

2025-01-13T05:59:19Z

Lucadelu: updated my description

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Luca Delucchi
|JobTitle=GIS Technician
|Company=Fondazione Edmund Mach
|Country=Italy
|City=San Michele all'Adige
|Coordinate=46.1924, 11.1345
|LocalChapter=GFOSS.it
|Email=lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com
|Phone=+39 0461615570
|InstantMessaging=Skype: lucadelu;
|Photo=Lucadelu.png
|Languages=Italian; English; French;
|Info=Luca is an OSGeo and OSM contributor and advocate. He graduated in Geography applied to the environment, landscape and tourism from University of Genoa (Italy) in 2008. Since the same year he work at Fondazione Edmund Mach, a research center near Trento. He is interested in all features about GIS: desktop, web, geodatabase, developing and geodata. Right now he is working on a multiplatform server and client application to monitor agricultural fields named [https://digiagriapp.gitlab.io/digiagriapp-website/ DigiAgriApp]. He contribute to GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, QGIS, and ZOO-Project projects, he is also the main developer of pyModis library.

He is active in the Italian community, GFOSS.it. From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member and from November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.

He was the chair of the successful [https://2022.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2022] held in Florence, it was the first internation FOSS4G meeting in person after the COVID-19
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
{{OSGeo Member FormEdit}}

He is involved in the following projects:

* GRASS GIS: developer and Italian translator
* QGIS: I developed and contributed to some plugin ([https://github.com/lucadelu/OGR2Layers OGR2Layers], [https://github.com/lucadelu/QuickMultiAttributeEdit QuickMultiAttributeEdit])
* ZOO-project: beta tester and documentation
* [https://github.com/lucadelu/pyModis pyModis]: main developer library to download and works with MODIS data
* From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member of [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS.it] (Associazione Italiana per il Software Geografico Libero), the Italian OSGeo local chapter. From November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Lucadelu Actively participating] in OpenStreetMap and promoting OpenStreetMap in Italy organizing a lot of events
* Since 2011, he has been an OSGeo Charter Member
* OSGeo-Live, helping in documentation and Italian Translation

He know and use the following Free and Open Source Project:
* ''Desktop''
** GRASS GIS
** QGIS
* Database
** PostGIS
** Spatialite
* Web Server
** MapServer
** GeoDjango
** ZOO-Project
** IstSOS
* Web client
** OpenLayers
** Leaflet
* Other tools
** Mapnik
** mkgmap

;Spoken Language(s):
Italian (mother tongue), English, a little bit of French

;Profile last updated:
2021 April 7

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Italy]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

FOSS4G 2024 Community Sprint

2024-11-28T15:27:56Z

Lucadelu: Added myself to code sprint

== Community Sprint ==

Also this year, after the conference, there will be the '''OSGeo community sprint'''.

Participation is free of charge and anyone involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects is welcome.

You can choose to contribute to one or more projects. The sky is the limit. There’s always plenty to do – and it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are very important for projects! Conference registration is not a prerequisite for participation in the community sprint.

=== When ===

The community sprint will be held on 07-08 of December .
* 9:00 - 18:00

=== Where ===

The community sprint will be hosted at the National Institute for Space Research - INPE .
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.461391&mlon=-48.442237#map=18/-1.461391/-48.442237 Location on OSM]

'''Important NOTE:''' You are not allowed to enter the space unless you are registered.

== Registered Attendees ==

The community sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to write down your name for better planning.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="250"|Registered to FOSS4G conference
!width="250"|Present on Sat 1st
!width="250"|Present on Sun 2nd
|-
|1 || [[User:aanthieni|Ariel Anthieni]] || aanthieni at kan dot com dot ar || Geonode, QGIS || x || x || x ||
|-
|2 || [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || michael dot smith dot erdc at gmail dot com || PDAL, GDAL, MapServer || x || x || ||
|-
|3 || [[User:lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge at gmail dot com || DigiAgriApp, GRASS GIS|| X || X || ||
|+
|N || my name || my email || projects I will work on || x || x || x ||
|}

== Site Event ==

=== QGIS LATAM ===

* [https://qgisbrasil.org/qgis-latam-2024/ Site for event]

* Sold Out !!!

== Workgroups ==

=== GeoNode / GeoNode Cloud / Geoserver Cloud ===

Review next steps for Geonode Cloud and integration with Geoserver Cloud

==== Attending ====

* [[User:aanthieni|Ariel Anthieni]]

==== Goals ====

* Geonode Cloud Roadmap Review
* Configuring Kubernetes for other clouds
* Integration with Geoserver Cloud and new versions

== Event Organization ==

The [https://2024.foss4g.org/about/ FOSS4G 2024 Team] is the proud organiser of the community sprint.

For any question you can contact [[User:aanthieni|Ariel Anthieni]], the person in charge of the community sprint.

[[Category:FOSS4G2024]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]

Q&A Stage 1 Hiroshima

2024-02-29T12:46:54Z

Lucadelu: added question to hiroshima

Questions to LoI of the Hiroshima Team:

=== Air quality in the venue ===

Related to COVID safety: What are the air quality facilities in the venue?

Specifically:

- Are there CO2 monitors?

- What kind of air purifying is in the indoor areas of the venue? Filtering, UV?

[[User:Ivansanchez|Ivansanchez]] ([[User talk:Ivansanchez|talk]]) 01:53, 26 February 2024 (PST)

=== Diversity and Inclusion ===

We kindly ask for a statement about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in your country.

What is the legal status of same-gender relationships and/or marriage in your country? Can our members travel safely with their same sex partner? What about transgender members, are they safe?

How safe is for a woman to travel alone in your country?

Is your venue accessible for wheelchairs and other disabilities?

=== Postpone to the coming year ===

Are there any possibilities of holding the conference the following year or are there any specific reasons why you would prefer 2025?

[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], 29 February 2024 (CET)

Q&A Stage 1 Auckland

2024-02-29T12:46:19Z

Lucadelu: added question to auckland

Questions to LoI of the Auckland Team:

=== Air quality in the venue ===

Related to COVID safety: What are the air quality facilities in the venue?

Specifically:

- Are there CO2 monitors?

- What kind of air purifying is in the indoor areas of the venue? Filtering, UV?

''Our venue at the [https://www.aut.ac.nz/about/campuses-and-locations/city-campus AUT City Campus] is a very modern academic institution and all venue areas have modern air purifying and conditioning systems''

''In addition AUT’s campuses became smoke free in 2012, helping provide a healthier environment for students, staff and visitors. Being smoke free is consistent with AUT's position as a leading university in health science education and research.''

[[User:Ivansanchez|Ivansanchez]] ([[User talk:Ivansanchez|talk]]) 01:52, 26 February 2024 (PST)

=== Diversity and Inclusion ===

We kindly ask for a statement about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in your country.

''New Zealand is a vibrant, multicultural nation, enriched by the perspectives, experiences, and traditions of its diverse population. We recognize that building a truly inclusive and equitable society requires a conscious and unwavering commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).''

* '''''Diversity''''': ''We celebrate the rich tapestry of our people, acknowledging the unique contributions of different cultures, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, and all other dimensions that shape individual identities.''

* '''''Equity''''': ''We understand that systemic and historical factors have created disparities and that true inclusion requires recognizing and addressing these barriers. We are committed to ensuring that everyone has fair opportunities to participate, thrive, and reach their full potential, regardless of their background.''

* '''''Inclusion''''': ''We strive to create a society and a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and has a sense of belonging. We foster an environment where diverse voices are heard, represented, and integrated into decision-making processes.''

What is the legal status of same-gender relationships and/or marriage in your country? Can our members travel safely with their same sex partner? What about transgender members, are they safe?

''New Zealand is a socially progressive country with a reputation for making many different types of people feel at home, and is often called one of the most LGBTQIA+ friendly countries in the world.''

''Most New Zealanders are open-minded, accepting and positive towards the LGBTQIA+ community, which is also sometimes known as the ‘rainbow’ community or the LGBTIQ+ community.''

''In terms of Laws, in 1993, discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was outlawed. In 2004 New Zealand instituted civil union (for both same-sex and opposite sex couples), and in 2013 same-sex marriage was legalised. Child adoption by same-sex couples was also legalized in 2013.''

''Auckland has been rated alongside Toronto, San Francisco and London as one of the top gay-friendly cities in the world, with a remarkable pride festival.''

''In addition, our venue partner [https://www.aut.ac.nz/ AUT], is [https://www.rainbowtick.nz/ Rainbow Tick] certified.''

How safe is for a woman to travel alone in your country?

''New Zealand is a very safe place to travel, but it pays to prepare and take a few precautions so that your time here is comfortable and trouble-free... [https://www.newzealand.com/int/feature/health-and-safety/ Health and Safety]''

Is your venue accessible for wheelchairs and other disabilities?

''The AUT City Campus is a very modern academic institution and all venue areas have modern full accessibility facilities.''

''AUT are a founding partner of '''Be. Accessible''' in 2011, and since then have supported accessibility initiatives for Auckland and for the university. [http://www.beaccessible.org.nz/ Be. Accessible website]''

=== Postpone to the coming year ===

Are there any possibilities of holding the conference the following year or are there any specific reasons why you would prefer 2025?

[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], 29 February 2024 (CET)

Q&A Stage 1 Riyadh

2024-02-29T12:45:28Z

Lucadelu: added question to riyadh

Questions to LoI of the Riyadh Team:

=== Air quality in the venue ===

Related to COVID safety: What are the air quality facilities in the venue?

Specifically:

- Are there CO2 monitors?

- What kind of air purifying is in the indoor areas of the venue? Filtering, UV?

[[User:Ivansanchez|Ivansanchez]] ([[User talk:Ivansanchez|talk]]) 01:54, 26 February 2024 (PST)

=== Diversity and Inclusion ===

We kindly ask for a statement about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in your country.

What is the legal status of same-gender relationships and/or marriage in your country? Can our members travel safely with their same sex partner? What about transgender members, are they safe?

How safe is for a woman to travel alone in your country?

Is your venue accessible for wheelchairs and other disabilities?

=== Income generation ===

In the LOI, you mention that "the LOC is happy to offer that the attendees will not be charged for attendance to the event. Charges could be levied on exhibitors and that will be decided in due course".

More a remark than a question, the gains from FOSS4G are one of OSGeo's main income sources. Please consider this when going further with your proposal.

[[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]] (on behalf of the OSGeo board) 20:17, 27 February 2024 (CET)

=== Postpone to the coming year ===

Are there any possibilities of holding the conference the following year or are there any specific reasons why you would prefer 2025?

[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], 29 February 2024 (CET)

FOSS4G Handbook

2023-07-01T15:46:04Z

Lucadelu: added last 2 year conferences

This FOSS4G Handbook aims to provide guidance to future FOSS4G and FOSS4G related events, based upon the collective wisdom gained during prior events. It is a continuous work in progress and is a '''guide''' rather than a '''rulebook'''. Feel free to modify any aspect. If in doubt, ask the community what they think. This event is designed for the OSGeo community. We encourage all FOSS4G organizers to contribute to and enhance this Handbook.

= About FOSS4G =
Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conferences refer to a series of events which provides presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities based around Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.

FOSS4G includes one annual global event which rotates around the world, as well as a number of regional events which follow similar principles.

;See Also
: [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G History]
: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpkO5WOFQ_DZEWNMLj_hAhEre0m0io_j-JGf7geAW5Y/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=57 FOSS4G Metrics]

= Editing this document =

This FOSS4G Handbook aims to be concise, so that it is easy to read and follow. We also aim to collaboratively edit and continuously build this document based upon our collective experience running conferences. As such, we will need to continuously update and delete old text as new ideas come to hand.

The process to follow in updating this wiki is:
* Feel free to make trivial tweaks to grammar and syntax.
* If you would like to introduce a new idea, maybe add a new section, or improve an old section:
** Raise your suggestion on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev OSGeo Conference] email list.
** Once a rough consensus has been reached on the list, you may then update the Handbook with the collective wisdom of the list.
** If writing a new section, consider starting the section with: Draft, awaiting review
** After updating your text, notify the list again to give others the opportunity to review and tweak.

= Section Writing Guide =
Draft, awaiting review

The first sentence(s) of a section should describe the meaning of the heading. Eg, if this section is on "Birds of a Feather", then the first sentence should start with: ''Birds of a Feather sessions refer to semi-formal gatherings of like minded delegates to discuss a topic of interest.''

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: [Mandatory, Recommended, Optional, Not Relevant]
: Regional FOSS4G: [Mandatory, Recommended, Optional, Not Relevant]
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: [Mandatory, Recommended, Optional, Not Relevant]

Following paragraphs provide specific details. They might hyperlink to more details from an external Lessons Learned type doc. It will likely cover some of the following topics:
* Key success factors
* Things that can go wrong, with optional brief examples
* List of considerations and why choose one consideration over another
* List of steps to follow
* Organizations or people to contact to coordinate with
* Links to external documents, such as a Google Docs spreadsheet

; See Also:
:* Where relevant, finish with a list of links to web pages for further reading. E.g.
:* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Lessons_Learned#Birds_of_a_Feather FOSS4G 2009 Birds of Feather Lessons Learned]

=Preparing FOSS4G RFP=
Draft, awaiting review

Selection of the international FOSS4G venue, involves two stages, a "Letter of Intent" (LOI) followed by a full "Request for Proposal" (RFQ). Only cities which attract two or more committee member votes from the LOI move onto the RFQ.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Optional
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Usually Not Relevant

The process for preparing an RFP for the annual FOSS4G is:
* Copy the previous year's FOSS4G RFP directory to the next year, as per: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/
* Choose a set of dates for submission deadlines and review periods and very very carefully go through the document making sure they are all reflected in the right places.
* Get in touch with the conference_dev and teams from previous year or two and get their feedback on the process for RFP changes
* Do a quick search of the conference_dev archives and see if there's other RFP process / info concerns to be addressed (like Board Face ot Face Meeting, OSGeo Annual Gathering, other requirements that are assumed but not articulated)
* Update doc appropriately
* Stub out Wiki pages using the skeletons from previous years and the dates you already put into the doc
* Get someone to review your changes
* Announce

; See Also:
:* http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/

= Lessons Learned =
Draft, awaiting review

It is highly valuable to future conferences to collect the wisdom gained from prior conferences.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: StronglyRecommended
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional

In FOSS4G 2009 (Sydney, Australia), we wrote down our Lessons Learned throughout the planning period, while ideas were still fresh. The FOSS4G 2013 (Nottingham, UK) LOC came together after the conference to brainstorm their lessons learned.

In 2020 after the cancellation of the global FOSS4G in Calgary and the European FOSS4G in Valmiera, the OSGeo:UK chapter hosted a global one day online event. Their lessons learnt from this first online FOSS4G are [[FOSS4GUK 2020 Online - Lessons Learnt|here]]

If you are looking for lessons learned on '''online events''', check [[FOSS4G 2021 Lessons Learned]].

*[[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_FOSS4G_Reports|Past FOSS4G Conference Reports]] provides the attendance, sponsorship and financial reports for each FOSS4G. This is a valuable resource for anyone considering submitting a proposal for a FOSS4G events

; See Also:
*[[FOSS4G 2021 Lessons Learned|2021]]
*[[FOSS4G 2016 Lessons Learned|2016]]
*[[FOSS4G 2015 Lessons Learned|2015]]
*[[FOSS4G 2014 Lessons Learned|2014]]
*[[FOSS4G2013_Reflections_by_the_LOC|2013]]
*[[FOSS4G 2012 Lessons Learned|2012]]
*[[FOSS4G 2011 Lessons Learned|2011]]
*[[FOSS4G 2010 Lessons Learned|2010]]
*[[FOSS4G 2009 Lessons Learned|2009]]
*[[FOSS4G2008 Lessons Learned|2008]]
*[[FOSS4G2007 Lessons Learned|2007]]

= Marketing =

== Press Releases ==
Draft, awaiting review

You should send out public announcements about your conference, especially around conference milestones.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Required
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Recommended

Make regular use the OSGeo News feed:
* initial announcement
* Call for Papers
* Start of registration, end of early booking approaching
* Program published
* etc.

Publish an official press release for the initial announcement of the conference and when the program is stable and published. Coordinate this with high level sponsors i.e. let them know when it will happen so that they can react accordingly! Get a quote form the highest available sponsor.

You will likely want to collaboratively edit press releases in a wiki page. The wiki then becomes an archive which can be handed down to future events.

Work out where you will send your announcements. It should include:
* You should submit to [http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/submit_news.html OSGeo Announcements] for inclusion on the OSGeo web site
* [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss OSGeo Discuss]
* Twitter
* A blog feed into [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

; See Also:
:* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Releases
:* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Lessons_Learned#Press_Releases

== twitter ==
* FOSS4G runs the [[https://twitter.com/foss4g FOSS4G twitter account]]
* The account will be passed to the new LOC each year after the conference
* Use #FOSS4G or #FOSS4G201x in your tweets (maybe also #FOSS4G?????????????)
* [[https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ Tweetdeck]] can be used to get a better overview about tweets, notifications, retweets...
* [[http://buffer.com Buffer]] can be used to define tweets in advance and let them be posted at a defined time
* NodeXL shows you the tweet statistics in a graph

== Photos ==
FOSS4G runs a flickr group called FOSS4G. You can provide images from FOSS4G conferences to this group. You can get a member of this group and share your photos.
If you run the next FOSS4G conference you can ask to become an admin to change the configuration (ask [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] or [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde Astrid Emde])

* [https://www.flickr.com/groups/foss4g/ FOSS4G Group] on Flickr

==Event Listings==
Draft, awaiting review

The event should be added to event listings.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: [Mandatory]
: Regional FOSS4G: [Recommended]
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: [Recommended]

Relevant Lists include:
* http://www.osgeo.org/events
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Global_conferences_overview
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History

; See Also:
:*

==FOSS4G Branding==
Draft, awaiting review

FOSS4G is the acronym used to describe events which are predominantly about "Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial".

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: [Mandatory]
: Regional FOSS4G: [Mandatory]
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: [Mandatory]

FOSS4G is not registered as a trademark but has a long tradition of being used in the context of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. The domain was [[FOSS4G#History_of_the_Acronym|originally]] registered by Venkatesh Raghavan (Venka) who later graciously donated it to OSGeo - under the condition that using the name should stay open to anybody who does something reasonably related to Free and Open Source Geospatial.

A FOSS4G event can be the main international FOSS4G conference, as well as a regional event such as FOSS4G-North America. It can also be a local FOSS4G seminar drawing from one city, a FOSS4G stream in a bigger conference, a workshop or a code sprint. The number of participants can vary from ten people (code sprint) up to 1000+ people (global FOSS4G).

Use of the name "FOSS4G" is managed by the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee OSGeo Conference Committee]. As a courtesy, events which wish to make use of the "FOSS4G" name should request permission to do so from the conference committee. Permission will be granted if the event being described is predominantly (say >90%) about Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial and promotes OSGeo.

; See Also:
:* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G
:* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G#Using_the_Name_FOSS4G
:* [[FOSS4G_Handbook#Regional_and_Local_FOSS4G_selection]]
:* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Official_OSGeo_Event_Policy

==OSGeo Branding==
Draft, awaiting review

FOSS4G events should suitably acknowledge the OSGeo foundation in promotion material.
This would typically include:
* the OSGeo logo being included on the website with words similar to "presented by OSGeo" and a link back to the OSGeo web site.
* presentation(s) by organisers (and others) should reference OSGeo

For larger events e.g. the annual international event and any event receiving OSGeo financial assistance, there should be an OSGeo booth of reasonable size and prominence provided at no charge to the foundation

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: [Mandatory]
: Regional FOSS4G: [Mandatory]
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: [Recommended]

== Logo ==
[[File:OSGeo-Ribbon.jpg|thumb|right|alt=OSgeo Ribbon|OSgeo Ribbon.]]

The FOSS4G logo for the international conference has to include elements of the OSGeo / FOSS4G "ribbon" as can be seen in all previous conference logos: http://foss4g.org/, and should also include themes for the location of the current event.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: [Mandatory]
: Regional FOSS4G: [Optional]
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: [Not Applicable]

FOSS4G 2013 used a competition to design the logo. FOSS4G 2011 used [http://www.crowdspring.com crowdspring] and were very pleased with the way it worked.

Start on the logo asap as you need it for other early stage documents like the sponsorship prospectus.

=City and Date Selection=

== International FOSS4G Rotation ==
The International FOSS4G event rotates around the world, and cities compete to be selected to host the event, as described in the RFP process.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Not Relevant
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Not Relevant

The regions FOSS4G rotates through are:
* Europe
* North America
* Rest of world
This is caveatted by the OSGeo Conference committee feeling confident that the proposed city/region will attract the majority of the international FOSS4G audience.

So our rotation policy is:

# Strong preference is given to the region which hasn't had FOSS4G for 2 years
# We next consider the region which had FOSS4G 2 years ago
# Only as a last resort would we consider a region which had FOSS4G last year

Prior International FOSS4G event locations have been:
* [https://2023.foss4g.org/ 2023]: Prizren, Kosovo
* [https://2022.foss4g.org/ 2022]: Firenze, Italy
* [https://2021.foss4g.org/ 2021]: Online - Buenos Aires, Argentina
* <s>[http://2020.foss4g.org/ 2020]: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (cancelled)</s>
* [http://2019.foss4g.org/ 2019]: Bucharest, Romania
* [http://2018.foss4g.org/ 2018]: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa
* [http://2017.foss4g.org/ 2017]: Boston, MA, USA
* [http://2016.foss4g.org/ 2016]: Bonn, Germany
* [http://2015.foss4g.org/ 2015]: Seoul, South Korea
* [http://2014.foss4g.org/ 2014]: Portland, Oregon, USA
* [http://2013.foss4g.org/ 2013]: Nottingham, United Kingdom
* <s>[http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012]: Beijing, China (cancelled)</s>
* [http://2011.foss4g.org/ 2011]: Denver, United States
* [http://2010.foss4g.org/ 2010]: Barcelona, Spain
* [http://2009.foss4g.org/ 2009]: Sydney, Australia
* [http://2008.foss4g.org/ 2008]: Cape Town, South Africa
* [http://2007.foss4g.org/ 2007]: Victoria, Canada
* [http://2006.foss4g.org/ 2006]: Lausanne, Switzerland
* 2005: Minneapolis, United States
* [http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/water/paper/fossgrdss/conference.htm 2004]: Bangkok, Thailand

; See Also:
:* http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp
:* http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/
:* Many FOSS4G regional and related conferences are listed at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
:* Conference committee approval of this rotation policy: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2013-May/002107.html

== Selecting locations which align with OSGeo principles ==

We should select locations where OSGeo principles and [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ Code of Conduct] align with the laws and practices of the location where the conference is being held.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Recommended
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Not Relevant

At FOSS4G 2018 in Tanzania we discovered that local laws decree that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Tanzania same-sex sexual acts are crimes punishable by the state]. This is contrary to the OSGeo Code of Conduct and is something we should try to avoid when selecting future conference venues.

; See Also:
:* [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ Code of Conduct]

==Regional and Local FOSS4G selection==
Draft, awaiting review

Location and date selection of FOSS4G regional and local events should be coordinated with other FOSS4G events.

Regional and Local FOSS4G events are encouraged
; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Not Relevant
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Recommended

There is a tension between supplying sufficient FOSS4G related conferences to meet demand, verses over-supply as multiple conferences potentially compete for the same speakers, sponsors and delegates. FOSS4G History, starting from around 2012 has demonstrated that there is sufficient demand to support both an international conference, as well as multiple regional conferences in the same year. This is in keeping with review of [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdEZoOUtSeVZRVWtKQzV6R2N5ekdSdlE#gid=57 FOSS4G attendee profiles], which show over half of FOSS4G attendees tend to be drawn from the local region.
As such, OSGeo is supportive of multiple FOSS4G events being run in a year. However, OSGeo recommends scheduling FOSS4G events such that they don't overlap, and such that there is limited direct competition within regions between events.

Coordination between FOSS4G events is provided via the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev OSGeo Conference email list]. All FOSS4G Conference Organising Committees should:
* Have at least one representative subscribe the the conference_dev email list.
* Announce intent of running a FOSS4G conference on the email list, including brief description of proposed event, proposed date(s), location, language, request to use FOSS4G name (if relevant).
* Network with others within the region. Discuss options of merging potential FOSS4G events and/or ensuring dates and locations don't conflict.
* Once location and date have been selected, list the event at http://www.osgeo.org/events.
* Also list at [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History OSGeo-Live History] if making use of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live] DVDs and/or presentation, to ensure DVDs are ready for your conference, and describe breadth of reach of OSGeo-Live to contributors and sponsors.

; See Also:
:* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012_Lessons_Learned#Competing_regional_conferences

=Schedule=
All successful events should be planned, and to help with the plan, we have a generic FOSS4G Planning Schedule which can be used as a starting point.

; Relevance
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Mandatory
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Highly Recommended

When planning an event:
* Copy the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGdIbnY3SEZNUHp3NHdTZnlLZC1rbWc#gid=0 Generic FOSS4G Planning Schedule] into your own spreadsheet, probably onto a Google Drive so that it can be collaboratively viewed and edited.
* Tailor the plan such that it aligns with the goals for your event
* Feed improvements back into the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGdIbnY3SEZNUHp3NHdTZnlLZC1rbWc#gid=0 Generic FOSS4G Planning Schedule]. Non-trivial improvements should be discussed on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev OSGeo Conference email list] before applying.

; See Also:
:* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGdIbnY3SEZNUHp3NHdTZnlLZC1rbWc#gid=0 Generic FOSS4G Planning Schedule]

= Infrastructure and archiving =
Draft, awaiting review

Background:
* FOSS4G requires the establishment of various infrastructure relevant to a conference. This includes a conference website, registration website, community voting, credit card processing, LOC email list, archiving of these systems for future reference, etc.
* There may be some opportunity to reuse some of these systems.
* There should be some way to archive these for reference. In the case of the websites see the year subdomain, i.e. http://2009.foss4g.org/

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Optional?
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional?

== LOC email list ==
Draft, awaiting review

Much of the organizing and communication for the LOC happens via email. It is easy (and consistent with past practice) to use an OSGeo email list. Archiving happens automatically. There can be a list for both public and private communication, usually named foss4gyyyy and foss4gyyyy-private

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional/Not Relevant

; See Also:
:* Requesting an OSGeo email list: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC:Mailing_Lists#Requesting_a_new_list or i.e. http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1202

== Website ==
Draft, awaiting review

Background:
* This is just a start at the archiving portion. More needs to be added about the requirements for selection, use, etc
* FOSS4G websites are archived in a basic form at yyyy.foss4g.org
* Some website platforms might have export options
* wget could be an archiving method too, perhaps something along the lines of:
wget --mirror --convert-links --backup-converted --html-extension
* HTTrack may be the preferred tool

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Optional?
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional?

= Diversity =
== Code of Conduct ==
Draft, awaiting review

Events should reference a Code of Conduct, probably the [http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct OSGeo Code of Conduct], but you can choose one of the many other options.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory.
: Regional FOSS4G: Highly recommended.
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Recommended if not already covered by the main conference.
== Child Friendly Policy ==

Making a conference child friendly makes it easier for primary care givers (often mothers), the opportunity to present.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Optional
: Regional FOSS4G: Optional
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional

This requires managing an effective balance between the competing priorities of:

* High cost of dedicated childcare.
* Variability and unpredictability of different aged children.
* Retaining a professional conference environment.
* Respecting needs of children, parents, and conference participants.
* Making our conference accessible to a diverse audience, which includes those responsible for children.

FOSS4G Oceania introduced a Child Friendly Policy in 2018 which can be used as inspiration.

; See Also:
:* https://foss4g-oceania.org/child-friendly-conference
:* http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2018/09/child-friendly-conferences.html

= Streaming and archiving presentations and keynotes =
Draft, awaiting review
* Most FOSS4G's since 2011 (needs checking) have recorded presentations and made them available after the event.
*Since 2014 (needs checking) the proceedings have been live streamed as well as recorded which enables people who are unable to travel to a global FOSS4G to participate online and even ask questions of speakers.
* Recording and publishing helps to spread knowledge and awareness of OSGeo software

== Videos ==
Draft, awaiting review

Videoing presentations extends the reach of conference presentations to a much wider audience, but is logistically challenging, and/or expensive.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Strongly Recommended
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional

Videoing is not easy, nor inexpensive. It adds great value to OSGeo in being able to keep the presentations in perpetuity and to use them in a marketing and educational context. Equally, OSGeo has a broader mandate than an LOC to widen the reach of a FOSS4G conference to people who are unable to attend. However, the primary goal of an Organising Committee is to provide the best possible experience for those who attend the event. Hosting a FOSS4G is first and foremost for the visitors to your city and your paying customers and sponsors. Is it fair to have the Organising Committee (or rather, the paying attendees) pay for it?

There are also "scrappy" alternatives to get cheaper, poor quality content. Potentially ask attendees to record with mobile phones are upload to a central source.

As for September 2018, there have been a range of opinions on this topic, and the conference committee is yet to provide clear guidance on a path forward.

; See Also:
:* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2018-September/004890.html Email list thread on videoing]

=== Vimeo ===
Foss4G runs a vimeo account. Where you can upload 20GB per week. Some conference where uploaded here. A full FOSS4G will produce more than 20GB of material..
* the account will be passed every year after the conference to the next team
* [https://vimeo.com/foss4g FOSS4G Vimeo account]
* Make sure, that you add enough metadata when you publish your video

There is a video landing page which refers to all videos from the last conferences at [http://video.foss4g.org http://video.foss4g.org]

An example of a specific landing page for [http://video.foss4g.org/foss4g2016/videos/index.html FOSS4G 2016] is managed separately by the LOC or their video team. The code for the landing page is in [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/foss4g/video.foss4g.org OSGeo git]. You can request access and build your own landing page. FOSS4G 2014 PDX video index is indeed part of the [http://2014.foss4g.org/schedule/sessions/index.html website schedule].

=== TIB ===
* [[TIB]] in Hannover is happy to publish our videos from FOSS4G. [[User:Peter Loewe|Peter Loewe]] and [[User:Bastian|Bastian Drees]] are contact persons, see also [[Peter Loewe Videoquotes|Video Quotes]] by Peter
* Read [[FOSS for GIS video tutorials and screencasts|how to publish videos at TIB]].

=Finances=
==Guarantees==
Draft, awaiting review

The OSGeo foundation can be approached to provide financial guarantees for major FOSS4G events.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Recommended
: Regional FOSS4G: Optional
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Not Relevant

As per our board priorities:

Conferences are financially risky events. They need to be planned well in advance, and you are never sure how many people will turn up, or whether some global event will have a substantial impact on registrations. Consequently, conferences such as FOSS4G require financial advances up front in order to secure a venue and possibly a guarantee to underwrite potential losses or liabilities additional to the advance.

To support and enable these conferences, OSGeo will endevour to retain sufficient capital to offer such guarantees for any FOSS4G event requesting it. August 2015: The Board has been requested to determine the the extent of reserves that it will set aside for this purpose, could be a % or a minimum absolute some or some other formula.

If OSGeo's support is requested, then OSGeo would require a legal body, such as the Local Organising Committee (LOC), or Professional Conference Organisor (PCO), or similar, to enter into an agreement with OSGeo that commits both parties. Cameron Shorter: Noted that legal body need not be the LOC. For FOSS4G 2009, OSGeo signed a contract directly with the PCO.

What follows is a draft set of conditions suggested by [[User:Stevenfeldman | Steven Feldman]] for further comment:

#Any FOSS4G seeking OSGeo’s financial backing should provide a financial plan, which includes:
## Initial advance(s) required and timing
## Potential loss through cancellation at different stages
## Potential loss if conference goes ahead but attendance is less than target
## Cameron Shorter added: Financial reporting schedule, noting how often reports will be provided, and by who (typically by a PCO).
## Cameron Shorter added: Mitigation actions which will be initiated should financial targets not be reached. Eg: If we have not received $XXX funds by YYY date, we will cancel the conference, which will result in loosing $ZZZ.
#OSGeo will confirm the maximum level that it will underwrite
#OSGeo will need to set aside a reserve to cover the maximum underwritten losses of all FOSS4G events that it is supporting. This will probably limit OSGeo's ability to underwrite multiple events and may require the Conference Committee to select between competing regional events if there are several applications
#The Conference Committee will require a member to join the LOC with financial oversight of expenditure, forecasts and risks. This relies on Conference Committee members volunteering for a very high level of effort joining a LOC and keeping close track of finances and the volume of email. [[User:EliL | - Eli Adam]] 
#The Conference Committee will need to continuously review financial risk and may require changes to the financial and operational plans of an event. Likewise requires the Conference Committee to be very engaged and deeply aware of the details of potentially two or more conferences. [[User:EliL | - Eli Adam]] 
#The LOC recognises and understands that OSGeo will not accept unlimited financial liability for their event, any losses exceeding the maximum level underwritten will need to be borne by the LOC or insured locally.
#The LOC agrees to remit xx% of any surplus to OSGeo to support future events and other OSGeo activities (I would suggest at least 85% but no doubt this could be a subject for discussion across the community but it should be standard for all events)
#OSGeo will need to draft a legal agreement with the LOC that sets out these terms

; See Also:
:* Board priorities: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-02-26#Conferences_and_related_events

==FOSS4G nonprofit tax status==
Draft, awaiting review

While The OSGeo foundation continues to pursue nonprofit status, partnering with other like-minded qualifying nonprofit organizations to make FOSS4G a tax exempt event may be desirable.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G:
: Regional FOSS4G:
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event:

; This is just a place holder to be filled out later once things are determined, see Also:
:* Conference list: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2013-July/002303.html

== Budget ==
; See Also
:* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YdFNuBNaJK2XeA-bs1vU24VA1Qv9HpN8rLs30D9_0zg/edit#gid=1040179171 FOSS4G 2013 final accounts]

=Metrics=
Draft, awaiting review

Past FOSS4G metrics are very valuable for planning future FOSS4G events, and should be collected for all events.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional

Key questions that we wish to ask of our metrics:
# How many people are likely to come from a future FOSS4G event in region X?
# In the lead up to FOSS4G how many more people are likely to sign up? Eg: 200 people registered by Early Bird, will we reach our predicted 300 attendees?
# In lead up, when do sponsors sign up?
# Schedule and workshop planners wish to understand the technical expertise of participants. What is the percentage of OSGeo newbies (requiring "Introduction to ..." presentation/workshop).
# Schedule and workshop planners wish to understand which presenters and topics were popular.
# When considering whether to sponsor, and how to target spsonsorship messages, FOSS4G sponsors wish to understand the makeup of FOSS4G attendees. In particular, are attendees likely to influence decisions to purchase future software systems.
# How much sponsorship should we expect? Where in the world did previous sponsors come from?
# What is the most effective way to market FOSS4G? How did people hear about FOSS4G?

Key metrics we wish to collect from attendees:
# Registration date
# City, State, Country
# Sponsor name, amount, sign up date
# Information Source: Past attendee,Friend/colleague,E-mail list,Web badge on open source site,Grapevine,Internet Search,Web advertisement,Magazine advertisement
# Job Description 1:C-Level Executive,Manager,Consultant,Programmer,Scientist,Educator,Mysterious
#Job Responsibility 1: If I Told You I'D Have To Kill You ($1,000,000s),Heaps Of Money ($100,000s),Piles Of Money ($10,000s),Stacks Of Money ($1000s),No Money At All
# Reason For Attending: The Technical Networking,The Workshops & Technical Sessions,The Beer,The Sales Networking,Something Else Altogether

Metrics to collect about presentations:
# How many people were in the room of each presentation?
# Optional: How interesting was the topic?
# Optional: How good was the speaker?

; See Also:
:* Collated metrics from past global FOSS4G events: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ux_hFq-C165140ZD48RRImPTHSpXj42OG3nBr9cyZYo/edit#gid=1782600951
* Older version of the same metrics: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdEZoOUtSeVZRVWtKQzV6R2N5ekdSdlE#gid=57
:* Peter Batty's analysis to determine if FOSS4G-NA would impact FOSS4G Global, in Oct 2011: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Re-OSGeo-Conf-North-American-FOSS4G-conference-tp3714127p3714128.html
:* FOSS4G 2013 Metrics: http://2013.foss4g.org/Surveys/delegate.html

=Travel Grants=
The travel grant programme is run by FOSs4G's Conference committee. The first TGP was run in 2017, see [[FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_2017]]

This is the old draft, the procedure was based on: [[Draft FOSS4G Travel Grants]]

=OSGeo Branding=
Draft, awaiting review

FOSS4G conferences are expected to promote the OSGeo Foundation at events.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommeded
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Recommended

There is a symbiotic relationship between the OSGeo Foundation, OSGeo projects and FOSS4G conferences around branding. The Foundation and projects maintain valuable promotional material for FOSS4G conferences, and in return the FOSS4G conferences provides a valuable marketing pipeline.

The extent and nature of OSGeo promotion is dependent upon the size and nature of the event, and availability of volunteers to support the promotional activities. Activities which should be considered are:

* Include a presentation on an OSGeo topic, often as a keynote. You can find good local presenters at [[OSGeo_Advocate]].
* Provide a free OSGeo booth or stand. Refer to your OSGeo Local Chapter and/or [[OSGeo_Advocate]] list to source volunteer(s) to man the stand. Local Chapters can approach the OSGeo Marketing committee for an [[Exhibition_Pack]].
* Include an OSGeo logo included in the program and on the conference website.
* Make use of OSGeo-Live, either handing out a USB or DVD to delegates, using OSGeo-Live Virtual Machine in workshops, making use of the OSGeo-Live presentation, displaying the OSGeo-Live Poster. Options listed here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Including_OSGeo-Live_at_your_event

; See Also:
:* [[OSGeo_Advocate]]
:* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Including_OSGeo-Live_at_your_event
:* [[Exhibition_Pack]]

=Time Frame=

=Program=

Previous global FOSS4G conferences have had a program similar to the following (regional and local events typically have a similar structure, reduced to match the size of the audience):
* One to two days of workshops. Workshops are generally 3.5 hour instructional sessions, in a computer lab setting. Workshop instructors provide software, data, and materials in exchange for free conference admission. Attended by 200 to 300 people, depending on facilities.
* An “ice breaker” event on the evening before the first day. Usually held in a large bar or restaurant, but could be in any venue that allowed for easy mixing and mingling.
* Three days of Main Conference
** Opening and closing plenary sessions with all attendees at the start and end. Sometimes additional plenary sessions at the start and/or end of conference days.
** Approximately five parallel tracks of presentations, with each presentation consisting of a 20-25 minute talk, 5 minutes of Q&A, and 5 minutes of transition time between talks. Attended by 500-900 people, depending on conference attendance.
** Make the schedule simple. It is far easier to have the lunch break from 12:30 to 14:00 than from 12:20 to 13.50. Try to schedule in no less than half hour slots.
** A “banquet” event on the evening of the second day. Usually held in a “showcase” venue, examples have included: art museum, castle, harbor cruise, cultural restaurant. This '''does not have to be''' a "Gala Dinner" but can be quite informal.
** [Global FOSS4G only] The Sol Katz Award, presented during the closing plenary session. The award is selected and presented by the Sol Katz committee, the conference organizers need only include 15 minutes in the closing plenary schedule for the presentation.
** The OSGeo Annual General Meeting. Interested OSGeo members hear from local chapters, the board, and other speakers on the state of OSGeo. It is up to the Local Committee how to place and organize this (maybe exchange ideas with the [[Board of Directors]]). This could be made into one of the most central events of the conference. So far it was usually places at either end of the conference and up to 200 people showed up.
** Birds of a Feather Sessions. Held after the days presentations, groups self-organize to discuss topics of common interest.
** A lunch time allocated for poster creators to stand next to their posters and talk about them.
* OSGeo Directors Face-to-Face Meeting. Held before or after the conference, in a board room or meeting room provided by the conference organizers.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Recommended
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional

; See Also:
:* RFP: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/
:* http://2013.foss4g.org/programme/
:* http://2011.foss4g.org/program

== Workshops ==

Draft, awaiting review

Workshops are an valuable component of every FOSS4G conference. They require a lot of preparation for both presenters and conference organizers! As such, be sure to have a dedicated team manage everything around workshops.

Workshops are generally 3.5 hour instructional sessions, in a computer lab setting. Workshop instructors provide software, data, and materials in exchange for free conference admission. Attended by 200 to 300 people, depending on facilities.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Mandatory
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommended
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional

; Workshop Call for Proposal
The Call for Proposal can be aligned with the regular presentation Call for Papers (see below).

; Workshop Selection
The workshops selection starts with a Call for Proposal. Anybody can submit a workshop proposal. The selection follows a few clear rules:
* Graduated OSGeo projects get precedence over incubating projects over others.
* Each graduated OSGeo project will receive one slot provided there are enough in total. If not first come first serve.
** Graduated OSGeo projects have to submit a workshop proposal just like anybody else.
** The Local Organizing Committee can decide to not accept a workshop but has to provide valid reasons to the submitting party. This should not be done on public mailing lists. In case of bitter resentment include the board of directors.
** If a graduated project does not convincingly confirm their participation slots are filled up by other active projects.
** Workshop leader/s have to register until x weeks before the conference.
* Individuals and organizations are encouraged to collaborate on joint workshops.
* Ideally a few slots should be reserved for workshops that may be not tech related for example for the Education and Data committees.

Final adjudication lies with the LOC!!!

=== Workshop Venue ===
The workshop venue requires careful planning! The computer lab systems need to be able to boot from USB. Internet connectivity is a must, both broad and fast. Ports need to be open, besides regular HTTP and HTTPS especially SSH but also "strange" manually configured ports. In general this should not pose a threat to the surrounding network or hardware because we boot from a self contained environment. All the same this must be communicated to the system admins of the host systems so that they are comfortable.

=== Software Environment ===
It is recommended to prepare USB memory sticks with the most recent OSGeo Live Environment. Ideally everything should already equipped with workshop specific software and data. This requires some pushing and nudging of the workshop teacher who may in some cases be very hard to get.

== Presentations ==
Presentations are the heart and soul of the conference and form a large part of the attractiveness. A lot of time and energy will go into making a good program. There are at least as many opinions on how a program should look like as there are people in the community. There is no silver bullet that will solve every problem and insure that everybody will be happy. Therefore it is good practice to make the Program Committee have the last say.

=== Call for Papers ===
The Call for Papers typically starts x months before the conference and runs for x weeks. The exact dates depend on local conditions, time of the years, size of the program committee and so on. It should be as late as possible to allow up-to-date information. The program should be published as soon as possible to attract local attendees who will only come if the program is attractive.

The LOC has to expect that more than half of the submissions are submitted within last two days of the CfP and that up to 30% are submitted with '''the last hours''' of the call. Relax, there have always been enough submission. Still, many conferences extend the CfP. If the LOC does '''not''' plan to extend the CfP it should be very vocal about this.

=== Submission of papers ===
Abstracts for talks are usually submitted via an online system. This can be based on the system developed over the past years by OSGeo community members or something new, this is entirely up to the LOC. Successful submission of an abstract should be acknowledged, preferably automatically.

=== Strategic Talks ===
The Program Committee should make sure that the program is balanced and that specific topics are not left out. One topic that is easily forgotten is a general introduction to Open Source development, licensing and associated business models. Both the actively voting community and the program committee members are usually deeply involved with Open Source and want to learn about the "bleeding edge" and are bored by annually recurring talks about things well known. But the FOSS4G conference also attracts a large group of "Open Source Newbies" who have no or very little understanding of the Open Source geospatial environment and ecosystem.

Other topics of strategic interest may be geared towards the specific region, remember that typically more than 50% of the attendees come from region where the conference takes place.

=== Selection and Evaluation of the Presentations ===
'''WARNING: ''' ''The selection process has lead to some unhappiness in the community in past iterations of the conference. The most important take away from related discussions appears to be that the process has to be communicated openly. Having said that it has always been OSGeo policy to give the Local Organizing Committee the final say and fully support its decisions. ''

==== Step 1: Community Voting ====
The selection process has '''so far''' been to allow the community (that is anybody) a chance to read the abstracts and make a positive vote:
* 0 = no interest
* 1 = medium interest
* 2 = high interest

==== Step 2: Program Committee Voting ====
After community voting the Program Committee goes through the list and checks for duplicates, both in content and also to make sure that presenter / submitting organization are not over represented, skewed. Presentation which miss the point of the conference (for example not related to Free and Open Source and Geo) are usually filtered out reliably. Then the Program Committee votes on

==== Step 3: Program Compilation ====
One topic that is easily forgotten is a general introduction to Open Source development, licensing and associated business models (see also "Strategic Talks"). Another topic that might be underrepresented if it is only compiled by involved experts are Use Cases with Open Source. In general the program should cater for the following areas of interest:
# Introduction to Open source and the OSGeo Foundation
# Business models and the "way of Open Source"
# Tech talks
# Use cases

===Classification of Papers in Sessions===
===Details about Speakers and Publication of the Program===

== Academic Track ==
[[FOSS4G Notes on Academic Track]]
==Community Sessions==
==Birds of a Feather Sessions (BoF)==
Draft, awaiting review

FOSS4G conferences provide a great opportunity for like minded people to network and brainstorm ideas, and "Birds of a Feather" meetings provide a good forum for this.

Conference organisers can delegate specific timeslots. Breakfasts and dinners are often good for these events.

Typically you create a wiki page for participants to define a "Birds of a Feather" session which are available for participants to choose. The wiki typically includes:
* Title
* Proposed topics
* Timeslot
* People (people self register by adding their names)
These sessions can also be written on butcher paper or white boards on walls around the conference somewhere.

Sessions can take any structure participants choose to select, but are typically informal and unstructured. A good number of participants for such an event is 4 to 8, which is small enough for all to participate in a conversation without splitting into multiple groups. Bigger does work, but typically requires more structured control of the conversation.

People wishing to set up a Birds of a Feather session should consider inviting specific people they wish to join the event and ensure you get a critical mass.

; Relevance:
: International FOSS4G: Recommended
: Regional FOSS4G: Recommeded
: FOSS4G stream / Local Event: Optional

==Posters==
==Conference Opening==
== Keynotes ==
Keynotes are selected by the LOC and Program Committee at their own discretion. Typically one keynote is given by a high ranking OSGeo officer, for example the president or a board representative and reflects on OSGeo, addresses the community and invites Newbies to join the party.

== Closing Session ==
It is a good habit to have a drawing with prizes (often donated by sponsors) at the end of the conference. It is also a good habit to have a prominent speaker or well known guest close the conference with a keynote. Both will help to have a captivate and keep attendees until the end of the event.

=== Drawing ===
Feedback from attendees is invaluable. Therefore the conference package should include a feedback form (potentially also as an online version?). Returned feedback forms participate in the drawing and can win a prize at the end of the conference.

=Social Events=
==Unofficial start==
==Social Event==
==Members' Meeting==
=Exhibition=
* Event should provide an OSGeo booth - read more at [[Operate OSGeo Booth]]
* Event should include [[OSGeo Advocate]] speaker who would present on an aspect of OSGeo
* The OSGeo advocate(s) are expected to coordinate and man the OSGeo booth
* The OSGeo [[Local Chapters]] are strongly encouraged to hang out at the OSGeo booth

=Sponsors=

 Draft by Steven Feldman 2019-06 needs further discussion 

It is almost certain that you will need to obtain sponsorship to make your FOSS4G financially viable and affordable for delegates. These tips may help you to generate sponsorship income and to provide a good experience for your sponsors which hopefully will encourage them to sponsor future events.

==Get Sponsors on board early==

The sooner you have your sponsors on board the better, they provide some financial security for your event, early cash flow to cover your deposits etc and a lot of publicity opportunities to promote the event.
* Plan your sponsorship tiers, charges, what benefits sponsors get at each level (remember to cost in any free conference passes that you are offering)
* Prepare a sponsorship brochure or page on your web site as early as you can
* Delegate at least one member of your LOC to be responsible for liaison with sponsors
* Make a list of sponsor targets and include the sponsors from the previous 2 or 3 FOSS4Gs
* Start your sponsorship campaign as early as you can, if your event is running in August or September you should aim to start your campaign in October or November of the previous year.
* Consider offering an early bird discount on your sponsorship rates (say 10% if you confirm and pay by 28th February)
* Consider asking for a voluntary donation from sponsors to the Travel Grant programme (e.g. give back their early bird discount) and offer extra recognition for this.
* Wait to announce sponsors or display their logos on your web site until they have paid their sponsorship invoices

==Looking after sponsors==

Your relationship with sponsors does not end when you receive their money! That is just the beginning. Consider your sponsors as customers of your FOSS4G and look after them.
* Designate a member of the team and possibly someone from your PCO to be the point of contact with sponsors
* Communicate with sponsors regularly giving them updates on speakers, side events etc
* Look for win win opportunities with sponsors e.g. facilitating new product launches, competitions and other activities
* If you are running an exhibition space be clear about what facilities you are providing and what the sponsor must do (and by when!)
* Consider running a Sponsors reception or breakfast as a way of saying thank you to sponsors. Remember to ask any OSGeo board members who will be at the event to participate.

=Media Sponsors=
=Participant Involvement=

== Privacy Statement ==
Please consider adding something along the lines of:

'' by submitting your email address you consent to us sharing your details ''
'' for the purpose of keeping you informed of future similar events. You can ''
'' unsubscribe from these communications at anytime using the unsubscribe links provided.''

==Visa and invitation letter==

Some countries require visa. To ease the immigration formalities to enter the respective host countries, an invitation letter ([http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/business-letter.asp example]) smooth the visa request.

==Registration==
==Printed Program==
==Bags==
==T Shirt==
== OSGeo-Live ==
* [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo Live]
* The OSGeo-Live team that provides an image of a collection of over 50 software projects and data and tutorials every 6 months
* The OSGeo-live team prepares a version before FOSS4G that can be used at the conference in the workshops, at presentation notebooks & and can be given away to the delegates as bootable USB drives. This is a great opportunity to spread OSGeo software and promote OSGeo!
* The OSGeo-Live team adds OSM data from the region where FOSS4G takes place (e.g. data from Bonn was added in 2016)
* The OSGeo-live team can add your FOSS4G-Logo or material on the image
* The OSGeo-Live team will help you with USB and image - please contact them on the mailing list
* Get information about the OSGeo-Live team [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc here]
* Workshops with OSGeo-Live: trainer can refer to Workshop material [[https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/wiki/Live_GIS_Workshop_Install here]] (there is a link on the desktop of OSGeo-Live which will open the url)

==Location, Directions==
==Hotels==
==Other local information==
== Internet Access ==
Most venues do not have enough bandwidth or access points, so consider paying for extra if you can and start early in working with the venue! It can take a lot of planning simply to upgrade the access at the site, even after convincing the venue of the requirements. Be aware that conference venues may be used to large events, but may not realize that "tech-events" have a much larger bandwidth requirement per delegate than other conferences. Delegates are likely to have more than one device, may require non-default ports to be opened (for committing code and so on) and may wish to download large files such as new software during the event.

=== Ports ===
All ports should be open. This includes the lower levels for SSH, FTP, etc. but also "odd" ports like 6667 and neighboring for IRC, etc.
* FTP (20 and 21)
* SSH (22)
* TELNET (23)
* SMTP (25)
* IMAP (143, 456, 465, 587, 993, ++)
* SSL (443) and HTTP (80)
* TCP ports 6660–6669, 7000

You may need to work quite hard to convince the conference venue of your requirements, but success or failure with connectivity can make or break an event. Past FOSS4G Local Teams suggested a penalty clause in the contract in the case of WiFi underperformance and an action plan to agree the provision. Apparently this was then never done but it may be an idea to make sure that things work.

==Cloakroom==
==Proceedings==

=On Site: Avoid waste and CO2 footprint=
Draft, awaiting review

As an open community, that targets on improving our society, we strongly recommend LOC's to plan, how to avoid waste and offer possibilities to the participants to reduce their CO2 footprint. This includes all levels of material. For instance you can:

* avoid single way dishes and silverware and other one-way stuff like drinking bottles
* think about having a non-printed program
* ask sponsors not to bring too much material and/or only material printed on recycled material in an ecological manner
* offer a link to a CO2-compensating company, e.g. atmosfair, oeko-fair
* verify to buy T-Shirts based on fair-trade with ecological backgrounds
* reduce cooling down by air-conditioners
* .. (more proposals here)

If possible, inform your attendees about your means to avoid CO2 emission and reduction of waste and ask them to co-ordinate.

=Premises=

=survey participants=
=See Also=
*[[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Past_FOSS4G_Reports Past FOSS4G Conference Reports]] provides the attendance, sponsorship and financial reports for each FOSS4G. This is a valuable resource for anyone considering submitting a proposal for a FOSS4G events
*[[FOSS4G 2016 Lessons Learned|2016]]
*[[FOSS4G 2015 Lessons Learned|2015]]
*[[FOSS4G 2014 Lessons Learned|2014]]
*[[FOSS4G2013_Reflections_by_the_LOC|2013]]
*[[FOSS4G 2012 Lessons Learned|2012]]
*[[FOSS4G 2011 Lessons Learned|2011]]
*[[FOSS4G 2010 Lessons Learned|2010]]
*[[FOSS4G 2009 Lessons Learned|2009]]
*[[FOSS4G2008 Lessons Learned|2008]]
*[[FOSS4G2007 Lessons Learned|2007]]
* [http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Handbuch German FOSSGIS Handbook in German], and an [http://arnulf.us/publications/fossgis_handbook.html English translation]
* FOSS4G Request for Proposal (RFP) documents: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/

Howtos from related conferences:
* [http://wiki.linux.org.au/LCA_HOWTO Linux Australia Conference Howto]
* [http://www.ecoop.org/resources/HowTo.pdf ECOOP Conference Howto]

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[[Category:Events]]

FOSS4G 2023/BirdsOfAFeather

2023-06-15T13:35:11Z

Lucadelu: /* Wednesday 28 June 8:00 - 17:00 */

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

= General Information =

At the [[FOSS4G 2023]] conference in Prizren, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

= How to organize a BOF =

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

= Capacities =

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, you can use them before presentation or during the lunch time.:

* Lumbardhi
* Drini
* Mirusha
* UBT C / N109
* UBT C / N110
* UBT C / N111
* UBT D / N112 ('''on friday is available all day''')
* UBT D / N113
* UBT D / N115
* UBT B / N 014 ('''available all day 28-30''')

= Wednesday 28 June 10:00 - 17:00 =
''In this day you can only room'' '''UBT B / N 014'''

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Thursday 29 June 8:00 - 9:00 =

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Thursday 29 June 12:30 - 13:30 ==

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Friday 30 June 8:00 - 9:00 ==

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Friday 30 June 12:30 - 13:30 ==

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2023]]

FOSS4G 2023/BirdsOfAFeather

2023-06-15T13:34:37Z

Lucadelu: improved page for FOSS4G 2023 BoF

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

= General Information =

At the [[FOSS4G 2023]] conference in Prizren, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

= How to organize a BOF =

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

= Capacities =

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, you can use them before presentation or during the lunch time.:

* Lumbardhi
* Drini
* Mirusha
* UBT C / N109
* UBT C / N110
* UBT C / N111
* UBT D / N112 ('''on friday is available all day''')
* UBT D / N113
* UBT D / N115
* UBT B / N 014 ('''available all day 28-30''')

= Wednesday 28 June 8:00 - 17:00 =
''In this day you can only room'' '''UBT B / N 014'''

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Thursday 29 June 8:00 - 9:00 =

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Thursday 29 June 12:30 - 13:30 ==

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Friday 30 June 8:00 - 9:00 ==

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Friday 30 June 12:30 - 13:30 ==

== TODO: Room name ==
=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2023]]

FOSS4G 2023/BirdsOfAFeather

2023-05-23T09:41:20Z

Lucadelu: started BoF at FOSS4G 2023

Board Meeting 2022-12-29

2022-12-22T20:38:42Z

Lucadelu: added item for next board meeting

This board meeting is '''scheduled Thursday 29 December 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=12&day=29&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''16:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-12-12]]
# Communicate Sponsorship opportunities for 2022-2023 [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/106]
# Review Action items [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues]
# FOSS4G 2022 report, final budget and video/slides upload
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2023-01-30]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

Conference Committee

2022-10-28T05:45:23Z

Lucadelu: /* Current Members */ add myself to conference committee members

The Conference Committee is the official committee of OSGeo responsible for operating the annual [[FOSS4G]] conferences.

= Noteworthy Documents =

* [[FOSS4G Handbook]] (provides guidance to future FOSS4G and related events, based upon the collective wisdom gained during prior events)
* [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev Conference Committee email list]
* [http://www.osgeo.org/conference OSGeo Conference Committee main page] (includes RFP, proposals, and archived files from past conferences)
* Past conference reports are detailed at [[Past FOSS4G Reports]]
* [[Conference website management]]
* [[Motion to form Conference Committee]]
* [[Conference Committee Budget 2017 | Conference Committee Budget 2017 (draft)]]

= Goals =
The conference committee have the responsibility to:
* Run the selection process and voting for the global FOSS4G
* Vote on conference related proposals submitted to the committee
* Retain the [[FOSS4G Handbook | collected wisdom]] for FOSS4G and related events
* Advise the board, Local Organising Committees (LOC), and related events organisors, ideally referencing the [[FOSS4G Handbook]]
* Ensure OSGeo foundation principles are applied to global FOSS4G conferences
* Manage the FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme for FOSS4G and regional events

See also: '''2016 priorities are summarised in [[Conference Committee 2016 Priorities]]'''

=Housekeeping Procedures=
The Conference Committee uses the following procedures to make decisions.

==Decisions==

[[consideration for new selection methods]]

# Anyone may contribute to conference committee discussions. All votes will be noted, but only conference committee member votes count toward decisions.
# Voting will use convention of:
#* +1 : For
#* +0: Mildly for
#* 0: Indifferent
#* -0: Mildly against
#* -1 : Strongly against. This is expected to be accompanied by a reason and alternative proposal.
# Everyday topics will be decided by an open vote of all members in a clearly designated separate mail thread over a minimum of 2 business days with a minimum participation of 3 votes.
# For major decisions, such as conference venue selection, a minimum of one week shall be allocated to try and ensure at least 50% voter participation.
# The committee aims for consensus, and will specifically attempt to address all -1 votes, but will revert to a majority vote where necessary.
# The result will be clearly declared afterwards.
# Secret voting, when required, will use an online voting service or use an email to an independent teller appointed by CC Chair.

==FOSS4G Selection==

# All Letters of Intent and subsequent proposals will be posted to the list for open comment by all.
# The selection of the winning proposal is by secret vote of conference committee members.
# The OSGeo Board will be requested to ratify the conference committee’s recommendation.
# Any committee member who has a potential conflict of interest is expected to withdraw from voting. A member of the committee who is part of a bidding team, intends to become part of the LOC or is employed by a company playing an active part in a bid should exclude themselves from voting in the selection process. In the event of a disagreement regarding a potential conflict of interest the committee chair has the authority to make a decision.

=== Changes in RfP Document for 2021 ===
* At least at the letters-of-intent stage there should always be a voting option of "None of the above". Otherwise there's no point in having a vote if there's only one letter, also this allows for the (unlikely) event of all letters being rubbish.
* Bids should be scored based on various pre-defined criterion. Current voting by the committee seems to include a "where I want to go on holiday" component which has no place in a process like this. This is in keeping with the "openness" goal of OSGeo as compared to the current Star Chamber-like voting.
* Further to the above, a list of objective mandatory criterion can be specified as required. I.e. "Venue must be able to host X people", "must be at least Y tracks", "Must be accessible via both local and national public transport", etc.

==FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme==

The FOSS4G TGP was started in 2017 with funding from the OSGeo Board and a crowd funding initiative. The Conference Committee is tasked with managing this grant programme for the Global FOSS4G and for any Regional FOSS4G's that request assistance

* [[FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme 2017 | 2017]]
* [[FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme 2018 | 2018]]

=== Setting up a FOSS4G TGP ===

Some guidance notes are available in the [[FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme Cookbook | FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme Cookbook]]

==Membership==

# To ensure voting control for key decisions remains with experienced people, the committee aims for more than 50% of members to be chairs (or vice chairs) of past FOSS4G global events. The chair of the most recent FOSS4G event will automatically be invited to become a member but still requires a motion and vote.
# The conference committee aims to retain a chair or vice-chair from the 5 most recent global FOSS4G conferences.
# The remaining membership, less than 50% of members, is open, ideally attracting chairs or LOC members from past Global or Regional FOSS4G or related conferences.
# Each year, prior to releasing the Global FOSS4G RfP, the membership list shall be re-visited.
## Existing members shall be asked whether they wish to continue on the committee. If a member doesn't respond, after a number of attempts to contact them, they shall be retired.
## Interested people may be suggested, or request to be voted onto the conference committee.
## If less than 50% of membership would be past global FOSS4G chair/vice chairs, then non global FOSS4G chair/vice chair positions shall be up for re-election.
## Election of conference committee members is by secret vote by the existing conference committee and board members who are not already members of the conference committee. Voters will vote Yes/No/Abstain for each candidate. Voters may select "Yes" for up to the number of positions available.
# Votes will be secret either using an online voting system or by email to a designated teller who is not a voter. The mechanism will be selected by the committee chair.

== Current Members ==

# [[User:EliL | Eli Adam]] - member since [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2015-January/002811.html January 2015] (1 of 4 co-chairs of Global FOSS4G 2014)
# [[User:Till Adams | Till Adams]] - member since September 2016 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2016)
# [[User:pmbatty | Peter Batty]] - member since 2011 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2011)
# [[User:Bitner | David Bitner]] (chair of the 2013 FOSS4GNA)
# [[User:Maria | Maria Brovelli]] - member since March 2016 (Chair FOSS4G Europe 2015)
# [[User:Vasile | Vasile Craciunescu]] - '''Co-Chair''' - member since July 2013 (chair of FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe 2013)
# David Fawcett (Programme Team FOSS4GNA 2013)
# [[User:Stevenfeldman | Steven Feldman]] - member since October 2013 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2013)
# [[User:GFleming |Gavin Fleming]] - (chair of Global FOSS4G 2008)
# Darrell Fuhriman (chair of Global FOSS4G 2014)
# Claude Philipona - (chair of Global FOSS4G 2006)
# [[User:Venkat | Venkatesh Raghavan]] - member since Oct. 2006 (Chair FOSS4G-2004, FOSS4G-Asia 2014)
# [[User:Pwramsey3 | Paul Ramsey]] - Chair of global FOSS4G 2007
# [[User:Sanghee | Sanghee Shin]] - member since 2015 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2015)
# [[User:Gsteinmon | Guido Stein]] - member since February 2018 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2017)
# [[User:MichaelTerner | Michael Terner]] - member since February 2018 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2017)
# Msilikale Msilanga - '''Co-Chair''' - member since September 2018 (co-chair of Global FOSS4G 2018)
# Mark Iliffe - member since September 2018 (co-chair of Global FOSS4G 2018)
# [[User:Delawen | María Arias de Reyna Domínguez]] - member since November 2021 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2021)
# [[User:Lucadelu | Luca Delucchi]] - member since October 2022 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2022)
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2019-December/005411.html Motion for co-chairs]

== Past Members ==

# Jeff McKenna
# Lorenzo Becchi
# Allan Doyle
# Olivier Ertz
# Alain Grignon
# Luc Maurer
# Daniel Rappo
# Dave Patton
# Rafael Medeiros Sperb
# Arnulf Christl
# [[Markus Neteler]]
# Steve Lime
# Frank Warmerdam
# [[User:Davemac | Dave McIlhagga]] (resigned August 2016)
# [[User:Ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]] (resigned September 2016)
# [[User:Thierry Badard | Thierry Badard]] (resigned September 2016)
# [[User:Helena | Helena Mitasova]] (resigned September 2016)
# [[User:Camerons | Cameron Shorter]] - member from 2009 to Oct 2017 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2009)
# [[User:Jachym | Jachym Cepicky]] - (resigned August 2019)

= Meetings =

* Meetings occur in IRC in the #foss4g channel (on irc.freenode.net) or by other means organized on the email list. Meetings are infrequent.
* <s>As of 2016 the [[Conference_Committee_Meetings | Conference Committee Meetings]] page was not being maintained any more.</s>

=2023 Pages=
* [[FOSS4G_2023_Bid_Process | 2023 RFP schedule]]

=2022 Pages=

* [[FOSS4G_2022_Bid_Process | 2022 RFP schedule]]

=2021 Pages=

* [[FOSS4G_2021_Bid_Process | 2021 RFP schedue]]

=2020 Pages=

* [[FOSS4G_2020_Bid_Process | 2020 RFP schedue]]

=2019 Pages=

* [[FOSS4G_2019_Bid_Process | 2019 RFP schedule]]

=2018 Pages=

* [[FOSS4G_2018_Bid_Process | 2018 RFP schedule]]
* [[Conference_Committee_F2F_2016 | Conference Committee Face to Face meeting in Bonn, 2016]]

= 2017 Pages =

* [[FOSS4G_2017_Bid_Process | 2017 RFP schedule]]
* [[FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_2017 | 2017 Travel Grant Programme]]

= 2016 Pages =

* [http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp/ 2016 RFP schedule]

= 2015 Pages =

* [[FOSS4G 2015 Bid Process]]

= 2014 Pages =

* [[FOSS4G 2014 Bid Process]]
* [[FOSS4G 2014]]
* [[FOSS4G Europe 2014]]

= 2013 Pages =

* Main page: [[FOSS4G_2013]]
* [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2013/documents/FOSS4G_2013_UK_Proposal-Final_version.pdf 2013 Proposal]
* Reflections on the event by the LOC (includes lessons learnt and supersedes the old Lessons Learned page): [[FOSS4G2013_Reflections_by_the_LOC]]

= 2012 Pages =
Main page: [[FOSS4G 2012]]
* RFP ([http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/2012/osgeo-conference-2012-request-for-proposal.odt OpenOffice], [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/2012/osgeo-conference-2012-request-for-proposal.pdf pdf])
* budget template ([http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/2012/osgeo-conference-budget-template.ods OpenOffice])
* Important dates:
** Letters of Intent (Stage 1) due: 2011-06-30 ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2011&month=06&day=30&hour=23&min=0&sec=0 23:00 UTC])
** Stage 1 question period: 2011-06-30 to 2011-07-07
** Stage 1 decision: 2011-07-07
** Proposals (Stage 2) due: 2011-08-01 ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2011&month=08&day=01&hour=23&min=0&sec=0 23:00 UTC])
** Stage 2 question period: 2011-08-01 to 2011-08-05
** Final decision: 2011-08-05

= 2011 Pages =

* [http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp RFP and Letters of Intent]
* [[FOSS4G_2011_Bid_Process | 2011 Bid Process]]
* [[FOSS4G Reboot 2011 | Initial thoughts on 2011 required changes]]

= 2010 Pages =

* [http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp RFP and Proposals]
* [[Conference_Committee_2010_Bid_Questions | Bid Questions]]
* [[Conference_Committee_2010_Voting_Process | Voting Process]]

= 2009 Pages =

* [[FOSS4G 2009 Governance]]
* All [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:FOSS4G2009 FOSS4G 2009] pages.

= 2008 Pages =

* [http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp RFP and Proposals]
* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-July/000355.html Voting Process]
* [[FOSS4G 2008 Governance]]
* [[FOSS4GLOC matters]]
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p6mc38S7PA8lHWRQuIgExDA Workshop and lab evaluations]

= 2007 Pages =

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Category:FOSS4G2007 Pages in category "FOSS4G2007"]
* [[FOSS4G2007]] - wiki page
* http://www.foss4g2007.org/ - Conference Site
* [http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp Proposals and RFP]
* [[OSGeo_Conference_RFP_2007#RFP_Response_Requirements | requirements Wiki page]]
* [[OSGeo_Conference_Naming_Results | Naming results]]
* [http://www.foss4g2007.org/bid_site/ Victoria 2007 Proposal]
* [[FOSS4G 2007 Governance]]
* [[FOSS4G2007 Lessons Learned]]

= 2006 Pages =

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Category:FOSS4G2006 Pages in category "FOSS4G2006"]
* http://www.foss4g2006.org/ - Conference Site
* [[FOSS4G2006]] information

= Event Policy Pages =

* [[Official_OSGeo_Event_Policy | OSGeo Event policy]] (in review)
* [[OSGeo_Conference_Policy | Board notes]] regarding event policy
* [http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct OSGeo Code of Conduct]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:Committees]]
[[Category:Conference Committee]]

Conference Resources

2022-10-02T05:14:40Z

Lucadelu: /* Communication channels */ removed useless brackets

= Goals =
The goals of Conference Resources is support LOC with the conference organisation, providing some solutions to problems that other already solved.
Some of the topic we will be able to address:
* support using Pretalx if the LOC choose to use it
* support for the online platform (Venueless) and streaming options
* support to find sponsors; maintaining and sharing the list of contact of previous sponsor
* support for travel grant
* support for website and app for schedule

= Members =
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] (proposer and chair)
* [[User:astrid_emde | Astrid Emde]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]] (sponsor)
* [[User:Delawen | María Arias de Reyna]] (website support, can help with venueless, pretix, pretalx)
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]] (General & tech support)
* [[User:Codrina | Codrina Ilie]] (Program support, can help with pretalx)
* Besfort Guri
* [[User:Skampus | Stefano Campus]] (General support)
* [[User:Cvvergara | Vicky Vergara]] (General support)

= Communication channels =
* Mailing list https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-resources
* [[Matrix]]/[[IRC]]/[https://t.me/OSGeoorg Telegram]

= Topics =

== Pretalx ==
pretalx is a FOSS conference management software that give you the opportunity to set up a call for papers, review the abstracts, contact the speakers and finally create your schedule.
OSGeo is running a pretalx instance at https://talks.osgeo.org/. This can be used by the LOC of international or regional FOSS4Gs. Admins of this service are Regina Obe, Luca Delucchi, Astrid Emde, María Arias de Reyna Domínguez, Vicky Vergara.
Conference Resources can:
* invest some of OSGeo money to improve pretalx
* help you creating an event for you and guide you for a better experience
* have a list of potential reviewers to be included in the call for papers process
* help navigate the academic track (ISPRS publishing, for example)

== Venueless ==
Venueless is a FOSS software to manage online and hybrid conferences. It has the capabilities to provide live streaming with integrated chat, Q&A sections, standalone chat rooms, video group chat, sponsor exhibition, integrate web pages using iframes.
Conference Resources can help you explaining how to set up your Venueless instance

== Sponsor ==
Sponsors are really important component of a conference, OSGeo has contacts with several entities, a lot of big/medium/small companies use OSGeo products in their daily work and they like to advertise it during conferences. Conference Resources should be able to provide to LOC an updated list of possible sponsors with main contacts.

== Travel Grant ==
Travel Grant is one of the most demanding work, LOC has to set up a call, assessing candidates and finally support them with invitation letter to get them VISA if needed. Synergies with other realities like [https://hotosm.org HOT] and [https://www.youthmappers.org/ YouthMappers] should be created and maintained.

== Website ==
Could be really useful to have a website simple to create and reusable every year without the force to recreate it from scratch. State of the Map conference is doing something like that.

== Mobile app for schedule ==
Using pretalx as conference management software the two better apps for mobile are [https://github.com/Wilm0r/giggity giggity] (to see your schedule just add a pull request with the link to your pretalx instance) and [https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan EventFahrplan] (who require some customization usually done by the main developer with a small amount of money).
Right now the bigger problem seems to be iOS without many app available; there is one [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rc3-congress/id941205524 app developed for Remote Chaos Experience] we need to investigate more this solution

Conference Resources

2022-10-02T05:13:32Z

Lucadelu: /* Communication channels */ fixed url

= Goals =
The goals of Conference Resources is support LOC with the conference organisation, providing some solutions to problems that other already solved.
Some of the topic we will be able to address:
* support using Pretalx if the LOC choose to use it
* support for the online platform (Venueless) and streaming options
* support to find sponsors; maintaining and sharing the list of contact of previous sponsor
* support for travel grant
* support for website and app for schedule

= Members =
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] (proposer and chair)
* [[User:astrid_emde | Astrid Emde]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]] (sponsor)
* [[User:Delawen | María Arias de Reyna]] (website support, can help with venueless, pretix, pretalx)
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]] (General & tech support)
* [[User:Codrina | Codrina Ilie]] (Program support, can help with pretalx)
* Besfort Guri
* [[User:Skampus | Stefano Campus]] (General support)
* [[User:Cvvergara | Vicky Vergara]] (General support)

= Communication channels =
* Mailing list https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-resources
* [[Matrix]]/[[IRC]]/[[https://t.me/OSGeoorg Telegram]]

= Topics =

== Pretalx ==
pretalx is a FOSS conference management software that give you the opportunity to set up a call for papers, review the abstracts, contact the speakers and finally create your schedule.
OSGeo is running a pretalx instance at https://talks.osgeo.org/. This can be used by the LOC of international or regional FOSS4Gs. Admins of this service are Regina Obe, Luca Delucchi, Astrid Emde, María Arias de Reyna Domínguez, Vicky Vergara.
Conference Resources can:
* invest some of OSGeo money to improve pretalx
* help you creating an event for you and guide you for a better experience
* have a list of potential reviewers to be included in the call for papers process
* help navigate the academic track (ISPRS publishing, for example)

== Venueless ==
Venueless is a FOSS software to manage online and hybrid conferences. It has the capabilities to provide live streaming with integrated chat, Q&A sections, standalone chat rooms, video group chat, sponsor exhibition, integrate web pages using iframes.
Conference Resources can help you explaining how to set up your Venueless instance

== Sponsor ==
Sponsors are really important component of a conference, OSGeo has contacts with several entities, a lot of big/medium/small companies use OSGeo products in their daily work and they like to advertise it during conferences. Conference Resources should be able to provide to LOC an updated list of possible sponsors with main contacts.

== Travel Grant ==
Travel Grant is one of the most demanding work, LOC has to set up a call, assessing candidates and finally support them with invitation letter to get them VISA if needed. Synergies with other realities like [https://hotosm.org HOT] and [https://www.youthmappers.org/ YouthMappers] should be created and maintained.

== Website ==
Could be really useful to have a website simple to create and reusable every year without the force to recreate it from scratch. State of the Map conference is doing something like that.

== Mobile app for schedule ==
Using pretalx as conference management software the two better apps for mobile are [https://github.com/Wilm0r/giggity giggity] (to see your schedule just add a pull request with the link to your pretalx instance) and [https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan EventFahrplan] (who require some customization usually done by the main developer with a small amount of money).
Right now the bigger problem seems to be iOS without many app available; there is one [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rc3-congress/id941205524 app developed for Remote Chaos Experience] we need to investigate more this solution

Conference Resources

2022-10-02T05:12:58Z

Lucadelu: added more info about conference resource

= Goals =
The goals of Conference Resources is support LOC with the conference organisation, providing some solutions to problems that other already solved.
Some of the topic we will be able to address:
* support using Pretalx if the LOC choose to use it
* support for the online platform (Venueless) and streaming options
* support to find sponsors; maintaining and sharing the list of contact of previous sponsor
* support for travel grant
* support for website and app for schedule

= Members =
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] (proposer and chair)
* [[User:astrid_emde | Astrid Emde]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]] (sponsor)
* [[User:Delawen | María Arias de Reyna]] (website support, can help with venueless, pretix, pretalx)
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]] (General & tech support)
* [[User:Codrina | Codrina Ilie]] (Program support, can help with pretalx)
* Besfort Guri
* [[User:Skampus | Stefano Campus]] (General support)
* [[User:Cvvergara | Vicky Vergara]] (General support)

= Communication channels =
* Mailing list https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-resources
* [[Matrix]]/[[IRC]]/[Telegram|https://t.me/OSGeoorg]

= Topics =

== Pretalx ==
pretalx is a FOSS conference management software that give you the opportunity to set up a call for papers, review the abstracts, contact the speakers and finally create your schedule.
OSGeo is running a pretalx instance at https://talks.osgeo.org/. This can be used by the LOC of international or regional FOSS4Gs. Admins of this service are Regina Obe, Luca Delucchi, Astrid Emde, María Arias de Reyna Domínguez, Vicky Vergara.
Conference Resources can:
* invest some of OSGeo money to improve pretalx
* help you creating an event for you and guide you for a better experience
* have a list of potential reviewers to be included in the call for papers process
* help navigate the academic track (ISPRS publishing, for example)

== Venueless ==
Venueless is a FOSS software to manage online and hybrid conferences. It has the capabilities to provide live streaming with integrated chat, Q&A sections, standalone chat rooms, video group chat, sponsor exhibition, integrate web pages using iframes.
Conference Resources can help you explaining how to set up your Venueless instance

== Sponsor ==
Sponsors are really important component of a conference, OSGeo has contacts with several entities, a lot of big/medium/small companies use OSGeo products in their daily work and they like to advertise it during conferences. Conference Resources should be able to provide to LOC an updated list of possible sponsors with main contacts.

== Travel Grant ==
Travel Grant is one of the most demanding work, LOC has to set up a call, assessing candidates and finally support them with invitation letter to get them VISA if needed. Synergies with other realities like [https://hotosm.org HOT] and [https://www.youthmappers.org/ YouthMappers] should be created and maintained.

== Website ==
Could be really useful to have a website simple to create and reusable every year without the force to recreate it from scratch. State of the Map conference is doing something like that.

== Mobile app for schedule ==
Using pretalx as conference management software the two better apps for mobile are [https://github.com/Wilm0r/giggity giggity] (to see your schedule just add a pull request with the link to your pretalx instance) and [https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan EventFahrplan] (who require some customization usually done by the main developer with a small amount of money).
Right now the bigger problem seems to be iOS without many app available; there is one [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rc3-congress/id941205524 app developed for Remote Chaos Experience] we need to investigate more this solution

User:Lucadelu

2022-09-28T04:55:52Z

Lucadelu: fixed typo

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|JobTitle=GIS Technician
|Company=Fondazione Edmund Mach
|Country=Italy
|City=San Michele all'Adige
|Coordinate=46.1924, 11.1345
|LocalChapter=GFOSS.it
|Email=lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com
|Phone=+39 0461615570
|InstantMessaging=Skype: lucadelu;
|Photo=Lucadelu.png
|Languages=Italian; English; French;
|Info=Luca is an OSGeo and OSM contributor and advocate. He graduated in Geography applied to the environment, landscape and tourism from University of Genoa (Italy) in 2008. Since the same year he work at Fondazione Edmund Mach, a research center near Trento. He is interested in all features about GIS: desktop, web, geodatabase, developing and geodata. He is core developer and translator of GRASS GIS project, main developer of pyModis library and OSGeoLive and ZOO-Project contributor.

He is really active in the Italian community, GFOSS.it. From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member and from November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.

He was the chair of the successful [https://2022.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2022] held in Florence, it was the first internation FOSS4G meeting in person after the COVID-19
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
{{OSGeo Member FormEdit}}

He is involved in the following projects:

* GRASS GIS: developer and Italian translator
* QGIS: I developed and contributed to some plugin ([https://github.com/lucadelu/OGR2Layers OGR2Layers], [https://github.com/lucadelu/QuickMultiAttributeEdit QuickMultiAttributeEdit])
* ZOO-project: beta tester and documentation
* [https://github.com/lucadelu/pyModis pyModis]: main developer library to download and works with MODIS data
* From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member of [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS.it] (Associazione Italiana per il Software Geografico Libero), the Italian OSGeo local chapter. From November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Lucadelu Actively participating] in OpenStreetMap and promoting OpenStreetMap in Italy organizing a lot of events
* Since 2011, he has been an OSGeo Charter Member
* OSGeo-Live, helping in documentation and Italian Translation

He know and use the following Free and Open Source Project:
* ''Desktop''
** GRASS GIS
** QGIS
* Database
** PostGIS
** Spatialite
* Web Server
** MapServer
** GeoDjango
** ZOO-Project
** IstSOS
* Web client
** OpenLayers
** Leaflet
* Other tools
** Mapnik
** mkgmap

;Spoken Language(s):
Italian (mother tongue), English, a little bit of French

;Profile last updated:
2021 April 7

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Italy]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

User:Lucadelu

2022-09-28T04:52:43Z

Lucadelu: updated my profile page

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Luca Delucchi
|JobTitle=GIS Technician
|Company=Fondazione Edmund Mach
|Country=Italy
|City=San Michele all'Adige
|Coordinate=46.1924, 11.1345
|LocalChapter=GFOSS.it
|Email=lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com
|Phone=+39 0461615570
|InstantMessaging=Skype: lucadelu;
|Photo=Lucadelu.png
|Languages=Italian; English; French;
|Info=Luca is an OSGeo and OSM contributor and advocate. He graduated in Geography applied to the environment, landscape and tourism from University of Genoa (Italy) in 2008. Since the same year he work at Fondazione Edmund Mach, a research center near Trento. He is interested in all features about GIS: desktop, web, geodatabase, developing and geodata. He is core developer and translator of GRASS GIS project, main developer of pyModis library and OSGeoLive and ZOO-Project contributor.

He is really active in the Italian community, GFOSS.it. From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member and from November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.

He was the chair of the successful [https://2022.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2022] help in Florence, it was the first meeting in person after the COVID-19
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
{{OSGeo Member FormEdit}}

He is involved in the following projects:

* GRASS GIS: developer and Italian translator
* QGIS: I developed and contributed to some plugin ([https://github.com/lucadelu/OGR2Layers OGR2Layers], [https://github.com/lucadelu/QuickMultiAttributeEdit QuickMultiAttributeEdit])
* ZOO-project: beta tester and documentation
* [https://github.com/lucadelu/pyModis pyModis]: main developer library to download and works with MODIS data
* From February 2012 to October 2015 he has been a board member of [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS.it] (Associazione Italiana per il Software Geografico Libero), the Italian OSGeo local chapter. From November 2017 to December 2020 he was President of the Italian OSGeo local chapter. He still continue to be part of the board.
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Lucadelu Actively participating] in OpenStreetMap and promoting OpenStreetMap in Italy organizing a lot of events
* Since 2011, he has been an OSGeo Charter Member
* OSGeo-Live, helping in documentation and Italian Translation

He know and use the following Free and Open Source Project:
* ''Desktop''
** GRASS GIS
** QGIS
* Database
** PostGIS
** Spatialite
* Web Server
** MapServer
** GeoDjango
** ZOO-Project
** IstSOS
* Web client
** OpenLayers
** Leaflet
* Other tools
** Mapnik
** mkgmap

;Spoken Language(s):
Italian (mother tongue), English, a little bit of French

;Profile last updated:
2021 April 7

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Italy]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

Board Meeting 2022-09-26

2022-09-21T21:21:18Z

Lucadelu: /* Current items */ added item for next board meeting

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 26 September 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=09&day=26&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''15:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-08-27]]
# Meet with SmartGEO Expo group
# Project trademarks
# GISTAM 2023 : Partnership proposal with The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (2nd reminder)
# OSGeo EU - ESA
# GeoForAll website updates
# Website
* Discuss: Member pages (hide members without filled profile)
* Who is involved: diference between using and developing
* Action: Project's update officer's/representative
* Post Action: Generate automatically the list of project officers
* Discuss: Statement on report slide mentions that: "From the committees' pages you will find the missions, names of the people involved, and links to the working documents." That is not true.
* Post Action?: Work the committees similarly as projects. Where officers can be assigned, and active members of the committee can be listed.
* Discuss: Charter member pages: User name + last name.
* Discuss: Use tags on news items (to help out with the Annual report).
* Discuss: Auto move the old un-format-able "Biography" (Now Mission) to the format-able Biography.
* News Vs Community news
# FOSS4G 2022 budget questions
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-10-31]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

Conference Resources

2022-09-02T09:00:41Z

Lucadelu: /* Members */ added Besfort

= Goals =
The goals of Conference Resources is support LOC with the conference organisation, providing some solutions to problems that other already solved.
Some of the topic we will be able to address:
* support using Pretalx if the LOC choose to use it
* support for the online platform (Venueless) and streaming options
* support to find sponsors; maintaining and sharing the list of contact of previous sponsor
* support for travel grant
* support for website and app for schedule

= Members =
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] (proposer and chair)
* [[User:astrid_emde | Astrid Emde]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]] (sponsor)
* [[User:Delawen | María Arias de Reyna]] (website support, can help with venueless, pretix, pretalx)
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]] (General & tech support)
* [[User:Codrina | Codrina Ilie]] (Program support, can help with pretalx)
* Besfort Guri

= Topics =

== Pretalx ==
pretalx is a FOSS conference management software that give you the opportunity to set up a call for papers, review the abstracts, contact the speakers and finally create your schedule.
OSGeo is running a pretalx instance at https://talks.osgeo.org/. This can be used by the LOC of international or regional FOSS4Gs. Admins of this service are Regina Obe, Luca Delucchi, Astrid Emde, María Arias de Reyna Domínguez, Vicky Vergara.
Conference Resources can:
* invest some of OSGeo money to improve pretalx
* help you creating an event for you and guide you for a better experience
* have a list of potential reviewers to be included in the call for papers process
* help navigate the academic track (ISPRS publishing, for example)

== Venueless ==
Venueless is a FOSS software to manage online and hybrid conferences. It has the capabilities to provide live streaming with integrated chat, Q&A sections, standalone chat rooms, video group chat, sponsor exhibition, integrate web pages using iframes.
Conference Resources can help you explaining how to set up your Venueless instance

== Sponsor ==
Sponsors are really important component of a conference, OSGeo has contacts with several entities, a lot of big/medium/small companies use OSGeo products in their daily work and they like to advertise it during conferences. Conference Resources should be able to provide to LOC an updated list of possible sponsors with main contacts.

== Travel Grant ==
Travel Grant is one of the most demanding work, LOC has to set up a call, assessing candidates and finally support them with invitation letter to get them VISA if needed. Synergies with other realities like [https://hotosm.org HOT] and [https://www.youthmappers.org/ YouthMappers] should be created and maintained.

== Website ==
Could be really useful to have a website simple to create and reusable every year without the force to recreate it from scratch. State of the Map conference is doing something like that.

== Mobile app for schedule ==
Using pretalx as conference management software the two better apps for mobile are [https://github.com/Wilm0r/giggity giggity] (to see your schedule just add a pull request with the link to your pretalx instance) and [https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan EventFahrplan] (who require some customization usually done by the main developer with a small amount of money).
Right now the bigger problem seems to be iOS without any app available.

Conference Resources

2022-08-30T05:08:17Z

Lucadelu: improvement in Conference Resources page

= Goals =
The goals of Conference Resources is support LOC with the conference organisation, providing some solutions to problems that other already solved.
Some of the topic we will be able to address:
* support using Pretalx if the LOC choose to use it
* support for the online platform (Venueless) and streaming options
* support to find sponsors; maintaining and sharing the list of contact of previous sponsor
* support for travel grant
* support for website and app for schedule

= Members =
* [[User:Lucdelu|Luca Delucchi]] (proposer and chair)
* [[User:astrid_emde | Astrid Emde]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]] (sponsor)

= Topics =

== Pretalx ==
pretalx is a FOSS conference management software that give you the opportunity to set up a call for papers, review the abstracts, contact the speakers and finally create your schedule.
OSGeo is running a pretalx instance at https://talks.osgeo.org/. This can be used by the LOC of international or regional FOSS4Gs. Admins of this service are Regina Obe, Luca Delucchi, Astrid Emde, María Arias de Reyna Domínguez, Vicky Vergara.
Conference Resources can:
* invest some of OSGeo money to improve pretalx
* help you creating an event for you and guide you for a better experience

== Venueless ==
Venueless is a FOSS software to manage online and hybrid conferences. It has the capabilities to provide live streaming with integrated chat, Q&A sections, standalone chat rooms, video group chat, sponsor exhibition, integrate web pages using iframes.
Conference Resources can help you explaining how to set up your Venueless instance

== Sponsor ==
Sponsors are really important component of a conference, OSGeo has contacts with several entities, a lot of big/medium/small companies use OSGeo products in their daily work and they like to advertise it during conferences. Conference Resources should be able to provide to LOC an updated list of possible sponsors with main contacts.

== Travel Grant ==
Travel Grant is one of the most demanding work, LOC has to set up a call, assessing candidates and finally support them with invitation letter to get them VISA if needed. Synergies with other realities like [https://hotosm.org HOT] and [https://www.youthmappers.org/ YouthMappers] should be created and maintained.

== Website ==
Could be really useful to have a website simple to create and reusable every year without the force to recreate it from scratch. State of the Map conference is doing something like that.

== Mobile app for schedule ==
Using pretalx as conference management software the two better apps for mobile are [https://github.com/Wilm0r/giggity giggity] (to see your schedule just add a pull request with the link to your pretalx instance) and [https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan EventFahrplan] (who require some customization usually done by the main developer with a small amount of money).
Right now the bigger problem seems to be iOS without any app available.

Conference Resources

2022-08-29T05:30:38Z

Lucadelu: started Conference Resources page

Board Meeting 2022-08-27

2022-08-26T10:46:24Z

Lucadelu: /* Current items */ added new item for board meeting

This board meeting is '''scheduled Saturday 27 August 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=08&day=27&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''07:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.
F2F meeting at code sprint venue in Florence Italy

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-07-25]]
# approve pygeoapi as OSGeo project
## currently in vote on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/p/XjpcFNvf/graduate-pygeoapi-as-an-osgeo-project
## https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-August/004535.html
## https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2022-August/013087.html
##
# OGC Updates
## MOU
## OSGeo OGC Committee
## Reference implementations
## Budget for OGC participation (meetings/code sprint attendance, etc.)
# Elections
## CRO members for 2022 elections
# Summary of F2F meeting with OSGeo/OSM/HOT communities
# FOSS4G locations
# Geo-ethics Locus Charter
# Projects:
## OSSIM inactive for 3 years (statement based on Report from incubator)
## MapFish inactive for 3 years (statement based on Report from incubator)
## Marble has not reported for 2 years
# Website
## Discuss: Member pages (hide members without filled profile)
## Action: Project's update officers/representative
### Post Action: Generate automatically the list of project officers
## Discuss: Statement on report slide mentions that: "From the committees' pages you will find the missions, names of the people involved, and links to the working documents." That is not true.
### Post Action?: Work the committees similarly as projects. Where officer can be assigned, and active members of the committee can be listed.
## Discuss: Charter member pages: Use name + last name.
## Discuss: Use tags on news items (to help out with the Annual report).
## Discuss: Auto move the old un-format-able "Biography" (Now Mission) to the format-able Biography.
## News Vs Community news
# OSGeo Code Sprint 2023
# Creation of Conference Working Group
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-09-26]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather

2022-08-12T06:31:50Z

Lucadelu: /* Charter members F2F */ added myself

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==

At the [[FOSS4G 2022]] conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G [https://2022.foss4g.org/program-outline.php schedule is available at here].

=== How to organize a BOF ===

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

=== Capacities ===

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, right after the last presentation:

* Room Verde
* Room Limonaia
* Room Onice
* Room 4
* Room 6
* Room 9
* Room 12 (available all the times, no video projector)
* Room Modulo 3A
* Room Hall 3A
* Room Hall 3B (available all the times, no video projector)

We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.

= Thursday 25 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Onice Room ==

=== Italian Remote sensing workshops program ===
* Description:
* Person to contact: Alessandro Frigeri, Paolo Dabove

Who is coming
* Alessandro Frigeri
* Paolo Dabove
* Luca Delucchi (maybe)

= Thursday 25 August (18:15 - 19:15) =

== Room 9 ==

=== Charter members F2F ===

* Description: Get to know each other and talk about our duties.
* Person to contact: Vicky Vergara

Who is coming:
* Vicky Vergara
* Zoltan Siki
* Luca Delucchi (maybe)

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Friday 26 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]]

FOSS4G 2022 BirdsOfAFeather

2022-08-12T06:07:30Z

Lucadelu: Lucadelu moved page FOSS4G 2022 BirdsOfAFeather to FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather: more consistent with related FOSS4G 2022 pages

#REDIRECT [[FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather]]

FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather

2022-08-12T06:07:30Z

Lucadelu: Lucadelu moved page FOSS4G 2022 BirdsOfAFeather to FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather: more consistent with related FOSS4G 2022 pages

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==

At the [[FOSS4G 2022]] conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G [https://2022.foss4g.org/program-outline.php schedule is available at here].

=== How to organize a BOF ===

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

=== Capacities ===

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, right after the last presentation:

* Room Verde
* Room Limonaia
* Room Onice
* Room 4
* Room 6
* Room 9
* Room 12 (available all the times, no video projector)
* Room Modulo 3A
* Room Hall 3A
* Room Hall 3B (available all the times, no video projector)

We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.

= Thursday 25 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Onice Room ==

=== Italian Remote sensing workshops program ===
* Description:
* Person to contact: Alessandro Frigeri, Paolo Dabove

Who is coming
* Alessandro Frigeri
* Paolo Dabove
* Luca Delucchi (maybe)

= Thursday 25 August (18:15 - 19:15) =

== Room 9 ==

=== Charter members F2F ===

* Description: Get to know each other and talk about our duties.
* Person to contact: Vicky Vergara

Who is coming:
* Vicky Vergara
* Zoltan Siki

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Friday 26 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]]

FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather

2022-08-12T06:04:53Z

Lucadelu: /* Thursday 25 August (8:00 - 9:00) */

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==

At the [[FOSS4G 2022]] conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G [https://2022.foss4g.org/program-outline.php schedule is available at here].

=== How to organize a BOF ===

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

=== Capacities ===

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, right after the last presentation:

* Room Verde
* Room Limonaia
* Room Onice
* Room 4
* Room 6
* Room 9
* Room 12 (available all the times, no video projector)
* Room Modulo 3A
* Room Hall 3A
* Room Hall 3B (available all the times, no video projector)

We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.

= Thursday 25 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

== Onice Room ==

=== Italian Remote sensing workshops program ===
* Description:
* Person to contact: Alessandro Frigeri, Paolo Dabove

Who is coming
* Alessandro Frigeri
* Paolo Dabove
* Luca Delucchi (maybe)

= Thursday 25 August (18:15 - 19:15) =

== Room 9 ==

=== Charter members F2F ===

* Description: Get to know each other and talk about our duties.
* Person to contact: Vicky Vergara

Who is coming:
* Vicky Vergara
* Zoltan Siki

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Friday 26 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]]

FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather

2022-08-12T06:00:57Z

Lucadelu: /* Thursday 25 August (18:00 - 19:00) */

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==

At the [[FOSS4G 2022]] conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G [https://2022.foss4g.org/program-outline.php schedule is available at here].

=== How to organize a BOF ===

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

=== Capacities ===

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, right after the last presentation:

* Room Verde
* Room Limonaia
* Room Onice
* Room 4
* Room 6
* Room 9
* Room 12 (available all the times, no video projector)
* Room Modulo 3A
* Room Hall 3A
* Room Hall 3B (available all the times, no video projector)

We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.

= Thursday 25 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Thursday 25 August (18:15 - 19:15) =

== Room 9 ==

=== Charter members F2F ===

* Description: Get to know each other and talk about our duties.
* Person to contact: Vicky Vergara

Who is coming:
* Vicky Vergara
* Zoltan Siki

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Friday 26 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]]

FOSS4G 2022/Community sprint

2022-08-01T06:27:05Z

Lucadelu: added myself

== Code Sprint ==

Also this year, after the online conference, there will be the '''OSGeo community sprint'''.

Participation is free of charge and anyone involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects is welcome.

This year we will try to offer the format '''an hour with the developer''', where we ask seasoned community members to donate time for welcoming new members and introduce them to different projects or guide them through the setup of the development environment or translation tools and get started on the Foss4G journey.

You can choose to contribute to one or more projects. The sky is the limit. There’s always plenty to do – and it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are very important for projects! Conference registration is not a prerequisite for participation in the code sprint.

=== When ===

The code sprint will be held on 27-28 of August.

=== Where ===

The codesprint will be hosted at the University of Florence.

More information about the rooms and social channels for the codesprint will be notified later.

== Registered Attendees ==

The code sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to write down your name for better planning.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="250"|Registered to FOSS4G conference
!width="250"|Present on Sat 27th
!width="250"|Present on Sun 28th
|-
|1 || Andrea Antonello || andrea.antonello at gmail || Codesprint Org, [https://www.geopaparazzi.org/smash/index.html SMASH], [https://integratedmodelling.org/getting-started/ k.LAB] || x || x || x
|-
|2 || Jody Garnett || jody.garnett at gmail.com || geotools.org, geoserver.org || x || ||
|-
|3 || Vicky Vergara || vicky at georepublic.de || pgRoutig, OSGeoLive, OSGeo Website || x || ||
|-
|4 || Markus Neteler || neteler at osgeo.org || GRASS GIS, actinia, GRASS Website || x || ||
|-
|5 || Howard Butler || howard at hobu.co || PDAL, GDAL, and PROJ || x || ||
|-
|6 || Akin Kuye || t_kuye@yahoo.com || Codesprint Org, SMASH || x || ||
|-
|7 || Emmanuel Dubois || emmanuel.dubois@cnes.fr || OTB and 3D CNES tools: CARS, pandora, demcompare || x || ||
|-
|8 || Anna Petrasova || wenzeslaus gmail com || GRASS GIS || x || x || x
|-
|9 || Vaclav Petras || kratochanna gmail com || GRASS GIS || x || x || x
|-
|10 || Tom Kralidis || tomkralidis gmail com || Geopython (pygeoapi, pycsw, pygeometa, OWSLib, etc.) || x || x || x
|-
|11 || Veronica Andreo || veroandreo gmail com || GRASS GIS || x || x ||
|-
|12 || [user:astrid_emde|Astrid Emde] || astrid dot emde at wheregroup dot com || Mapbender / OSGeoLive || x || x || -
|-
|13 || Silvia Franceschi || silvia.franceschi at gmail || Codesprint Org, [https://www.geopaparazzi.org/smash/index.html SMASH], [https://integratedmodelling.org/getting-started/ k.LAB] || x || x || x
|-
|14 || Luca Delucchi || lucadeluge gmail com || GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive || x || x || x
|-
|15 || my name || my email || projects I will work on || x || x || x
|-
|}

== Workgroups ==

=== Project-name ===

To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below (alphabetically) for your project.

==== Attending ====

*user
*user

==== Goals ====

*your goals

==== Participation at '''an hour with the developer''' ====

* name of the developer - time/day of availability

=== GeoServer ===

Working on GeoServer community goals, Java 17 LTS proposed.

==== Attending ====

* jody.garentt

==== Goals ====

* Java 17 LTS (proposed)

==== Participation at '''an hour with the developer''' ====

* Jody Garnett, standing offer to help new developers checkout and build GeoServer during sprint

=== GRASS GIS ===

[[Image:Grasslogo_vector_small.png|right]]

==== Attending ====

* Markus Neteler
* Anna Petrasova
* Vaclav Petras
* Veronica Andreo
* Luca Delucchi

==== Goals ====

* Help starting contributors.
* Python and command line usability issues.
* Discuss hard-to-finish PRs.
* Sync with the PDAL project.

==== Participation at '''an hour with the developer''' ====

* Vaclav (Vashek) Petras - times: TBD, find me, ask me

=== SMASH ===

Working on SMASH digital field mapping app enhancements.

==== Attending ====

* Andrea Antonello
* Silvia Franceschi
* Akin Kuye

==== Goals ====

* bugfixing
* server-app enhancements

==== Participation at '''an hour with the developer''' ====

* Andrea Antonello - time to be defined, based on organization issues

=== pgRouting ===

* Working on tasks for becoming an OSGeo project
* Release of v3.3.2

==== Attending ====

* vicky Vergara

==== Goals ====

* Work on tasks to become an OSGeo project

==== Participation at '''an hour with the developer''' ====

* Vicky Vergara - Sunday all day

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]

FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather

2022-08-01T06:24:25Z

Lucadelu: added Thursday morning

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==

At the [[FOSS4G 2022]] conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G [https://2022.foss4g.org/program-outline.php schedule is available at here].

=== How to organize a BOF ===

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

=== Capacities ===

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, right after the last presentation:

* Room Verde
* Room Limonaia
* Room Onice
* Room 4
* Room 6
* Room 9
* Room 12 (available all the times, no video projector)
* Room Modulo 3A
* Room Hall 3A
* Room Hall 3B (available all the times, no video projector)

We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.

= Thursday 25 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Thursday 25 August (18:00 - 19:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Friday 26 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]]

FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather

2022-07-31T05:16:24Z

Lucadelu: added new slots

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==

At the [[FOSS4G 2022]] conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G [https://2022.foss4g.org/program-outline.php schedule is available at here].

=== How to organize a BOF ===

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

=== Capacities ===

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, right after the last presentation:

* Room Verde
* Room Limonaia
* Room Onice
* Room 4
* Room 6
* Room 9
* Room 12 (available all the times, no video projector)
* Room Modulo 3A
* Room Hall 3A
* Room Hall 3B (available all the times, no video projector)

We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.

= Wednesday 24 August (18:00 - 19:30) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Thursday 25 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Thursday 25 August (18:00 - 19:30) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Friday 26 August (8:00 - 9:00) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]]

FOSS4G 2022/BirdsOfAFeather

2022-07-31T05:12:19Z

Lucadelu: fixed rooms

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==

At the [[FOSS4G 2022]] conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G [https://2022.foss4g.org/program-outline.php schedule is available at here].

=== How to organize a BOF ===

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.

=== Capacities ===

The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, right after the last presentation:

* Room Verde
* Room Limonaia
* Room Onice
* Room 4
* Room 6
* Room 9
* Room 12 (available all the times, no video projector)
* Room Modulo 3A
* Room Hall 3A
* Room Hall 3B (available all the times, no video projector)

We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.

= Wednesday 24 August (18:00 - 19:30) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

= Thursday 25 August (18:00 - 19:30) =

== TODO: Room name ==

=== TODO: BoF title ===

* Description: TODO
* Person to contact: TODO

Who is coming:
* TODO

[[Category:FOSS4G2022]]

Board Meeting 2022-07-25

2022-07-25T12:46:33Z

Lucadelu:

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 25 July 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=07&day=25&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''15:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-06-27]]
# Preparation of [[Annual_General_Meeting_2022]]
# Updates from FOSS4G 2022
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-08-27]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

Board Meeting 2022-04-25

2022-04-25T04:45:02Z

Lucadelu: added new topics

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 25 April 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=04&day=25&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''15:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-03-28]]
# OSGeo Budget 2022
# Boundary condition of the open source software foundation with respect to transition of software to services.
# e-mail account policy
# Kart Project's Org Stipend for the GSoC 2022
# Geospatial World Forum
# FOSS4G 2022
# Add your topic here

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-05-30]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

Board Meeting 2022-03-28

2022-03-24T12:38:35Z

Lucadelu: /* Current items */

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 28 March 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=03&day=28&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''16:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-02-28]]
# [https://2022.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2022]

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-04-25]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

Board Meeting 2022-03-28

2022-03-24T12:37:44Z

Lucadelu: /* Current items */ added FOSS4G topic for next board meeting

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 28 March 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=03&day=28&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''16:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-02-28]]
# FOSS4G2022

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-04-25]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

Board Meeting 2022-02-28

2022-02-21T22:42:47Z

Lucadelu: /* Current items */ add item to next agenda

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 28 February 2022''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=02&day=28&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''16:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2022-01-31]]
# OSGeo Budget 2022
# Executive positions
# Care and feeding of osgeo.org/sponsors page
# Masterportal application
# GISCollective application
# GeoIgnite 2022 request
# OpenForce 2022 request
# FOSS4G 2022 updates, (since there are many topics could we set a dedicated meeting?)
# Add your topic here

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-03-28]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

FOSS4G 2022

2022-01-19T05:54:30Z

Lucadelu: create page FOSS4G 2022

FOSS4G2022 will take place 22-28 August 2022 in Firenze. Please visit the official website http://2022.foss4g.org.

For any questions until then please contact us at info.foss4g2022 @ gmail . com

== Initial Proposal ==

Download the proposal PDF: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/proposals/2022/FOSS4G_2022_proposal_Firenze.pdf?rev=12781 proposal] and [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/proposals/2022/FOSS4G_2022_proposal_Firenze_annex_1.ods?rev=12781 Annex1] and [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/proposals/2022/FOSS4G_2022_proposal_Firenze_annex_2.pdf?rev=12781 Annex2]

== Marketing ==
* promotional video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3usSoOBRIs

== Organisation ==
* [https://2022.foss4g.org/committee_local.php Firenze Local committee]
* [https://2022.foss4g.org/committee_academic.php Academic Track Committee]
* General Session Committtee

== Program ==

* General Program
* Community Sprint

FOSS4G

2022-01-13T07:22:48Z

Lucadelu: fixed wrong attendees number

== Introduction ==
FOSS4G is the acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. It is the annual recurring global event hosted by OSGeo since it's inception in 2006. Its predecessors were rooted in the GRASS and MapServer communities and can be traced back to the beginning of this millennium. Find all recent conference web sites under the year followed by foss4g.org as in http://2011.foss4g.org/

== History of the Acronym ==

The FOSS4G was first coined in early 2004 as an acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics by a research group working on I18N of GRASS and MapServer. The first publication defining and using the FOSS4G acronym was published in Japan in March 2004 in a paper entitled [http://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/kiyo/DB00011169.pdf "Development of training material and internationalization of GRASS GIS and MapServer for advancing FOSS4G solutions"] published in the Bulletin of Osaka City University Media Center(ISSN: 1345-4145). It was later used at the

[http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/water/paper/fossgrdss/conference.htm Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics: GIS-GRASS Users Conference]
held between September 12 - 14, 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand in a publication entitled [http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/viewabstract.php?id=33 Implementation of Web Map Server Test-bed and Development of Training Material for Advancing FOSS4G Solutions] and subsequently in several
other international and national conferences and meetings.

[[File:foss4g2004bkk.jpg]]

== History of foss4g.org domain name ==

The foss4g.org (and grass-japan.org) domain was registered to make available to the public the outcome of the project on Internationalization of GRASS5.0 and MapServer. The project was funded by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency,Japan). The project was carried in cooperation between Orkney Inc. and Osaka City University(OCU). Apart form software internationalization (i18n), OCU was also responsible for testing, preparation of test data, sample applications and implementation and management of the portal site. The main portal site was made available at www.foss4g.org/FOSS4G/ and also www.grass-japan.org/FOSS4G/

The domains were registered with Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka)and Shinji Masumoto of Osaka City University, Japan in 2003 and the project portal site went online in March 2004. Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka)and Shinji Masumoto agreed to donate the foss4g.org domain name to OSGeo on 3rd October 2007 with the understanding that there will be no restrictions on the free usage of the FOSS4G acronym for the legitimate purpose of promoting Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics. Subsequent to the transfer of foss4g.org domain name to OSGeo, it was used as a domain name for FOSS4G events since FOSS4G2008 held in Cape Town, South Africa.

== Organizing FOSS4G ==
The OSGeo [[Conference Committee]] is the steadying factor of FOSS4G over the years. Organization of FOSS4G starts roughly 2 years in advance as the venue rotates around the world when a call for bids is sent out.

=== Local Organizing Committee ===
All the hands-on ground work is done by a volunteering Local Organizing Committees that form each year and have so far always excelled themselves at putting together a great conference. OSGeo is very thankful and excited to see this much effort going into each conference. As of 2007 all conference web sites can be found under the generic OSGeo URL by replacing the year as in http://2010.foss4g.org/

=== Overview of past conferences and attendances ===
{| border="1"
! Event !! Location !! Number of Attendees
-
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2021]] || Online - Buenos Aires, Argentina || 1.899
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2020]] || Calgary, Canada || cancelled due COVID
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2019]] || Bucharest, Romania || 1.032
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2018]] || Dar es Salaam, Tanzania || 1.057
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2017]] || Boston, USA || 1.162
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2016]] || Bonn, Germany || 889
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2015]] || Seoul, South Korea || 562
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2014]] || Portland, OR, USA || 858
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2013]] || Nottingham, England || ~800
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2012]] || Beijing, China || cancelled
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2011]] || Denver, USA || 914
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2010]] || Barcelona, Spain || 869
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2009]] || Sydney, Australia || 436
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2008]] || Cape Town, South Africa || 550
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2007]] || Victoria, Canada || 721
|-
| [[FOSS4G2006 | FOSS4G 2006]] || Lausanne, Switzland || 560
|-
| 2005 OSG conference || Minneapolis, MN || 350
|-
| FOSS4G 2004 - [https://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/ Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics]: GIS-GRASS Users Conference || Bangkok, Thailand || ~150
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20040415000450/http://www.omsug.ca/ OSGIS 2004] || Ottawa, Canada || 210
|-
| 2003 MapServer Users Meeting || St Paul, MN, United States || 125
|-
| [http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/home.html Open Source Free Software GIS] - GRASS users conference 2002 || Trento, Italy || 140
|}

More detailed metrics of the more recent conferences are here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpkO5WOFQ_DZEWNMLj_hAhEre0m0io_j-JGf7geAW5Y/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=57

== Localized FOSS4G Conferences ==
Some Local Chapters put on localized FOSS4G conferences, for example:
* [http://www.osgeo.kr/ Korean chapter] has held annual FOSS4G Korea conference in Seoul since 2011.
* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ Japan chapter] holds FOSS4G events in Tokyo, Osaka, and Hokkaido each year.
* Germany has the [[FOSSGIS]] conferences in German language.
* Portugal Local Chapter conferences: [http://osgeopt.pt/sasig4 SASIG 4, Guimarães, 2011], [http://lisboa.sigaberto.org SASIG III, Lisboa, 2010], [http://evora.sigaberto.org SASIG II, Évora, 2009], [http://agueda.sigaberto.org SASIG, Águeda, 2008]
* [http://foss4g-na.org/ FOSS4G North America] is an annual event since 2012
* [[Europe]] (formerly "Central and Eastern Europe") is an annual event since 2012
* [http://www.foss4g.org.ar/ FOSS4G Argentina] first occurred in 2013
* [http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia/ FOSS4G India] first occurred in 2013
* [https://osgeo.nl Dutch Local Chapter] had annual OSGeo.nl Day starting in 2012, rebranded to [https://foss4g.nl/ FOSS4G-NL] starting in 2017
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania OSGeo Oceania] organises the annual [https://foss4g-oceania.org/ FOSS4G SotM Oceania] since [https://2018.foss4g-oceania.org 2018].
* ''(please add your own event)''

=== Roll Your Own Conference ===
If you are interested in organizing "your own" conference please contact the [[Conference Committee]] and advertize on the Discuss Mailing List. OSGeo is always interested in lending a helping hand to seed organize local events. We are also building a [[FOSS4G Cookbook]] to help in planning and executing a FOSS4G conference.

=== Using the Name FOSS4G ===
FOSS4G is not registered as a trademark but has a long tradition of being used in the context of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. The domain was originally registered by [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] (Venka) who later graciously [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-August/000379.html donated] it to OSGeo - under the condition that using the name should stay open to anybody who does something reasonably related to Free and Open Source Geospatial. If you are not sure, simply ask on the main mailing list (starting from [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2011-November/009762.html here]).

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:History]]

FOSS4G

2022-01-13T06:48:57Z

Lucadelu: fixed FOSS4G past events

== Introduction ==
FOSS4G is the acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. It is the annual recurring global event hosted by OSGeo since it's inception in 2006. Its predecessors were rooted in the GRASS and MapServer communities and can be traced back to the beginning of this millennium. Find all recent conference web sites under the year followed by foss4g.org as in http://2011.foss4g.org/

== History of the Acronym ==

The FOSS4G was first coined in early 2004 as an acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics by a research group working on I18N of GRASS and MapServer. The first publication defining and using the FOSS4G acronym was published in Japan in March 2004 in a paper entitled [http://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/kiyo/DB00011169.pdf "Development of training material and internationalization of GRASS GIS and MapServer for advancing FOSS4G solutions"] published in the Bulletin of Osaka City University Media Center(ISSN: 1345-4145). It was later used at the

[http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/water/paper/fossgrdss/conference.htm Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics: GIS-GRASS Users Conference]
held between September 12 - 14, 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand in a publication entitled [http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/viewabstract.php?id=33 Implementation of Web Map Server Test-bed and Development of Training Material for Advancing FOSS4G Solutions] and subsequently in several
other international and national conferences and meetings.

[[File:foss4g2004bkk.jpg]]

== History of foss4g.org domain name ==

The foss4g.org (and grass-japan.org) domain was registered to make available to the public the outcome of the project on Internationalization of GRASS5.0 and MapServer. The project was funded by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency,Japan). The project was carried in cooperation between Orkney Inc. and Osaka City University(OCU). Apart form software internationalization (i18n), OCU was also responsible for testing, preparation of test data, sample applications and implementation and management of the portal site. The main portal site was made available at www.foss4g.org/FOSS4G/ and also www.grass-japan.org/FOSS4G/

The domains were registered with Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka)and Shinji Masumoto of Osaka City University, Japan in 2003 and the project portal site went online in March 2004. Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka)and Shinji Masumoto agreed to donate the foss4g.org domain name to OSGeo on 3rd October 2007 with the understanding that there will be no restrictions on the free usage of the FOSS4G acronym for the legitimate purpose of promoting Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics. Subsequent to the transfer of foss4g.org domain name to OSGeo, it was used as a domain name for FOSS4G events since FOSS4G2008 held in Cape Town, South Africa.

== Organizing FOSS4G ==
The OSGeo [[Conference Committee]] is the steadying factor of FOSS4G over the years. Organization of FOSS4G starts roughly 2 years in advance as the venue rotates around the world when a call for bids is sent out.

=== Local Organizing Committee ===
All the hands-on ground work is done by a volunteering Local Organizing Committees that form each year and have so far always excelled themselves at putting together a great conference. OSGeo is very thankful and excited to see this much effort going into each conference. As of 2007 all conference web sites can be found under the generic OSGeo URL by replacing the year as in http://2010.foss4g.org/

=== Overview of past conferences and attendances ===
{| border="1"
! Event !! Location !! Number of Attendees
-
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2021]] || Online - Buenos Aires, Argentina || 1.966
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2020]] || Calgary, Canada || cancelled due COVID
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2019]] || Bucharest, Romania || 1.032
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2018]] || Dar es Salaam, Tanzania || 1.057
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2017]] || Boston, USA || 1.162
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2016]] || Bonn, Germany || 889
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2015]] || Seoul, South Korea || 562
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2014]] || Portland, OR, USA || 858
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2013]] || Nottingham, England || ~800
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2012]] || Beijing, China || cancelled
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2011]] || Denver, USA || 914
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2010]] || Barcelona, Spain || 869
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2009]] || Sydney, Australia || 436
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2008]] || Cape Town, South Africa || 550
|-
| [[FOSS4G 2007]] || Victoria, Canada || 721
|-
| [[FOSS4G2006 | FOSS4G 2006]] || Lausanne, Switzland || 560
|-
| 2005 OSG conference || Minneapolis, MN || 350
|-
| FOSS4G 2004 - [https://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/ Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics]: GIS-GRASS Users Conference || Bangkok, Thailand || ~150
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20040415000450/http://www.omsug.ca/ OSGIS 2004] || Ottawa, Canada || 210
|-
| 2003 MapServer Users Meeting || St Paul, MN, United States || 125
|-
| [http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/home.html Open Source Free Software GIS] - GRASS users conference 2002 || Trento, Italy || 140
|}

More detailed metrics of the more recent conferences are here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpkO5WOFQ_DZEWNMLj_hAhEre0m0io_j-JGf7geAW5Y/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=57

== Localized FOSS4G Conferences ==
Some Local Chapters put on localized FOSS4G conferences, for example:
* [http://www.osgeo.kr/ Korean chapter] has held annual FOSS4G Korea conference in Seoul since 2011.
* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ Japan chapter] holds FOSS4G events in Tokyo, Osaka, and Hokkaido each year.
* Germany has the [[FOSSGIS]] conferences in German language.
* Portugal Local Chapter conferences: [http://osgeopt.pt/sasig4 SASIG 4, Guimarães, 2011], [http://lisboa.sigaberto.org SASIG III, Lisboa, 2010], [http://evora.sigaberto.org SASIG II, Évora, 2009], [http://agueda.sigaberto.org SASIG, Águeda, 2008]
* [http://foss4g-na.org/ FOSS4G North America] is an annual event since 2012
* [[Europe]] (formerly "Central and Eastern Europe") is an annual event since 2012
* [http://www.foss4g.org.ar/ FOSS4G Argentina] first occurred in 2013
* [http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia/ FOSS4G India] first occurred in 2013
* [https://osgeo.nl Dutch Local Chapter] had annual OSGeo.nl Day starting in 2012, rebranded to [https://foss4g.nl/ FOSS4G-NL] starting in 2017
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania OSGeo Oceania] organises the annual [https://foss4g-oceania.org/ FOSS4G SotM Oceania] since [https://2018.foss4g-oceania.org 2018].
* ''(please add your own event)''

=== Roll Your Own Conference ===
If you are interested in organizing "your own" conference please contact the [[Conference Committee]] and advertize on the Discuss Mailing List. OSGeo is always interested in lending a helping hand to seed organize local events. We are also building a [[FOSS4G Cookbook]] to help in planning and executing a FOSS4G conference.

=== Using the Name FOSS4G ===
FOSS4G is not registered as a trademark but has a long tradition of being used in the context of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. The domain was originally registered by [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] (Venka) who later graciously [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-August/000379.html donated] it to OSGeo - under the condition that using the name should stay open to anybody who does something reasonably related to Free and Open Source Geospatial. If you are not sure, simply ask on the main mailing list (starting from [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2011-November/009762.html here]).

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:History]]

Board Meeting 2021-12-27

2021-12-10T10:39:06Z

Lucadelu: /* Current items */ added more info

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 27 December 2021''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=12&day=27&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''16:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2021-11-29]]
# FOSS4G 2021 budget report
# FOSS4G 2022 updates
#* contract between GFOSS and OSGeo
#* travel grant
## real TGP or replaced online ticket
## budget
# GISCollective [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2021-December/012957.html]
# Budget 2022 planning
# gvSIG budget request [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2021-December/012959.html]
# Add your topic here

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-01-31]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

Board Meeting 2021-12-27

2021-12-05T14:41:49Z

Lucadelu: /* Current items */ added new item for next board meeting

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 27 December 2021''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=12&day=27&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''16:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2021-11-29]]
# FOSS4G 2021 budget report
# FOSS4G 2022 updates
# Add your topic here

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2022-01-31]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2022]]

FOSS4G 2021/Community sprint

2021-11-11T22:40:36Z

Lucadelu: not present

== Code Sprint ==

Also this year, after the online conference, there will be the '''OSGeo community sprint'''.

Participation is free of charge and anyone involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects is welcome.

You can choose to contribute to one or more projects. The sky is the limit. There’s always plenty to do – and it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are very important for projects! Conference registration is not a prerequisite for participation in the code sprint.


=== When ===
The code sprint will be held on Saturday October 2nd, 2021.

=== Where ===
Online, we will use [https://workadventu.re/ WorkAdventu.re] plus a bounce of Jitsi channels for each project. You can joint the WorkAdventu.re [https://play.workadventu.re/@/osgeo/foss4g/codesprint here]

Note there are several jitsi rooms where you can meet people. Press space to enter the rooms. Meet us in the different rooms or take a seat at the office tables or on the sofas.

* OpenSpace (top left)
* Meeting (top middle)
* Kitchen (top right)
* Workshop room - two blue tables

Chat channels:
* https://gitter.im/OSGeo/Sprint
* #tosprint on https://web.libera.chat/ or #tosprint:libera.chat through Matrix

== Registered Attendees ==

The code sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to write down your name for better planning.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="250"|Registered to FOSS4G conference
|-
|1 || <s>[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]</s> || <s>lucadeluge gmail com</s> || <s>GRASS GIS, pyModis, OSGeoLive (code sprint organizer)</s> || x
|-
|2 || [[User:Cvvergara|Vicky Vergara]] || vicky at georepublic de || Contributions with Translations|| x
|-
|3 || [[User:Astrid_emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde at osgeo dot org || OSGeoLive, Mapbender, OSGeo || x
|-
|4 || [[User:Veroandreo|Vero Andreo]] || veroandreo at gmail dot com || GRASS GIS || x
|-
|5 || <s>[[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]]</s>|| <s>tomkralidis at gmail dot com</s> || G<s>eopython, MapServer, QGIS, go-spatial</s> || x
|-
|6 || Shubham|Shubham Kumar || 2020kucp1062@iiitkota.ac.in || Project ||
|-
|7 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || tzotsos at osgeo dot org || OSGeoLive, UbuntuGIS || x
|-
|8 || Carmen Tawalika || carmen.tawalika at gmail dot com || actinia || x
|-
|9 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || neteler at osgeo dot org || GRASS GIS, actinia || x
|-
|10 || Anika Weinmann || weinmann at mundialis dot de || GRASS GIS, actinia || x
|-
|11 || Guido Riembauer || riembauer at mundialis dot de || GRASS GIS, actinia || x
|-
|12 || [[User:mmetz|Markus Metz]] || metz at mundialis dot de || GRASS GIS, actinia ||
|-
|13 || [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]] || lr at pcorp dot us || PostGIS, pgRouting, Translations || x
|-
|14 || [[User:Bakaniko|Nicolas Roelandt]] || roelandtn.pro at gmail dot com || OSGeoLive || x)
|-
|15 || [[User:Chrismarx|Chris Marx]] || chrismarx at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated || x
|-
|16 || [[User:Pkopparla|Pushkar Kopparla]] || pushkarkopparla at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated ||
|-
|17 || [[User:LauraMugeha|Laura Mugeha]] || mugeha dot okole at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated || x
|-
|18 || [[User:Felipebarros|Felipe Barros]] || felipe.b4rros at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated || x
|-
|19 || [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] || jody.garnett@gmail.com || GeoTools, GeoServer, OSGeo || x
|-
|20 || [[User:Wolf|Wolf Bergenheim]] || wolf _at_ bergenheim.net || Unaffiliated (GRASS and GDAL in the past) || x
|-
|21 || Peter Smythe || gs at smythe.co.za || GeoServer || x
|-
|22 || [[User:Aanthieni|Ariel Anthieni]] || aanthieni@kan.com.ar || Geonode || x
|-
|23 || Walter Shilman || wshilman@kan.com.ar || Geonode || x
|-
|24 || [[User:Pesekon2|Ondrej Pesek]] || pesej.ondrek at gmail.com || GRASS GIS ||
|-
|25 || [[User:Wenzeslaus|Vaclav Petras]] || wenzeslaus at gmail.com || GRASS GIS || x
|-
|26 || [[User:Hcho|Huidae Cho]] || grass4u at gmail.com || GRASS GIS || x
|-
|27 || [[User:pinheiro|Jose Maria Villac Pinheiro]] || jmpinheiro at nexusbr.com || Unaffiliated || x
|-
|28 || [[User:Manureta|Manuel Retamozo]] || manuel at retamozo com ar || Contributions with Translations pgRouting, OSGeoLive || x
|-
|}

== Workgroups ==

=== Project-name ===
To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below for your project.

'''Attending:'''
*user
*user

'''Goals:'''
*your goals

=== GRASS GIS ===
''' Attending:'''
* <s>[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]</s>
* [[User:Veroandreo|Vero Andreo]]
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* Anika Weinmann
* Guido Riembauer
* [[User:mmetz|Markus Metz]]
* [[User:Wolf|Wolf Bergenheim]]
* [[User:Wenzeslaus|Vaclav Petras]]
* [[User:Hcho|Huidae Cho]]
* [[User:Pesekon2|Ondrej Pesek]]
* ...

'''Goals:'''
* Release GRASS 7.8.6 RC3 (?)
* Branch GRASS 8.0
* https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/milestone/4

=== Contributions with translations ===
Translations on transifex
Please register to any of your favorite projects:
* OSGeoLive: https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive
* pgRouting: https://www.transifex.com/pgrouting/pgrouting
* PostGIS: https://www.transifex.com/postgis/postgis
''' Attending:'''
* [[User:Cvvergara|Vicky Vergara]]
* [[User:robe|Regina Obe]]
* [[User:Manureta|Manuel Retamozo]]

'''Goals:'''
* Translations

=== actinia ===
''' Attending:'''
* Carmen Tawalika
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* Anika Weinmann
* Guido Riembauer
* ...

'''Goals:'''
* see https://github.com/mundialis/actinia_core/projects/2

=== OSGeoLive ===

'''Attending:'''
* [[User:Bakaniko|Nicolas Roelandt]]
* [[User:astrid_emde|Astrid Emde]]

'''Goals:'''
* Update translations
* Work on translations
* Discuss Version 15 and upcoming milestones
* Work on tickets and define new ones ;)

=== GeoServer ===

'''Attending:'''
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]]
* Peter Smythe

'''Goals:'''
* User interface layout improvements

=== Geonode ===
''' Attending:'''
* [[User:Aanthieni|Ariel Anthieni]]
* Walter Shilman
* ...

'''Goals:'''
* Translation: see the possibility of making multi language the help of Geonode

[[Category:FOSS4G2021]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]

FOSS4G 2021/Community sprint

2021-10-02T05:09:50Z

Lucadelu: /* Where */ added workadventu.re link

== Code Sprint ==

Also this year, after the online conference, there will be the '''OSGeo community sprint'''.

Participation is free of charge and anyone involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects is welcome.

You can choose to contribute to one or more projects. The sky is the limit. There’s always plenty to do – and it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are very important for projects! Conference registration is not a prerequisite for participation in the code sprint.


=== When ===
The code sprint will be held on Saturday October 2nd, 2021.

=== Where ===
Online, we will use [https://workadventu.re/ WorkAdventu.re] plus a bounce of Jitsi channels for each project. You can joint the WorkAdventu.re [https://play.workadventu.re/@/osgeo/foss4g/codesprint here]

== Registered Attendees ==

The code sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to write down your name for better planning.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="250"|Registered to FOSS4G conference
|-
|1 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge gmail com || GRASS GIS, pyModis, OSGeoLive (code sprint organizer) || x
|-
|2 || [[User:Cvvergara|Vicky Vergara]] || vicky at georepublic de || Contributions with Translations|| x
|-
|3 || [[User:Astrid_emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde at osgeo dot org || OSGeoLive, Mapbender, OSGeo || x
|-
|4 || [[User:Veroandreo|Vero Andreo]] || veroandreo at gmail dot com || GRASS GIS || x
|-
|5 || [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] || tomkralidis at gmail dot com || Geopython, MapServer, QGIS, go-spatial || x
|-
|6 || Shubham|Shubham Kumar || 2020kucp1062@iiitkota.ac.in || Project ||
|-
|7 || [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || tzotsos at osgeo dot org || pycsw, OSGeoLive, Geopython || x
|-
|8 || Carmen Tawalika || carmen.tawalika at gmail dot com || actinia || x
|-
|9 || [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || neteler at osgeo dot org || GRASS GIS, actinia || x
|-
|10 || Anika Weinmann || weinmann at mundialis dot de || GRASS GIS, actinia || x
|-
|11 || Guido Riembauer || riembauer at mundialis dot de || GRASS GIS, actinia || x
|-
|12 || [[User:mmetz|Markus Metz]] || metz at mundialis dot de || GRASS GIS, actinia ||
|-
|13 || [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]] || lr at pcorp dot us || PostGIS, pgRouting, Translations || x
|-
|14 || [[User:Bakaniko|Nicolas Roelandt]] || roelandtn.pro at gmail dot com || OSGeoLive || x)
|-
|15 || [[User:Chrismarx|Chris Marx]] || chrismarx at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated || x
|-
|16 || [[User:Pkopparla|Pushkar Kopparla]] || pushkarkopparla at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated ||
|-
|17 || [[User:LauraMugeha|Laura Mugeha]] || mugeha dot okole at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated || x
|-
|18 || [[User:Felipebarros|Felipe Barros]] || felipe.b4rros at gmail dot com || Unaffiliated || x
|-
|19 || [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] || jody.garnett@gmail.com || GeoTools, GeoServer, OSGeo || x
|-
|20 || [[User:Wolf|Wolf Bergenheim]] || wolf _at_ bergenheim.net || Unaffiliated (GRASS and GDAL in the past) || x
|-
|21 || Peter Smythe || gs at smythe.co.za || GeoServer || x
|-
|22 || [[User:Aanthieni|Ariel Anthieni]] || aanthieni@kan.com.ar || Geonode || x
|-
|22 || Walter Shilman || wshilman@kan.com.ar || Geonode || x
|-
|}

== Workgroups ==

=== Project-name ===
To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below for your project.

'''Attending:'''
*user
*user

'''Goals:'''
*your goals

=== GRASS GIS ===
''' Attending:'''
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]
* [[User:Veroandreo|Vero Andreo]]
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* Anika Weinmann
* Guido Riembauer
* [[User:mmetz|Markus Metz]]
* [[User:Wolf|Wolf Bergenheim]]
* ...

'''Goals:'''
* Release GRASS 7.8.6 RC3 (?)
* Branch GRASS 8.0
* https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/milestone/4

=== Contributions with translations ===
Translations on transifex
Please register to any of your favorite projects:
* OSGeoLive: https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive
* pgRouting: https://www.transifex.com/pgrouting/pgrouting
* PostGIS: https://www.transifex.com/postgis/postgis
''' Attending:'''
* [[User:Cvvergara|Vicky Vergara]]
* [[User:robe|Regina Obe]]

'''Goals:'''
* Translations

=== actinia ===
''' Attending:'''
* Carmen Tawalika
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* Anika Weinmann
* Guido Riembauer
* ...

'''Goals:'''
* see https://github.com/mundialis/actinia_core/projects/2

=== OSGeoLive ===

'''Attending:'''
* [[User:Bakaniko|Nicolas Roelandt]]
* [[User:astrid_emde|Astrid Emde]]

'''Goals:'''
* Update translations
* Work on translations
* Discuss Version 15 and upcoming milestones
* Work on tickets and define new ones ;)

=== GeoServer ===

'''Attending:'''
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]]
* Peter Smythe

'''Goals:'''
* User interface layout improvements

=== Geonode ===
''' Attending:'''
* [[User:Aanthieni|Ariel Anthieni]]
* Walter Shilman
* ...

'''Goals:'''
* Translation: see the possibility of making multi language the help of Geonode

[[Category:FOSS4G2021]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]

Italiano

2021-09-21T21:44:18Z

Lucadelu: fixed Italian events

[[Local_Chapters|<< Back to the Local Chapters page]]

== About the Italian OSGeo Chapter and GFOSS.it ==
The Italian OSGeo Local Chapter was formally accepted by the OSGeo Board of Directors at the [[Twenty Eighth Board Meeting| September 7, 2007 meeting]].

The Italian OSGeo Local Chapter is based on the existing association "Associazione Italiana per l'Informazione Geografica Libera (GFOSS.it)".

[http://www.GFOSS.it GFOSS.it] was founded by the Italian GFOSS community during the 8th GRASS e GFOSS (Palermo, February 14-16, 2007) annual meeting. The Italian community includes many professional, university and government members with long national and international experience in the field of the Geomatics and Free and Open Source Software.

The objectives of the GFOSS.it are:
* Promote the development, the diffusion and the protection of Free and Open Source Software for geo-informatics.
* Promote Open Standards for geo-informatics and the free access to geographic data.
* Promote contact among developers and users within the community and between the community and external bodies.
* Foster and coordinate the translation, localization and internationalization of software and documentation for geo-informatics.
* Promote relationships with other national and international associations, and with government agencies and private companies.

=== Annual reports ===

* [[Italiano_Chapter_Report_2007|2007]]
* [[Italiano_Chapter_Report_2008|2008]]
* [[Italiano_Chapter_Report_2009|2009]]
* [[Italiano_Chapter_Report_2010|2010]]
* [[Italiano_Chapter_Report_2011|2011]]
* [[Italiano_Chapter_Report_2012|2012]]

==Italian chapter mission==
Italian Local Chapter mission is to respect [[#Guidelines|OSGeo Guidelines]] on local chapters and continue supporting all [[#Italian_community_contributions| Italian Community contributions]] to FOSS GIS community. Main goal is that of the OSGeo foundation: to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects.

==Italian community contributions and resources==
This part shows the Italian community contributions on the web:
===Community===
* [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS site] - the site of the first italian Geospatial Free and Open Source Software community.
* [http://lists.gfoss.it/pipermail/gfoss/ GFOSS mailing list] - the first meeting point of the community.
* The IRC channel: #osgeo-it (former #gfoss) on irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-it - also [https://matrix.to/#/#osgeo-it:matrix.org bridged to matrix]
* [http://grass-italia.como.polimi.it/ Italian GRASS users site]
* [http://listserv.unipr.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-italia Italian GRASS users mailing list]
* [http://www.qgis.it Italian QGIS users group]
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-it-user Italian QGIS users mailing list]
[[Category:Local Chapters]]

== Events ==

===Past Events===

* (2000) [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/grass_2000/ 1st Italian GRASS Meeting], Politecnico di Milano - Campus Como, Italy, 28 Jan 2000
* (2001) [http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2001/grass_days_2001/en/grass_meeting_trento_1-2_2_2001.html 2nd Italian GRASS Meeting], University of Trento, Italy, 1-2 Feb 2001
* (2002) [http://grass.osgeo.org/conferences/conf_triest2002.html 3rd Italian GRASS Meeting], University of Trieste, Italy, Jan 31 - Feb 1 2002
* (2002) [http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/home.html Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference], Trento, Italy, 11-13 Sep 2002
* (2003) [http://www.masterleaves.unifi.it/grass/default.htm 4th Italian GRASS Meeting], University of Firenze, Italy, 13-14 Feb 2003
* (2004) 5th Italian GRASS Meeting, University of Padova, Italy, 5-6 Feb 2004
* (2005) [http://w3.uniroma1.it/geodgeom/corsi-convegni-educazione/2005-GRASS/programma_grass_days_2005_it.html 6th Italian GRASS Meeting], University of Rome, Italy, 14-15 Apr 2005
* (2006) [http://www.dimset.unige.it/eventi/grass/grass_index.html 7th Italian GRASS Meeting], University of Genova, Italy, 23-24 feb 2006
* (2007) [http://gislab.dirap.unipa.it/grass_meeting/index.htm 8th GRASS and GFOSS annual Meeting], Palermo University, Italy, 14-15-16 Feb 2007
* (2008) [http://www.grassmeeting2008.unipg.it/ 9th GRASS-GFOSS user meeting], Faculy of Engineering, Perugia, Italy,20-22 Feb 2008
* (2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100704023741/www.gfoss.it/drupal/convegno 1st GFOSS day ], Pontedera, Italy
* (2009) [http://gfoss2009.crs4.it 10th GRASS GFOSS Italian user meeting], CRS4, Cagliari, Italy - 26-27 Feb 2009
* (2009) [http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday GFOSS DAY 2009], Bolzano, Italy, 11-12 Nov 2009
* (2010) [http://istgeo.ist.supsi.ch/foss4g-it/ 11th GRASS and FOSS4G Italian language user meeting], IST-SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland, 11-12 Feb 2010
* (2010) [http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2010 GFOSS DAY 2010], Foligno, Italy, 18-19 Nov 2010
* (2011) [http://events.unitn.it/foss4g2011 12th GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting], 9-11 Feb 2011, Trento, Italy
* (2011) [http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2011 GFOSS DAY 2011], Foggia, Italy, 24-25 Nov 2011
* (2012) [http://sites.google.com/site/grassts/home 13th GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting], 15-17 Feb 2012, Trieste, Italy
* (2012) [http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2012 GFOSS DAY 2012], Torino, Italy, 14-17 Nov 2012
* (2013) [http://geomorfolab.arch.unige.it/genova2013 14th GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting], 6-9 Feb 2013, Genova, Italy
* (2013) [http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2013/ GFOSS Day 2013], 10-11 Oct 2013, Bologna, Italy
* (2014) [http://gislab.geomatica.unipa.it/ 15th GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting], 12-14 Feb 2014, Palermo, Italy
* (2014) [http://gfossday2014.associazionegfoss.it/ GFOSS Day 2014], 7-8 Nov 2014, Ancona, Italy
* (2015) [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/XVI_Meeting_degli_Utenti_Italiani_di_GRASS_GFOSS/it 16th GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting], 19 Feb 2015, Bologna, Italy
* (2015) [http://gfossday2015.associazionegfoss.it/ GFOSS DAY 2015], 28-29 Set 2016, Lecco, Italy
* (2016) [http://meetingrass2016.unipr.it/ 17th GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting], 11-12 Feb 2016, Parma, Italy
* (2016) [http://gfossday2016.associazionegfoss.it/ GFOSS DAY 2016], 7-9 Oct 2016, Cagliari, Italy
* (2017) [http://www.dicca.unige.it/geomatica/foss4git_2017/ FOSS4G IT 2017], 8-11 Feb 2017, Genova, Italy
* (2018) [http://foss4g-it2018.gfoss.it/ FOSS4G-IT 2018], 19-22 Feb 2018, Roma, Italy
* (2019) [http://foss4g-it2019.gfoss.it/ FOSS4G-IT 2019], 20-23 Feb 2019, Padova, Italy
* (2020) [http://foss4g-it2020.gfoss.it/ FOSS4G-IT 2020], February 2020, Torino, Italy
* (2021) [http://foss4g-it2021.gfoss.it/ FOSS4G-IT 2021], 19-21 Sept 2021, Distributed: Online, Bari, Genova, Milano, Padova, Roma, Torino, Trento. Italy

===Future Events===

* FOSS4G 2022, 22-26 August, Florence, Italy

== Meetings ==
Regular meetings of the GFOSS.it association Steering Board are held by IRC channel. 

The annual meeting of the GFOSS.it is held within the Annual GRASS GFOSS Italian user conference.

== Italian OSGeo Chapter Officers ==

====Italian OSGeo Representative====
GFOSS.it Steering Board (Consiglio direttivo) 

Address: Via G. Bovio 4, Prato 

E-mail: info at gfoss dot it

Members of current Board of Counsellors: http://www.gfoss.it/index.php/associazione/organi-associativi

====Italian OSGeo Chapter Coordinators====
A delegate of the GFOSS.it association is elected by the Board for each mandate.

The current "liason officer" role is covered by TBD.

<strike>In general: the liaison officer/s can be reached through the address: osgeo_liaison_officer (at) gfoss.it</strike>

== Founder Charter member ==

{| border=1
! style="background:#efefef;" | numero tessera !! style="background:#efefef;" | Nome !! style="background:#efefef;" | Cognome
|-
|1||Maria Antonia||Brovelli
|-
|2||Massimiliano||Cannata
|-
|3||Paolo||Cavallini
|-
|4||Marco||Ciolli
|-
|5||Massimo||Di Stefano
|-
|6||Alessandro||Frigeri
|-
|7||Andrea||Giacomelli
|-
|8||Leonardo|||Lami
|-
|9||Diego||Magni
|-
|10||Ivan||Marchesini
|-
|11||Marco||Negretti
|-
|12||Markus||Neteler
|-
|13||Luigi||Pirelli
|-
|14||Daniele||Scarselli
|-
|15||Andrea||Scianna
|-
|16||Clara||Tattoni
|-
|17||Emilia||Venturato
|-
|18||Paolo||Zatelli
|}

2008: GFOSS.it counts 77 associated members.----[[User:Maxi71|Maxi71]] 07:55, 11 February 2008 (EST)
 
2010: GFOSS.it counts 89 associated members.----Markus [[User:Neteler|Neteler]] 17:10, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
[[Category:Italian Local Chapter]]

Board Meeting 2021-08-30

2021-08-04T14:29:25Z

Lucadelu: add new topic for next board meeting

This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 30 August 2021''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=08&day=30&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''15:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2021-07-26]]
# Pretalx / Pretix services for FOSS4G and Local Chapters
# Add your topic here

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

== IRC Log ==
* no log, Will be a meeting on jitsi

== Next meeting ==
*[[Meeting 2021-09-27]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2021]]

FOSS4G 2021/Community sprint

2021-06-18T21:18:31Z

Lucadelu: small improvements

== Code Sprint ==

Also this year, after the online conference, there will be the OSGeo community sprint

Participation is free of charge and anyone involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects is welcome.

You can choose to contribute to one or more projects. The sky is the limit. There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are very important for projects! Conference registration is not a prerequisite for participation in code sprint.

=== When ===
The code sprint will be held Saturday October 2 2021.

=== Where ===
Online, we will use [https://workadventu.re/ WorkAdventu.re] plus a bounce of Jitsi channels for each projects

== Registered Attendees ==
The code sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to write down your name for better planning

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="250"|Registered to FOSS4G conference
|-
|1 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge gmail com || GRASS GIS, pyModis, OSGeoLive (code sprint organizer) || x
|+
|2 || add your name || your@email || projects ||
|}

== Workgroups ==

=== Project-name ===
To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below for your project.

'''Attending:'''
*user
*user

'''Goals:'''
*your goals

=== GRASS GIS ===
''' Attending:'''
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

'''Goals:'''
* TBD

[[Category:FOSS4G2021]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]