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** Introductions of participants, including their interest in OSGEO edu, and what they are thinking about doing over the next year | ** Introductions of participants, including their interest in OSGEO edu, and what they are thinking about doing over the next year | ||
** Discussion on how to move toward a more cohesive effort for the development of educational material | ** Discussion on how to move toward a more cohesive effort for the development of educational material | ||
| + | ** Review of OSGEO edu wiki pages and discussion of possible improvements? | ||
** Other ideas? | ** Other ideas? | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 5 August 2007
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Introduction
During the FOSS4G2007 conference in Victoria, BC, Canada, there will be conference rooms available for people to hold Birds-of-a-Feather sessions.
Timetable
Tuesday September 25, 2007
- BOF sessions are scheduled from 17:00 to 19:00
- Labs and Presentations are scheduled to end at 16:30
- There is the possibility of sponsored events starting at 19:00
Wednesday September 26, 2007
- BOF sessions are scheduled from 17:00 to 18:00
- the Dinner Reception at the Royal BC Museum starts at 18:00
Conference Rooms available for BOF sessions
- This list of rooms is preliminary - please don't assign BOF sessions to rooms yet
- The seating capacity that is listed is also preliminary, and is a maximum number that will likely be reduced.
- The rooms will be setup with chairs, but not tables.
- View Royal (60)
- Saanich
- if used as the full room: (180)
- Saanich-1 (126)
- Saanich-2 (50)
- Oak Bay
- if used as the full room: (168)
- Oak Bay-1 (70)
- Oak Bay-2 (70)
- Lecture Theatre (400)
- Carson Hall, Salon C (400)
BOF organization
You can use this page to organize your BOF session:
- create a section below for your BOF
- have people edit this page to indicate they will be attending
- once the BOF organizer(s) have a reasonable idea of how many people will be at their BOF, cut & paste one of the available rooms from the above list into your BOF's section (please choose a room with a size suitable for your group)
BOF sessions
- OpenLayers
- is this OpenLayers BOF or WebMap BOF?
- in the second case it will be the way to follow up the debate started in Lausanne 2006. It would be good to see what has been done during this year and what should be done next year. Which project already integrated OL, which pro/cons arised, ecc. ecc.
- Francophone Local Chapter
- First meeting
- Think about a Francophone FOSS4G
- Francophone projects
- MapGuide Open Source
- Discuss Fusion and other technology contributions
- OSGEO education group (OSGEO edu)
- Introductions of participants, including their interest in OSGEO edu, and what they are thinking about doing over the next year
- Discussion on how to move toward a more cohesive effort for the development of educational material
- Review of OSGEO edu wiki pages and discussion of possible improvements?
- Other ideas?