Tyler Mitchell

Hello, this is the user page for Tyler Mitchell. I work as OSGeo Executive Director - see Executive Director Job Description to understand my responsibilities and focus. I'm interesting in learning about anything you are using open source geospatial software for. If you would like to meet, see the list of events below to see if I'll be near by. Otherwise, drop me an email. I am also the author of Web Mapping Illustrated - Using Open Source GIS Toolkits. Published by O'Reilly Media and available in English, Japanese and German. Feel free to contact me via my OSGeo email address: tmitchell -at- osgeo.org, you can contact me on my mobile at +1 250 303 1831 Blog & Events I have an official OSGeo Blog and my personal blog site. Upcoming events Meet me at: GeoTec Event and OSBootcamp - Ottawa, June 2-5, 2008 (unable to attend) Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial - Quebec City, August 28-29, 2008 (invited keynote) FOSS4G 2008 - Cape Town, Sept 29-Oct 3, 2008 Past Events Here are the events that I spoke at or represented OSGeo at since it started: University of Edinburgh lecture - Edinburgh, May 4, 2008 1Spatial Conference and OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008 - London/Stansted, April 29-May 1, 2008 II Jornadas de SIG Libre, Girona, Spain, March 3-5, 2008 (invited keynote) Including pre/post-event meetings with Local Chapter, gvSIG team, FreeGIS book team and others in Madrid and Valencia Kansai Open Forum, Osaka, Japan, 9 November, 2007 Including follow-up repeat of presentations in Tokyo, Japan, 12 November, 2007 III Encontro Nacional de Usuários MapServer (site offline), May 9-11, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (invited keynote) Various pre/post-event meetings as well FOSS4G 2007, Victoria, Canada, 24-27 September, 2007 (keynote, organiser, BOF, AGM) Location Intelligence, San Francisco, USA, 17-18 April, 2007 (booth, presentation in OSGeo session) Autodesk University conference, Las Vegas, USA, 27-30 November, 2006 (booth, BOF) FOSS4G 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (booth, BOFs) Where 2.0 2006, San Francisco, USA (booth, BOFs) For other events that had or will have some OSGeo representation (presenters, attendees, workshops, etc.) events see this wiki page, this wiki category and the upcoming events list here on OSGeo.org Workload and Tasks Recent and current items I'm working on ... Upgrading and supporting FOSS4G 2008 web site tools and database. Working on getting Annual Report 2007 approved and published. Also been handling finances for invoicing, expenses and general bookkeeping and reporting. Reviewing marketing communication strategy document and reading up on long term planning processes. Gathering general website and wiki stats. Reviewing Journal system for preparation of next issue. General ongoing communication. Cataloguing Contributor Agreements Received for GeoTools and FDO Reviewing US Export rules direction and issues from community projects Discussing synergies with wikieducator team Simmering on the Back Burner Slowly picking away at these items... Finalising 501c3 application process Reviewing message for community and sponsorship direction Identifying and contacting potential sponsors Paying/sending invoices, tracking financial books, building statements General email/phone communications Meet me at: Mobile Augmented Reality and Geospatial - Quebec City, August 28-29, 2008 (invited keynote) FOSS4G 2008 - Cape Town, Sept 29-Oct 3, 2008 Discussion and Debate Here are a few items that have come up for consideration or debate and that can use some further discussion: Organisation Direction - developing a vision for 2008/2009, including expanded programmes, budgets, performance metrics, etc. Conference Committee developing policy for 3rd Party delivered, OSGeo-branded events (e.g. "Teach-in") making more decisions about, and supporting, the system to be used by FOSS4G events Committee has been pretty quiet, does it need a boost or more volunteers? Marketing develop promotional material for use at events. Pre-printing and maybe some professional polish needed. Next steps being discussed on marketing list. new logo is almost ready and to be slowly rolled out. Some recommendations against this change, though some strong support for it too. FOSS4G 2008 Various event planning to be started soon: OSGeo booth, AGM, Board meeting, ED face-to-face, OSGeo presentations and more Journal could use an associate editor to help run the system/process