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Revision as of 14:52, 10 December 2008
Purpose
Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger problems. We have chosen a mid-North American location because this code sprint is targeting members of the "C Tribe" (eg, Mapserver, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS, MapGuide) and many members of the "C Tribe" are clustered in the area. Toronto is also a major travel hub, for sprinters traveling from afar. Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course, but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.
Sponsors
We are seeking five sponsors each willing to provide a $500 sponsorship that will be put towards venue, internet and lunch costs.
Thanks to our sponsors so far!
Timing
When: Saturday March 7 - Tuesday March 10, 2009.
Duration: Four days from approximately 9am-4pm
Venue
Bond Place Hotel
65 Dundas Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 2G8, Canada
Telephone: +01 416 362 6061
Toll Free: 1 800 268 9390
Fax: +01 416 360 6406
When reserving, please specify "OSGeo" as the block name. There are 15 rooms under the OSGeo block name. The block rate is $79/night.
Costs
Participants should plan for the following costs:
- Travel to Toronto, variable depending on where you are.
- Accommodation for four nights, $160 to $400 depending on what room you choose and whether you room share.
- Shared venue cost, $50 to $0 depending on whether we can arrange sponsors.
- Meals. Dinners at least, we may be able to cover lunches/morning snacks if we can find sponsors.
Participation
We are planning for attendance of 20-40. Please add your name and the projects you are hoping to sprint on, if you have a strong intention to attend.
- Paul Ramsey (PostGIS, Mapserver, Proj)
- Tom Kralidis (MapServer, Mapbuilder)
- Frank Warmerdam (GDAL/OGR, PROJ.4, MapServer, QGIS, OSGeo4W)
- Thomas Bonfort (MapServer)
- Howard Butler (MapServer, GeoDjango, GDAL, CS-Map, spatialreference.org) attendance confirmed
- Jeff McKenna (MapServer docs, MS4W)
- Steve Lime (MapServer)
- Daniel Morissette (MapServer, GDAL/OGR)
- Yewondwossen Assefa (MapServer)
- Andrew Ross (or someone else from Ingres) (GEOS, GDAL/OGR, Proj.4, CS-Map)
- Denise MacLeod (GEOS)
- Chuck Thibert (GEOS)
- possibly 1 or 2 LizardTech engineers (Michael P. Gerlek as contact point), for GDAL & friends
- Leo Hsu and Regina Obe (PostGIS, GEOS, Mapserver)
- Olivier Courtin (PostGIS, TinyOWS)
Planning
- Extra items that would be useful (please sign up if you can bring)
- Wireless hub
- Wireless hub
- Projector
- Screen
If you would like to room share,
- Reserve a room at the hotel, choosing a type with more than one bed.
- Put your name in this section, indicating the amount of space in your room.
Put your names below:
- A has a double room, needs a roommate.
- B has a triple room, needs two roommates.
Individual Preparation
- Bring your own computer
- Install subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible.