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| + | === Volunteers === | ||
| + | * Alex Mandel | ||
| + | * Stacey Ellis | ||
| + | * Michael Treichler | ||
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| + | === Schedule === | ||
| + | Should we set this based on session times for talks so people can go to talks when not at the booth? | ||
Exhibit hall is only open 3 days out of the 7 day conference. | Exhibit hall is only open 3 days out of the 7 day conference. | ||
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Revision as of 23:20, 16 October 2008
Association of American Geographers annual conference.
2009 Conference
Las Vegas, March 22-27, 2009 Meeting Homepage
OSGeo Sessions
We'd like to try and organize 2 or 3 sessions on Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) in Geography Alex Mandel and Stacey Ellis from the University of California, Davis will be organizing please contact them if you plan to give a talk and would like to be part of the sessions.
Deadline to submit for talks is Oct 16, 2008(Extended until Nov 13, 2008), see the call for abstracts
What's on the books:
Title: Free and Open Source solutions for Geographers I Description:Case studies and general overviews of free software and data sources as applied to geography. Including neogeography tools, virtual globes, collaborative web portals, web mapping, GIS, remote sensing and statistics. This session aims to educate the general geography community about end user opportunities to implement cutting edge Free and Open Source solutions in your research. Anticipated Attendance: 40
Title: Free and Open Source Software solutions for Geographers II Description:Case studies and in depth technical discussions of free software and data sources as applied to geography. Including neogeography tools, virtual globes, collaborative web portals, web mapping, GIS, remote sensing and statistics. This session aims to explore the complexities and specifics of using cutting edge Free and Open Source solutions in geographical research. Anticipated Attendance: 25
Other Ideas:
- Plan A
- Session 1:Introduction to FOSS in Geography
- Session 2:FOSS Case Studies - What you did, what you used and why.
- Session 3:Technical FOSS - talks that throw in the technical talk.
- Plan B
- Session 1:FOSS in Qualitative Geography
- Session 2:FOSS in Quantitative Geography
Talks
Proposed or Confirmed General
- Alex Mandel - Overview of Open Source tools for Geography
- Michael Treichler - Using open source in the food distribution industry.
- Stacey Ellis - Geography of Wiki's and Wiki Geography
Techie
- Andrew Turner - OpenStreetMap
- Helena Mitasova - Advanced Open Source GIS
- Brian Hamlin - Intro to PostGIS
Ideas (Claim one and move it up above with your name, and submit your abstract ASAP)
- Open Source - Community websites (Content Management, Wiki etc)
- Open Street Map - Free Wiki Based Road Data
- Open Source Business Case (slides available from lisasoft)
- LiveDVD GIS
OSGeo Booth
It's about time we have booth at the US's largest geography conference. Also note it does attract a considerable foreign crowd.
Volunteers
- Alex Mandel
- Stacey Ellis
- Michael Treichler
- Michele Tobias
Schedule
Should we set this based on session times for talks so people can go to talks when not at the booth? Exhibit hall is only open 3 days out of the 7 day conference.
- Tuesday, March 24 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 25 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Thursday, March 26 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Proposed Budget
List of Items we need and proposed budget request from the Marketing team.
| Item | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Banner | $ | Sent from? |
| Table Skirt | $ | Sent from ? |
| Handouts | $500 | How many - 1000? there will be 7000+ attendees at the conference. |
| Booth | $1000 (non-profit price) | Includes tables, do we have an internet connection? Need to book by ASAP. |
| Live CD/DVD or Software | $200 | In the works, Live GIS Disc, how many? |
| T-shirts/hats | $0 | How many tablers |
| Demo Machines | Borrow or Rent? | For next time, the Gentoo liveCD or the GeoNetwork FOSS DVD. |
| Comp Fees for Staffing? | $500-1000 | Fly Tyler or a Board Member, a Marketing Team member or ? |
| Banner/Skirt to next event | Send where? | |
| Total | $3000/~TBD | Estimate/~Final(?) |
Funding Sources
These are ideas for where to try and get funds for the booth.
- OSGEO - ?
- Universities - ?
- Open Source specialized companies - ? CloudMade?
OSGeo Social
Anyone want to schedule a social?
Time: TBD
Place: TBD
Who: Anyone interested in Open Source Geo
Why: To get together to chat socially about stuff over some beer and bar food or maybe a buffet?
Directions:
To Do List
- Get support from marketing team for a booth
- It's $1000 for a non-profit and there are 8 spots left
- Get speakers for the sessions
- Ask the Edu group to talk about it at FOSS4G.
- Register the sessions
Last years AAG was in Boston, see the list of osgeo related speakers
Ideas
- Do we want to do a workshop, Deadline is Oct 1