Difference between revisions of "Face to Face Meeting Seattle 2012"

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Meeting

As many board members as possible (and potentially others contributing to OSGeo) are planning to meet for two days.

When and Where

Pre IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012 in Seattle, 4th and 5th February (Saturday and Sunday).
9AM to 5PM on Saturday and 9AM to Noon on Sunday.
Cedarboork Lodge near the Seattle airport (http://www.cedarbrooklodge.com/)
- venue includes wireless internet access, lodging, conference room, breakfast/lunch/snacks during meeting, etc

Attendees

Board Members

Frank Warmerdam (arrive Saturday morning, leaving Sunday evening)
Arnulf Christl (Friday and Saturday over night, leaving Sunday pm)
Jeff McKenna
mpg -- arriving Saturday morning (8am), leaving Sunday afternoon (after meeting ends)
Daniel Morissette -- arriving Friday night, leaving Sunday pm
Peter Batty - arriving Friday night, leaving Sunday afternoon (flight at 3:09pm, so need to leave at 1pm or so)
Mark Lucas -- arriving Friday night, leaving Monday (I'll pay the extra day)
Jo Cook -- arriving Friday, leaving Monday (I'll pay the extra obviously)

Sunday guests:

Paul Ramsey
Aaron Racicot

Agenda

Friday evening: informal group dinner [if sufficient people around]

Saturday
- 8:30am - continental breakfast
- 11:00am - morning snack
- 1:00pm - lunch
- 3:00pm - afternoon snack
- 5:00pm - meeting adjourn
- 6:00pm - group dinner (on-site, CopperLeaf Restaurant)

Sunday
- 8:30am - continental breakfast
- 11:00am - morning snack
- 1:00pm - lunch
- 3:00pm - afternoon snack
- 5:00pm - meeting adjourn

Discussion Topics

Official chapter status http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nederlands
Strategic mission, goals
Our budgeting process
FY2012 budget
Thoughts on sponsorships (see note below)
Jeff & the Beijing trip - what happened?

Misc Notes

mpg received the following email note about sponsorship of OSGeo:

I've been a consumer of Mapserver and supporting tools for years. I have never had much interest in getting down into the weeds of developing it. I was content to use the tools and accept the progress that was made.

I remember having a conversation in Victoria with one of the developers (can't remember who) about an enhancement I wanted to scalebars. The conversation quickly got into way more specification, implementation, and contract detail than I cared about. I had cash ready to support it but it just felt like too much effort to get the work done, so I never followed through.

The logo/sponsor thing on the OSGeo home page was useless to me. I'm not a Mapserver consultant, and there's no reason for me to pay for presence there--I would just be advertising to peers.

The codesprint sponsorship feels like a way to throw money in the direction of development that will benefit me (and the community too, of course), without having to become a program manager. I'm happy to trust the people involved to continue to do good engineering, to say no to bad ideas and feature requests, and to generally improve the state of the tools. I'm sure there must be other organizations who would like to support development, but would like a similarly frictionless way to do it.

Airport Shuttle Info

(from the Cedarbrook folks)

SEATAC AIRPORT to CEDARBROOK LODGE SHUTTLE: The airport shuttle picks up from ISLAND 1 or 3 in the parking garage. Follow the signs for ground transportation which will take you across the sky bridge to the parking garage. Go down one floor where there are 3 islands for shuttle pick up. There is a courtesy phone at ISLAND 1 or 3 with direct dial to Cedarbrook (#56). Please call once you arrive at ISLAND 1 or 3, at this time we will dispatch the driver for pickup. Cedarbrook is approximately ten minutes from the airport.

Address: 18525 36th Avenue South, SeaTac, WA 98188 Reception Desk: 866.901.9268 or 206.901.9268

CEDARBROOK LODGE to SEATAC AIRPORT SHUTTLE: Reservations are required for return shuttles to the airport. Please make your reservation with one of our Front Desk Guest Service Agents. The shuttle departs Cedarbrook on the hour & half-hour. Reservations may be made in person or by calling the reception desk at 206.901.3268. Shuttles drop off at ISLAND 1 or 3.

Please note our shuttle is not permitted to wait or circle the airport in compliance with Port of Seattle/SeaTac International Airport regulations.

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 * Our budgeting process
 * FY2012 budget
+* Thoughts on sponsorships (see note below)
+* Jeff & the Beijing trip - what happened?
+===Misc Notes===
+mpg received the following email note about sponsorship of OSGeo:
+''I've been a consumer of Mapserver and supporting tools for years. I have never had much interest in getting down into the weeds of developing it. I was content to use the tools and accept the progress that was made.''
+''I remember having a conversation in Victoria with one of the developers (can't remember who) about an enhancement I wanted to scalebars. The conversation quickly got into way more specification, implementation, and contract detail than I cared about. I had cash ready to support it but it just felt like too much effort to get the work done, so I never followed through.''
+''The logo/sponsor thing on the OSGeo home page was useless to me. I'm not a Mapserver consultant, and there's no reason for me to pay for presence there--I would just be advertising to peers.''
+''The codesprint sponsorship feels like a way to throw money in the direction of development that will benefit me (and the community too, of course), without having to become a program manager. I'm happy to trust the people involved to continue to do good engineering, to say no to bad ideas and feature requests, and to generally improve the state of the tools. I'm sure there must be other organizations who would like to support development, but would like a similarly frictionless way to do it.''
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 == Airport Shuttle Info ==