CGS 2008
- Event Owner
- Alex Mandel(wildintellect) and Landon Blake
- When
- 2-4 May 2008
- Where
- Chico, CA
We will be tabling for OSGeo at the California Geographical Society annual conference to spread the knowledge of FOSS tools in the local academic culture. This conference has high attendance from the Cal State University and Community College systems.
List of Items we need and proposed budget request from the Marketing team.
| Item | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Banner | $52.75 | Sent by racicot via UPS |
| Handouts | $50 | TB printed at Kinkos |
| Booth | $75 | Includes tables, do we have an internet connection? Need to book by April 15th. |
| Live CD or Software | What should we hand out? | |
| T-shirts | $0 | For tablers, sent by Tyler |
| Demo Machines | Borrowed | Maybe we should run a copy of the Gentoo liveCD with the whole stack. |
| Comp Fees for Volunteers? | ~$100 | |
| Total | $300 | Estimate |
Note: Landon Blake can provide a table and a computer for the booth.
Brochures / Handouts
- See the Marketing brochures etc at http://osgeo.org/visibility
Alex plans to print handouts and Kinkos on thursday before the meeting, what should he print?
| File Name | Quantity | Color(Y/N) |
|---|---|---|
| Generic Business Card(Just Osgeo, a slogan and the website), Exists? | 100?(10 sheets of 10) | Y |
| QGIS,OpenLayers,Grass,Edu,GDAL/OGR,GeoData | Y | |
| Ossim,MapServer,GeoNetwork | Y | |
| MapGuide,MapBuilder,MapBender,GeoTools,FDO | 20 | N |
| When/Where | Who | What | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poster Session: Saturday, 9:00-2:00, Butte 503 | Tara Athan, University of Leeds (student) | “An Online Global Health Volunteering Opportunities Map”: | OpenLayers |
| 3C. Grad Papers, Sat 10:20-11:40, Butte 103 | Michele Tobias, University of Calfironia, Davis | “Armed Beaches: Coastal Plant Communities May Respond to Trampling with Armor” | Python, SQLite, GDAL/OGR, R |