Face to Face Meeting Summer 2006

Meeting

The board has been discussing the idea of getting people together for a face-to-face meeting to establish, and work on, priorities. A meetup / workshop needs clear goals. If we could set them, this could be a really useful occasion.

When and Where

June 11th and 12th at the Autodesk San Rafael offices.

This is just preceeding the Where 2.0 conference June 13/14 in San Jose which is relatively nearby. (According to Google, San Rafael to San Jose is 67 miles / 74 minutes.)

Attendees

Board members and committee members of VisCom, WebCom and the Fundraising committees are encouraged to attend.

• Frank Warmerdam will attend.
• mpg could attend as a VisCom person (I will be at Where 13th-14th, unless I have to be at the OWS kickoff 13th-16th)
• Arnulf Christl will attend
• Jo Walsh will attend
• Dave McIlhagga will attend - likely arrive Sunday AM
• Gary Lang will attend
• Tyler Mitchell will attend (also from VisCom)
• please add availability for other people

Goals

For a one- or two- day meeting there need to be clear goals identifiable.

WebCom:

• OSGeo Web style established.
• Project style guidelines.
• Content plan completed.

Board:

• Briefing by Mark Lucus on open source related activities within DOD.
• Develop a 2005/2006 budget.
• General strategy discussions.
• Discuss the stated priorities and how we meet them
• Make sure that the VisCom is as focused on promoting OSGeo projects as it is OSGeo itself, (if not more?)
• Try to reach consensus on new projects to admit to incubation.

VisCom:

• Prepare conference presentation materials (for Where 2.0, and more general use).
• General strategy discussions.
• Outreach strategy

Logistics

• Best way to get from SFO to San Rafael?
• What arrival times are people having at SFO? Maybe possible to hire a car together?
• What hotels are near to venue?
  • "The closest hotel to our office (right next door) is the Embassy Suites"
• Best way to get from San Rafael to San Jose at end of meeting? Share a bus/van?