FOSS4G 2017 Competition Committee

FOSS4G 2017 Competition Committee

This committee is dedicated to organising competitive events in the FOSS4G 2017 social program. We are at the moment primarily engaged in organising the Map Gallery, which includes submissions from children and adults, as well as the Iron Mapping competition.

Communication

All discussions and planning happen through the FOSS4G 2017 mailing list (subscribe)

Committee Members

1. Heather Hillers
2. Keith Jenkins
3. Paul Wickman
4. Jeff McKenna
5. your name here

Map Gallery

The Map Gallery is a open map competition that has been held at various FOSS4G conferences over the years and has always been well received. The Map Gallery will accept digital submissions of maps from adults and from children. Awards will be given for various categories of our choosing. Submissions will be publicly screened in a dedicated space through the duration of the event.

Submission: Conference goers can submit maps digitally through the conference web site. The Map Gallery will be advertised in the conference submission form, on the web site, on OSGeo user forums and on Twitter.

Awards and Recognition:

Various Award Categories will be selected by the committee. Conference goers can vote online for their favourite submissions. Winners will be announced at the closing ceremony. There will be an immaterial awards, such as Ivan Sanchez' voice on your answering machine. For children's categories a small material award might be considered. Each submission will have a guestbook on the online website, so that the map makers can get feedback on their submissions and communicate with the viewers.

Task List for 2017

1. Get notes on Map Gallery from Nottingham and Portland, if they exist.
2. Write Call for submissions Content for FOSS4G 2017 Web Site, Registration site, for Twitter, for user groups
3. Create Submission Site FOSS4G 2017 Home Page (copy from Portland or Nottingham)
4. Get space at Conference Venue sufficient for a large display, preferably wall space in the foyer or kiosk area.
5. Organise materials and hardware for display (large screen)
6. Come up with list of categories
7. Organize immaterial prizes
8. Also organise some sort of recognition (a pin or a certificate) for each children's submission
9. organise an announcement at opening session
10. organise an announcement and prizes at closing session

Iron Mapping

Back in 2012, Diana Sinton organized an "Iron Mapper" event at Cornell University. Inspired by "Iron Chefs", participants were tasked with creating a map within 30 minutes (or maybe 60 minutes, I can't remember). Each map had to use a specific dataset (the "secret ingredient") that was revealed at the start of the event. I think some other basic datasets were provided, but participants were allow to download and use any other data they wanted to use. At the end, each person showed their map, and described what they did (maybe 1 minute each?) and then we all voted (somehow) on our favorites, and a couple prizes were awarded to the winners. It was great to see the variety of maps that were produced, and also what could be accomplished in a short amount of time. This could be a fun addition to FOSS4G, and the resulting maps could possibly be funneled into a larger Map Gallery, or not, depending on the wishes of the map gallery folks. It could just be a stand-alone event.

Task List for 2017

1. Get Diane Stinton on the committee
2. Organise a room/space for the event
3. Find Master of Ceremonies: someone to pick the "secret ingredient" dataset and explain the rules
4. Get someone to manage the submissions
5. Get someone to organize the voting