FOSS4G2007 Workshops
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FOSS4G 2007 Workshops
Committee Members
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Jason Birch
- Aaron Racicot
- Olivier Ertz
- Dave Patton
Call For Workshops Content
Title (70 characters)
Short Description (50 words)
Long Description (400 words)
Format
- 3 hr lab (computers), or
- 3 hr class, or
- 1.5 hr lab (to run during conference)
- 1.5 hr class (to run during conference)
Technical Requirements
- Provided Windows XP workstations, or
- Provided CentOS (??) VMWare machine, or
- Instructor-provided LiveCD, or
- N/A
User Level
- Beginner
- Advanced
- Developer
User Prerequisites (platform, applications, development languages, etc...)
Presenter Name
Presenter Affiliation (if any)
Presenter Coordinates
Presenter Biography (200 words)
First Meeting
- date: 01/26/07
- time: 1PM PST
- IRC Channel: #foss4g2007 on irc.freenode.net (or via Web: http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi) (Log)
Workshop Duration and Scheduling
http://www.foss4g2007.org/program_overview.html
Hardware
- 40 computers in the rental budget
- another 20 slated as loaners from Nanaimo
- other options? (bring-your-own etc.)
Room Availability
?
Call for Abstracts
- by when?
- interface for abstract submission? (something similar to FOSS4G2006's Indico?)
Software Installation
- LiveCD for Linux
- MS4W installer for Windows
- other?
- attendees come with laptops and software installed?
Other
- local person to deal with venue's tech staff?
Questions for Organising Committee
- Number and dimension of rooms, tables (how many PCs /people can we fit in a room)
Feedback from Past Conferences (things to note)
- overcrowded workshops are bad
- registrants could possibly list their "top 4" workshop selections
- LiveCD for linux workshops very successful
- grouping workshops by room "theme" successful (MapServer room, GRASS room, ...)