FOSS4G2007 Workshops

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, ...)