IRC meetings at #foss4g channel, irc.freenode.net

Next IRC meeting

Proposed agenda

As Jeff suggested, we will try to fix a calendar for the next important steps:

Plan for a deadline for presenters to provide full software requirements (versions etc)
Deadline for submitting materials
Plan for the machine setup

Make a wiki page to track all of the meetings (this one).
Create OSGeo FTP account, where instructors will put materials. One folder each workshop, with three subfolders: software; install and testing instructions; print materials. (Jeff McKenna's task).
Deadline for software and materials: 5th July. (August is specially improductive @ Spain).
Virtualbox client will be installed in all computers.
LOC should be aware that there's a need for 1 volunteer per classroom (access control, materials delivery), and handy technicians from the university during workshops.
LOC should decide on budget for tutorial printed materials.
Tutorials as hands-on experiences, with participants bringing their own laptop/netbook, don't succeed. It is better that tutorials are conceived as extended presentations, that can be followed without the software running in own's machine.
Oscar Fonts proposal: Try to use local geodatasets. Local volunteers are needed. Make a call @OSGeo-es and see.
Next meeting will be in a week +2 hours, so Eastern Canada people can participate.