AAG 2010

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Association of American Geographers annual conference.

2010 Conference

Washington D.C., April 12-18, 2010 Meeting Homepage

OSGeo Sessions

Note: Open Source software falls under the Cyber-Infrastructure Specialty Group of the AAG.

There are 2 Open Source Sessions and one panel related to FOSS4G this year:

Sessions:

   4143 Open Source Tools & Standards in GISc Research and Education (I)
   Saturday, 4/17/10, 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Wilson B, Marriott Mezzanine Level
   4243 Open Source Tools & Standards in GISc Research and Education (II)
   Saturday, 4/17/10, 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Wilson B, Marriott Mezzanine Level

Panel:

   2659 Open Source Software for GIS and Spatial Analysis
   Thursday, 4/15/10, 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Capitol, Omni Shoreham


Related Sessions

    3124 Agency briefing on Cyberinfrastructure
    Friday, 4/16/10, 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Harding, Marriott Mezzanine Level
    2842 Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group Business Meeting
    Thursday, 4/15/10, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM in Wilson A, Marriott Mezzanine Level

OSGeo Booth

2009 booth was great, we should do it again. We have a non-binding reservation on a booth already. See the [floorplan] Exhibit Hall will be open Thursday, 15 - Sunday 18

  • Eric Wolf is in charge.
  • Andrew Turner will be working on marketing and local sponsorship.

To Do List

  • Turn in Paperwork - Jan 29

Materials

Booth

Sessions

Volunteers

Name and specialty

Schedule

Exhibit Hall Schedule:

April 15-18, 2010
Thursday            7:15 pm - 9 pm
Friday - Saturday   9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday              9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Please put your name in the grid below for times you can cover. It would be nice to have at least two people at the booth at all times. We need the most coverage Thursday evening and Friday and Saturday at lunch time.

Time Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
9:30-11:00 XXXXXXXXX ebwolf (starting at 10am) ebwolf
11:00-12:30 XXXXXXXXX ebwolf ebwolf
12:30-2:00 XXXXXXXXX ebwolf
2:00-3:30 XXXXXXXXX ebwolf
3:30-5:30 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
7:15-9:00 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX

Proposed Budget

List of Items we need and proposed budget request from the Marketing team.

Item Cost Notes
Banner NA Get an Exhibition Pack
Table Skirt NA Get an Exhibition Pack
Handouts NA We gave out 400+ at AAG 2009
Booth $1000+$150+120/ (non-profit price)+(power & table & chairs) Pricing will be similar to 2009
Booth Other NA NA
Live CD/DVD or Software NA NA
T-shirts/hats/pins NA NA
Demo Machines Personal Laptops $0 [Live DVD]
Comp Fees for Staffing? $0 A few meals maybe?
Banner/Skirt to next event $0
Total NA Estimate/~Final

Sponsors/Funding Sources

These are ideas for where to try and get funds for the booth.

OSGeo Social

Anyone want to schedule a social?

Time: TBD

Place: TBD

Who: Anyone interested in Open Source Geo

Why: To get together to chat socially about stuff over some beer and bar food or maybe a buffet?

Directions:


Ideas

  1. Do we want to do a workshop, Deadline is Oct 1

Other Ideas:

Ideas (Claim one and move it up above with your name, and submit your abstract ASAP)