CGS 2008

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Event Owner
Alex Mandel(wildintellect) and Landon Blake
When
2-4 May 2008
Where
Chico, CA
What
Annual California Geographical Society Conference

We will be tabling for OSGeo at the California Geographical Society annual conference to spread the knowledge of FOSS tools in the local academic culture. This conference has high attendance from the Cal State University and Community College systems.

Budget

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

Item Cost Notes
Banner $52.75 Sent by racicot via UPS
Handouts $92.29(24.88 BW, 67.41 Color) TBA printed at Kinkos (by wildintellect)
Booth $75 Includes tables, do we have an internet connection? Need to book by April 15th.
Live CD or Software What should we hand out?
T-shirts/hats $0 For tablers, sent by Tyler
Demo Machines Borrowed For next time, the Gentoo liveCD or the GeoNetwork FOSS DVD.
Comp Fees for Volunteers? ~$75
Total $300 Estimate

Note: Landon Blake can provide a table and a computer for the booth.

Brochures / Handouts

Alex plans to print handouts and Kinkos on thursday before the meeting, what should he print?

File Name Quantity # of Color/BW
Generic Business Card(Just Osgeo, a slogan and the website), Exists? 150(15 sheets of 10) 15
QGIS,OpenLayers,Grass,Edu,GeoData 35 15/20
Ossim,MapServer,GeoNetwork,GDAL/OGR 25 5/20
MapGuide,MapBuilder,MapBender,GeoTools,FDO,GSoC 15 0/15

Talks and posters related to FOSS

When/Where Who What Software
Poster Session: Saturday, 9:00-2:00, Butte 503 Tara Athan, University of Leeds (student) “An Online Global Health Volunteering Opportunities Map”: OpenLayers
3C. Grad Papers, Sat 10:20-11:40, Butte 103 Michele Tobias, University of Calfironia, Davis “Armed Beaches: Coastal Plant Communities May Respond to Trampling with Armor” Python, SQLite, GDAL/OGR, R