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=== Other ===
 
=== Other ===
 
* local person to deal with venue's tech staff?
 
* local person to deal with venue's tech staff?
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=== Questions for Organising Committee ===
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- Number and dimension of rooms, tables (how many PCs /people can we fit in a room)
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=== Feedback from Past Conferences (things to note) ===
 
=== Feedback from Past Conferences (things to note) ===

Revision as of 14:40, 26 January 2007

FOSS4G 2007 Workshops

Committee Members

  • Jeff McKenna (chair)
  • Jason Birch
  • Aaron Racicot

First Meeting


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, ...)