FOSS4G2007 Workshops

FOSS4G 2007 Workshops

Committee Members

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

First Meeting

• date: 01/26/07
  
• time: 1PM PST
  
• IRC Channel: #foss4g2007 on irc.freenode.net (or http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi)
  

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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

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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?

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, ...)