| 07:04:53 | oertz: | Do we start ? |
| 07:05:02 | lmaurer: | Ok for me ! |
| 07:05:04 | helena: | I am ready |
| 07:05:09 | oertz: | 30 min available for me |
| 07:05:16 | lmaurer: | me too |
| 07:05:24 | FrankW: | I'm here. |
| 07:05:32 | jmckenna: | k |
| 07:05:47 | helena: | we have a hole in the program on thursday - I assume that the speaker cannot come |
| 07:06:09 | oertz: | yes, some have declined |
| 07:06:33 | helena: | should we move e.g. the siting mobile stations talk from Friday to that slot and shift everything on friday one talk up? |
| 07:07:23 | FrankW: | Making room on Friday seems desirable |
| 07:08:39 | oertz: | could be odne yes |
| 07:08:42 | oertz: | done |
| 07:09:09 | helena: | will it show up in Indico? |
| 07:10:04 | oertz: | ok let's shift this, I will see with Claude, he is in charge of the indico timetable |
| 07:10:29 | lmaurer: | He will do it this night..... he is unavailable now... |
| 07:10:38 | oertz: | ;- ) |
| 07:11:25 | oertz: | do you have more remark to do on the scheduling of the presentations ? |
| 07:11:34 | oertz: | markus are you there ? |
| 07:11:52 | helena: | for the chairs I suggest thu morning Jim, afternoon Markus, Fri. morning Helena ( S12 ) but I need suggestion for S11 GRASS and Web |
| 07:12:48 | oertz: | that's a tricky point, who can/want to be chair |
| 07:13:07 | helena: | yes it is |
| 07:13:08 | oertz: | ok helena for S12 |
| 07:13:23 | oertz: | now for S11 and all other sessions |
| 07:14:13 | helena: | Jim W S3 morning Markus S3 afternoon |
| 07:14:32 | helena: | but I will have to ask them |
| 07:15:08 | oertz: | what about choosing someone from the session ? |
| 07:15:34 | oertz: | oh yes, you said if she/he has a talk, it's hard to concentrate on the session , sure ! |
| 07:15:42 | lmaurer: | I think it is a good idea ! |
| 07:15:50 | helena: | we already discussed that it is tricky and usually not done because the chair then has to focus on both his presentation and others |
| 07:16:05 | FrankW: | Amoung other things the session chair needs to watch the clock for the speakers. |
| 07:16:28 | oertz: | yes, he needs to be very strict for the timing |
| 07:16:36 | helena: | yes, and make sure that everybody is there before the session and their talk works |
| 07:16:41 | lmaurer: | we can say a presenter of the morning is chairs the afternoon and vice-versa |
| 07:16:55 | helena: | that can work |
| 07:17:19 | lmaurer: | what do you think oertz |
| 07:17:33 | oertz: | does not work for friday |
| 07:18:21 | lmaurer: | Ok, so let us choose someone just for friday |
| 07:18:25 | oertz: | but it's a good idea, I do not really see another solution rather than a mailing to everyone and ask for volunteers |
| 07:19:14 | lmaurer: | it could be a solution for friday |
| 07:19:20 | FrankW: | I would agree, we can call for volunteers and if that isn't enough start strong arming people into it. |
| 07:19:56 | oertz: | do we make this call only for Friday ? |
| 07:20:07 | lmaurer: | yes I think |
| 07:20:43 | lmaurer: | it is better to have chairs who know the subject |
| 07:21:05 | FrankW: | .. and at least some of the speakers. |
| 07:21:18 | lmaurer: | you right :- ) |
| 07:21:42 | lmaurer: | => do we need to ask all presenter a small presentation of some words ? |
| 07:21:59 | lmaurer: | so he can give it to the chair |
| 07:22:01 | FrankW: | Do we have "bios" for presenters? |
| 07:22:20 | FrankW: | If not, the session chairs will need to get a bit of background on each presenter. Either from them, or based on previous knowledge. |
| 07:22:34 | oertz: | yep, that's right |
| 07:22:38 | lmaurer: | I think it could be a good idea to ask the chairs to prepare something |
| 07:22:58 | lmaurer: | he will make a contact directly with the presenter because we will not |
| 07:23:07 | lmaurer: | have time to prepare it for him |
| 07:23:30 | lmaurer: | what to you think oertz ; ) |
| 07:23:58 | helena: | I planned to ask the chairs to contact rpesenters from their session, make sure that they are actually comming and they can get a short bio from them at the same time |
| 07:24:15 | lmaurer: | ok for me |
| 07:24:19 | FrankW: | sounds good as long as we provide contact info. |
| 07:24:33 | helena: | the emails are on the abstract page |
| 07:24:50 | oertz: | so, let's see for voluntters for session chairs, and ask them to contact speakers to compile some "bios" |
| 07:25:01 | helena: | but I am not sure whether everybody sees it - I guess yes |
| 07:25:27 | oertz: | helean : yes |
| 07:25:39 | lmaurer: | voluntters only for friday isn't it ? |
| 07:26:05 | FrankW: | Well, we would still have to approach specific presenters for the earlier sessions, right? |
| 07:26:40 | oertz: | we could generalize the mailing process for all days |
| 07:27:21 | FrankW: | When you talk about a mailing, is it to all presenters? |
| 07:27:47 | lmaurer: | ok for me, I am just afraid of the work to do just to make the planning of chairs !!! |
| 07:27:49 | helena: | it would be nice if the committee member from say mapserver community suggested the chairs for mapserver related sessions etc. That way most of us just have to talk to 3-4 people |
| 07:28:05 | FrankW: | I would suggest mailing all presenters for volunteers and then start approaching individual presenters if we still have holes to fill. |
| 07:28:31 | oertz: | luc : we will do our best |
| 07:29:04 | lmaurer: | sure we will do our best :- ) => I will help you... |
| 07:29:12 | helena: | Frank: with that approach you may get too many responses to handle ( or too little ) |
| 07:29:36 | FrankW: | helena: true |
| 07:29:42 | FrankW: | likely too little. |
| 07:30:01 | helena: | the that would not be such a problem |
| 07:31:09 | jmckenna: | i have a few questions that i'd like to squeeze in |
| 07:32:02 | helena: | go ahead |
| 07:32:50 | : | * markus_N chimes in |
| 07:33:06 | jmckenna: | i'm curious of registration numbers now |
| 07:33:38 | oertz: | luc ? |
| 07:33:44 | helena: | you can get it from indico and see exactly who is coming |
| 07:33:47 | lmaurer: | in 2 minutes ! |
| 07:33:56 | jmckenna: | i mean totals |
| 07:34:22 | oertz: | just for session chairs : let's think on targetting our mailing towards really potential session chair, and ask communities |
| 07:34:46 | FrankW: | oertz: sounds ok |
| 07:34:54 | lmaurer: | Social Event 313 |
| 07:34:54 | lmaurer: | Conférence 436 |
| 07:34:54 | lmaurer: | Workshop 363 |
| 07:35:11 | jmckenna: | thanks also, do "sponsor presentations" on Wednesday morning need a title for the program? |
| 07:35:20 | jmckenna: | ( thanks lmaurer ) |
| 07:35:35 | lmaurer: | no problem |
| 07:36:34 | jmckenna: | and finally i am curious of the plans for the final panel discussion |
| 07:37:10 | oertz: | we need to ask Tyler for moderator |
| 07:37:18 | oertz: | ( have to leave in 3 min ) |
| 07:37:54 | jmckenna: | who is to be on the panel? |
| 07:38:22 | oertz: | Westervelt, Schuyler, Warmerdam, Ramsey, Venka, Mcilhagga, Tiemann ) + moderator Tyler Mitchell |
| 07:38:41 | jmckenna: | k thanks |
| 07:38:51 | oertz: | but we have to mail them and confirm |
| 07:39:18 | helena: | should you ask Jo to be there as well? to get the data related issues |
| 07:39:30 | jmckenna: | great idea |
| 07:39:34 | oertz: | ( sorry have to leave, back in 2 hours ) |
| 07:39:52 | flag: | ( help needed for confbook: does anybody know where we could find Aaron's osgeo vector drawings in another format than corel draw :-/ ) |
| 07:40:09 | lmaurer: | jmckenna : I don't think so => it is just a presentation of company and/or product of 5 minutes => it's more like a Lightning Talks |
| 07:40:32 | markus_N: | flag: did you ask him? Maybe he can export |
| 07:40:34 | jmckenna: | lmaurer: ok thanks lmaurer, i will pass that info on here |
| 07:41:45 | markus_N: | ( should be Aaron Koning <aaronkoning@gmail.com> ) |
| 07:42:01 | flag: | ( thx ) |
| 07:42:10 | helena: | markus, do you have any suggestion for session chair friday morning ( python and image processing ) |
| 07:42:13 | markus_N: | olala: Aaron Koning ( aaronkoning@gmail.com ) |
| 07:42:24 | helena: | I have you for thutsday afternoon, Jim for the morning |
| 07:42:31 | markus_N: | Alessandro Frigeri |
| 07:42:54 | markus_N: | he is involved in the ESA Mars mission and presents the GRASS-Python interface |
| 07:43:13 | : | * markus_N doesn't remember his session |
| 07:43:28 | markus_N: | 'geoalf' in IRC |
| 07:44:00 | helena: | Alessandro is speaker in that session so I need somebody else, I don't know Aaron |
| 07:44:28 | markus_N: | ah. nor me... Maybe Ari knows him and can recommend |
| 07:44:59 | FrankW: | I would be willing to chair python and image processing session. |
| 07:46:53 | FrankW: | Isn't Aaron Koning a mapguide fellow? Did the OSGeo logo? |
| 07:46:53 | helena: | that is great - that is Friday morning S11 |
| 07:48:31 | jmckenna: | for the record oertz and i are compiling workshop requirements, so the work ( building the installer ) will be a priority now ( making sure all needed software is installed )...big job. |
| 07:50:07 | markus_N: | jmckenna: am I right that the GRASS workshops are not affected since they do the liveCD thing? |
| 07:50:35 | jmckenna: | jmckenna: correct |
| 07:50:58 | markus_N: | ok thanks |
| 07:51:16 | jmckenna: | ha oops |
| 07:54:40 | lmaurer: | concerning Sol Katz => everything is OK ? |
| 07:54:56 | lmaurer: | do you need support from local committee ? |
| 07:55:01 | FrankW: | yes, I believe so. |
| 07:55:07 | jmckenna: | yes, call for nominations close 31st |
| 07:55:12 | FrankW: | I don't forsee anything needed, other than the time slot. |
| 07:56:35 | lmaurer: | ok for time slot :- ) |
| 08:02:57 | lmaurer: | FrankW => do you have news concerning the editorial for the conference book ? |
| 08:03:21 | : | * FrankW stared at a blank page for some time and blinked. |
| 08:03:30 | FrankW: | But I'm feeling very guity about it. |
| 08:03:40 | FrankW: | Right now, I'm struggling to finish the keynote abstract. |
| 08:03:58 | FrankW: | The keynote abstract was supposed to be about 200 words, is that right? |
| 08:04:05 | FrankW: | And the editorial about 400? |
| 08:05:55 | FrankW: | I have this for my keynote, does it look ok? http://rafb.net/paste/results/lkS3r626.html |
| 08:06:49 | lmaurer: | right for both ! |
| 08:07:55 | FrankW: | OK, for today I need to focus on preparing my projections presentation ( to give a test run at OSGeo Ottawa meeting tomorrow ) and the editorial. |
| 08:08:43 | FrankW: | Can you provide some numbers for the past conference attendances for my "we are growing" thing in the editorial? |
| 08:09:32 | lmaurer: | I have to ask claude for that |
| 08:11:16 | lmaurer: | keynote abstract sounds good => can I send it to the "redaction" :- ) |
| 08:12:01 | lmaurer: | ( sorry I have to leave, back in 2 hours too ) |
| 08:12:08 | FrankW: | yes, please consider it a formal submission. |
| 08:12:15 | FrankW: | hmm, that was quick. |
| 08:12:35 | FrankW: | So, is the meeting deferred till oertz and/or lmaurer return? |
| 08:13:08 | jmckenna: | FrankW: i believe OSGIS/MUM2 was 200 roughly. OSG05/MUM3 was 300 roughly. FOSS/GRASS 04 - prob around 200 |
| 08:13:39 | FrankW: | And MUM1? |
| 08:14:07 | jmckenna: | not sure about that one ( i went back to school during that one ) |
| 08:15:06 | FrankW: | and I never made it. I figured this whole "mapserver thing" would blow over. :- ) |
| 08:15:47 | jmckenna: | i'd guess 100 |
| 08:17:19 | jmckenna: | danmo might be able to give u numbers on brazil conference |
| 08:17:40 | FrankW: | I think that's enough. |
| 08:17:55 | FrankW: | I just want to give a sense of our growth, and not use completely inaccurate numbers. |
| 08:30:53 | flag: | FranK? |
| 08:32:21 | FrankW: | flag; yes? |
| 08:32:38 | flag: | http://rafb.net/paste/results/lkS3r626.html doesn't seem to respond |
| 08:33:17 | flag: | I need your keynote content ; ) |
| 08:34:01 | FrankW: | Where would you like to email it? The url does work for me by the way. |
| 08:34:11 | flag: | ooops sorry ( ok with msie, timeout with FF??? ) |
| 08:34:26 | FrankW: | ok with my FF. |
| 08:34:34 | FrankW: | so you have it? |
| 08:40:51 | flag: | yes |
| 08:41:02 | flag: | thx |
| 11:32:31 | lmaurer: | FrankW => did you send your photo to Claude or not ? |
| 11:33:12 | FrankW: | Photo, no I forgot. |
| 11:34:27 | lmaurer: | Do you have one ? |
| 11:35:01 | FrankW: | I have a reasonable picture taken at OSGeo'02 that I'd like to use. Looking for it now. |
| 11:35:17 | FrankW: | I should say the '04 conference. |
| 11:35:20 | lmaurer: | OK thanks |
| 11:36:18 | FrankW: | http://home.gdal.org/warmerda/osgeo.jpg |
| 11:36:46 | FrankW: | The only real alternative to that I have handy is: |
| 11:37:13 | FrankW: | http://home.gdal.org/warmerda/Frank2.png |
| 11:37:14 | FrankW: | Which is a bit on the formal side! |
| 11:41:21 | lmaurer: | FrankW many thanks I will send these links to the person who is responsable of the conference book => he will choose :- ) |
| 11:42:15 | FrankW: | ok |
| 12:40:34 | pona: | ( 18:08:41 ) FrankW: Can you provide some numbers for the past conference attendances for my "we are growing" thing in the editorial?warmer |
| 12:40:34 | pona: | To answer to your question: from what I remember: |
| 12:40:42 | pona: | mum1 : around 90 |
| 12:40:50 | pona: | mum2 : was not there should ask jeff |
| 12:40:56 | pona: | mum3 : around 300 |
| 12:41:13 | lmaurer: | read the log....at the end |
| 12:41:25 | pona: | foss4g2006: around 450 ( more if we count separatly attendees coming only to workshop or conference ) |
| 12:41:25 | FrankW: | great, thanks |
| 18:38:34 | : | * spatialguru comes expecting answers : ) |
