| 04:40:41 | CIA-54: | osgeo: yjacolin * r1292 /journal/volume_4/fr/translators.txt: update translator and proof reader. |
| 04:40:41 | sigq: | osgeofeed: Changeset [1292]: update translator and proof reader. <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1292> |
| 11:56:31 | pramsey: | come one, come all http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Toronto_Code_Sprint_2009 |
| 11:56:32 | sigq: | Title: Toronto Code Sprint 2009 - OSGeo Wiki ( at wiki.osgeo.org ) |
| 12:02:06 | FrankW: | pramsey: I imagine that the GDAL project would be prepared to fund at least part of the food/venue costs for a code sprint if we got decent interest in participation from GDAL folks. |
| 12:03:37 | FrankW: | Do you and Tom have thoughts on ways of keeping the accomodation cheap? |
| 12:03:44 | FrankW: | Or thoughts on a cheap venue? |
| 12:06:51 | pramsey: | I'm waiting to see what Tom comes up with. |
| 12:07:02 | pramsey: | There's a downtown hotel ( Bond Place ) that has rooms from $100. |
| 12:07:16 | pramsey: | Including triples, so if you share it would be down to $33 a night. |
| 12:07:24 | pramsey: | So far it seems the best bet. |
| 12:07:27 | FrankW: | That's quite reasonable! |
| 12:08:06 | pramsey: | And they have some conf. rooms. |
| 12:08:11 | pramsey: | So, we shall see. |
| 12:08:38 | FrankW: | No thought of using space at the university? |
| 12:08:58 | pramsey: | Could do, if you have a contact for Tom to hit up. |
| 12:09:24 | pramsey: | We'd need to know someone to get freebie space. Otherwise they'll just charge us, probably more than the hotel. |
| 12:09:32 | FrankW: | Right |
| 12:09:43 | FrankW: | I know a prof there who might be helpful. |
| 12:09:53 | FrankW: | I assume we wouldn't want to be out in the sticks at YorkU? |
| 12:10:10 | pramsey: | Not unless we were also accomodated near there... and there's somethign to do ( drink ) at night. |
| 12:10:15 | pramsey: | 'scuse, family calls |
| 12:10:19 | FrankW: | later |
| 15:57:43 | tomkralidis: | pramsey: good job on the code sprint announce : ) |
| 15:57:55 | pramsey: | got itchy fingers : ) |
| 15:58:54 | pramsey: | FrankW was talking about getting free facilities at UofT, in which case this might be a good hotel option http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/YYZBS/welcome |
| 15:58:55 | sigq: | Title: Holiday Inn TORONTO Hotels | TORONTO-MIDTOWN | Welcome ( at www.ichotelsgroup.com ) |
| 15:59:06 | pramsey: | particularly if we got a block discount |
| 16:03:03 | tomkralidis: | that's an idea. I'll call Bond Monday AM as well... |
| 16:07:09 | tomkralidis: | so I'll inquire for 20-40 |
| 16:07:58 | pramsey: | yeah, a room block of 10-15 ( assuming a fair amount of sharing ) |
| 16:08:58 | pramsey: | there's also a Howard Johnson's in Yorkville http://www.hojoyorkville.com/ |
| 16:08:59 | sigq: | Title: The Howard Johnson Hotel Yorkville - Downtown Toronto ( at www.hojoyorkville.com ) |
| 16:09:30 | pramsey: | not so close to the uni though, and doesn't have conf facilities of its own |
| 16:10:34 | : | * tomkralidis wonders whether we should be putting these hotels/ideas on the wiki |
| 16:11:00 | tomkralidis: | assuming we get U of T. Any idea on when Frank will have an update? |
| 16:12:26 | tomkralidis: | perhaps we should make a "planning" page on wiki |
| 16:24:54 | pramsey: | drop a planning section under the attendees, tomkralidis |
| 16:27:35 | tomkralidis: | done |
| 16:32:34 | pramsey: | timingwise, tomkralidis |
| 16:32:47 | pramsey: | I was wondering if we should go for Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues |
| 16:33:03 | pramsey: | Or even just Sat/Sun/Mon |
| 16:33:43 | pramsey: | It's less ideal for hotel rates, since it includes weekend nights, but I'm guessing there's a stratum of folks ( like yourself ) who can ill afford to ditch 3-4 days of work. |
| 16:33:45 | tomkralidis: | would it depend on how many people come at all? |
| 16:34:19 | pramsey: | no, it's more of a philosophical thing, weekday vs weekend |
| 16:34:27 | tomkralidis: | yeah, that's where I'm coming from. I could probably pull off a day during the week. The rest would have to be time off forme |
| 16:34:58 | pramsey: | then there's three vs four days, which is another judgement call |
| 16:35:15 | pramsey: | my guess is we'll get three solid days, even if we book four, due to various arrival/departure times. |
| 16:35:29 | pramsey: | so maybe booking four is best, to ensure those three solid days are there |
| 16:35:32 | tomkralidis: | I say go for four |
| 16:35:42 | tomkralidis: | agree with your logic |
| 16:35:56 | tomkralidis: | sat/sun/mon/tue |
| 16:36:25 | pramsey: | ok, that starts to constrain our timing options to 4-5 distinct weekends, which we could enumerate |
| 16:36:58 | pramsey: | and then ask people to indicate preference |
| 16:37:11 | pramsey: | ( eg I prefer options 1,2,3,5,6 ) |
| 16:37:46 | : | * tomkralidis is looking at his calendar |
| 16:38:05 | tomkralidis: | we could use doodle.com to poll : ) |
| 16:38:28 | pramsey: | I think we have a sufficiently constrained problem we can just list a set of possible weekends and get feedback |
| 16:39:23 | tomkralidis: | starting 21/22/23/24 Feb ? |
| 16:39:44 | pramsey: | start 14 |
| 16:39:58 | pramsey: | mid feb to mid mar |
| 16:40:41 | tomkralidis: | 14 Feb? Valentines day? |
| 16:40:55 | pramsey: | sure, who celebrates that? |
| 16:41:15 | pramsey: | can't get a table to go out to, and the kids destroy any romance at home |
| 16:41:20 | pramsey: | : ) |
| 16:41:42 | pramsey: | 21st is my bday, so it's not like I'm letting sentimentality get in the way : ) |
| 16:41:50 | pramsey: | down with hallmark holidays! : ) |
| 16:41:55 | tomkralidis: | lol |
| 16:44:55 | tomkralidis: | ok, I threw a list of dates on the wiki |
| 16:47:03 | tomkralidis: | should we drop date #5 ( you're out there ) |
| 16:48:59 | tomkralidis: | pramsey: when inquiring hotels for meeting rooms, for connectivity, anything special to discuss? Other than wireless access for 20-40 people? Port issues? Other? |
| 16:49:42 | pramsey: | wireless for 20, "what's your outbound bandwidth?" "is it a single cable modem, do you know?" |
| 16:50:46 | pramsey: | dinner, bbl |
| 16:56:35 | darkblue_B: | wireless always falls apart in a room full of active people - truly. someone bring a 24 port hub/switch |
| 18:22:45 | tomkralidis: | TylerM: ping |
| 18:24:50 | TylerM: | hi tomkralidis |
| 18:25:33 | tomkralidis: | can anyone add content to osgeo.org? I'd like to add http://www.springer.com/geography/gis+cartography/book/978-3-540-74830-4 to http://www.osgeo.org/books |
| 18:25:35 | sigq: | Title: Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling ( at www.springer.com ) |
| 18:27:10 | TylerM: | hi tom - where were you thinking to add it? |
| 18:27:19 | TylerM: | oh nevermind : ) |
| 18:28:23 | TylerM: | i'll try right now |
| 18:31:30 | TylerM: | i can't really write a review of it though : ) |
| 18:31:47 | tomkralidis: | lol, thanks for the add |
| 18:34:00 | TylerM: | great group of authors : ) |
| 18:34:41 | tomkralidis: | I've heard of one or two of them : ) |
| 18:34:46 | TylerM: | heh |
| 18:34:59 | TylerM: | i just did a rough dump of a synopsis and contents |
| 18:40:30 | : | * fsc7 seems to be a nice book. |
| 18:41:45 | TylerM: | bouncy bouncy .. :( cya |
| 18:41:47 | TylerM: | grab me on skype if you need something |