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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fixing FOSS4G
From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter () gmail ! com>
Date: 2014-09-19 21:18:29
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Dan,
You might want to look over the lessons learned from 2012.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012_Lessons_Learned
I respectfully disagree with Michael. I think that early support of the
China FOSS4G could have steered the event to be a successful, although
smaller event.
On 20/09/2014 5:47 am, Michael Gerlek wrote:
> China would still have failed, but we would have known about it [and,
> hopefully, acted] sooner.
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> -mpg
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> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Dan Ames <dan.ames@byu.edu
> <mailto:dan.ames@byu.edu>> wrote:
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> Again from the sidelines... It would be an interesting exercise to
> conceptualize how having a single professional conference
> organizing company would have/have not made a difference with the
> failed voyage of FOSS4G to China in 2012. - Dan
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> Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D., P.E.
> Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
> Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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Dan,<br>
You might want to look over the lessons learned from 2012.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" \
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012_Lessons_Learned">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012_Lessons_Learned</a><br>
I respectfully disagree with Michael. I think that early support of
the China FOSS4G could have steered the event to be a successful,
although smaller event.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/09/2014 5:47 am, Michael Gerlek
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<div dir="ltr">China would still have failed, but we would have
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Dan Ames <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div dir="ltr">Again from the sidelines... It would be
an interesting exercise to conceptualize how having a
single professional conference organizing company
would have/have not made a difference with the failed
voyage of FOSS4G to China in 2012. - Dan</div>
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Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering</div>
<div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Brigham
Young University, Provo, Utah, USA</div>
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Cameron Shorter,
Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
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