[[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at events? GISBrasil - august 2006]

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Another one. Anybody in Brazil for a holiday by any chance?

It seems like it is time to reboot the international discuss list, we will not manage to coordinate all events centrally from VisCom...

Rafael,
any chance of presenting OSGeo there or even staffing a booth?

Arnulf.

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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at events? GISBrasil - august 2006
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:45:03 -0300
From: pmarc <paulomarcondes@gmail.com>
Reply-To: discuss@mail.osgeo.org
To: discuss@mail.osgeo.org

Hi All,

I think this is more in the VisComm arena...

Down here we have one big GEO-convention that may interest OSGEO as a whole:

http://www.gisbrasil.com.br/ in Sao Paulo/Brasil 17-24 August

They claim to be the biggest GIS event in S. America.

I know that Helton Uchoa (in the Board somewhere) will give a course there...

There is only one booth left, H35 - here:
http://www.gisbrasil.com.br/plantacomdex.pdf

cheers
--
Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX
-22.915 -42.229 = GG87vc (http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv)
Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org

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Dear Arnulf,

People from Autodesk Brazil asked me to present it. However, I have financial issues and can't go there. It is a highly commercial congress, isn't it Paulo?

Btw Arnulf. I am no longer head of the environmental engineering dept. What means that I will be fully dedicated to the Lab. I hope, now, to have the proper time for active OSGeo participation.

Warm regards,

Rafael M. Sperb
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To: <dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org>
Cc: <paulomarcondes@gmail.com>; <rsperb@univali.br>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:59 PM
Subject: [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at events? GISBrasil - august 2006]

Another one. Anybody in Brazil for a holiday by any chance?

It seems like it is time to reboot the international discuss list, we will not manage to coordinate all events centrally from VisCom...

Rafael,
any chance of presenting OSGeo there or even staffing a booth?

Arnulf.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at events? GISBrasil - august 2006
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:45:03 -0300
From: pmarc <paulomarcondes@gmail.com>
Reply-To: discuss@mail.osgeo.org
To: discuss@mail.osgeo.org

Hi All,

I think this is more in the VisComm arena...

Down here we have one big GEO-convention that may interest OSGEO as a whole:

http://www.gisbrasil.com.br/ in Sao Paulo/Brasil 17-24 August

They claim to be the biggest GIS event in S. America.

I know that Helton Uchoa (in the Board somewhere) will give a course there...

There is only one booth left, H35 - here:
http://www.gisbrasil.com.br/plantacomdex.pdf

cheers
--
Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX
-22.915 -42.229 = GG87vc (http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv)
Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org

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On Wed, May 24, 2006 02:42, Rafael Medeiros Sperb wrote:

Dear Arnulf,

People from Autodesk Brazil asked me to present it. However, I have
financial issues and can't go there. It is a highly commercial congress,
isn't it Paulo?

Paulo,
could you explain in short words how strong you see the need for OSGeo to
appear there and do you possibly even go there anyway? If yes you might
want to check back with VisCom for handouts or further information.

Hi FunCom from VisCom,
funding this kind of initiative should be added to the planned budget.
Depending on the level of activity we want to show the dimension of this
funding would range from paying for passes up to funding a booth. For this
event this will probably be on too short a notice.

Btw Arnulf. I am no longer head of the environmental engineering dept.
What
means that I will be fully dedicated to the Lab. I hope, now, to have the
proper time for active OSGeo participation.

Warm regards,

Rafael M. Sperb

That is good to hear - I knew that you have been planning to reduce
administratrivia, hopefully what you can do for OSGeo will be more fun.
How is MapServer Guarani developing? Any highlights to share?

Best regards,
Arnulf.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnulf Christl" <arnulf.christl@ccgis.de>
To: <dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org>
Cc: <paulomarcondes@gmail.com>; <rsperb@univali.br>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:59 PM
Subject: [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at events? GISBrasil - august 2006]

Another one. Anybody in Brazil for a holiday by any chance?

It seems like it is time to reboot the international discuss list, we
will
not manage to coordinate all events centrally from VisCom...

Rafael,
any chance of presenting OSGeo there or even staffing a booth?

Arnulf.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at events? GISBrasil - august 2006
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:45:03 -0300
From: pmarc <paulomarcondes@gmail.com>
Reply-To: discuss@mail.osgeo.org
To: discuss@mail.osgeo.org

Hi All,

I think this is more in the VisComm arena...

Down here we have one big GEO-convention that may interest OSGEO as a
whole:

http://www.gisbrasil.com.br/ in Sao Paulo/Brasil 17-24 August

They claim to be the biggest GIS event in S. America.

I know that Helton Uchoa (in the Board somewhere) will give a course
there...

There is only one booth left, H35 - here:
http://www.gisbrasil.com.br/plantacomdex.pdf

cheers
--
Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX
-22.915 -42.229 = GG87vc (http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv)
Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org

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2006/5/24, Arnulf Christl <arnulf.christl@ccgis.de>:

On Wed, May 24, 2006 02:42, Rafael Medeiros Sperb wrote:
> Dear Arnulf,
>
> People from Autodesk Brazil asked me to present it. However, I have
> financial issues and can't go there. It is a highly commercial congress,
> isn't it Paulo?

Paulo,
could you explain in short words how strong you see the need for OSGeo to
appear there and do you possibly even go there anyway? If yes you might
want to check back with VisCom for handouts or further information.

Hi Arnulf,

As Rafael alerady hinted, GISBrasil is a highly commercial event, more
so now that it has joined COMDEX Brasil. However, lots of heavy GIS
users are there, either attending or exhibiting. As in many other
places GIS here is a four-letter word. No, it's not ENVI...

Some time ago I worked with the Brazilian Geological Survey, they are
_heavy_ users of that proprietary GIS suite, and also have a very
proprietary line of thought.

So, IMHO, OSGeo has also a role to play here, both in the visibility
arena - people have to know that there are free alternatives to what
they do - and in the Public Geodata arena.

I am not very connected to the GIS people, as now I am working with
petroleum geophysics research, for a major brazilian oil company. So,
I think I am not the right person to represent OSGeo. But I see this
event as a good oportunity to have OSGeo noted here. I was interested
in attending this event, but not planning to do so. If it serves the
cause, I will gladly donate a bit of time and effort to be there
(re)presenting OSGeo.

As a bonus, our federal government has a bias towards free software,
from the ideological PoV - left wing associations make me nervous,
but.... And, the state of São Paulo is, AFAIK, adopting free software,
but for economical reasons. SO, I see a growing awareness of free
software as serious software. It may be the right time to jump in this
wagon.

Not so short words...
Ah, reproduction is authorized, provided my name is kept on it. (does
it makes this message non-free?)
--
Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX
-22.915 -42.229 = GG87vc (http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv)
Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org

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On Wed, May 24, 2006 23:27, pmarc wrote:

2006/5/24, Arnulf Christl <arnulf.christl@ccgis.de>:

On Wed, May 24, 2006 02:42, Rafael Medeiros Sperb wrote:
> Dear Arnulf,
>
> People from Autodesk Brazil asked me to present it. However, I have
> financial issues and can't go there. It is a highly commercial
congress,
> isn't it Paulo?

Paulo,
could you explain in short words how strong you see the need for OSGeo
to
appear there and do you possibly even go there anyway? If yes you might
want to check back with VisCom for handouts or further information.

Hi Arnulf,

As Rafael alerady hinted, GISBrasil is a highly commercial event, more
so now that it has joined COMDEX Brasil. However, lots of heavy GIS
users are there, either attending or exhibiting. As in many other
places GIS here is a four-letter word. No, it's not ENVI...

Some time ago I worked with the Brazilian Geological Survey, they are
_heavy_ users of that proprietary GIS suite, and also have a very
proprietary line of thought.

So, IMHO, OSGeo has also a role to play here, both in the visibility
arena - people have to know that there are free alternatives to what
they do - and in the Public Geodata arena.

I am not very connected to the GIS people, as now I am working with
petroleum geophysics research, for a major brazilian oil company. So,
I think I am not the right person to represent OSGeo. But I see this
event as a good oportunity to have OSGeo noted here. I was interested
in attending this event, but not planning to do so. If it serves the
cause, I will gladly donate a bit of time and effort to be there
(re)presenting OSGeo.

As a bonus, our federal government has a bias towards free software,
from the ideological PoV - left wing associations make me nervous,
but.... And, the state of São Paulo is, AFAIK, adopting free software,
but for economical reasons. SO, I see a growing awareness of free
software as serious software. It may be the right time to jump in this
wagon.

Not so short words...
Ah, reproduction is authorized, provided my name is kept on it. (does
it makes this message non-free?)
--
Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX
-22.915 -42.229 = GG87vc (http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv)
Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org

Hi Paulo,
thanks a many for the lots of words (i only humbly ask for short versions
to not put off people from answering at all). Keeping the originator
linked to their work is an essentiallity of being Free. GISBrasil being a
highly commercial event makes it all the more interesting to us.

I will added this event to the agenda of the VisCom meeting tomorrow and
we will try to work out how to go about it. After all you said and what I
know about the OS market in Brazil my personal opinion is that we should
try hard to get a foot in the door there.

Best regards,
Arnulf.

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2006/5/24, Arnulf Christl (CCGIS) <arnulf.christl@ccgis.de>:

I will added this event to the agenda of the VisCom meeting tomorrow and
we will try to work out how to go about it. After all you said and what I
know about the OS market in Brazil my personal opinion is that we should
try hard to get a foot in the door there.

As I said before, I can lend a hand (or two), if you need.
As the brazilian GRASS translator, it should help to get in touch with
my public ;D

--
Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX
-22.915 -42.229 = GG87vc (http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv)
Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org