OSGeo - User contributions [en]

Live GIS Translation Glossary

2012-08-05T15:57:34Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: some Chinese translation

This table provides a list of OSGeo-Live documentation related terms. The glossary shall help to harmonize translation work of OSGeo-Live docs.

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* I suggest using a Google Spreadsheet or something similar instead of the table above. Long wiki tables are difficult to edit manually. - [[User:Tanner Lin|Tanner Lin]] 08:57, 5 August 2012 (PDT)

== Further glossaries ==

* [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Translation_Glossary#Glossary GRASS GIS]

User:Tanner Lin

2012-08-05T15:49:57Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin:

Real name: Zhengfan Lin / 林正帆

My [https://plus.google.com/116059639240177777238/about Google+]　
My [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001765197590 facebook]　
My [mailto:public.t.lin@gmail.com e-mail]

Working for Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography (Chinese Academy of Science) and Xinjiang Geological Prospecting Bureau.

Currently doing OSGeo-Live Chinese translations.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-06-27T16:24:15Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* Other things */ Update: Invitations for visa

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", '''sign your name'''.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''

:* (✔) <del>We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.</del>
::*(✔) For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] configured an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform. It is available at [http://beijing.osgeopt.pt/openconf.php FOSS4G 2012 Academic Track Manager]. Administration login and password were sent to [mailto:tomgaoang@gmail.com Gao Ang] and to the [mailto:foss4g2012@lreis.ac.cn official FOSS4G 2012 email address].
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::::(＝) We will try to provide the platform to manage the submissions for committees. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

:* (＝) We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?
::::(＝) We have chosen a cloud conference platform to provide functional components for the website. We will evaluate the compatibility between our platform and OpenConf. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

:* (＝) The submitting form is confusing and difficult to use.
::* The "Category" drop-down is confusing. More explanation ?
::* Where are the "Subject Area" fields mentioned in the description ?
::* PDF files (and some other common formats) are not allowed.
::* The registration e-mail title ("感谢您的报名!") and the submitting button ("上传文件") are in Chinese.

:* (＝) The registration system does not properly handle UTF-8 characters.

:* Paper/abstract submission led to blank page.

:* The page may have mistaken phone number as password when registering a new log-in.

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:*<del>We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.</del>
:::(✔) Vector (SVG) can be found at [http://sdrv.ms/Np3nJv sdrv.ms/Np3nJv].

:*(＝) Foreign attendances may need invitations from the China side for visa.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-06-22T08:36:18Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website */ Updates

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-06-12T10:14:42Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website */ Update

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", '''sign your name'''.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''

:* (✔) <del>We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.</del>
::*(✔) For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] configured an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform. It is available at [http://beijing.osgeopt.pt/openconf.php FOSS4G 2012 Academic Track Manager]. Administration login and password were sent to [mailto:tomgaoang@gmail.com Gao Ang] and to the [mailto:foss4g2012@lreis.ac.cn official FOSS4G 2012 email address].
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::::(＝) We will try to provide the platform to manage the submissions for committees. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

:* (＝) We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?
::::(＝) We have chosen a cloud conference platform to provide functional components for the website. We will evaluate the compatibility between our platform and OpenConf. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

:* (＝) The submitting form is confusing and difficult to use.
::* The "Category" drop-down is confusing. More explanation ?
::* Where are the "Subject Area" fields mentioned in the description ?
::* PDF files (and some other common formats) are not allowed.
::* The registration e-mail title ("感谢您的报名!") and the submitting button ("上传文件") are in Chinese.

:* (＝) The registration system does not properly handle UTF-8 characters.

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:*<del>We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.</del>
:::(✔) Vector (SVG) can be found at [http://sdrv.ms/Np3nJv sdrv.ms/Np3nJv].

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-06-11T19:20:38Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website */ Updates

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", '''sign your name'''.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''

:* (✔) <del>We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.</del>
::*(✔) For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] configured an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform. It is available at [http://beijing.osgeopt.pt/openconf.php FOSS4G 2012 Academic Track Manager]. Administration login and password were sent to [mailto:tomgaoang@gmail.com Gao Ang] and to the [mailto:foss4g2012@lreis.ac.cn official FOSS4G 2012 email address].
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::::(＝) We will try to provide the platform to manage the submissions for committees. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

:* (＝) We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?
::::(＝) We have chosen a cloud conference platform to provide functional components for the website. We will evaluate the compatibility between our platform and OpenConf. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

:* (＝) The submitting form is confusing and difficult to use.
::* The "Category" drop-down is confusing. More explanation ?
::* Where are the "Subject Area" fields mentioned in the description ?
::* PDF files (and some other common formats) are not allowed.

:* (＝) The registration system does not properly handle UTF-8 characters.

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:*<del>We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.</del>
:::(✔) Vector (SVG) can be found at [http://sdrv.ms/Np3nJv sdrv.ms/Np3nJv].

FOSS4G Logo 2012

2012-06-01T18:01:01Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Added vector file.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-06-01T18:00:14Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* Other things */ Vector version of the logo done.

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", '''sign your name'''.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''

:* (✔) <del> There is still no option for submitting abstracts although the submission has been opened - apparently without notice to any of the regular OSGeo channels.</del>
:::(✔) We provide the online abstracts submition entrance on the website. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

:*Arunlf <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Helena Mitasova, Cameron Shorter, Ravi Kumar are listed as "Conference Committee" under the chairmanship of Rongguo Chen, which is confusing.
:::(✔) We revised the committee page. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
:* (✔) <del>We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.</del>
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::::(＝) We will try to provide the platform to manage the submissions for committees. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
::*(✔) For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] configured an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform. It is available at [http://beijing.osgeopt.pt/openconf.php FOSS4G 2012 Academic Track Manager]. Administration login and password were sent to [mailto:tomgaoang@gmail.com Gao Ang] and to the [mailto:foss4g2012@lreis.ac.cn official FOSS4G 2012 email address].
::*We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?
::::(＝) We have choosen a cloud conference platform to provide functional components for the website. We will evaluate the compatibility between our platform and OpenConf. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:*<del>We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.</del>
:::(✔) Vector (SVG) can be found at [http://sdrv.ms/Np3nJv sdrv.ms/Np3nJv].

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-29T06:05:52Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Added some status indicators.

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", '''sign your name'''.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:*There is still no option for submitting abstracts although the submission has been opened - apparently without notice to any of the regular OSGeo channels.
:::(✔) We provide the online abstracts submition entrance on the website. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
:*Arunlf <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Helena Mitasova, Cameron Shorter, Ravi Kumar are listed as "Conference Committee" under the chairmanship of Rongguo Chen, which is confusing.
:::(✔) We revised the committee page. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
:*We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::::(＝) We will try to provide the platform to manage the submissions for committees. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
::*(✔) For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] configured an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform. It is available at [http://beijing.osgeopt.pt/openconf.php FOSS4G 2012 Academic Track Manager]. Administration login and password were sent to [mailto:tomgaoang@gmail.com Gao Ang] and to the [mailto:foss4g2012@lreis.ac.cn official FOSS4G 2012 email address].
::*We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?
::::(＝) We have choosen a cloud conference platform to provide functional components for the website. We will evaluate the compatibility between our platform and OpenConf. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.
:::(＝) I'll build a vector file based on the raster in probably 2 or 3 days, if we can't get the original file now. --[[User:Tanner Lin|Tanner Lin]] 12:00, 27 May 2012 (PDT)
::::Thanks Tanner, I'll forward the psd file to you. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-28T15:24:31Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Added user names for updates.

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", '''sign your name'''.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:*There is still no option for submitting abstracts although the submission has been opened - apparently without notice to any of the regular OSGeo channels.
:::We provide the online abstracts submition entrance on the website. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
:*Arunlf <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Helena Mitasova, Cameron Shorter, Ravi Kumar are listed as "Conference Committee" under the chairmanship of Rongguo Chen, which is confusing.
:::We revised the committee page. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::::We will try to provide the platform to manage the submissions for committees. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]
::* For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] is configuring an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours (Edited at 15:14, 27 May 2012), if the LOC decide to use it. (Jgrocha has done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
::* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?
::::We have choosen a cloud confernce platform to provide functional components for the website. We will evaluate the compatibility between our platform and OpenConf. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.
:::I'll build a vector file based on the raster in probably 2 or 3 days, if we can't get the original file now. --[[User:Tanner Lin|Tanner Lin]] 12:00, 27 May 2012 (PDT)
:::Thanks Tanner, I'll forward the psd file to you. --[[User:Gaoang | Gaoang]]

FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Internet Access

2012-05-28T10:58:29Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* Mainland China Availability Test */

Internet access to foreign sites/projects may be potentially block by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall_of_China Great Firewall of China] for Mainland China users. In order to minimize the negative impact the censorship would have on the [[FOSS4G 2012]] Beijing conference, foreign conference attendances are encouraged to prepare for circumventing the so-called "wall" when they arrive at Beijing.

Tips:
*To communicate to the presenters, ensure presentations and demos are available offline.
*Test the in-China availability of the service of your choice.
*Get some proxies as back-up. If your business or school has VPN/SSH, it should work.
*Avoid the popular SNS tools if you want to reach the locals.
*Ask community members from Chinese Mainland on the mailing list when you're not sure.

== Mainland China Availability Test ==

The services listed below may help you to test whether a website is available inside Beijing.
*[http://viewdns.info/chinesefirewall/ Chinese Firewall Test - ViewDNS.info]
*[http://www.websitepulse.com/help/testtools.china-test.html Behind-the-Wall Test - Website Pulse]
*[http://www.bestvpnservice.com/tools/chinese-firewall-test.php Chinese Firewall Test - Best VPN]
*[http://isitgfwed.sinaapp.com/ GFW Check Using Sina App Engine]
*[http://www.blockedinchina.net/ Censorship Test - BlockedInChina.net]
*[https://en.greatfire.org/ GFW Stats Checker - GreatFire.org]

For popular websites, just check [https://en.greatfire.org/top-sites top sites] and [https://en.greatfire.org/blocked-websites top blocked sites].

== Common Ways to Circumvent the Censorship ==
*_

FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Internet Access

2012-05-28T10:09:49Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Created page with "Internet access to foreign sites/projects may be potentially block by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall_of_China Great Firewall of China] for Mainland China users...."

Internet access to foreign sites/projects may be potentially block by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall_of_China Great Firewall of China] for Mainland China users. In order to minimize the negative impact the censorship would have on the [[FOSS4G 2012]] Beijing conference, foreign conference attendances are encouraged to prepare for circumventing the so-called "wall" when they arrive at Beijing.

Tips:
*To communicate to the presenters, ensure presentations and demos are available offline.
*Test the in-China availability of the service of your choice.
*Get some proxies as back-up. If your business or school has VPN/SSH, it should work.
*Avoid the popular SNS tools if you want to reach the locals.
*Ask community members from Chinese Mainland on the mailing list when you're not sure.

== Mainland China Availability Test ==

The services listed below may help you to test whether a website is available inside Beijing.
*[http://viewdns.info/chinesefirewall/ Chinese Firewall Test - ViewDNS.info]
*[http://www.websitepulse.com/help/testtools.china-test.html Behind-the-Wall Test - Website Pulse]
*[http://www.bestvpnservice.com/tools/chinese-firewall-test.php Chinese Firewall Test - Best VPN]
*[http://isitgfwed.sinaapp.com/ GFW Check Using Sina App Engine]
*[http://www.blockedinchina.net/ Censorship Test - BlockedInChina.net]
*[https://en.greatfire.org/ GFW Stats Checker - GreatFire.org]

For popular websites, just check [https://en.greatfire.org/blocked-websites this list].

== Common Ways to Circumvent the Censorship ==
*_

Talk:FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-28T09:36:50Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Cerated the FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List talk page.

This is the FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List talk page.

For status updates, please edit the main page instead of this talk page.

FOSS4G 2012

2012-05-28T09:34:00Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* Internet Access */

[[File:FOSS4G Logo.jpg|thumb|500px|Official [[FOSS4G Logo 2012]]]]

[[FOSS4G]] is ''the'' '''global''' and '''annual''' conference hosted by OSGeo in venues all around the globe. It attracts the best Open Source geospatial software projects and their developers making it the ''gathering of the tribes''. FOSS4G addresses the needs of users and developers alike and this year intends to also bridge the gap between the suits and the geeks by explaining how the business models can be used to address the needs of small and large organizations alike.

== FOSS4G 2012 in Beijing, China ==
'''The upcoming FOSS4G 2012 will take place from September 10-15 in Beijing Conference Center, Beijing, China'''

This is the work environment for the Local Organizing Committee. The main FOSS4G 2012 Web site will soon be available at http://2012.foss4g.org

* [[FOSS4G_Logo_2012|FOSS4G 2012 Logo]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Milestones|FOSS4G 2012 Milestones]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 LOC members and assignments]]

== Starting Points ==
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Reasons for hosting the Conference|Choose Beijing to host FOSS4G 2012]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Venue|Exciting Conference Location]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing LOC|Hosting Organization and Local Community]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Budget|Budget]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Program|Program]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Travel|Travel]]

== Volunteering ==
Interested to help? There are many things where help is needed, so feel free to join forces! First of all please subscribe to the public [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 mailing list].

To keep track of things, see the [[FOSS4G_2012_To-Do_List | to-do list]].

=== Communication ===
* Spread word about FOSS4G. Talk to your colleagues, peers and co-workers, more than 2/3 of all attendees have heard about FOSS4G from a friend.
* Update you company internal calendar and add FOSS4G
* Earmark travel funds

=== Conference Organization ===
If you feel you can do more than just spread word, check out the following list and get going:
* Compare [[FOSS4G 2011|FOSS4G 2011 wiki page]] with this page and help filing the contents.
* Ask on the Mailing List whenever you have doubts or questions.
* Help setting up and reviewing the [http://2012.foss4g.org official web page] contents.
* Contact potential sponsors. This is one of the major source of income for the running of OSGeo.

== On Site Venue Logistics ==

=== Internet Access ===

How do we ensure unrestricted Internet access to foreign sites/projects, that may be potentially block by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall_of_China Great Firewall of China] ?

*To communicate to the presenters, ensure presentations and demos are available offline.

*Test the in-China availability of the service of your choice.

*Get some proxies as back-up. If your business or school has VPN/SSH, it should work.

*Avoid the popular SNS tools if you want to reach the locals.

*Ask community members from Chinese Mainland on the mailing list when you're not sure.

For more info, see [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_Internet_Access | FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Internet Access]].

== Related Symposiums ==
State of the Map 2012 will be held in Tokyo Japan, where is about 4 hrs flight to Beijing, in 6-8th Sept. just before FOSS4G 2012.

[[Category:FOSS4G2012]] [[Category:FOSS4G]][[Category:Events]]

FOSS4G 2012

2012-05-28T08:54:24Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* Volunteering */ To-do list link

[[File:FOSS4G Logo.jpg|thumb|500px|Official [[FOSS4G Logo 2012]]]]

[[FOSS4G]] is ''the'' '''global''' and '''annual''' conference hosted by OSGeo in venues all around the globe. It attracts the best Open Source geospatial software projects and their developers making it the ''gathering of the tribes''. FOSS4G addresses the needs of users and developers alike and this year intends to also bridge the gap between the suits and the geeks by explaining how the business models can be used to address the needs of small and large organizations alike.

== FOSS4G 2012 in Beijing, China ==
'''The upcoming FOSS4G 2012 will take place from September 10-15 in Beijing Conference Center, Beijing, China'''

This is the work environment for the Local Organizing Committee. The main FOSS4G 2012 Web site will soon be available at http://2012.foss4g.org

* [[FOSS4G_Logo_2012|FOSS4G 2012 Logo]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Milestones|FOSS4G 2012 Milestones]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 LOC members and assignments]]

== Starting Points ==
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Reasons for hosting the Conference|Choose Beijing to host FOSS4G 2012]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Venue|Exciting Conference Location]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing LOC|Hosting Organization and Local Community]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Budget|Budget]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Program|Program]]
* [[FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Travel|Travel]]

== Volunteering ==
Interested to help? There are many things where help is needed, so feel free to join forces! First of all please subscribe to the public [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 mailing list].

To keep track of things, see the [[FOSS4G_2012_To-Do_List | to-do list]].

=== Communication ===
* Spread word about FOSS4G. Talk to your colleagues, peers and co-workers, more than 2/3 of all attendees have heard about FOSS4G from a friend.
* Update you company internal calendar and add FOSS4G
* Earmark travel funds

=== Conference Organization ===
If you feel you can do more than just spread word, check out the following list and get going:
* Compare [[FOSS4G 2011|FOSS4G 2011 wiki page]] with this page and help filing the contents.
* Ask on the Mailing List whenever you have doubts or questions.
* Help setting up and reviewing the [http://2012.foss4g.org official web page] contents.
* Contact potential sponsors. This is one of the major source of income for the running of OSGeo.

== On Site Venue Logistics ==

=== Internet Access ===
How do we ensure, unrestricted Internet access to Foreign sites/projects, that may be potentially block by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall_of_China Great Firewall of China] ? And to communicate to the presenters, to ensure presentation and demos are available offline.
* Use http://www.viewdns.info/chinesefirewall/ to test restriction.

== Related Symposiums ==
State of the Map 2012 will be held in Tokyo Japan, where is about 4 hrs flight to Beijing, in 6-8th Sept. just before FOSS4G 2012.

[[Category:FOSS4G2012]] [[Category:FOSS4G]][[Category:Events]]

User talk:Tanner Lin

2012-05-27T19:15:06Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Create my user talk page.

'''Welcome to [[User:Tanner Lin | Tanner Lin]]'s talk page.'''

User:Tanner Lin

2012-05-27T19:14:35Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Create my user page.

My [https://plus.google.com/116059639240177777238/about Google+]　
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Study at Department of Geology & Mining, Xinjiang University.

Work for Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography, Chinese Academy of Science.

Currently doing OSGeo-Live Chinese translations.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T19:02:29Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Typo (Damn you autocorrect!)

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", sign your name.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:*There is still no option for submitting abstracts although the submission has been opened - apparently without notice to any of the regular OSGeo channels.
:*Arunlf <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Helena Mitasova, Cameron Shorter, Ravi Kumar are listed as "Conference Committee" under the chairmanship of Rongguo Chen, which is confusing.
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::* For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] is configuring an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours (Edited at 15:14, 27 May 2012), if the LOC decide to use it. (Jgrocha has done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
::* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.
:::I'll build a vector file based on the raster in probably 2 or 3 days, if we can't get the original file now. --[[User:Tanner Lin|Tanner Lin]] 12:00, 27 May 2012 (PDT)

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T19:00:33Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin:

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", sign your name.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:*There is still no option for submitting abstracts although the submission has been opened - apparently without notice to any of the regular OSGeo channels.
:*Arunlf <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Helena Mitasova, Cameron Shorter, Ravi Kumar are listed as "Conference Committee" under the chairmanship of Rongguo Chen, which is confusing.
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::* For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] is configuring an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours (Edited at 15:14, 27 May 2012), if the LOC decide to use it. (Jgrocha has done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
::* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.
:::I'll build a vector file based on the raster in properly 2 or 3 days, if we can't get the original file now. --[[User:Tanner Lin|Tanner Lin]] 12:00, 27 May 2012 (PDT)

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T18:53:11Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Typo

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", sign your name.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:*There is still no option for submitting abstracts although the submission has been opened - apparently without notice to any of the regular OSGeo channels.
:*Arunlf <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Helena Mitasova, Cameron Shorter, Ravi Kumar are listed as "Conference Committee" under the chairmanship of Rongguo Chen, which is confusing.
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::* For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] is configuring an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours (Edited at 15:14, 27 May 2012), if the LOC decide to use it. (Jgrocha has done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
::* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may last one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T18:52:25Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Update

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page (together with the sub-lists it points to) serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", sign your name.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:*There is still no option for submitting abstracts although the submission has been opened - apparently without notice to any of the regular OSGeo channels.
:*Arunlf <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Christl, Frank Warmerdam, Helena Mitasova, Cameron Shorter, Ravi Kumar are listed as "Conference Committee" under the chairmanship of Rongguo Chen, which is confusing.
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::* For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] is configuring an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours (Edited at 15:14, 27 May 2012), if the LOC decide to use it. (Jgrocha has done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
::* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

Code Sprint is "a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done". A typical code sprint may lasts one day long or more, during which a small group goes to a place with all the necessary hardware/software provided, and communicate face-to-face while doing the hacking.

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]] has no detailed plan yet and we need to work on that.

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T15:56:07Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Typo

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page <del>(together with the sub-lists it points to)</del> serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", sign your name.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so others can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::* For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] is configuring an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours (Edited at 15:14, 27 May 2012), if the LOC decide to use it. (Jgrocha has done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
::* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]]

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T15:55:16Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website */

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page <del>(together with the sub-lists it points to)</del> serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", sign your name.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so other can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers.
::*Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
::* For the academic papers, [[User:Jgrocha | Jgrocha]] is configuring an [http://www.openconf.com/ OpenConf] based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours (Edited at 15:14, 27 May 2012), if the LOC decide to use it. (Jgrocha has done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
::* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]]

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T15:47:08Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Some editing notes.

This is the to-do list for the preparation of OSGeo's 2012 global conference, [[FOSS4G 2012|FOSS4G 2012 Beijing]].

This page <del>(together with the sub-lists it points to)</del> serves as a detailed list of plans and issues. It's encouraged to add minor issues or notes to this list, but please do your best to keep it clean and organized. For important and stand-alone issues, make sure you post it on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2012 FOSS4G 2012 mailing list] as well.

This page is designed primarily for those outside the [[FOSS4G_2012_Beijing_LOC | LOC]]. The LOC may use other means to keep track of things that must be done locally.

If you're not a member of the community yet but interested in the conference and would like to contribute to the preparation/organizing or any of those related tasks, your kindness would be very much appreciated. Please subscribe to the mailing list mentioned above and introduce yourself to the community first.

'''Notes:'''
:*Make the identity of the concerned individual/group clear when necessary. After writing "I am doing <nowiki>...</nowiki>", sign your name.
:*When an important issue is solved, do not remove it immediately. Update the status below (some indenting preferred) and leave it there for a while so other can catch up with the progress. It's wiki fashion to use "(✔)" for approval or success, "(✘)" for disapproval or failure, and "(＝)" for neutral or pending.

== General and High-Level ==

'''Spread the Word'''
:The success of FOSS4G 2012 Beijing, as of any public conference, relies heavily upon its attendances. Any one who's interested in open and free geospatial software technology, the current research and development, or its various applications are welcomed to come to the conference, and very importantly, promote FOSS4G 2012 to those who share similar interests. The conference will be successful and inspirational if there are enough people to make it this way.

:To spread the word, you can:
:*Talk to friends, schoolmates or coworkers about the conference.
:*Use FOSS4G solutions for your work or school, and show people the potential.
:*Write about the conference for your blog or social networking service.
:*Use your power at your business or school to rise the awareness. For example, update you company's internal calendar and add FOSS4G 2012. Make sure that what you do is appropriate and goes well with the regulations of the place.
:*Provide financial or other forms of support if you're in the position to make such decisions.

'''Add Keynoters, Lecturers, Exhibitors and Workshops'''
:_

'''Get Sponsors'''
:The FOSS4G conference needs financial support from sponsors in order to function well. There are many geospatial-related businesses out there who would value such an opportunity to reach a group of active users and developers of geospatial software. But they need to get the message so the cooperation can happen.

:To get sponsors, you can:
:*Contact potential sponsors to make them aware of the opportunity.
:*Show people how much OSGeo and FOSS4G has achieved in the past.
:*Talk about the plans of this year's conference and potential attendances.
:*Make your own business a sponsor if possible.

== FOSS4G 2012 Beijing Website ==

The official website of FOSS4G 2012 is [http://2012.foss4g.org/ 2012.foss4g.org]. Up-date plans and issues found are listed here.

'''Need Update or Expansion'''
:* We need a platform to manage the submissions abstracts and academic papers. Abstracts will be selected by the community, as already happened, or by a closed committee?
:* For the academic papers, I'm configuring an OpenConf based platform do do this. It will be up and running in a few hours, if the LOC decide to use it. (I've done the same for FOSS4G 2008 academic track, in Cape Town).
:* We need a submission form also for the workshop proposals and tutorials, to be ranked and selected by workshop committee. Should we use the same OpenConf for this?

'''Typo and Minor Issues'''
:*_

== FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint ==

[[FOSS4G 2012 Code Sprint]]

== Other things ==

:* We need the source images for the logo, to use it on other places, and in our websites, to point to FOSS4G 2012 website.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T14:10:15Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: /* General and High-Level */

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T14:00:08Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: Minor edits.

FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List

2012-05-27T13:51:21Z

Wiki-Tanner Lin: FOSS4G 2012 To-Do List