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 This will follow the keynotes on Wednesday morning so this is nice timing.  There is nothing going on during this lunch hour and there is no exhibit hall during this time.
-Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  Rich Gibson will be the on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.  Kirsten Davidson is the Autodesk coordinator for this.  Here's the official description http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/where2006/view/e_sess/9493.  Please RSVP if you want a lunch!
+Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  Rich Gibson will be the on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.  Kirsten Davidson is the Autodesk coordinator for this.  Here's the official description: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/where2006/view/e_sess/9493.  Please RSVP if you want a lunch!
 Rich will be doing an audio recording the event for future podcast fodder.

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 This will follow the keynotes on Wednesday morning so this is nice timing.  There is nothing going on during this lunch hour and there is no exhibit hall during this time.
-Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  Rich Gibson will be the on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.  Kirsten Davidson is the Autodesk coordinator for this.
+Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  Rich Gibson will be the on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.  Kirsten Davidson is the Autodesk coordinator for this.  Here's the official description http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/where2006/view/e_sess/9493.  Please RSVP if you want a lunch!
 Rich will be doing an audio recording the event for future podcast fodder.

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 This will follow the keynotes on Wednesday morning so this is nice timing.  There is nothing going on during this lunch hour and there is no exhibit hall during this time.
-Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  Rich Gibson will be the on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.  Kirsten Davidson (kirsten.davidson@autodesk.com) is the Autodesk coordinator for this.
+Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  Rich Gibson will be the on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.  Kirsten Davidson is the Autodesk coordinator for this.
 Rich will be doing an audio recording the event for future podcast fodder.

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 *  Wednesday, June 14
 *  Time: during lunchtime (~60 mins)
-*  Location: TBD
+*  Location: Redwood Room
 *  Participants: 5 OSGeo folk.  Members of the press will be invited.  Room capacity is 20 people.
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 Rich will be doing an audio recording the event for future podcast fodder.
 === Agenda ===

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 This will follow the keynotes on Wednesday morning so this is nice timing.  There is nothing going on during this lunch hour and there is no exhibit hall during this time.
-Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  We are looking for an on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.
+Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but will not be able to attend.  Rich Gibson will be the on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.  Kirsten Davidson (kirsten.davidson@autodesk.com) is the Autodesk coordinator for this.
-Kirsten Davidson (kirsten.davidson@autodesk.com) is the Autodesk coordinator for this.
+Rich will be doing an audio recording the event for future podcast fodder.
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 === To Do ===
-* Need to a one-page handout for the press with names spelled properly, critical URLs, key messages, etc.  mpg sent out request for following, due May 29th:
+* Need to a one-page handout for the press with names spelled properly, critical URLs, key messages, etc. -- '''Kirsten'''
-* We are investigating getting lunch catered.
+* need press list to send above info to (with copy of list to mpg) -- '''Kirsten'''
-* Can someone record this, e.g. with a laptop?  (mpg would like to edit into podcastable form) (I have a minidisk recorder that I normally carry with me. I can also bring a video camera if you wish...Rich Gibson)
+* We are investigating getting lunch catered -- '''Kirsten?'''

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 ** employer and title: Locative Technologies, Chief Scientist
 ** city, state/province, country: Sebastopol, CA, USA
-** OSGeo affiliation: (none)
+** OSGeo affiliation: Associate Member
 ** bio: Rich Gibson operates Locative Technologies, a Bay Area startup that provides geocoding and consulting services and other product development.  He is a co-author, with Jo Walsh and Schuyler Erle, of Mapping Hacks, and co-author with Schuyler of Google Maps Hacks.
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 ** employer and title: President and Founder, DM Solutions Group Inc.
 ** city, state/province, country: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
-** OSGeo affiliation: Board member
+** OSGeo affiliation: Board Member
 ** bio: Dave McIlhagga is the president and founder of DM Solutions Group Inc., a leader in web mapping solutions delivery since 1998. Dave has positioned DM Solutions Group as a leading provider of commercial products and services to the open source web mapping community, and premiere web mapping solutions provider to select vertical markets such as Healthcare and Real Estate. Dave is a Board member of the newly formed Open Source GeoSpatial (OSGeo) Foundation and an active contributor to the open source geospatial movement.
 * Frank Warmerdam (Panelist)
-** email: ''warmerdam@pobox.com''
+** email: warmerdam@pobox.com
-** URL: ''https://gdal.osgeo.org''
+** URL: https://gdal.osgeo.org
-** employer and title: ''GDAL Lead''
+** employer and title: Lead GDAL Developer
-** city, state/province, country: ''Canada''
+** city, state/province, country: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
-** OSGeo affiliation: President
+** OSGeo affiliation: Founding Member, Board President
-** bio: ''tbd''
+** bio:
 * Gary Lang - (Panelist)
-** email: ''gary.lang@autodesk.com''
+** email: gary.lang@autodesk.com
-** URL: ''http://www.autodesk.com''
+** URL: http://www.autodesk.com
-** employer and title: ''Vice President of Engineering, Autodesk''
+** employer and title: Vice President, Infrastructure Solutions Division, Autodesk
-** city, state/province, country: ''?''
+** city, state/province, country: San Francisco, California, USA
-** OSGeo affiliation: Board member
+** OSGeo affiliation: Founding Member, Board Member
-** bio: ''tbd''
+** bio: Gary Lang first joined Autodesk as a programmer in 1989. After serving in a variety of roles including director of internet technology, he left in 1996 to co-found a management consulting firm that focused on strategic consulting, product development, and business development.  As a principal of the firm, Lang consulted with numerous technology companies including Intuit, Iomega, Giftcertificates.com, Thomson Financial Services, and General Magic, helping to manage and fine tune their engineering and product development organizations. During this time Lang also managed the start up of three companies as vice president of engineering.  In 2003, Lang rejoined Autodesk in his current role in which he leads the engineering, quality assurance, technical publications, and product design teams for the Infrastructure Solutions Division.  Most recently, Lang became a driving force behind Autodesk’s first open source product offering, MapGuide Open Source, and he is a founder and board member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.  Lang has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
 * Schuyler Erle - (Panelist)
-** email: ''schuyler@nocat.net''
+** email: schuyler@nocat.net
-** URL: ''?''
+** URL: http://mappinghacks.com
-** employer and title: ''?''
+** employer and title: MetaCarta
-** city, state/province, country: ''?''
+** city, state/province, country: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
-** OSGeo affiliation: ''?''
+** OSGeo affiliation: Founding Member
-** bio: ''tbd''
+** bio: Schuyler Erle is a free software developer and activist. His interests include digital cartography, wireless networking, intelligent search engines, and the Semantic Web. He is the lead developer of NoCatAuth, the leading open source wireless captive portal.
 === To Do ===

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 * Dave McIlhagga (Panelist)
 ** email:
 ** URL:
-** employer and title: President and Founder, DM Solutions Group Inc.
+** employer and title:
-** city, state/province, country: Board member
+** city, state/province, country:
 ** OSGeo affiliation:
-** bio: Dave McIlhagga is the president and founder of DM Solutions Group Inc.,
+** bio:
 ** voice for: OSGeo Foundation
 ** voice for: developer community
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 * Gary Lang - Vice President of Engineering at Autodesk
 ** voice for: corporate provider of open source solutions (large team division), corporate acceptance and transition)''
 ** voice for: mainstream/close-source corporate acceptance of and transition to open source
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 * Schuyler Erle - (title)
 ** voice for: developer community, open data, author, etc
 ** schuyler-AT-nocat.net

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 ** bio: Rich Gibson operates Locative Technologies, a Bay Area startup that provides geocoding and consulting services and other product development.  He is a co-author, with Jo Walsh and Schuyler Erle, of Mapping Hacks, and co-author with Schuyler of Google Maps Hacks.
-* Dave McIlhagga - President & CEO of DM Solutions
+* Dave McIlhagga (Panelist)
-** voice for: corporate provider of open source solutions (small team division)
+** email:
-** dmcilhagga-AT-dmsolutions.ca
+** URL:
 * Frank Warmerdam - President of OSGeo and GDAL Lead

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 === Participants ===
-* Moderator
+* Rich Gibson (Moderator)
-** Rich Gibson - Chief Scientist, Locative Technologies
+** email: Rich@testingrange.com
-** author, ..., etc
+** URL: http://mappinghacks.com, http://geocoder.us
-** rich.gibson-AT-gmail.com
+** employer and title: Locative Technologies, Chief Scientist
 * Dave McIlhagga - President & CEO of DM Solutions