[Mapserver-users] MapServer User Meeting 2

[Dave McIlhagga]

Hi All,

Thank you to everyone who replied to me about hosting next year's MUM. 
We received overwhelming support from the MapServer community with no 
one indicating plans for an alternative event.

Based on this feedback, and earlier feedback I have received from the 
UMN -- I think we have the go ahead to host MUM 2 next year here in 
Ottawa, Canada.  If there is anyone who wishes to contact me further 
about this, please feel free to do so.

If we don't see you in Minnesota this summer, we'll look forward to 
seeing you here in Ottawa - June 2004.  Much more information will be 
following in the coming months.

Dave


Dave McIlhagga wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm writing this email to get some feedback from the community about a 
> follow on MapServer User Meeting for June 2004.  This might seem a bit 
> premature given we haven't had MUM 1 yet however ... no time like the 
> present to plan these things -- especially given the amount of work that 
> is required and the need to book space well in advance.
> 
> Over the past couple of months, we've done some preliminary planning and 
> research into hosting next year's MapServer User Meeting in Ottawa.  As 
> some of you may be aware, the Ottawa MapServer User Group had our first 
> meeting about a month ago, and we had 23 attendees -- needless to say we 
> were thrilled.  This provides a solid group of people (along with DM 
> Solutions commitment) to prepare for the meeting next year.
> 
> At this point, we have found an excellent venue for the meeting through 
> a local University, and would like to run this jointly with an 
> International Open Source GIS/Mapping conference that would hopefully 
> bring together individuals from the many open source GIS projects around 
> the world to a common event.
> 
> The purpose of my email is to get feedback from you about this plan and 
> to see if there are any other groups who were considering doing 
> something similar at another location.  We want to be sure that we have 
> the support of the MapServer community before proceeding -- but we need 
> to actively begin planning in order to make this a success, hence the 
> need for this to be decided soon.
> 
> I can appreciate that there would be interest in seeing the MapServer 
> User Meeting hosted in other parts of the world in addition to North 
> America, but at this point -- given the resources we have available 
> through the user group, and within DM Solutions, and the vast adoption 
> of MapServer locally in the Ottawa Region -- I suspect we may be in a 
> unique position to pull this event off next year successfully.
> 
> Any thoughts?  You can reply to the list or me directly.  Thanks -- and 
> I'm looking forward to meeting many of you in Minnesota.  I hear we're 
> up to 75 registrants already which is great news.
> 
> Dave



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