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[Mike Liebhold]

great idea Joshua. go for it.  

you don't need anybody's permission or "clearing house"  to just   set a 
date and invite people.

I'd be glad to help put the word  out to local geo tyes from stanford, 
san jose art hackers, tech companies, and local dev groups

mike

( midway between SF and SJ ]


joshua schachter wrote:

> BTW, I'm reasonably sure I could get space in Sunnyvale or Santa  
> Clara from my employer for a south bay confab, as well.
>
> Joshua
>
> On Jan 31, 2007, at 9:26 AM, Ian White|Urban Mapping wrote:
>
>> i'd vote for it, but don't make it the same dates as there where2.2  
>> event.
>>
>> where2.x is great for large(r) industry people looking to get  things 
>> done, but there's clearly value in .alt(ernative) venues. a  
>> euro-wide geowanking confab sounds like a swell idea to me, but of  
>> course it won't attract the same crowd.
>>
>>
>> Ian White  ::  Urban Mapping, Inc
>> 690 Fifth Street  Suite 200  ::  San Francisco CA  94107
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Earle Martin" <geowanking at downlode.org>
>> To: "Geowanking" <geowanking at lists.burri.to>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:19:55 AM (GMT-0800) US/Pacific
>> Subject: [Geowanking]  Probe for interest: alternative geo  
>> conference, London, this summer?
>>
>> Evan Prodromou asked me the other day on #geo (irc.oftc.net) whether
>> I'd be attending Where 2.0 this year. I had to answer no, because it's
>> not only on the other side of the world from me - I'm in London - but
>> also the registration cost is way more than I can afford. The cynic in
>> me might comment that with a price of $1100-$1500, saying the
>> conference is for "activists and community organizers building tools
>> for managing non-profit location groups" is a bit rich - ho ho.
>>
>> Evan suggested holding an alternative, BarCamp/WikiSym-like event in
>> London. This could be a good chance for UK/Euro geohackers to get
>> together and do the knowledge sharing thing. Do people on this list
>> think they'd be interested in coming to such a happening?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Earle
>>
>> -- 
>> Earle Martin
>>             http://downlode.org/
>> http://purl.org/net/earlemartin/
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