[Open-transport] Open Transport and OKCon

[Pieter Colpaert]

Hi Rufus,

Is there still some way to get involved with the Open Transport WG at 
OKCon? Is a satellite event our only option?

Kind regards,

Pieter

On 06/20/2013 12:05 PM, Rufus Pollock wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> For folks like yourself who would be contributing to a workshop or the
> like I'm pretty sure that an appropriate discounted rate can be
> arranged to ensure you are able to participate :-)
>
> Rufus
>
> On 20 June 2013 10:52, Peter Hicks <peter.hicks at poggs.co.uk> wrote:
>> Very good point, thanks - in my circumstances (different job now to last
>> year), I'm liable to pay the full whack... But yes, this might not be the
>> case for everyone else.
>>
>> P
>>
>> On 20 Jun 2013 09:41, "Rufus Pollock" <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> On 19 June 2013 21:15, Peter Hicks <peter.hicks at poggs.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 19/06/13 20:52, Hannes Gassert wrote:
>>>>> I just realized that there's basically nothing from the core of this
>>>>> group here in the schedule of http://okcon.org!
>>>>>
>>>>> There'll be the Geneva transportation agency who's going to launch a
>>>>> realtime API (pssst..), the http://transport.opendata.ch folks are hanging
>>>>> around (same people that are building Switzerland's federal data portal),
>>>>> and there's http://www.citysdk.eu - but no clear date or place were the open
>>>>> transport community could meet, exchange ideas and maybe create a pull
>>>>> request or two.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think we should do a mini-unconference inside the conference ..
>>>>> everybody comes together, we collect topics, split, coordinate, come back
>>>>> together, voilà - for me personally there's a clear need for such a thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think?
>>>> I like the idea... but attending the conference is €€€ this time and
>>>> there's not a dedicated transport track to follow.
>>>
>>> @Peter: just on this point, can I clarify - conference attendance costs
>>> are *less* than last year - the base ticket is €75 (and travel London -
>>> Geneva is, from what I can tell, cheaper than London - Helsinki :-) )
>>>
>>> We'd really like to ensure folks aren't excluded because of cost issues
>>> wherever possible ...
>>>
>>> Rufus
>>>
>>>> I am in favour of having an Open Transport weekend somewhere in Europe
>>>> separate from OKCon - maybe we can do a Saturday and Sunday similar to what
>>>> we did at OKF last year...?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
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