<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tim,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I haven't been involved in one of these
types of events before.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I may be able to help with '09, but
not '08.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'd like to get a better understanding
of what would be involved before committing though.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruce</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 20:55 +1000, shoaib wrote:<br>
> Hi all<br>
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> Unfortunately at this stage I might not be able to make it to<br>
> FOSS4G'07 in Victoria but fingers crossed as Sydney may be bidding
for<br>
> FOSS4G 2008.<br>
> <br>
Hope you can make it Shoaib. We need to keep the Aussie presence
up!<br>
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As far as a bid for '08 goes, I don't think we can make a credible<br>
effort, particularly as the bid deadline is this Friday. Cameron
and I<br>
have had a few chats on the phone about it, and I think the best idea<br>
would be to make a 'nominal' bid for '08 to signal our intention to make<br>
a serious bid for '09. Perhaps Cameron we need to move the conversation<br>
off the phone and onto the list?<br>
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We haven't got too far yet, but our thinking is that our best<br>
proposition would be Sydney, probably utilising UNSW which has a<br>
significant spatial sciences dept. We also have Cameron on the ground<br>
there, who is actively leading this. We had a chat the other day
with a<br>
NSW govt Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau person (Josh Roberts) who<br>
is willing to help us put together a bid. At this stage nothing is<br>
fixed, particularly as we are not expecting to be able to put a winning<br>
bid together for '08. We do consider '09 to be a different story<br>
though. That one we want to win, and I think we should aim at setting
a<br>
benchmark others will find hard to match.<br>
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Anyone have a taste for getting involved? We plan to have quite a
bit<br>
of fun with this (yes, there will be some hard work, but the rewards<br>
will make it all worthwhile!)<br>
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Regards,<br>
Tim Bowden<br>
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