<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tim,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'm over-extended at the moment, so
sorry, I won't be able to help with the '08 bid.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO, it would be a disservice to ourselves
and to OSGeo if we only put in a half-hearted attempt for '08. We'll be
wasting our time, the conference organisers and the OSGeo reviewers. I'd
prefer to see a concerted effort for '09 instead.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I can't see us being able to do '08
justice.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruce</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Should have gone to the list, not just Bruce!<br>
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On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 09:04 +1000, Bruce.Bannerman@dpi.vic.gov.au wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Tim, <br>
> <br>
> I haven't been involved in one of these types of events before. <br>
> <br>
> I may be able to help with '09, but not '08. <br>
> <br>
> I'd like to get a better understanding of what would be involved<br>
> before committing though. <br>
> <br>
> Bruce <br>
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'08 shouldn't be a problem. We're not putting too much into that
one.<br>
'09 will be the one we are wanting to go full tilt on. As far as
leg<br>
work goes, we will take on as much as we can, though we will use the<br>
services of Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau to help put our bid<br>
together (a free service from the NSW Govt to help win large int'l<br>
conf's for Sydney), and a conf organising co. that can do much of the<br>
legwork. We will have a job and a half to select a suitable conf<br>
organiser though, as the nature of FOSS4G (in keeping with its open<br>
source community feel) is probably a little different to many confs. We<br>
won't have the option of doing it all with local volunteer resources<br>
(such as linux.conf.au does) as we just don't have the numbers on the<br>
ground. I'm not sure how we will balance things out, but that's part
of<br>
the fun.<br>
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At this stage would you (or anybody else, but be quick,as the bids close<br>
on Friday) like to be a nominal part of the '08 organising committee (do<br>
we have such a thing yet?) on the understanding that we won't have much<br>
to do apart from "amend & approve" the '08 bid docs that
are generated<br>
for us by Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau? In all fairness,<br>
Cameron and I have given them a reasonable amount of detail as to what<br>
we think we want (in line with concom's guidelines), and they do<br>
understand we are primarily aiming at '09.<br>
<br>
We will look at rolling over to an '09 conf committee after the '08 bid<br>
is in.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Tim<br>
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