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Cairnes would be a nice place to hold a conference. We could throw
in a trip to the reef for the social event. :)<br>
<br>
But, the landscape has changed for winning a foss4g event.<br>
Before winning an international event, I'd expect that a conference
committee would expect to see a track record of successful local
foss4g events.<br>
I'd also expect that there would be tough competition from the Asian
regions, likely from India, who have been making great progress, and
possibly also from South/Central America.<br>
<br>
Cheers, Cameron<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/09/2015 1:46 pm, Bruce Bannerman
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<div>I received the following email from the Cairns Convention
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<div>Before I respond, is there any interest within the AustNZ
community for hosting another FOSS4G in Australia or New
Zealand?</div>
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<div>Bruce</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Cherie Kitto <br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, 22
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<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Bruce Bannerman <br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Open Source
Geospatial Foundation - OSGeo<br>
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rgb(38, 38, 38);">Our information is the OSGeo hold
the annual Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial or FOSS4G meeting most recently in Seoul,
Korea last week. It was last held in Australia in
Sydney in 2009. We understand that 2016 will be held
in Bonn, Germany.
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rgb(38, 38, 38);">We would like to enquire if there
is any interest amongst your colleagues in Australia
to host the FOSS4G Conference in the future? If so,
would you consider working with the City of Cairns
and the Cairns Convention Centre to lodge a bid?
According to the OSGeo website anyone wishing to
host the 2017 Conference needed to submit a Letter
of Intent by 29 July this year so unless this has
already occurred can we assume the first opportunity
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