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I agree with Cameron.<br>
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I don't have the time to put into organising another conference.<br>
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That said, this will be a good personal development opportunity for colleagues in Australia. I suspect that several members from the FOSS4G 2009 Sydney team would be willing to act as your mentors.<br>
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You will find the experience to be very rewarding, but require a lot of time and effort.<br>
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If you are interested, please use this list to build your initial team and plans.<br>
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@Eli,<br>
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We routinely get approaches from the Melbourne Convention Centre.<br>
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Bruce<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 3 March 2016 10:46:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eadam@co.lincoln.or.us; Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Aust-NZ] Fwd: OSSGEO FOSS4G 2018 | Potential for Melbourne?</font>
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<div>Hi Eli,<br>
One FOSS4G conference is enough for me. I'm not planning to volunteer to host another.<br>
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I'm CCing the Australian/NZ list. Someone on that list might be interested.<br>
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Cheers, Cameron<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/03/2016 4:28 pm, Eli Adam wrote:<br>
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<div>Hey Cameron,<br>
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Do you have any interest in responding to this or passing on to others in Australia? 
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Achacoso</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:chris.achacoso@melbournecb.com.au">chris.achacoso@melbournecb.com.au</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:45 AM<br>
Subject: OSSGEO FOSS4G 2018 | Potential for Melbourne?<br>
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<div>Dear Eli,</div>
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<div>I’m hoping connect with you on FOSS4G and when the next potential open year would be for Melbourne to bid. Is there any interest to hold FOSS 4G down under for the 2018 event and if so, could our city be considered?</div>
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<div>I understand you must be in knee-deep in planning for the next event in Germany, but I would love to see how we can work together to bring the conference to Melbourne.</div>
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<div>Thank you in advance for your insight and I hope to hear from you soon.</div>
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