<div style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, Monospace; font-size: 14px;">Hi Gert-Jan,</div><div style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, Monospace; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, Monospace; font-size: 14px;">good point. However, it should be possible to organise a conference with a smal(ler) number of attendees, say 300 (Paris) or even 200 (Guimarães). I would rather ask what is the expected limit of attendees in the call</div><div style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, Monospace; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, Monospace; font-size: 14px;">@Tõnis: we are still cooking here, Winter still feels very far away ;)</div><div style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, Monospace; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New, Monospace; font-size: 14px;">Cheers.</div>
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        <div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Luís Moreira de Sousa</div><div>Mastodon: <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@luis_de_sousa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@luis_de_sousa</a></span><br></div><div>URL: <a href="https://ldesousa.codeberg.page" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ldesousa.codeberg.page</a></div>
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        On Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 at 2:08 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden via Conference-Europe <conference-europe@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:<br>
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    <p>Hi all, <br>
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    <p> After reading the 2025 call-for-venue [1] AND the manifesto [2]
      I notice some different expectations regarding the size of the
      event.<br>
      The manifesto states "FOSS4G-Europe should rather be small than
      big", <br>
      whereas the call-for-venue asks "how to accommodate 500+
      participants"and "expect 400-500 attendees". (but then again, also
      states "we prefer modest costs for attendees")<br>
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    <p>Often there's a "tipping point" around 400 attendees, where the
      rules of "economy of scale" (larger = cheaper per attendee) don't
      apply anymore, <br>
      but instead things get more expensive per attendee. <br>
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    <p>I would encourage potential host cities to mark this tipping
      point in their proposal; at what point is the optimum between size
      and costs for attendees. <br>
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    <p>Kind regards, <br>
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    <p>Gert-Jan<br>
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    <p>[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025</a></p>
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      <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Manifesto#FOSS4G_Europe_Manifesto" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Manifesto#FOSS4G_Europe_Manifesto</a></p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24-7-2024 12:06, Besfort Guri via
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        <div>Also, Luis's comments are valid. <br>
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        <div>If you need anything ping me.</div>
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        <div>Best wishes,</div>
        <div>Besfort<br>
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        <div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at
          9:00 PM Tõnis Kärdi via Conference-Europe <<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:conference-europe@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">conference-europe@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
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          had some comments but looks like they came in in-person
          reply-to <br>
          not the list. But essentially<br>
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          On 23.07.24 09:44, Luí s Moreira de Sousa wrote:<br>
           > As a general comment, I see the 1st of September a bit
          short notice, as<br>
           > many folk will be on holidays during August. I suggest
          pushing the<br>
           > deadline to either the end or the middle of September.<br>
           ><br>
           > A couple of items also worth referring:<br>
           > - B2B session/space<br>
           > - Academic track<br>
           > - GeoChicas<br>
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          <br>
          I can take care of the last "items worth referring" tomorrow
          morning. <br>
          And essentially I would have no problem with the deadline
          extension to <br>
          mid-September (+ 2 weeks from the drafted deadline).
          Objections?<br>
          <br>
          As a northener I have the "Winter is coming" mood already upon
          me so the <br>
          concept of a summer-vacation in August still strikes me as odd
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          sometimes... but here we are. :D<br>
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          t;<br>
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          On 23.07.24 21:04, Jáchym wrote:<br>
          > Looking good,<br>
          > <br>
          > we can fire it by tomorrow - I have no problem with that.<br>
          > <br>
          > Many thanks for putting it together. Do you have anything
          to help with ?<br>
          > <br>
          > J<br>
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          > <br>
          > <br>
          > ---- On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:22:14 +0200 *Tõnis Kärdi via
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          > Conference-Europe <<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="mailto:conference-europe@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">conference-europe@lists.osgeo.org</a>>*
          wrote ---<br>
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          >     Hi all,<br>
          > <br>
          >     a draft for the FOSS4G Europe 2025 call-for-venue is
          at [1]. Any (or<br>
          >     all? :D) feedback is much appreciated.<br>
          > <br>
          >     The timeline there is roughly sketched as:<br>
          > <br>
          >     call for venue: 5.08 (Mon) - 1.09 (Sun)<br>
          >     selection period 2.09 (Mon) - 15.09 (Sun)<br>
          >     venue announced: September<br>
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          >     and the rest roughly based on Tartu experience.<br>
          > <br>
          >     After a thought I feel we don't really need a call to
          go over the<br>
          >     details for the "call for venue", we can do it in
          writing here or on<br>
          >     the<br>
          >     wiki page too. Is that ok?<br>
          > <br>
          >     All the best,<br>
          >     t;<br>
          > <br>
          > <br>
          >     [1] - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025</a><br>
          >     <<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025</a>><br>
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