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<font face="Lucida Sans" size="3"> Hi Claude</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Sans" size="3">What you need to do is edit your profile on the website and ensure that you are an author, as Dave suggests. Then, click the proposal submission button and it will guide you though the process, or access via </font><font face="Lucida Sans" size="3" color="#0000ff"><u><i><a href="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/cfp">http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/cfp</a></i></u></font><font face="Lucida Sans" size="3"> as Burnie suggests. The first stop is to submit the title and an overview/abstract of the workshop, then it will be accepted/rejected for further consideration. At this point, you will be able to submit your filled in proposal, based on the choice of template to be found at </font><font face="Lucida Sans" size="3" color="#0000ff"><u><i><a href="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/trackPolicies">http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/trackPolicies</a></i></u></font><font face="Lucida Sans" size="3"> .</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Sans" size="3">I will fix up the wiki appropriately.</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Sans" size="3">Dave, what is not working in the website for you as far as the workshops go?</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Sans" size="3">Regards</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Sans" size="3">Graeme</font><br><br>>>> Dave Patton <davep@confluence.org> 04/28/08 5:35 PM >>><br>Claude Philipona wrote:<br>> Hello,<br>><br>> As the deadline for workshop submission is Wednesday, I can't find<br>> the template and the exact procedure, and I must say that I'm kind of<br>> lost thru a looping links between the wiki and foss4g site.<br>><br>> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Announcements">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Announcements</a> reports that is<br>> will be available shortly. And this page doesn't help much<br><br>Hello Claude.<br><br>You have to have an Account on the<br>conference website. You can create one here:<br><a href="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/user/account">http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/user/account</a><br><br>Make sure to select the "Create account as Author"<br>checkbox. If you already have an Account, and it's<br>not an "Author", login to the website and use the<br>"Edit My Profile" link.<br><br>When logged in with an 'Author Account', when you<br>go to the "User Home" page:<br><a href="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/index/user">http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/index/user</a><br>you will find an "Author" link under the<br>"FOSS4G 2008" heading, and that starts<br>your submission process. In Step 1, under<br>"Conference Track" you select<br>"Workshops and Labs".<br><br>Having said that, the website doesn't seem to be<br>working properly for me right now, so you may<br>have to wait for a response from one of the<br>local FOSS4G2008 people.<br><br>--<br>Dave Patton<br>CIS Canadian Information Systems<br>Victoria, B.C.<br><br>Degree Confluence Project:<br>Canadian Coordinator<br>Technical Coordinator<br><a href="http://www.confluence.org/">http://www.confluence.org/</a><br><br>OSGeo FOSS4G2007 conference:<br>Workshop Committee Chair<br>Conference Committee member<br><a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/">http://www.foss4g2007.org/</a><br><br>Personal website:<br>Maps, GPS, etc.<br><a href="http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/">http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Conference-workshops mailing list<br>Conference-workshops@lists.osgeo.org<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference</a>-workshops<br>
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