[OSGeo-Conf] 2009 Vote required

[Dave McIlhagga]

+1

Good luck Sydney .. see you in '09.

Dave



On 29-Jan-08, at 12:27 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote:

> +1
>
> Helena
>
> On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 12:03 -0500, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> Hello fellow OSGeo conference committee members,
>>
>> I would like to thank those who were able to attend last week's
>> conference call with the Sydney bidding committee.  Major topics  
>> such as
>> the proposed team, budget, venue, and accommodation were all  
>> discussed.
>>     For those topics that were a little unclear for the bidding  
>> team at
>> this stage (such as handling workshops) it was agreed that there is
>> sufficient time to deal with these before 2009.
>>
>> The next step in the process for deciding on a 2009 location must  
>> be a
>> vote by the OSGeo conference committee, and then this proposed  
>> location
>> must be approved by the OSGeo Board members.  The next board  
>> meeting is
>> next Friday February 8th, where the plan is to present our committee
>> decision to the board.
>>
>> Therefore we must still vote on the one submitted bid.  Usually we  
>> would
>> do the voting privately, but considering the circumstances I think it
>> should be optional this year - if prefer to keep your voting  
>> private you
>> can email me directly your vote, otherwise we can all use this  
>> mailing
>> list.  Please use "+1" to indicate you support the Sydney bid, "0"  
>> for
>> no opinion, and "-1" for disagreement.  Please submit your votes  
>> before
>> next Friday.
>>
>> I'll start with a +1.  (their passion and enthusiasm for FOSS4G is
>> evident, and they have a strong team)
>>
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 2009 proposal: http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp
>>
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