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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: red" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000">Q: Although many private sector companies are mentioned in your letter, your local committee contains no private sector representatives. Am I wrong on this statement? Or was this by design?</font></font></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">A: Private sector companies will be as sponsors and supports, and not be as organizing committee.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: red" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000">Q: Has your local committee given any thought to a potential theme for the event? (such as FOSS4G within GIS Industry)</font></font></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">A: As the world's fastest-growing market and application development, China's GIS industry has been very high speed of development, but the choice and use of open source GIS are relatively backward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So the theme for the event we suggest are as follow:</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0.9pt 0pt 21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 0; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoListParagraph" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3" face="Calibri">1.</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Open China & Open Source GIS</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0.9pt 0pt 21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 0; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoListParagraph" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3" face="Calibri">2.</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">How to enhance Chinese technicians contribute to Open Source GIS</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0.9pt 0pt 21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 0; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoListParagraph" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3" face="Calibri">3.</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">How to play a role in Small and Medium Enterprises for Open Source GIS </font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0.9pt 0pt 21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 0; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoListParagraph" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3" face="Calibri">4.</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">How to Promote Chinese Open Source GIS for large-scale application</font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0.9pt 0pt 21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 0; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoListParagraph" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3" face="Calibri">5.</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">How to jump-start the Chinese GIS platform for Open Source GIS</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: red" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000">Q: Have you begun initial talks with the BICC venue? What dates/months are potentially available? (I do see that you mention September later in the letter)</font></font></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">A: Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We have begun to talk with BICC venue, and we are very familiar with some person in charge of the conference with the BICC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Any dates of September in 2012 are available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But for BICC, the sooner we reserve the venue and the rooms the better.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: red" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000">Q: I know it must have been difficult to submit a proposal for FOSS4G 2010 and then not have it accepted. Can you briefly explain the differences from that proposal/proposed team and this current one? Where has there been improvements, in your opinion?</font></font></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">A: First, this year, GIS Industry has been on the state priority list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>China Association for GIS System has changed its name to China Association for GIS Industry, and that means the state has attached great importance to GIS Industry far more than 2010.</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Second, as the letter of intent mentioned, 3sNews has rich experiences in organizing the conferences and owns many resources of media and users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For organizing the international conference, we will prepare much better than 2010.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: red" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">Q: Your letter of intent is 3 pages long, yet the guidelines specifically stated "a maximum of 2 pages" for the letter of intent, can you explain why your letter is not within those guidelines?</font></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">A: For the letter of intent, we had tried to compress the words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Perhaps we were too excited to demonstrate our capabilities to hold FOSS4G in Beijing, China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In addition, the habit of talking for Chinese people is little bit different from Western people, so I am so sorry for the long translation.</font></span></p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">在 2011年7月15日 下午5:35，张迪 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linda.zhang@3snews.net">linda.zhang@3snews.net</a>></span>写道：<br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am sorry for the late reply. I have to communicate with Liu Yuzhang, the Conference Chair before giving you the final decision to answer your questions. But he has a very important meet today. I will give you the answers on Monday.</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">P/S: We are so glad you have had the pleasure of visiting Beijing.<span> </span>If you come to Beijing, I will be your free guide, and play table tennis with you. </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings" lang="EN-US"><span>J</span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">在 2011年7月14日 下午8:04，Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span>写道：
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hello Linda,<br><br>Thank you for joining the conference_dev mailing list. I have submitted<br>some questions for your local committee through that mailing list, which<br>
I have included below.<br><br>Please have your team respond to these questions as soon as possible,<br>through that mailing list. Thank you.<br><br>-jeff<br><br><br>On 11-07-13 3:01 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:<br>> Hello Liu Yuzhang and the Beijing local committee,<br>
><br>> Thank you for submitting a letter of intent to host the FOSS4G event. I<br>> have some questions regarding your letter below, that I hope can be<br>> answered on this mailing list by one of your local committee members:<br>
><br>> - Although many private sector companies are mentioned in your letter,<br>> your local committee contains no private sector representatives. Am I<br>> wrong on this statement? Or was this by design?<br>
><br>> - Has your local committee given any thought to a potential theme for<br>> the event? (such as FOSS4G within GIS Industry)<br>><br>> - Have you begun initial talks with the BICC venue? What dates/months<br>
> are potentially available? (I do see that you mention September later in<br>> the letter)<br>><br>> - I know it must have been difficult to submit a proposal for FOSS4G<br>> 2010 and then not have it accepted. Can you briefly explain the<br>
> differences from that proposal/proposed team and this current one? Where<br>> has there been improvements, in your opinion?<br>><br>> - Your letter of intent is 3 pages long, yet the guidelines specifically<br>
> stated "a maximum of 2 pages" for the letter of intent, can you explain<br>> why your letter is not within those guidelines?<br>><br>> Finally, I have had the pleasure of visiting your wonderful city of<br>
> Beijing, in November 2010. I know I have many things still to do there,<br>> including finishing a table tennis match :)<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>><br>> -jeff<br></blockquote></div></div></div><br><br clear="all">
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