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Thank you for the update.<br>
It is good to hear that you are making progress on the list below.
Good work.<br>
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With regards to advice:<br>
* Conference events such as FOSS4G succeed if there is a strong
feeling of confidence from everyone that the event will be a
success.<br>
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* Potential attendees will come, if they think that there will be
lots of high profile and interesting presenters and exhibitors<br>
* Exhibitors will come if they think there will be lots of attendees<br>
* Presenters will come if they think there will be lots of attendees<br>
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So what should an organising committee do to help facilitate this?<br>
* Do lots of talking and press releases, and blogs etc.<br>
* Talk about all the good news stories.<br>
* Do you know of a group of people attending? Talk about it
publicly.<br>
* Do you know about sponors? Talk about it.<br>
* Will there be lots of local Chinese attendees? Talk about it.<br>
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On 7/03/2012 1:23 PM, 熊洁 wrote:
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cite="mid:CAGiWFM5vVD6jFFKWEhdv0nt2Gh1X8wrEC0NDk5T+pGgw38oXfQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Dear all,
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<div>In Feburary 2012, the venue of the conference is determined.
It will be in Beijing Conference Center（北京会议中心<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.beijinghuiyizhongxin.com/en.aspx">http://www.beijinghuiyizhongxin.com/en.aspx</a>）,which
is a 4+ star conference center providing a full package of
service, including conference, repast, accommodation,
entertainment and so on.</div>
<div>And the LOC has successfully negotiated with Beijing
Conference Center to purchase in government procurement, thus,
the price would be cheaper and the facility used will be one of
the best. The accommodation price for FOSS4G 2012 participants
in the center will be only RMB 300-400 yuan.</div>
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<div>About the website of the conference, the LOC has outsourced
the website construction work to 3SNews.net. The contract has
been signed, and the website will be online soon.</div>
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<div>And the LOC is negotiating with several sponsors in China. We
are speeding up the work and will make time up.</div>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
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<div>FOSS4G 2012 LOC</div>
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