<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">That's great news Paul<div><br></div><div>The UK team are bubbling with excitement and send our commiserations to our Finnish friends.</div><div><br></div><div>I think our dates are carved in stone as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">17th to 21st September 201</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">3</span> </span>but I want to double check with the venue before confirming that.</div><div><br></div><div>We will get our team into gear in the next week or so and start that dialogue with you over the budget. Will you be assigning a board member to liaise with us?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to all the selection group for your confidence in us</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Steven<br><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font color="#999999">_____________________</font><br><div class="moz-signature"><div class="moz-signature"><div class="moz-signature"><div class="moz-signature"><div class="moz-signature"><div class="moz-signature"><font color="#999999" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font color="#999999"><b><br>Steven Feldman</b></font><br>_____________________<br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div>On 18 Jun 2012, at 15:12, Paul Ramsey wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Conference Committee, Bidders,<br><br>Good morning (PDT). The results have been tabulated, and every member<br>of the committee has voted (yay).<br><br>Many thanks to both teams for bidding. Many of the members commented<br>on the difficulty in selecting a bid, given the quality and attention<br>to detail in both bids.<br><br>The voting results are<br><br>Nottingham 8<br>Helsinki 2<br><br>So, FOSS4G 2013 will be in Nottingham, UK.<br><br>To the Nottingham team:<br><br>- The sooner you can carve your dates into stone, the better for<br>promotion and planning<br>- Remember that you will have to submit a budget to the Board for<br>approval, and the "Official, Really for Reals Acceptance" of your bid<br>is contingent on the Board formally accepting your budget and bid.<br>Let's move that process forward briskly.<br><br>To the Helsinki team:<br><br>- You had a great bid and a wonderful venue and plan, I hope you'll<br>consider bringing your preparations and research to hosting an EU<br>Regional event for 2014.<br><br>Thanks again to everyone,<br><br>Paul,<br>your 2013 RFP bid guy<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>