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I'll echo Peter's comments in encouraging Helsinki to bid again.<br>
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For Sydney's FOSS4G 2009 event we put in an "intention to bid next
year" the year before we bid. The fact that a city has been thinking
about FOSS4G for more than one year will certainly go in your favour
for future bids.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 19/06/12 02:09, Peter Batty wrote:
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cite="mid:CAPJXf1VNJtgvNS30EPBEyT=N8gwu2czF1R8QdumCVSqcKiwS2w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi, I would like to reiterate Paul's sentiments and
congratulate both teams on excellent bids, it was a tough decision
for the committee to make. With the Denver bid we weren't selected
first time round either, but we made it at the second attempt, so
I do encourage the Finnish team to bid again in future. And
congratulations to the UK team, I look forward to a FOSS4G in my
home country :).
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Pekka
Sarkola <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Folks,<br>
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Well, it has been looooong morning here in Helsinki ;-)<br>
<br>
Thanks for everybody! Just now it's difficult to be good
looser. Maybe<br>
someday I will learn to be.<br>
<br>
Rgs,<br>
<br>
Pekka<br>
ps. Can't wait cheaper beers in Nottingham: in Finland Open
Source events<br>
have free beers...<br>
<br>
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Pekka Sarkola<br>
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2013 RFP Result<br>
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Conference Committee, Bidders,<br>
<br>
Good morning (PDT). The results have been tabulated, and
every member of the<br>
committee has voted (yay).<br>
<br>
Many thanks to both teams for bidding. Many of the
members commented on the<br>
difficulty in selecting a bid, given the quality and
attention to detail in<br>
both bids.<br>
<br>
The voting results are<br>
<br>
Nottingham 8<br>
Helsinki 2<br>
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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 promotion<br>
and planning<br>
- Remember that you will have to submit a budget to the
Board for approval,<br>
and the "Official, Really for Reals Acceptance" of your
bid is contingent on<br>
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 consider<br>
bringing your preparations and research to hosting an EU
Regional event for<br>
2014.<br>
<br>
Thanks again to everyone,<br>
<br>
Paul,<br>
your 2013 RFP bid guy<br>
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