<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>We look forward to seeing you all in Portland next year. :)</div><div><br></div><div>PDF attached</div><div><br></div><div>Darrell Fuhriman</div><div><br></div><div>======</div><div><br></div><div><b id="docs-internal-guid--dde31db-909d-15dc-b3b1-28d1a70c74c3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2954545454545454;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:1pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid--dde31db-909d-15dc-b3b1-28d1a70c74c3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2954545454545454; margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 1pt; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">FOSS4G 2014 Letter of Intent for Portland, Oregon, USA.</span></p></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">1. Who is your conference chair?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Darrell Fuhriman - </span><a href="mailto:darrell@garnix.org" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">darrell@garnix.org</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Darrell is Director of Engineering at Renewable Funding, and an adjunct instructor in the Department of Geography at Portland State University.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">2. Who else is on your LOC?</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">David Percy, Department of Geology, Portland State University and Geospatial Data Manager, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Garlynn Woodsong, Calthorpe Associates</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Eli Adam, Lincoln County </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Webb Sprague, Forecast Analyst, State of Washington</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Justin Miller, MapBox</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Jeremy VanGelder, I-10 Associates </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Members of the PDX-OSGeo user group TBD</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The </span><a href="http://pdxosgeo.org" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">PDX-OSGeo</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> group is both a local chapter of OSGeo, and Special Interest Group of Oregon and Southwest Washington URISA. Our members work in a wide-range of Geospatial related fields: academic, commercial, natural resources, non-profits, and local governments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">3. What is the experience of your committee members with similar events?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We bring past conference organizing experience. Members of the PDX-OSGeo group have been on the organizing committees for GIS in Action, WhereCampPDX, State of the Map US, and other events. It has also put on its own Unconference for the past three years. Percy was on the Workshops Committee for FOSS4G 2007, and co-organizer of Google Summer of Code Portland State University,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The LOC intends to engage </span><a href="http://stumptownsyndicate.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Stumptown Syndicate</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> as a paid conference organizer. Stumptown Syndicate is a Portland-based 501(c)(3) whose mission is to support technology education and community-building through events, space and resource coordination, and other activities. They have </span><a href="http://stumptownsyndicate.org/wiki/Main_Page" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">organized numerous open source conferences and events</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, as well as writing open source conference management software.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">4. What is your venue?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The venues below have accommodated similar sized conferences in the past, and are centrally located. Final choice will be based on availability and cost. All facilities have wireless internet access.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Oregon Convention Center</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, 777 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, 97232</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- many thousands capacity, rooms in every size</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- hosted State of the Map US 2012, RailsConf 2007-8 & 2013, and OSCON for many years</span></p><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Lloyd Center Doubletree</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, 1000 NE Multnomah St, 97232</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- Doubles as primary conference hotel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- 1,000 largest capacity room</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- up to 14 smaller meeting rooms, ranging in size from 50-760 depending on configuration</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- complete capacity details are </span><a href="http://www.doubletreegreen.com/media/docs/floorplans/06_DTFloorplanCapacityChart.pdf" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">available here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> (PDF).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- hosted NACIS 2012 and OR-URISA’s GIS in Action conference for several years</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Hilton Executive Tower</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, 921 SW 6th Ave, 97204</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- Doubles as primary conference hotel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- 1,150 largest capacity room</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- up to 26 smaller rooms, ranging from 20-600 depending on configuration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- complete capacity details are </span><a href="http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/oregon/hilton-portland-and-executive-tower-PDXPHHH/event/roomcharts.html" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">available here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- hosted URISA GIS-Pro 2012, ApacheCon NA 2013<br class="kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">5. What is the price range and general location of your proposed accommodations? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Prices range from the extremely cheap (Hostels ~ $30, Motels ~ $40) to $400, with typical range being $130 - $175. The Portland Convention and Visitors Bureau will help us put a hotel package together and also book the Convention Center, should that be chosen as the venue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">For other expenses, please see this summary by Travel Portland: </span><a href="http://meetings.travelportland.com" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">http://meetings.travelportland.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">6. Are you partnering with other local organizations?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">In addition to Stumptown Syndicate as the intended paid conference organizer, some potential partners include </span><a href="http://www.ecotrust.org" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Ecotrust</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, Esri (neé </span><a href="https://developers.geoloqi.com" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Geoloqi</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">), and </span><a href="http://trimet.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">TriMet</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">. Portland has a </span><a href="http://calagator.org" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">very active tech culture</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, and we will be reaching out to organizations with similar interests. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">7. What makes FOSS4G in your proposed location compelling?</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Portland’s “Silicon Forest” is home to a booming tech community and a hotbed of open source development, as well as a popular conference location in the past. Many conferences that travel have had record attendance in Portland (URISA GIS-Pro, NACIS). We expect to follow that pattern and make this the most successful FOSS4G conference to date.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Portland is regularly listed as one of the top bicycling cities in the US, as go-to destination for foodies, and one of the nation’s greenest cities. The region has a wide variety of cultural and outdoors activities for those attendees who wish to make a longer trip. We are just 80 miles from the Pacific Ocean, and 70 miles from the Cascades. The beautiful Columbia River Gorge is just minutes away.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The proposed conference venues are all located in or near the downtown core, and accommodations are less expensive than in larger cities. A direct light-rail connection to the airport makes out-of-town travel inexpensive – all the proposed locations are within a two minute walk of the airport line.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span></div></b></div></body></html>