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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Dave, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much. It is hard to cancel something that we’ve worked on since 2018, but with COVID19 there was no possibility of a successful event this year.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We considered 2022, but that far out we would essentially be starting over; plus it means working 4 years on a 5 day conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ll look at things later in 2020/2021 and see if it makes sense to host it in Calgary again.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Dave Mcilhagga <dmcilhagga@mapsherpa.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2020 12:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jonathan Neufeld <jneufeld@tecterra.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> foss4g2020@lists.osgeo.org; Conference Dev <conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2020 Cancelation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Really sorry (but understandable) that this needed to happen. Appreciation to you and your whole team on the efforts and making this important decision.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Food for thought for the committee — given all the work to date done on this, if Jonathan and team are interested - I think it would be worth considering having the team run this event at the first open year that has not yet been determined
(would that be 2022??) without having to go back through the whole RFP process, as the vetting has already been done.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There’s been a lot of hard work put into this already, with sponsorship commitments etc… that could provide a big head start. And allow the opportunity for this to come to fruition without fully going back to the drawing board.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Maps at your fingertips</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.mapsherpa.com/">www.mapsherpa.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Order Online:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.maptrove.ca/">www.maptrove.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 22, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Jonathan Neufeld <<a href="mailto:jneufeld@tecterra.com">jneufeld@tecterra.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is with heavy hearts that we announce FOSS4G 2020 Calgary has been canceled. Unfortunately the ongoing COVID19 pandemic makes hosting this event impossible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have refunded all ticket holders and will be refunding all sponsors as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks everyone for your support, we will look to the future and 2021 in BA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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