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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Well, as part of the sponsorship I got for
Autodesk, we get a 45 minute speaking opportunity in the Products and Services
Track. I could donate this time to OSGeo and you could present the topic
below or refine further. Would this be of interest? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
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94903</span></font><font size=2 color=aqua face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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507-8221<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:viscom-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Aaron Racicot<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 04, 2007
2:58 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'OSGeo Discussions'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Visibility
Committee Discussion List</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Viscom-dev] FW:
Conference Proposal Notification</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hmmmm… looks like my proposal for an
OSGeo session at OSCON did not go over well. Anyone have a suggestion as
to how to re-approach them to try and convince the powers that be that we
should be there. Last year was a great success… maybe it was my
proposal they did not like ;-(</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Any thoughts are welcome…</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>+----------------------------------------+<br>
Aaron Racicot - GIS Programmer <br>
360.221.2441 - aaronr@ecotrust.org <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> vee@oreilly.com
[mailto:vee@oreilly.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 04, 2007
2:47 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Aaron Racicot; vee@oreilly.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Conference Proposal
Notification</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear
Aaron,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On behalf of the O'Reilly Open
Source Convention 2007</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>program committee, I want to thank
you for your recent proposal: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>"OSGeo:
Practical Maps, Practical Apps"</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thank you for your interest in
sharing your work with the open source</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>community. While your
proposal was considered closely, we are not able</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>to include it in the program this
year. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In most
cases proposals are declined because the topic of the talk or</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>tutorial was already covered in
another presentation, or the subject matter</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>was too narrow or vendor
specific. This year we again had far too many</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>great talks to fit into the number
of slots available. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We encourage
you to submit a proposal for next year's conference,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and we thank you again for taking
the time to submit your proposal.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We would
like to offer you a 25% discount off the registration</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>fee if you simply want to
attend. Just register as an Attendee</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and use this code in the discount
code field: </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> os07dsd</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>There are
still opportunities to sponsor or exhibit at the event.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For sponsor/exhibitor
possibilities, please contact Yvonne Romaine,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sales and Exhibits Manager,
sponsorships@oreilly.com.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We hope
to see you there!</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Regards, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Vee
McMillen</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Speaker/Operations Manager</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>O'Reilly Media, Inc.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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