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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'>Aaron,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> It appears to me that
reapproaching them would do little good. It does not seem that the
proposal was bad or did not go over well. Rather, there seemed to have
been a surfeit of proposals rendered and yours just was not chosen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>Incidentally, thank you for providing us
with the discount code. <grin><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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discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-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> 'Visibility Committee
Discussion List'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OSGeo-Discuss] 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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