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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Barry,<BR>
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These FOSS4G updates to the Discuss list are a good initiative.<BR>
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Well done to you and the team.<BR>
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Bruce<BR>
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On 18/01/13 1:48 AM, "Barry Rowlingson" <<a href="b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk">b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Another of the irregular updates of the conference team!<BR>
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We have our first sponsors - Ordnance Survey (yes, another 'OS')<BR>
Google, Edina, MapGears, and Metaspatial have all got in with our<BR>
early-bird 10% discount sponsor deal. The rest of you have until the<BR>
end of the month, then it goes up to full rate.<BR>
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Wall-of-sponsors page is here:<BR>
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<a href="http://2013.foss4g.org/sponsors/">http://2013.foss4g.org/sponsors/</a><BR>
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We also have our first accepted keynote speaker, a major open-source<BR>
geospatial figure - I'm not sure if its public knowledge yet, so I'll<BR>
not give any names away.<BR>
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The first papers have been submitted to the Academic Track section. We<BR>
expect many more, most of which will undoubtedly come in on the last<BR>
day!<BR>
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The call for presentations and workshops is nearly done, the programme<BR>
subcommittee are finalising the submissions process.<BR>
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We've also started to investigate entertainment options for our<BR>
evening dinner spectacular, and I've been in touch with agents to try<BR>
and get a really top-class comedy/musical act with broad appeal to our<BR>
community. If that fails we'll give our committee chair a microphone<BR>
and make him sing karaoke.<BR>
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The announcement of FOSS4G-NA's harassment policy has sparked some<BR>
discussion on the committee, and we will be producing a code of<BR>
conduct document to cover everything from harassment to dress code and<BR>
timeliness. The dress code will insist everyone brings their t-shirts<BR>
from previous FOSS4Gs!<BR>
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With the countdown clock on the web site now under 8 months expect<BR>
many more exciting announcements soon.<BR>
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Barry<BR>
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