<div dir="ltr">With the second FOSS4G North America in Minneapolis in the history books and looking forward to the "Big Show" in Portland next Fall, I'd love to start the ball rolling to drum up interest in hosting FOSS4G North America in the Spring of 2015.<div>
<br></div><div>There are two parts here:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Who's interested? If you have a local community that you think would be great to host, speak up! If you have questions as to what it takes, ask. If there's a city you'd love to see take this on - start pestering them.</div>
<div><br></div><div>2) If there is competing interest, we'll need identify the selection process/committee. We can take the easy route here and do something simple like prior Conference & Program Chairs make up the committee, or we can try (again) to create a more formal group for North America to handle things like this. If you have $.02 on this - bring it up now!</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'd love to see us be able to move on this and be able to select a venue by the end of November if possible to make sure there is ample time for planning. Important thing right now is to start the discussion and get folks thinking about what we need to do to make the next FOSS4G NA another awesome event!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>David<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>************************************<br>David William Bitner
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