[Foss4g2008loc] welcome to the year of FOSS4G2008!

[Inge Netterberg]

I will sent the final one tomorrow early am - sorry work has been
totally crazy for the beginning of the year! 

 

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From: foss4g2008loc-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:foss4g2008loc-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Magda Roos
Sent: 15 January 2008 10:52
To: FOSS4G2008 local organising committee
Subject: Re: [Foss4g2008loc] welcome to the year of FOSS4G2008!

 

Hi Gavin,

 

Did you circulate the final prospectus? I need a copy urgently but can
only find the last draft copy (nov 2007).

 

Will appreciate it if you can send me a copy again or must I ask Inge?

 

Magda

	----- Original Message ----- 

	From: Gavin Fleming <mailto:GavinF at mintek.co.za>  

	To: FOSS4G2008 local organising committee
<mailto:foss4g2008loc at lists.osgeo.org>  

	Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:26 AM

	Subject: [Foss4g2008loc] welcome to the year of FOSS4G2008!

	 

	Hi everyone

	 

	I'm happy to see splutterings of activity emerging again in the
LOC after the southern hemisphere summer break.  The conference is no
longer 'next year' and the next few weeks will be critical for our
success.

	 

	Items that need our attention now include:

	*sponsorship and exhibitors

	*calls for papers and workshops

	*conference website and registration

	*decisions around and publication of conference deadlines -
early bird registration, papers, etc.

	 

	Some off-list activity has been happening since my last post:

	-    The budget is at OSGeo for approval - thanks Petro

	-    e-mail enquiries are picking up - thanks for dealing with
these Karryn

	-    sponsorship requests are starting to trickle in, including
from Google.

	-    I have decided (with some discussion) to move the website
onto the OSGeo-hosted conference management system
(http://www.osgeo.org/ocs/index.php/foss4g/2008/index), which Tyler has
kindly set up for us. Graeme, Dewald and any other volunteers, we'll
need a concerted effort over the next couple of weeks to move content
across and update it, get the registration system up and add new
content. When it's looking good and working well we'll switch from the
current one. Would the web working group please organise a work plan
around making this happen.

	-    Magda and Dawn are gearing up the sponsorship process.

	-    Karryn has been tightening up accommodation deals and
conference centre and gala dinner arrangements

	 

	LOC members please refresh yourselves regarding your portfolios
and report progress.   Please move all discussion onto the list unless
it really needs to be offline or private. 

	 

	For my part I'll be reconciling recent threads, double checking
final versions of sponsorship prospectus, letterhead, budget, etc. and
pestering portfolio holders. 

	 

	Here's to a great year and a great conference! 

	 

	Gavin Fleming MSc, Pr. GISc Technologist

	Senior GISc and Sustainable Development Researcher 

	FOSS4G2008 <http://www.foss4g2008.org/>  conference chair

	Mintek, 200 Malibongwe Drive (formerly Hans Strijdom Drive)

	P/Bag X3015, Randburg, 2125, South Africa

	w: +27-11-709-4668 c: 0845965680 f: 0866164820

	xmpp (Jabber, Google Talk, etc.): gavinjfleming at gmail.com

	Skype: phlemingo

	27.9782E 26.0896S

	 

	
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