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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Gavin,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did you circulate the final prospectus? I need a
copy urgently but can only find the last draft copy (nov 2007).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Will appreciate it if you can send me a copy again
or must I ask Inge?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Magda</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=GavinF@mintek.co.za href="mailto:GavinF@mintek.co.za">Gavin
Fleming</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=foss4g2008loc@lists.osgeo.org
href="mailto:foss4g2008loc@lists.osgeo.org">FOSS4G2008 local organising
committee</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:26
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Foss4g2008loc] welcome to the
year of FOSS4G2008!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
everyone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Items that need our attention now
include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*sponsorship and
exhibitors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*calls for papers and
workshops<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*conference website and
registration<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*decisions around and publication
of conference deadlines – early bird registration, papers,
etc.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some off-list activity has been
happening since my last post:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The budget is at OSGeo for
approval – thanks Petro<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">e-mail enquiries are picking up –
thanks for dealing with these Karryn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">sponsorship requests are starting
to trickle in, including from Google.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have decided (with some
discussion) to move the website onto the OSGeo-hosted conference management
system (<A
href="http://www.osgeo.org/ocs/index.php/foss4g/2008/index">http://www.osgeo.org/ocs/index.php/foss4g/2008/index</A>),
which <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tyler</st1:place></st1:City>
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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Magda and Dawn are gearing up the
sponsorship process.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Karryn has been tightening up
accommodation deals and conference centre and gala dinner
arrangements<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For my part I’ll be reconciling
recent threads, double checking final versions of sponsorship prospectus,
letterhead, budget, etc. and pestering portfolio holders.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here’s to a great year and a great
conference! <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Gavin Fleming </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">MSc, Pr. GISc
Technologist</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Senior GISc and Sustainable Development
Researcher <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="http://www.foss4g2008.org/">FOSS4G2008</A> conference
chair<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mintek, </SPAN></FONT><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US>200 Malibongwe
Drive</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN lang=EN-US> (formerly <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Hans Strijdom
Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>)</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">P/Bag X3015, Randburg, 2125,
</SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>South Africa</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">w: +27-11-709-4668 c: 0845965680 f:
0866164820<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">xmpp (Jabber, Google Talk, etc.):
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="mailto:gavinjfleming@gmail.com">gavinjfleming@gmail.com</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Skype:
phlemingo<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">27.9782E 26.0896S</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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