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<font size="3" face="Lucida Sans">Hi Daina</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Sans">The website was updated according to your e-mail. I have been away for a while and am catching up on my backlog of things to do, including a bunch of tweaks on the website.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Sans">Graeme</font><br><br>>>> "Daina Mudimbu" <dmudimbu@ledc.co.za> 04/23/08 7:51 AM >>><br>Hi Karryn and LOC<br>Thanks, will follow up with Graeme and Gavin as the main website page<br>has not been changing.<br><br>On the pictures:<br>I understand the issues of avoiding duplication, however we have to<br>admit the current FOSS4G2008 landing page is not as alive as it could be<br>... the pictures I need would be to:<br>- add some life to our FOSS4G2008 first page... it has absolutely<br>nothing right now even simple pictures of the Cape... or a happy bunch<br>of ppl at a workshop!<br>- use in creating banners for marketing for our site and with media<br>partners and other professional sites.<br>- to use in the marketing material we propose to produce... flyers,<br>brochures etc.<br><br>Maybe check the previous years to understand what i'm getting at<br><a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/">http://www.foss4g2007.org/</a> and <a href="http://www.foss4g2006.org/">http://www.foss4g2006.org/</a><br><br>There's definitely no need to reproduce accommodation/tours packages<br>info I doubt a few duplicate pictures in a banner would confuse anyone<br>unless there's copyright issues and we have to source our own? I<br>personally feel a an accommodation and tours page on the main website<br>that places links to the specific landing pages hosted by People SA<br>would not hurt to give a consolidated and easy to follow route for all.<br>As it is now I really also don't understand why this information falls<br>under "announcements" way down at the bottom of the page?? And not at<br>the side with rest of Conference info... Graeme and Gavin?/ Help who is<br>updating the site and how can we add value to the look and feel and<br>current contents??<br><br>Please may we get that distance from ICC info added to<br>Accommodation.... is this possible? Is it coming?<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Daina<br><br><br>Daina Mudimbu<br>Deputy Manager GIS<br>Ehlanzeni District Municipality<br>P.O. BOX 3333, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa<br>Tel: Direct line +27 (0)13 759 8616<br>Tel: Switchboard +27 (0)13 759 8500 extn. 8616<br>Mobile: +27 (0)71 604 8906<br>Fax Number : 0866954056<br>Email: dmudimbu@ledc.co.za<br><br>GISSA Mpumalanga<br>www.gissa.org.za<br><br>>>> karryn@peoplesa.co.za 04/22/08 8:00 AM >>><br><br>Hi Daina ,<br><br>As far as I am aware , Graeme and Gavin have been tasked with the<br>updating<br>Of the webpages . (Not sure if that has changed)<br><br> <br>All the information on places to visit in Cape Town are advertised on<br>the<br>PeopleSA site. Follow the link on the FOSS42008 webpage to the<br>PeopleSA<br>website and it is all there. Pictures , information , possible tours ,<br>accommodation packages etc. Initially it was advertised on the<br>FOSS42008<br>website as well.<br>We had feedback that duplication was not the way to go. As PeopleSA<br>researched and found the  relevant information and pictures and was<br>tasked<br>with giving the delegates a one stop seamless experience of booking<br>preferred accommodation,<br>tours , as well as collection of all payments for these activities it<br>made<br>sense that this was advertised on our site. <br><br>Have a great day.<br><br>Regards<br>Karryn<br>PeopleSA<br> <br><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: foss4g2008loc-bounces@lists.osgeo.org<br>[mailto:foss4g2008loc-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daina<br>Mudimbu<br>Sent: 21 April 2008 6:12 pm<br>To: foss4g2008loc@lists.osgeo.org<br>Subject: [Foss4g2008loc] Foss4g2008 Marketing<br><br>Hi LOC,<br>please check the communications page on the wiki... I've placed what i<br>can and working on it and the rest of the marketing tasks.. will place<br>the announcements planned on the relevat page asap... hopefully by Fri<br>then we can all see whats planned and where we are. On the requests to<br>individuals/through websites... do we all want a basic email request?<br>I<br>will draft one that i will send to the sites/contact i can get to and<br>also place on annoucement page<br><br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Communication">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Communication</a><br><br>And a call for marketing support support is still very open!<br><br>P.S. Who is updating the Foss4G2008 landing page??? Please update it<br>... it currently has a misleading deadline for call for pa[pers... we<br>wouldn't want anyone to miss the deadline!! Or how can I help edit it.<br>Please place the following on that first page and where links are<br>available then the correct link to the other pages e.g. to the<br>workshops<br>and labs page or info on abstractes page etc.<br><br>SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES:<br><br>30 April 2008: Deadline for submission of proposals for workshops and<br>labs<br><br>12 May 2008: Deadline for submission of abstracts<br>17 June 2008: Notification of acceptance of abstracts<br>18 August 2008: Deadline for submission of presentation / papers for<br>the proceedings<br>1 September 2008:Deadline for submission of posters<br><br>Sponsors & Exhibitors: registration now open<br><br>Important dates for registrations:<br>Early bird registrations: closes June 15, 2008<br>Online registration: closes September 15 2008<br>Late registration opens September 16 - September 29 2008<br>On-site registration opens September 29 2008<br><br>Conference Dates September 29 - October 3 2008<br><br><br>Request: Anyone with photos we can use for the webiste... i.e. those<br>of<br>Cape Town (places of interest), of the ICC and perhaps potetial<br>technical visit places if we have.. and other interesting pictures of<br>things to do, food to eat, places to stay . etc .. anything for that<br>"exciting" first landing page we need to have?? HELP PLEASE! People SA<br>you look like you have quite soe great ones on your page... any chance<br>we can use some of these on the main page?<br><br>Also People SA- Petro/Karryn: may we have distance info attached to<br>the<br>proposed hotels.. i.e. walking/driving to the arious acommodation.. it<br>will make selection easier for those of us not from the Cape.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>daina<br><br>Daina Mudimbu<br>Deputy Manager GIS<br>Ehlanzeni District Municipality<br>P.O. BOX 3333, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa<br>Tel: Direct line +27 (0)13 759 8616<br>Tel: Switchboard +27 (0)13 759 8500 extn. 8616<br>Mobile: +27 (0)71 604 8906<br>Fax Number : 0866954056<br>Email: dmudimbu@ledc.co.za<br><br>GISSA Mpumalanga<br>www.gissa.org.za<br>_______________________________________________<br>FOSS4G2008LOC mailing list<br>FOSS4G2008LOC@lists.osgeo.org<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2008loc">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2008loc</a><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>FOSS4G2008LOC mailing list<br>FOSS4G2008LOC@lists.osgeo.org<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2008loc">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2008loc</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>FOSS4G2008LOC mailing list<br>FOSS4G2008LOC@lists.osgeo.org<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2008loc">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2008loc</a><br>
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