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the latest version of OCS. We’ll have a left panel with sponsors logos.
We can list exhibitors, create links to extra pages, etc, which would have
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<p class=section1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
foss4g2008loc-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:foss4g2008loc-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Magda Roos<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 07 July 2008 10:25 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> FOSS4G2008 local organising
committee<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Foss4g2008loc]
Thinking of Exhibiting at the most importantGIS conference in SA this year?
Reserve your stand by July 7 for EarlyBird rates</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Gavin,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you for the
notification. Can you perhaps create a sort of hyperlink at “Reserve your
stand by July 7 to get early bird rates”. By clicking on this link, it
must take them to our web page.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And … I can’t
find any information on the web page regarding the exhibition. Please tell me
what type of information will be suitable for the web page and how I can load
the data onto the web (floor plan, contact details etc). I also can’t
remember my login and password! Please help!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Magda<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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foss4g2008loc-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:foss4g2008loc-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Gavin Fleming<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, July 04, 2008 3:36
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">FOSS4G2008
local organising committee</st1:PersonName>; Africa local chapter discussions<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Foss4g2008loc] Thinking
of Exhibiting at the most important GIS conference in SA this year? Reserve
your stand by July 7 for Early Bird rates</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>2008 Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference incorporating GISSA 2008, September 29 - October
3, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cape Town</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We’ve extended the exhibitor early bird deadline
because of mailing list hitches, so<b><font color="#ff6600"><span
style='color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'> Reserve your stand by July 7 to get
early bird rates</span></font></b><font color="#ff6600"><span style='color:
#FF6600'>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Commercial
Exhibitors<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Booth size (3mX3m) Early i.e.
reservation by July 7 is <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>R17 500 (~$2270 USD)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Government/Non-profit/Universities
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Booth size (3mX3m) Early i.e.
reservation by July 7 is <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>R12 500 (~$1620 USD)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h2 style='margin-top:0cm'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Exhibitors to date (4 July) include</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
normal'>: Autodesk; SITA; Google; GIMS; Geograph; Borealis; Open Spatial
Solutions; GIS Global Image; CDSM (Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping); Eskom
ESI; MapWindow; United Nations; OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium); CSIR,
Camptocamp, 52North, SAEON, Optron<o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>There are still <font
color="#ff6600"><span style='color:#FF6600'>sponsorship</span></font>
opportunities available</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. Sponsors to date (20 June) are:
Platinum: Autodesk; Gold: SITA; Silver: Google and GIMS; Bronze: WhereGroup,
MapGears, LatLon, GeoTerraImage, DM Solutions Group and Mintek.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Registration<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Conference registration is covers the core 3.5 day
conference, featuring academic, presentation and poster tracks, live demo
theatre, plenaries, exhibition hall, wall-to-wall hands-on mini-workshops
('labs') and more! A fantastic Gala dinner at Moyo in Stellenbosch is an extra
item that will be worth every cent. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>By 26 June we had 300 delegates from over 40 countries.
Register at </span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/registration">http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/schedConf/registration</a>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Content<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have been overwhelmed with quality submissions in our
academic and presentation tracks. You will be able to choose from among 60
academic papers and 140 presentations, that will run in parallel with the labs.
For a taste of the content to expect and to get your mouth watering, use
the ‘Browse’ tools on the right panel of the conference website: <a
href="http://www.foss4g2008.org/">www.foss4g2008.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Hands-on
workshops and labs<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>At an additional cost, you get a <b><font color="#ff9900"><span
style='color:#FF9900;font-weight:bold'>full five days</span></font></b>
featuring all of the above PLUS the extremely popular FOSS4G hands-on workshops.
We have added some interesting technical visits too this year. <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>Get a feel for the workshops and labs
here: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Workshops_and_Labs">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Workshops_and_Labs</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Keynote
speaker<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.edparsons.com/">Ed Parsons</a>, chief of
geospatial technology at Google and ex CTO of the UK Ordnance Survey will be a
keynote speaker at the opening plenary. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We hope to see you in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cape
Town</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place>
in September, in just under three months!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For up-to-date information, registration and program
details, please visit the conference website: <a
href="http://www.foss4g2008.org/">http://www.foss4g2008.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PS: please disseminate this as widely as possible<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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