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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Our revised forecast for
registrants is 500 (410 today and climbing about 10 per day at the moment).
We've been expecting a last minute surge and it seems (I hope) this is the start
of it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>We did a major budget trim in April to be
really conservative, ensuring we would break even if we got only around 350, so
have been able to handle some extra items and cost increases now. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Being far away from nearly everything we
found it difficult to attract big sponsorship early on like 2007 but we've
attracted around R900 000 at this point from sponsors and exhibitors (26 stalls
sold so far). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Registration fees are well below what OSGeo
requested (cap at US$600) but it seems to be mainly the distance and flights
that are cramping international attendance, and probably the world economic
slowdown generally, although we have registrants from around 50 countries. I
don't have the actual breakdown at hand. And we have a lot (the majority?)
of the top FOSS GIS names participating, as well as (to me) astounding
international interest in participation (labs, workshops and presentations). I'm
very proud of the content and the package we now have on offer and wish
1000 delegates would pour in! We had grand ideas of 800 and chose a venue
that could easily handle 1000, paying a premium for it. My guess is Sydney's
going to be in the same boat. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let no-one kid you about how much work
you've got yourself into :-)</FONT> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> foss4g2009-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on
behalf of Cameron Shorter<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sat 8/30/2008 09:03 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Gavin Fleming; Janelle Driscoll; Denisa Adamova; foss4g2009<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Foss4g2009] Numbers for foss4g2008?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Gavin,<BR>I'm guessing you will be starting to get a feeling for
the number of<BR>people coming to foss4g2008?<BR><BR>I'm very keen to get an
understanding for how many people have come, and<BR>if you have it, where they
have come from. Could we please get access to<BR>these.<BR><BR>We are about to
make venue decisions for Sydney in the next week, and<BR>I'd like to use South
Africa as a gauge for likely number of delegates<BR>for
foss4g2009.<BR><BR>--<BR>Cameron Shorter<BR>Geospatial Systems Architect<BR>Tel:
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