Cameron,<div><br></div><div>I didn't see a time specified in your doc - but i have Kate penciled in at:</div><div><br></div><div>22/10/2009 8:30 - 8:45am</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers<br clear="all"><br>Simon<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/3 Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com">cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I've written a draft invitation for Senator Kate Lundy to open FOSS4G.<br>
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Simon,<br>
Can you please confirm that I'm offering the correct time for her speaking slot.<br>
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Pia,<br>
Can you please do a general sanity check, and make sure I have covered the issues that Kate would be interested in.<br>
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The document is in subversion at:<br>
<a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/documents/sponsor/FOSS4G" target="_blank">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/documents/sponsor/FOSS4G</a> Senator Kate Lundy.doc<br>
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Senator The Honourable Kate Lundy<br>
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Australian Labor Party<br>
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Law Society Building<br>
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11 London Circuit<br>
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Canberra ACT 2601<br>
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Dear Senator Kate Lundy,<br>
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The Open Source Geospatial Foundation has been successful in attracting the prestigious international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference which is to be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from the 20 – 23 October 2009.<br>
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FOSS4G is where the international Geospatial community meets to discuss Geospatial Open Source Software and integrating Open Source with existing systems through Open Standards. The 2009 Conference in particular invites delegates to attend presentations and targeted tutorials focussed on business, technical and industry aspects of FOSS4G. In addition, ‘Birds of a Feather’ sessions will allow like-minded groups to hold discussions, while a specific day has been dedicated to practical hands on workshops.<br>
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On behalf of the Organising Committee, I would like to invite you to attend the conference and would additionally be honoured if you gave a brief welcome address to the delegates during the opening session on Wednesday 21 October 2009.<br>
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At this year's Conference we are expecting a keen interest from within the Australian Government as there have been some recent exciting developments led by:<br>
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- CSIRO with the Spatial Information Services Stack project. This project is working to provide a set of FOSS4G tools that can be rolled out to a number of Government Departments; and<br>
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- The Office of Spatial Data Management and the Australia New Zealand Land Information Council with the adoption of a FOSS4G project as a tool to help Government employees and the public to find government spatial information.<br>
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In our current challenging economic times, particularly in the light of the implementation of the recommendations of the Gershon Review within Federal Government, I think that you will find that FOSS4G is a cause that should be supported. FOSS4G has the potential to save government considerable sums of money and to lead to more innovative and open technical solutions.<br>
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I understand you have a very busy schedule and I would be grateful if you could advise me of your availability to participate in the opening session at your earliest convenience. I would be honoured for you to open the FOSS4G Conference 2009.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Cameron Shorter<br>
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Chairman<br>
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FOSS4G 2009 Local Organising Committee<br>
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Cameron Shorter<br>
Geospatial Systems Architect<br>
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