[Foss4g2012] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2012 Timeline

=?GB2312?B?0Ny94A==?= xiongjie666 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 21:52:12 EST 2012


Hi, Cameron,

About your suggestion of handing out an OSGeo-Live  DVD, the answer is *yes.
*
the LOC has decided to hand out OSGeo Live DVD during FOSS4G 2012  for free.

Best,

Susan Xiong


ÔÚ 2012Äê1ÔÂ31ÈÕ ÉÏÎç5:02£¬Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com>дµÀ£º

> Thankyou for the feedback. I look forward to further fruitful discussion.
>
> On 30/01/2012 8:24 PM, "Ðܽà" <xiongjie666 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Cameron:
>>
>> Thanks for your suggestion. We will report the progress in email once a
>> week to the conference list.
>>
>> About the DVD, we are discussing it with the LOC, hopefully, will hand
>> out the DVD during the conference. Please wait for the answer.
>>
>> Best Regards!
>>
>> Susan Xiong
>>
>> ÔÚ 2012Äê1ÔÂ25ÈÕ ÏÂÎç3:54£¬Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>дµÀ£º
>>
>>> Gao,
>>> Thank you very much for your email giving us insight into the activities
>>> of your Local Organising Committee.
>>> An email such as this allows our OSGeo international community to gain
>>> an insight into conference preparations, and will create opportunities for
>>> us to work with you to create a successful conference.
>>>
>>> Would it be possible for you, or someone else on the organising
>>> committee to provide a regular email update such as this to the conference
>>> email list? I suggest sending around once per week, or maybe after each LOC
>>> meeting you email out key points that have been discussed or decided.
>>>
>>> One question I discussed with you earlier was:
>>> "Could the LOC please commit to handing out an OSGeo-Live [1] DVD (or
>>> USB) at FOSS4G 2012, as has been done at FOSS4G international conferences
>>> since 2009, and also at many local FOSS4G local conferences too. This will
>>> involve including the cost of printing the a DVD or USB into the conference
>>> budget, which will be ~ $1 to $2 per DVD. Should the LOC commit to handing
>>> out the DVD, I will be in a strong position to ask for volunteers to
>>> translate the DVD documentation into Chinese."
>>>
>>> Could you please raise this question with your LOC and respond with a
>>> definite yes or no.
>>>
>>> [1] http://live.osgeo.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24/01/2012 1:20 PM, Gao Ang wrote:
>>>
>>>> Board,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you all very much for your care and advices about FOSS4G 2012.
>>>> The preparation is going smoothly here. After contacting all LoC
>>>> members, I represent them to give the summaries about our progress
>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>> The venue of FOSS4G 2012 is the Beijing Conference Center. The
>>>> conference date is arranged as follows.
>>>> 9th, Sept. (afternoon) - desk registry (one day after openstreetmap
>>>> meeting closing in Tokyo)
>>>> 10th¨C11th Sept ¨C Workshops
>>>> 12th¨C15th Sept ¨C Tutorial/Technical/Academy Section
>>>> 16th, Sept ¨C Code Sprint
>>>>
>>>> The milestone is proposed as follows. It is about one month late if
>>>> comparing with 2011 events. But it can be recovered very soon in
>>>> Chinese way.
>>>> 1) Web-site release 29th Feb 2012 (can be early, after spring festival)
>>>> 2) Announcement of Chinese Sponsors 1st March 2012
>>>> 3) Release of Prospectus for Sponsors 15th March 2012
>>>> 4) Early Bird Registration Start 15th March 2012 to 15 June 2012
>>>> 3) Call for Abstracts: Start 31 March 2012 - Close 30th April 2012
>>>> 4) Call for Workshop and tutorials 31 March 2012 - Close 30th April 2012
>>>> 5) Voting for Technical Session Abstract 1 May 2012 - 15th May 2012
>>>> 6) Abstract acceptance 31 May 2012
>>>> 7) Workshop acceptance 31 May 2012
>>>> 8) Call for Full papers for Academic Session 31 May 2012 with deadline
>>>> 1st July 2012
>>>> 9) Announcement of Keynote Speakers 1st July 2012
>>>> 9) Release Conference Program 10th July 2012
>>>> 10) Issue for support letters for Visa commence 10th July 2012 onwards.
>>>>       Visa will be issued in 4 working days at Chinese Embassy or
>>>> Consulate
>>>>        in resident countries.
>>>>
>>>> Now we are preparing the brochure so that we can contact foreign
>>>> sponsors with it. For local sponsors, we have contacted Chinese
>>>> Academy of Sciences, Supmap GIS and so on. Prof. Song who is now in
>>>> Japan, had a full discussion with Prof. Raghvan, collecting a lot of
>>>> experiences about past events. We also welcome you for your valuable
>>>> suggestions. ("Prof. Song"<song.osgeo at gmail.com>, "Xiong Jie"
>>>> <xiongjie666 at gmail.com>  and I<tomgaoang at gmail.com>  will follow the
>>>> mail lists and response to the suggestions.)
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Gao
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>>>
>>>
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