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This is a courageous decision. Well done!<br>
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It would have been a very difficult decision to make after the time that you have spent in organising this event.<br>
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I know from experience how critical a professional conference organiser is in putting together a successful event of the calibre of recent FOSS4G. If our professional organiser for FOSS4G-2009 had pulled out months before our event, I suspect that we would have had to do what you have done.<br>
<br><br>@Jeff, well said.<br>
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Bruce Bannerman<br>
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<b>Date: </b>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:40:33 +1000<br>
<b>To: </b>foss4g2012 <<a href="http://foss4g2012@lreis.ac.cn" target="_blank">foss4g2012@lreis.ac.cn</a>>, board <<a href="http://board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>tomgaoang <<a href="http://tomgaoang@gmail.com" target="_blank">tomgaoang@gmail.com</a>>, chengcx <<a href="http://chengcx@lreis.ac.cn" target="_blank">chengcx@lreis.ac.cn</a>>, yanxunyx <<a href="http://yanxunyx@gmail.com" target="_blank">yanxunyx@gmail.com</a>>, discuss <<a href="http://discuss@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, "song.osgeo" <<a href="http://song.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">song.osgeo@gmail.com</a>>, chenrg <<a href="http://chenrg@lreis.ac.cn" target="_blank">chenrg@lreis.ac.cn</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2012 Cancel Request<br>
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This is unfortunate news, and I thank you for making such a difficult<br>
decision now, before any travel plans are made by attendees.<br>
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Having been recently on behalf of OSGeo to Beijing (late 2010), I know<br>
the passion for FOSS4G there is very strong; Dr. Song, Venka-sensei,<br>
Gao, and Professor Yu (who unfortunately passed away recently) are<br>
leaders in the community there. I still get questions through a mailing<br>
list that Venka-sensei setup there for local researchers examining FOSS.<br>
I have no doubt that this passion will continue in China and Asia.<br>
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I am honored to call such local leaders such as Dr.Song, Professor Yu<br>
(may he rest in peace), and Venka-senei my close friends as well.<br>
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I hope personally that a smaller local FOSS4G event can be planned in<br>
Beijing, and I would be sure to attend that wonderful event.<br>
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FOSS4G is indeed strong in Asia, I hope to relay this message in this<br>
email from me. Having traveled there so many times (more than 7 times<br>
recently, now too many to keep track) I have seen this first hand.<br>
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Lastly, I know how much hard work it is to put together proposals for<br>
FOSS4G, gather committee members, talk to the venue, etc. and I thank<br>
you for all of the effort you put into that. I believe this experience<br>
will help you for planning another event in the future.<br>
<br>
I hope to see you all in an Asia-region event soon, where we can<br>
together continue to share this wonderful FOSS4G passion.<br>
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Thank you. Your friend,<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
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On 12-07-10 6:25 AM, OSGeo China wrote:<br>
> Dear OSGeo Board,<br>
><br>
> With great regret, the FOSS4G Beijing Local Organizing Committee (LOC)<br>
> has made the difficult decision of cancelling the event due to a lack of<br>
> financial resources and the unexpected withdrawal of the Professional<br>
> Conference Organizer. Please officially approve our decision and advise<br>
> any procedures we may need to follow to minimize the impact on the<br>
> community.<br>
> <br>
> We also wrote letter for FOSS4G Beijing 2012 potential participants, we<br>
> will publish this announcement on the foss4g2012 website and e-mail them<br>
> after we get feedback from Board.<br>
> <br>
> **************************************<br>
> Dear Participants of FOSS4G Beijing 2012,<br>
><br>
> With great regret, the FOSS4G Beijing Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has<br>
> made the difficult decision of cancelling the event due to a lack of<br>
> financial resources and the unexpected withdrawal of the Professional<br>
> Conference Organizer. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has<br>
> caused.<br>
><br>
> For those interested in FOSS4G events, the LOC suggests consider:<br>
><br>
> * FOSS4G 2013, to be held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2013<br>
> * The Asian Geospatial Forum, September 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam, which will<br>
> have an OSGeo session. <a href="http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/" target="_blank">http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/</a><br>
> <<a href="http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/" target="_blank">http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/</a>><br>
><br>
> Thank you for your patience and support!<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> FOSS4G Beijing 2012 LOC<br>
> *************************************<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> <br>
> FOSS4G Beijing 2012 LOC<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
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