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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi list, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Are there any thoughts on the relationship with other conferences, especially the FOSS4G-EU?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last year there was a discussion on the conference-europe mailinglist, not only about the "when and where" of foss4g-eu, but in fact also about the "why" and "how".<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference-europe/2014-August/000173.html<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ideas in that discussion featured fcus groups (developers, or also commercial suppliers), merely academic or broader,size (200 attendees, but Como already doubles that) and above all "should a FOSS4G-EU be organized in a year that FOSS4G is organized in Europe". <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In order to have a clear proposition to our sponsors & commercial exhibitors it would be useful for both conferences to have a certain focus. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In our 2016 proposal in chapter 5.7 a list of related conferences is listed, but apart from FOSS4G without remark on the relationship.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Your thoughts on this, please.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gert-Jan<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>