I got this in my inbox, I currently have no desire to be involved in organising a conference and probably wouldn't choose Manchester if I did but if anyone wants to investigate/follow up.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It has to be said the typos and general inability to get my details right (surely a copy paste from LinkedIn) makes me wonder about their ability to help us but they might have some cash?</div><div><br></div><div>Ian <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Dickinson, Angela (Marketing Manchester) <<a href="mailto:Angela.Dickinson@marketingmanchester.com">Angela.Dickinson@marketingmanchester.com</a>><br>Date: Mon Feb 02 2015 at 10:58:02 AM<br>Subject: Conference Opportunity with Visit Manchester<br>To: <<a href="mailto:ijturton@gmail.com">ijturton@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dear </span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Mr Turton</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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understand that you held </span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Co-founder and
developer of Geotools project</span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> for Open Source Geospatial Foundation -OSGeo and hope that you
may help me with some information with the FOSS4G-Europe OSGeo's European
Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.</span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">I work in the
conference team at Visit Manchester </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">– the tourist board and
convention bureau for <u></u><u></u>Manchester<u></u><u></u><font color="black"><span style="color:black"> and my role is to research international
conferences which </span></font></span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">would be relevant to the profile of our city. I am currently
investigating the possibility of bidding to host a future FOSS4G-Europe </span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;background:white">conference.</span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">I recently spoken to </span></font><font size="3" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Jachym</span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">, Contact for the
Association who has advised we make contact with the national community to
asses the appetite to attract this conference to the <u></u><u></u>UK<u></u><u></u>. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">I would be extremely
grateful for any advice you can give in this matter.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">I would like to thank
you for your time in advance and look forward to hearing from you.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">With kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Angela<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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