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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>If someone wants to take a first cut at writing something up, I will help formalizing and publishing. (This has come up before, but no one has yet volunteered...)</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Markus Neteler [mailto:neteler.osgeo@gmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 10/2/2006 2:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B> discuss@mail.osgeo.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> OSGeo-VisCom<BR><B>Subject:</B> [VisCom] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Press around FOSS4G 2006<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>On 10/2/06, Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.ticheler@fao.org> wrote:<BR>> Hi all,<BR>> I have (tried to) keep my eyes open for any news in the press<BR>> regarding the FOSS4G conference in Lausanne. Among the things I<BR>> monitored where the Directions Magazine, GIM International and GIS<BR>> monitor newsletters. I may be wrong here, but the only thing I read<BR>> in these was the (not insignificant) announcement from DM Solutions<BR>> that they started offering commercial support. Anyone read other<BR>> news? Did we miss an opportunity here or did I miss it? I remember<BR>> reading more on OSGEO 2005.<BR>> Ciao,<BR>> Jeroen<BR><BR><BR>Hi Jeroen,<BR>(cc VisCom)<BR><BR>I totally agree - in my opinion there should have been a press<BR>release (it can still be done). Especially in terms of the proposed<BR>change to make it an OSGeo event. The impact of a press<BR>release was probably underevaluated... Hopefully it will happen<BR>asap. It is also a sort of "thank you" to the great work done by<BR>the organizers and involved people.<BR><BR>best,<BR>Markus<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org<BR>For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org<BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>