[Board] [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2012 Cancel Request

[song]

Jeff and all,

I would like to convey my sincere apologies for the cancelation of
FOSS4G 2012 in Beijing due to unavoidable circumstances. I am thankful
to OSGeo community for your understanding and look forward to your
continued support.

Best regards,
Song


On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Jeff McKenna
<jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> Hello Chen, Gao, Dr. Song, Venka-sensei, and all of the 2012 Committee,
>
> This is unfortunate news, and I thank you for making such a difficult
> decision now, before any travel plans are made by attendees.
>
> Having been recently on behalf of OSGeo to Beijing (late 2010), I know
> the passion for FOSS4G there is very strong; Dr. Song, Venka-sensei,
> Gao, and Professor Yu (who unfortunately passed away recently) are
> leaders in the community there.  I still get questions through a mailing
> list that Venka-sensei setup there for local researchers examining FOSS.
>  I have no doubt that this passion will continue in China and Asia.
>
> I am honored to call such local leaders such as Dr.Song, Professor Yu
> (may he rest in peace), and Venka-senei my close friends as well.
>
> I hope personally that a smaller local FOSS4G event can be planned in
> Beijing, and I would be sure to attend that wonderful event.
>
> FOSS4G is indeed strong in Asia, I hope to relay this message in this
> email from me.  Having traveled there so many times (more than 7 times
> recently, now too many to keep track) I have seen this first hand.
>
> Lastly, I know how much hard work it is to put together proposals for
> FOSS4G, gather committee members, talk to the venue, etc. and I thank
> you for all of the effort you put into that.  I believe this experience
> will help you for planning another event in the future.
>
> I hope to see you all in an Asia-region event soon, where we can
> together continue to share this wonderful FOSS4G passion.
>
> Thank you.  Your friend,
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12-07-10 6:25 AM, OSGeo China wrote:
>> Dear OSGeo Board,
>>
>> With great regret, the FOSS4G Beijing Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
>> has made the difficult decision of cancelling the event due to a lack of
>> financial resources and the unexpected withdrawal of the Professional
>> Conference Organizer.  Please officially approve our decision and advise
>> any procedures we may need to follow to minimize the impact on the
>> community.
>>
>> We also wrote letter for FOSS4G Beijing 2012 potential participants, we
>> will publish this announcement on the foss4g2012 website and e-mail them
>> after we get feedback from Board.
>>
>> **************************************
>> Dear Participants of FOSS4G Beijing 2012,
>>
>> With great regret, the FOSS4G Beijing Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has
>> made the difficult decision of cancelling the event due to a lack of
>> financial resources and the unexpected withdrawal of the Professional
>> Conference Organizer. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has
>> caused.
>>
>> For those interested in FOSS4G events, the LOC suggests consider:
>>
>>  *  FOSS4G 2013, to be held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2013
>>  *  The Asian Geospatial Forum, September 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam, which will
>> have an OSGeo session. http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/
>> <http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/>
>>
>> Thank you for your patience and support!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> FOSS4G Beijing 2012 LOC
>> *************************************
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> FOSS4G Beijing 2012 LOC
>>
>>
>>