[Board] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2013 RFP Result

[Peter Batty]

Hi, I would like to reiterate Paul's sentiments and congratulate both teams
on excellent bids, it was a tough decision for the committee to make. With
the Denver bid we weren't selected first time round either, but we made it
at the second attempt, so I do encourage the Finnish team to bid again in
future. And congratulations to the UK team, I look forward to a FOSS4G in
my home country :).

Cheers,
    Peter.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Pekka Sarkola <pekka.sarkola at gispo.fi>wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Well, it has been looooong morning here in Helsinki ;-)
>
> Thanks for everybody! Just now it's difficult to be good looser. Maybe
> someday I will learn to be.
>
> Rgs,
>
> Pekka
> ps. Can't wait cheaper beers in Nottingham: in Finland Open Source events
> have free beers...
>
> ---- Pekka Sarkola – pekka.sarkola at gispo.fi – www.gispo.fi ----
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey
> Sent: 18. kesäkuuta 2012 17:12
> To: conference; OSGeo Discussions
> Cc: board at osgeo.org; Pekka Sarkola
> Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2013 RFP Result
>
> Conference Committee, Bidders,
>
> Good morning (PDT). The results have been tabulated, and every member of
> the
> committee has voted (yay).
>
> Many thanks to both teams for bidding. Many of the members commented on the
> difficulty in selecting a bid, given the quality and attention to detail in
> both bids.
>
> The voting results are
>
> Nottingham 8
> Helsinki 2
>
> So, FOSS4G 2013 will be in Nottingham, UK.
>
> To the Nottingham team:
>
> - The sooner you can carve your dates into stone, the better for promotion
> and planning
> - Remember that you will have to submit a budget to the Board for approval,
> and the "Official, Really for Reals Acceptance" of your bid is contingent
> on
> the Board formally accepting your budget and bid.
> Let's move that process forward briskly.
>
> To the Helsinki team:
>
> - You had a great bid and a wonderful venue and plan, I hope you'll
> consider
> bringing your preparations and research to hosting an EU Regional event for
> 2014.
>
> Thanks again to everyone,
>
> Paul,
> your 2013 RFP bid guy
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