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

[nicolas bozon]

Thanks Paul for relaying that important decision.

And Congrats to the UK local chapter !

By the way, would that mean that FOSS4G 2013 would replace OSGIS 2013 ?

Thanks for your lights

Best,


Nick




2012/6/18 Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com>

> 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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