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

[nicolas bozon]

Thanks Suchith for your answer.
That makes sense finally.
Congrats again to all OSGeo UK folks !
I'll try to join if possible.

Best,

Nick



2012/6/18 Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>

>  We are very  happy to have FOSS4G in the UK in 2013. We will not be
> running OSGIS that year, so that all our efforts are focussed on the
> success of FOSS4G 2013.
>
> Suchith
>
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>
>  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
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>>> 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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