[Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Foss4g 2012 ???

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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Board,
in order to address the growing number of requests (see another one
below) I suggest that we officially communicate that FOSS4G in China
is going to happen - but under somewhat different circumstances than
the previous FOSS4G conferences might have us expect.

As an addendum I suggest to add that: This year saw quite a
significant change in the policy around FOSS4G. It is the first time
that we are having three major FOSS4G conferences in one year. One has
already happened in North America (Washington DC, USA), the second
Central and Eastern Europe edition will take place in May in Prague in
the Czech Repulic and the third one will take place in China, Beijing.
In addition there is a growing number of local conferences, sometimes
also under the name FOSS4G. OSGeo is new to this and we are still
collecting experiences as to the effects that this diversity has on
the originally one and only global FOSS4G.

The conference organizers in Beijing have experienced serious delays
in the schedule due to local circumstances which OSGeo cannot
influence. It is therefore at this point in time not clear how many
international sponsors or participants will be in Beijing. If you are
interested in becoming a sponsor we suggest to directly contact the
Beijing organizing team through the FOSS4G 2012 mailing list. If you
are interested in submitting an abstract for a presentation or a
workshop please be prepared to have a short submission period which
will be announced on all channels once available.

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Please help me edit this message. It should not be too long so that
people actually take the time to read it. We must send something along
these lines now because sponsors are delaying their support for other
potential events which would make more sense to them. And in general
we do not make a good impression with FOSS4G in China right now, so
stepping back a bit and explaining why is required. On the other hand
we also want to be as positive as possible towards the our Chinese
hosts. If you have any better ideas I am all open for a completely new
message but we cannot delay this any more.

Cheers,
Arnulf

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Subject: 	[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Foss4g 2012 ???
Date: 	Tue, 1 May 2012 13:47:41 +0200
From: 	Massimiliano Cannata <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>
To: 	OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>



Hi all,
I didn't see any news since a long time.
On the website no deadlines or communications...
Usually things was already moved...
What's up? What's going on?

I would expect soon communication from the board as this the 'official'
OSGeo event...

Looking forward for a successful 2012 event.

Maxi

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