[Board] RE: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Beijing - a regional event

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Nick writes, very reasonably:

 

> LOC, Any hints, stats or thoughts about this may be ?

 

What Nick and others of you might not know, however, is that we've already tried talking to them, repeatedly, for months now. Unfortunately, the LOC has chosen not to engage with the board or the community in any meaningful way. We don't know why this is, but it's too late now. The board needs to officially admit this, and then we need to move on with lessons learned.

 

I would much rather spend the board's and the community's valuable time and energy in making sure the 2013 event is the kind of success we had in 2011.

 

-mpg

 

 

 

From: nicolas bozon [mailto:nicolas.bozon at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:42 AM
To: mpg at flaxen.com
Cc: Tim Schaub; conference; FOSS4G 2012; board at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Board] RE: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Beijing - a regional event

 

Hi all

I agree with Tim that annoucing Beijing as regional would just make foss4g marketing down...

>From what i could hear, LOC is expecting 300 attendees. Of course mainly from China and South-East Asia. 
But if more northern americans and europeans (and all nationalities and tribes !) actually think to make it, may be Beijing could reach our usual 7 or 8 hundreds. no ?
I agree the so-so communication and late calls for everything may be refrain most of us going. 
But, still it will be a great fand different foss4g to be i believe, and why not finally try to make it the global foss4g, as usual ?
 
LOC, Any hints, stats or thoughts about this may be ?

Best,

Nick

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