[Board] [OSGeo-Conf] Questions regarding preparations for FOSS4G 2026

[Alex Leith]

Hi Nobusuke

I'll answer your questions briefly from the 2025 organising point of view
and experience.

1. We requested a DNS configuration from the OSGeo Sysadmin committee, and
that was easy to set up. I think you can launch whenever you're ready, but
I'd hope that we don't start heavy promotion until after our event in
Auckland in November :-)

2. I have been using Zoho Bigin as a CRM, and have a list of 100+ contacts,
though they are mostly Australian, there are some global. I'd be happy to
hand over this list, or onboard you on the CRM.

I also suggest that post-Auckland, we catch up with you and your organising
committee and do some handover and lessons learnt. I'd love to be able to
share any knowledge with you and the team!

Kind regards,

Alex

On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 at 18:28, 岩崎亘典 via Conference_dev <
conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Dear Conference Committee,
>
> On behalf of FOSS4G 2026 LOC, I would like to ask a few questions
> regarding preparations for the conference
>
> 1. Website setup
> We are planning to hold a domestic FOSS4G conference on October 11-12
> and would like to launch the FOSS4G 2026 website prior to this
> meeting.
> We think that we will first need to arrange web hosting on our side
> and then, once ready, request OSGeo to configure the DNS record for
> 2026.foss4g.org accordingly. At this stage, we would like to confirm
> the process in advance. Could you please advise us on:
>  ･ Whether launching the website in October would be suitable timing
>  ･ The specific steps we should follow when requesting the domain setup
>
> 2. Sponsorship
> We intend to seek sponsorship not only from domestic but also
> international organization. We would greatly appreciate OSGeo support
> with
>  ･ Sharing contact information for organizations that have sponsored
> for previous global FOSS4G events
>  ･ Informing us of any support or resources OSGeo can provide for our
> sponsorship outreach efforts and providing guidance on good practices
> for international sponsorship
>
> Thank you very much for your kindly support.Best regards,
> Nobusuke
>
> --
> Nobusuke Iwasaki
>  Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
>  FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
>  Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
>  Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
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