Also, while we don't want it to be too long, we should maybe say something along the lines of ... <div><br></div><div>While we continue to review and evolve our conference strategy, and anticipate multiple regional conferences in 2013, we do plan to hold the primary global FOSS4G conference in Europe in 2013. We have a selection process under way and the two candidates remaining are Helsinki and Nottingham.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Jo Cook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jocook@astuntechnology.com" target="_blank">jocook@astuntechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Arnulf,<div><br></div><div>In general I think this is fine. I think, for the sake of the conspiracy-theorists amongst our membership that we should maybe reiterate the point about the main FOSS4G, with the Sol Katz, AGM, Directors F2F etc. This currently reads as if the Chinese event is on the same level as the NA and CEE events, and regardless of the issues at this stage it's still the main event. It's also quite circumspect as well- maybe we should be a little more enthusiastic about it?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've added another paragraph in-line which is my attempt at addressing this (feel free to change)</div><div><br></div><div>Jo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us" target="_blank">seven@arnulf.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Board,<br>
in order to address the growing number of requests (see another one<br>
below) I suggest that we officially communicate that FOSS4G in China<br>
is going to happen - but under somewhat different circumstances than<br>
the previous FOSS4G conferences might have us expect.<br>
<br>
As an addendum I suggest to add that: This year saw quite a<br>
significant change in the policy around FOSS4G. It is the first time<br>
that we are having three major FOSS4G conferences in one year. One has<br>
already happened in North America (Washington DC, USA), the second<br>
Central and Eastern Europe edition will take place in May in Prague in<br>
the Czech Repulic and the third one will take place in China, Beijing.<br>
In addition there is a growing number of local conferences, sometimes<br>
also under the name FOSS4G. OSGeo is new to this and we are still<br>
collecting experiences as to the effects that this diversity has on<br>
the originally one and only global FOSS4G.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Having said that, FOSS4G in Beijing is still our main FOSS4G event, and we will be holding the Sol Katz award, OSGeo AGM and Board of Directors meeting there. We fully support the event and the efforts being put in by the Beijing team and hope to see as many of you there as possible.</div>
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The conference organizers in Beijing have experienced serious delays<br>
in the schedule due to local circumstances which OSGeo cannot<br>
influence. It is therefore at this point in time not clear how many<br>
international sponsors or participants will be in Beijing. If you are<br>
interested in becoming a sponsor we suggest to directly contact the<br>
Beijing organizing team through the FOSS4G 2012 mailing list. If you<br>
are interested in submitting an abstract for a presentation or a<br>
workshop please be prepared to have a short submission period which<br>
will be announced on all channels once available.<br>
<br>
EOF<br>
<br>
Please help me edit this message. It should not be too long so that<br>
people actually take the time to read it. We must send something along<br>
these lines now because sponsors are delaying their support for other<br>
potential events which would make more sense to them. And in general<br>
we do not make a good impression with FOSS4G in China right now, so<br>
stepping back a bit and explaining why is required. On the other hand<br>
we also want to be as positive as possible towards the our Chinese<br>
hosts. If you have any better ideas I am all open for a completely new<br>
message but we cannot delay this any more.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Arnulf<br>
<br>
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Foss4g 2012 ???<br>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 13:47:41 +0200<br>
From: Massimiliano Cannata <<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch" target="_blank">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>><br>
To: OSGeo Discussions <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
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Hi all,<br>
I didn't see any news since a long time.<br>
On the website no deadlines or communications...<br>
Usually things was already moved...<br>
What's up? What's going on?<br>
<br>
I would expect soon communication from the board as this the 'official'<br>
OSGeo event...<br>
<br>
Looking forward for a successful 2012 event.<br>
<br>
Maxi<br>
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