[OSGeo-Conf] 2008 (pre) Announcement

[Gavin Fleming]

August in Cape Town is the end of the rainy, cold, winter. The week we
have proposed at the end of September is excellent weather and ideal
tourist time in Cape Town as well as the rest of the country and is
confirmed at the conference centre. 

Karryn or others, are there any openings in August on at the CTICC?
Please let the list know so we can see if we have any options. 

We did enquire about the week in September when South African
universities have a break (we run on a Jan-Dec academic year), but that
was already taken at the CTICC. They are in great demand as they are one
of the few venues that can support this size conference so for now we
will hang on to this reservation. We will find out soon what the
deadline is for paying a deposit. 

regards

Gavin


-----Original Message-----
From: conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Frank
Warmerdam
Sent: 07 August 2007 03:38 PM
To: Jeff McKenna
Cc: conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] 2008 (pre) Announcement

Jeff McKenna wrote:
> The OSGeo Conference Committee is pleased to announce that the 2008
Free 
> and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference will be
held 
> in Cape Town, South Africa, with the tentative dates of September 29th

> to October 3th 2008. 

Jeff,

How set in stone is this date?  I guess I had anticipated there would be
some discussion of options for the date.  For instance, I would like
some
discussion of when hotel rates might be higher or lower.  If the Cape
Town
weather is not too bad in August, I'd prefer an August date so that
students and professors can travel more easily.

Best regards,
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