[OSGeo-Conf] 2008 (pre) Announcement

[Dave McIlhagga]

On the flip side Frank, August collides with holiday, weddings, etc..  
so what you gain in students/professors will probably be more than  
offset by losses in government, private sector, NGOs. You don't see a  
lot of conferences in Jun-Aug, and there's a good reason for it.

And if the weather is that much better ... well going to South Africa  
will be a long haul, so I hope we can make this as attractive as  
possible for folks.

My 2 cents.

Dave



On 7-Aug-07, at 9:38 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> 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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