[OSGeo-Conf] 2008 (pre) Announcement

[Gavin Fleming]

29 Sept - 3 Oct is the only week available at the CTICC from August to
December 2008. Is has just been ranked as one of the top conference
venues in the world and has huge demand. 

It would be possible to change dates but then we'd have to patch
together other facilities in the Western Cape region (could work out
nicely, just not such a neat package) or move to another city like
Durban or Johannesburg or possibly a resort like Sun City. 

Gavin


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[mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey
Sent: 07 August 2007 06:19 PM
To: Frank Warmerdam
Cc: conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] 2008 (pre) Announcement

I'm happy with any date in the "more or less a year since last time"  
range.  Also recognize that there are probably a limited number of  
week-long block available at the conference center.  Perhaps local  
committee can get the comprehensive list of Aug-Oct blocks and we can  
(most importantly) match those up against the industry event  
calendar. For example, we don't want to overlap interGeo again.

P

On 7-Aug-07, at 8:30 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Dave McIlhagga wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Dave,
>
> Good points.  I was more hoping we could have some discussion of  
> the date
> rather than claim my criteria were the only significant ones.
>
> Best regards,
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