[OSGeo-Conf] 2008 (pre) Announcement

[Jeff McKenna]

Fellow OSGeo Conference committee members, can we go ahead with the 
proposed pre-announcement, or should we continue this timing debate?


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jeff






Gavin Fleming wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [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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