[OSGeo-Conf] 2008 (pre) Announcement

[Paul Ramsey]

So, bad news, those dates overlap the 2008 version of InterGeo.

http://www.intergeo.de/englisch/page/fachmesse/vorschau.php

So our German compatriots will be unhappy with us again.

On 8-Aug-07, at 2:16 AM, 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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