[OSGeo-Conf] 2009 RFP draft review

[Jeff McKenna]

The board seems quiet on the profit issue and did not complain about 
Paul's suggestion...so...I think we are ready for release!  Here is the 
announcement, below.  Please speak up now if you have any more comments 
on the proposal (note the proposal is still marked as a draft, as I am 
hesitant to release without the board's approval).

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SUBJECT: Open Source Geospatial Foundation Announces Request for 
Proposal for Hosting 2009 Conference

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, today released a 
request for proposal, or RFP, (available at 
http://www.osgeo.org/sites/osgeo.org/files/webfiles/conference/rfp/2009/osgeo-conference-2009-request-for-proposal.pdf) 
for the hosting of the FOSS4G 2009 conference. With the overwhelming 
success of the recent FOSS4G 2007 conference in Victoria Canada 
(http://www.foss4g2008.org/), and as excitement begins to build for 
FOSS4G 2008 in Cape Town South Africa (http://www.foss4g2008.org/), 
OSGeo again aims for the 2009 conference to be a major geospatial 
conference during that year. The RFP solicitation closes January 11th, 
2008.
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