[OSGeo-Conf] Fwd: [Board] wondering about short interest in proposals this year

[David Percy]

Oh good, Portland will start reformatting its 2007 bid for 2014 or so
;-)

We're actually hosting the Geological Society of America in 2009, and 
that will REALLY burn us out for several years. We did it last in 1996, 
I think. It's like > 10,000 attendees...
Hoping to make it to OZ.
Cheers,
Percy

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> In addition to comments so far:
>
> If a bidding city is not selected, it should not be taken as a 
> refusal, but rather a "please rebid next year". This is what we were 
> thinking in Sydney. If  we lost 2009, then Sydney would have been a 
> strong contender for 2010 or 2011.
>
> We should be developing a culture where cities expect to put in 2 or 3 
> bids before winning the FOSS4G conference. It will help OSGeo create 
> long term plans about moving the conference around the world.
> The conference committee should be providing feedback to unsuccessful 
> cities, possibly ranking the results to help the cities refine their 
> rebid and know whether their region will likely be selected the 
> following year. ( I'd strongly encourage Europe and Central/South 
> America to consider bidding for 2010 and 2011.)
>
David Percy
Geospatial Data Manager
Geology Department
Portland State University
http://gisgeek.pdx.edu
503-725-3373