[OSGeo-Conf] Re: Sydney's formal bid to host the FOSS4G 2009 Conference

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

My apologies, seems we're having some web trouble on that server  
during the very moment Jeff sent this message.  It may be a few hours  
before it's available again.

Tyler

On 15-Jan-08, at 3:28 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

> Cameron and fellow Sydney Committee,
>
> Thank you for your proposal to host the FOSS4G 2009 conference.
>
> Even though yours was the only bid submitted, it is important that  
> we go through the proposal question period (ending on the 25th) and  
> decision process to fully understand your bid.  I would like to  
> propose that representatives from your bidding team and the OSGeo  
> conference committee members hold a conference call to discuss this  
> proposal, possibly on Tues 22nd 9AM Sydney time, which is Mon 21st  
> 5PM EST [1].
>
> For the record, the Sydney proposal files have been posted on the  
> OSGeo conference page[2].
>
> Thank you again.
>
> --
> [1] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html? 
> year=2008&month=1&day=21&hour=22&min=0&sec=0
> [2] http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp
>
>
>
> -- 
> Jeff McKenna
> OSGeo VP Conferences
>
>
>
>
> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Jeff McKenna and the OSGeo Conference Committee,
>> It is with great pride that I present Sydney's formal bid to host  
>> the FOSS4G 2009 conference.
>> This bid has been collated by a professional, enthusiastic team  
>> with a great collective breath of experience. I'm confident that a  
>> FOSS4G conference in Australia will be an event to remember and I  
>> hope you will agree.
>> Attached you should find two documents, the proposal and the budget.
>> The budget has been quoted in Australian dollars. Today, 11  
>> January 2008, the exchange rate is:
>> 1.00 AUD = $0.89 USD
>> The key elements of the budget are:
>> Early Bird Participant = $695 AUD = $622 USD
>> Standard Participant = $795 AUD = $711 USD
>> Conference Dinner = $130 AUD = $  USD
>> Total Fixed Costs = $213,850 AUD = $191,248  USD
>> Total Variable Costs = $449,050 AUD = $401,590  USD
>> Net Surplus = $35,863 AUD = $32,073  USD
>
>
>

Tyler Mitchell
Executive Director
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
tmitchell at osgeo.org
P: +1-250-277-1621
M: +1-250-303-1831