[OSGeo-Conf] 2011 Stage Two
Jeff McKenna
jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Thu Apr 29 10:19:06 EDT 2010
I'm glad to see the discussions with the Denver, Bogota, and
ConferenceDirect groups. I purposely did not comment/reject anything at
the beginning, because I wanted each group to have a fair say at this stage.
Kevin/ConferenceDirect
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Thanks so much for offering your services. I like your enthusiasm and
energy, and I hope that we can work with you (with a local partner) in a
future FOSS4G event.
Eduin/Bogota committee
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I was happy to read your letter about your plan to host FOSS4G. I think
the letter serves as a great introduction of Latin America to the rest
of the world, as a strong supporter of FOSS4G at both the state and
private sectors, as you mentioned. (aside: I hope every OSGeo
conference committee member took the time to read the Bogota group's
letter) I also appreciate you mentioning that you would like to have
Latin America considered as a region, to host the FOSS4G event; I agree,
Latin America and South America must be considered as a region to host
the event, so this is something that I will be sure to discuss with the
rest of the OSGeo conference committee members.
Eric/Denver committee
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Your letter clearly outlines your very strong local committee team, the
experience of your partnering organizer GITA, and your raw enthusiasm.
I particularly like your goal of breaking attendance records; other
OSGeo conference committee members probably disagree with me there, but,
I am all for getting the good word out to as many as possible. I am
looking forward to reading your 2011 proposal and budget.
Stage Two
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I motion to the rest of the conference committee that the Denver team
proceeds to stage two of the 2011 hosting process - a full proposal and
budget. The RFP asks for a North American event in 2011, and the Denver
team's initial plan meets all of our stage one desires.
Deadline
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Denver LOC will have until 23:00 UTC on 2010-05-21
(http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?
year=2010&month=05&day=21&hour=23&min=0&sec=0) to submit a full proposal
and proposed budget. I respect that the LOC would like to announce
sooner, but I think we need this deadline; however the sooner the Denver
team can submit their full proposal and budget, the sooner we can
comment on it and announce the decision. I hope that is fair.
Thanks again to everyone involved (Denver LOC, Bogota LOC,
ConferenceDirect, OSGeo conference committee).
-Jeff
Chair, OSGeo Conference Committee
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