[OSGeo-Conf] 2011 Stage Two

[Jeff McKenna]

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