[OSGeo-Conf] 2011 Stage Two

[Eduin Carrillo]

Thanks Jeff and Committee members.

These words are an encouragement to continue spreading OS4Geo
software. We will kept this enthusiasm to enhance the strength of our
Local Chapter and promoting new activities.

We hope meet all of you here, soon.

Eduin Yesid Carrillo

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Jeff McKenna
<jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 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
> ======================
>
> 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
> ======================
>
> 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
> =====================
>
> 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
> =========
>
> 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
> --------
>
> 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
>