[OSGeo-Conf] My Vietnam questions

[Jeff McKenna]

Hello Mr. Nguyen Huu Chinh and the Vietnam local committee,

Thank you for submitting a letter of intent to host the FOSS4G 2012 
event.  I have a few questions that I hope someone from your local 
committee can answer through this mailing list:

- It is not clear to me who is the chair of your local committee, please 
clarify this for me.

- Can you give some examples of how CIREN is leveraging FOSS4G/OSGeo 
software?

- Have you begun talks with the NCC or the Melia Hanoi venues, to see 
about their availability?  What dates/months are you considering?

- I like that your local committee contains representatives from 
commercial companies, academic organizations, and government 
organizations.  Has your local committee given any thought to an overall 
theme for the event? (such as natural resources and FOSS4G use, etc.)

- Are you proposing that the FutureGov and GIS Development organizations 
act as the professional conference organizer?  If yes, I think that is 
great that you have mentioned that here in the proposal - to allow your 
local committee to focus only on specific FOSS4G tasks.

- Your letter of intent is 3 pages long, yet the guidelines specifically 
stated "a maximum of 2 pages" for the letter of intent, can you explain 
why your letter is not within those guidelines?

Finally, I have had the pleasure of visiting your wonderful city of 
Hanoi, in March of 2010.  I would enjoy the chance to sit along the 
street again and sip some tasty local coffee with your friendly 
countrymen once again.

Talk soon,

-jeff