[OSGeo-Conf] FW: Bid for FOSS4G in China

[Jeff McKenna]

Hello Linda,

Thank you for joining the conference_dev mailing list.  I have submitted
some questions for your local committee through that mailing list, which
I have included below.

Please have your team respond to these questions as soon as possible,
through that mailing list.  Thank you.

-jeff


On 11-07-13 3:01 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hello Liu Yuzhang and the Beijing local committee,
>
> Thank you for submitting a letter of intent to host the FOSS4G event. I
> have some questions regarding your letter below, that I hope can be
> answered on this mailing list by one of your local committee members:
>
> - Although many private sector companies are mentioned in your letter,
> your local committee contains no private sector representatives. Am I
> wrong on this statement? Or was this by design?
>
> - Has your local committee given any thought to a potential theme for
> the event? (such as FOSS4G within GIS Industry)
>
> - Have you begun initial talks with the BICC venue? What dates/months
> are potentially available? (I do see that you mention September later in
> the letter)
>
> - I know it must have been difficult to submit a proposal for FOSS4G
> 2010 and then not have it accepted. Can you briefly explain the
> differences from that proposal/proposed team and this current one? Where
> has there been improvements, in your opinion?
>
> - 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
> Beijing, in November 2010. I know I have many things still to do there,
> including finishing a table tennis match :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -jeff