[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] FOSS4G 2013 RFP Result

[Cameron Shorter]

I'll echo Peter's comments in encouraging Helsinki to bid again.

For Sydney's FOSS4G 2009 event we put in an "intention to bid next year" 
the year before we bid. The fact that a city has been thinking about 
FOSS4G for more than one year will certainly go in your favour for 
future bids.


On 19/06/12 02:09, Peter Batty wrote:
> Hi, I would like to reiterate Paul's sentiments and congratulate both 
> teams on excellent bids, it was a tough decision for the committee to 
> make. With the Denver bid we weren't selected first time round either, 
> but we made it at the second attempt, so I do encourage the Finnish 
> team to bid again in future. And congratulations to the UK team, I 
> look forward to a FOSS4G in my home country :).
>
> Cheers,
>     Peter.
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Pekka Sarkola <pekka.sarkola at gispo.fi 
> <mailto:pekka.sarkola at gispo.fi>> wrote:
>
>     Folks,
>
>     Well, it has been looooong morning here in Helsinki ;-)
>
>     Thanks for everybody! Just now it's difficult to be good looser. Maybe
>     someday I will learn to be.
>
>     Rgs,
>
>     Pekka
>     ps. Can't wait cheaper beers in Nottingham: in Finland Open Source
>     events
>     have free beers...
>
>     ---- Pekka Sarkola -- pekka.sarkola at gispo.fi
>     <mailto:pekka.sarkola at gispo.fi> -- www.gispo.fi
>     <http://www.gispo.fi> ----
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
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>     [mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
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>     Ramsey
>     Sent: 18. kesäkuuta 2012 17:12
>     To: conference; OSGeo Discussions
>     Cc: board at osgeo.org <mailto:board at osgeo.org>; Pekka Sarkola
>     Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2013 RFP Result
>
>     Conference Committee, Bidders,
>
>     Good morning (PDT). The results have been tabulated, and every
>     member of the
>     committee has voted (yay).
>
>     Many thanks to both teams for bidding. Many of the members
>     commented on the
>     difficulty in selecting a bid, given the quality and attention to
>     detail in
>     both bids.
>
>     The voting results are
>
>     Nottingham 8
>     Helsinki 2
>
>     So, FOSS4G 2013 will be in Nottingham, UK.
>
>     To the Nottingham team:
>
>     - The sooner you can carve your dates into stone, the better for
>     promotion
>     and planning
>     - Remember that you will have to submit a budget to the Board for
>     approval,
>     and the "Official, Really for Reals Acceptance" of your bid is
>     contingent on
>     the Board formally accepting your budget and bid.
>     Let's move that process forward briskly.
>
>     To the Helsinki team:
>
>     - You had a great bid and a wonderful venue and plan, I hope
>     you'll consider
>     bringing your preparations and research to hosting an EU Regional
>     event for
>     2014.
>
>     Thanks again to everyone,
>
>     Paul,
>     your 2013 RFP bid guy
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