[OSGeo-Conf] result of the board vote

[David Percy]

Thanks Jeff!

Paul, do you usually announce the result on the announce list? Or does
the chair of the LOC?

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Jeff McKenna
<jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> Congratulations Darrell and the Portland team on behalf of OSGeo.
>
> I will let you work with the OSGeo Conference Committee here in regards
> to when to announce this.  You might also work with this committee right
> away to get a 5 minute slot in the final plenary of FOSS4G Nottingham
> next month to announce your event (please start moving on this now).
>
> And thanks to the DC team as well, as this obviously was maybe the
> toughest decision in FOSS4G history.  A good sign of how strong our
> OSGeo community is.
>
> -jeff
> OSGeo President
>
>
>
> On 2013-08-04 2:37 AM, Darrell Fuhriman wrote:
>> Wow! A big thank you to everyone involved. It's been a tense couple of weeks. I don't envy anyone who had to vote between the two bids.
>>
>> On behalf of everyone here in Portland, I promise we'll do our best to make 2014 the best FOSS4G yet. We're thrilled to welcome you to the Rose City.
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>> On Aug 3, 2013, at 21:44, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> The board vote on FOSS4G 2014 has decided that Portland is the location for FOSS4G in 2014.
>>>
>>> Again, this was a very close result.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bart (acting as CRO)
>>>
>>>
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