[OSGeo-Conf] LOI Results

Tue Jul 2 11:31:03 PDT 2013

Thanks Lorenzo, sorry for taking so long to get back to you!

When I analyzed prior conference numbers I noticed that Barcelona had
an unusually low "local" attendance, but I figured that was due to it
being in Europe. Since I would consider any European attendee to be
"local" (rather than just Spain), that would probably move the numbers
around quite a bit.

If we get the bid, it would be great to work with you to help sell the
conference in Europe!
Cheers,
Percy

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Lorenzo Becchi <info at lorenzobecchi.com> wrote:
> I  don't know if that helps, anyway:
>
> if I remember right, despite the wide connection we had on a local level in
> Spain, only 20% of our attendance was local.
> in the particular case of Spain we knew that the market was still "lazy" and
> we focus a lot on attracting international people.
> well, Barcelona is pretty easy to sell in that way.
>
> my 2 cents
>
> On 14 Jun 2013 10:12, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> David,
>> If you haven't already done so, I suggest you check to see if there is
>> tourism department within the City of Portand, tasked with attracting events
>> to your city. In preparing for FOSS4G Sydney, we had such an organisation
>> pull together all the template information, such as city highlights, costs
>> of accommodation etc.
>>
>> On 14/06/2013 9:46 AM, David Percy wrote:
>>>
>>> Cameron, thanks for the excellent feedback, we will address your
>>> concerns in our proposal.
>>>
>>> I will say here, though, that it may not have been clear from the LOI
>>> but our local OSGEO chapter has been very actively involved in running
>>> regional events for the last four years. We are really used to working
>>> together on this sort of thing... We're still getting a PCO, though!
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Percy
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Cameron Shorter
>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> David,
>>>> It seems my suggestion was not of interest to everyone, so I'll provide
>>>> a
>>>> few tips for Portland.
>>>> Note that my comments come with the usual advice of I'm just one voter
>>>> and
>>>> don't speak for everyone.
>>>>
>>>> I feel that the biggest area that Portland should focus on is working on
>>>> the
>>>> depth and experience of its team of people behind it. How would you
>>>> attract
>>>> key people into your team?
>>>>
>>>> One of the greatest strengths of the Nottingham bid was the proven track
>>>> record it had of running prior regional events, and the number of
>>>> different
>>>> people of the team who all had experience running successful events. In
>>>> particular, it included many key figures within the OSGeo community,
>>>> which
>>>> in turn has helped them understand, and attract the FOSS4G community,
>>>> and
>>>> sponsors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/06/2013 3:16 PM, David Percy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Committee,
>>>>> Should we expect any comments, or just move ahead, as we are already
>>>>> doing?
>>>>> :-)
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Portland LOC
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:08 PM, David Percy <percyd at pdx.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cameron, Thanks!
>>>>>> As far as making the comments publicly available, we are always
>>>>>> supporting more openness and transparency in OSGEO, so that seems like
>>>>>> a reasonable idea. It should make both bids stronger!
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Percy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Cameron Shorter
>>>>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd expect that both potential FOSS4G venues would be keen to hear
>>>>>>> feedback
>>>>>>> as to what was good or bad about their proposals from the voting
>>>>>>> committee,
>>>>>>> such that they can address this feedback in their final bid.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As such, I'd like to ask questions:
>>>>>>> * Portland, Washington, would you appreciate such feedback made
>>>>>>> publicly
>>>>>>> available?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Voters, would you be comfortable publicly summarising your thoughts
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> why you voted for one city or another?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Voters, would it be more appropriate that one of us collate all our
>>>>>>> comments into one file, such that comments can't be linked back to
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> person?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 24/05/13 23:13, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello Portland and DC,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The conference committee has submitted their LOI votes, and both
>>>>>>>> Portland and Washington DC met the two vote threshold to move on to
>>>>>>>> the bid stage.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For the record, Portland received 2.5 votes and DC 3.5 (one member
>>>>>>>> split hsr vote).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The next deadline in the process is June 30, for bid submission.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2014_Bid_Process
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks everyone for participating, and to the committee for
>>>>>>>> reviewing:
>>>>>>>> with so many recusals, we need all your active participation in this
>>>>>>>> year's process!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>> FOSS4G 2014 RFP Coordinator
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> David Percy ("Percy")
>>>>>> -Geospatial Data Manager
>>>>>> -Web Map Wrangler
>>>>>> -GIS Instructor
>>>>>> Portland State University
>>>>>> -gisgeek.pdx.edu
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>>
>>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>>>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
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>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>
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