[OSGeo-Conf] LOI Results

[David Percy]

Thanks, They're called Travel Portland and they been working with us a bunch!

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:12 AM, 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
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Conference_dev mailing list
>>>>>>> Conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
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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
>>>>> -geology.pdx.edu
>>>>> -portlandpulse.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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
> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
> http://www.lisasoft.com
>



-- 
David Percy ("Percy")
-Geospatial Data Manager
-Web Map Wrangler
-GIS Instructor
Portland State University
-gisgeek.pdx.edu
-geology.pdx.edu
-portlandpulse.org