[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2016 Dublin, Ireland Full Bid Proposal

[David Percy]

Cameron, you're slacking, when will see the regional Foss4G-OZ?
:-)

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Jeff McKenna <
jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

> And thanks to the hard work of Venka, Sarawut and others we now have a
> yearly FOSS4G-Asia to add into the yearly mix of great regional events.
> Wonderful!
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-02-21 3:21 PM, Suchith Anand wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jeff for the info and i understand. I will send this suggestion to
>> the 'conference-europe' mailing list and request feedbacks/suggestions.  My
>> aim was  also to get the selection committees  of all FOSS4G "Regional"
>> teams also to consider looking into how they can make good use the efforts
>> put in by the teams bidding for the Global FOSS4G conference in their
>> regions.
>>
>> The example i gave for Europe might be used for North America region as
>> well. This might also encourage more strong submissions from more cities
>> (as they will know there is an opportunity to host the regional FOSS4G
>> conference the next years if they had strong bids which were not selected
>> for the global conference). This will also help plan events 2 years in
>> advance  giving the LOCs good time to put in place all needed support for
>> organising a large scale conference.
>>
>> Suchith
>> ________________________________________
>> From: conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [
>> conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna [
>> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 4:46 PM
>> To: conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2016 Dublin, Ireland Full Bid Proposal
>>
>> Suchith,
>>
>> Regarding FOSS4G-Europe, as I said to those with ideas of hosting
>> FOSS4G-NorthAmerica, it is really up to the FOSS4G "Regional" teams
>> themselves (meaning: the region in question should start to develop
>> their own selection committee, made up of past chairs for their own
>> events).  I said this to the NA gang and I also recommend this for
>> Europe.  In the case of FOSS4G-Europe 2017, the selection committee
>> could be made up of Jachym (FOSS4G-CEE 2012 chair) , Vasile (FOSS4G-CEE
>> 2013 chair), Peter (FOSS4G-Europe 2014 chair), and Maria (FOSS4G-Europe
>> 2015 chair) initially; so I will let them speak and decide for 2017
>> Europe.
>>
>> Of course one could add Steven Feldman into that mix as well, who earned
>> the right to help decide on FOSS4G-Europe with blood sweat and tears for
>> hosting FOSS4G 2013 in Europe :)
>>
>> A great place to discuss your -Europe 2017 ideas would be the
>> 'conference-europe' mailing list (subscribe at
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/conference-europe)
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-02-20 7:58 PM, Suchith Anand wrote:
>>
>>> Great work by both Dublin and Bonn teams. Thanks to everyone and wishing
>>> both teams all the very best.
>>>
>>> Just one humble suggestion, as only one team will host FOSS4G 2016, why
>>> not allow the other team to host FOSS4G-Europe in 2017 (Obviously there
>>> wont be FOSS4G-Europe in 2016 as main conference is in Europe). That way,
>>> the efforts and hardwork put in by both teams will be utilised.
>>>
>>> Also FOSS4G-Europe is now in a strong footing with Bremen and Como
>>> conferences and it might be good to plan ideas for FOSS4G-Europe 2017.
>>> Having a longer time to plan FOSS4G 2017  will also help scale up the event
>>> if we have a great team in place now itself.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Suchith
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [
>>> conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna [
>>> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 5:31 PM
>>> To: conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2016 Dublin, Ireland Full Bid Proposal
>>>
>>> Thank you Peter and Dublin team, your proposal has been received.  It is
>>> now visible on the RFP page[1], and I have forwarded your proposed
>>> budget to the Conference Committee members.
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp
>>>
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2015-02-20 11:48 AM, Peter Mooney wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear OSGeo Board members and OSGeo community colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> It is with great pleasure that I attach a PDF of our full bId proposal
>>>> to host FOSS4G 2016 in Dublin.
>>>>
>>>> There have been many phone calls, meetings, shared documents, ideas,
>>>> emails, etc to get to this point. It has been hard work but we are very
>>>> happy with the outcome.
>>>>
>>>> We look forward to answering your questions and considering your
>>>> feedback.
>>>>
>>>> To the members of the Bonn team - we are very sure that you will have
>>>> submitted a very strong, competitive and compelling proposal. Whatever
>>>> the result let's have a beer in Dublin or Bonn in 2016.
>>>>
>>>> With every best wish from Ireland,
>>>>
>>>> Peter Mooney (on behalf of the Dublin LOC)
>>>>
>>>>
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