[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2017 dates

[Even Rouault]

Hi,

Just discovered today the dates of the event, as well as the beautiful logo.
I see this was discussed in 
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2015-October/thread.html#3310 
, and I also find the dates to be super early (I found Bonn to be already quite 
early...) and collide with the summer vacation period for I guess most 
Europeans. Not sure about the customs in other parts of the world. IMHO 
there's a risk a significant portion of the European planned attendance might 
not be able to join specifically because of the dates (*). I'm not sure how big 
European attendance is usually for a N.A. event, but I found it was worth 
mentionning it.

Best regards,

Even

(*) I was trying to find some statistics backing that. For France, I found in 
this news article 
http://www.lefigaro.fr/emploi/2012/11/15/09005-20121115ARTFIG00481-six-
semaines-de-conges-par-an-pour-les-salaries-francais.php
"En 2010, environ un salarié sur deux était en vacances pendant la semaine du 
9 au 15 août" --> "In 2010, approximately 50% of employees were on vacation 
during the week from August 9 to 15"

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