[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G-Halifax 2020 Answers: Steven

[Jeff McKenna]

Dear Steven,

First, Karine and I would like to both say that we are honoured to be 
with such a high class of local committee teams such as Calgary and Niagara.

Thank you for mentioning that Jewish festivals for Rosh Hashana begin on 
the evening of the 18th.  We have a backup date reserved with the Nova 
Centre venue for 31 August to 5 September, so it is possible to change 
our dates.  When we were looking at possible venues about 6 months ago, 
our vision was to leverage a mid-September date to additionally allow 
for university students and pre-university students to be involved, but 
also because the local weather is best in mid-September (a lot less 
rain, bringing beautiful fall/autumn colours and sunshine to the 
Atlantic Canada region).  We the FOSS4G-HFX team will continue to 
analyze our dates closely.  For the record, using our initially proposed 
dates, the 19th (Saturday) would be the community sprint.  We will try 
to be accommodating as possible.

Thank you,

-Karine Jean & Jeff McKenna
co-chairs, FOSS4G-HFX 2020