[OSGeo-Conf] Call for hosting our Global FOSS4G Conference in 2020

Steven Feldman shfeldman at gmail.com
Fri Sep 14 07:32:36 PDT 2018


Ya beat me to it!
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Steven


> On 14 Sep 2018, at 14:26, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Till, CC,
> 
> To clarify, your email says that the LoI is due 28 Sept, but the RFP and wiki say 5 October; we'll use the dates in the RFP of course, but this should be clarified for all, just in case.
> 
> 
> -Karine & Jeff
> FOSS4G-HFX 2020 co-chairs
> 
> 
> 
> On 2018-09-14 10:08 AM, Till Adams wrote:
>> Dear OSGeo community,
>> we all know that the Dar-Team recently finished a successful and great
>> FOSS4G 2018 event in Dar Es Salaam. A pleasure for anyone who had the
>> opportunity to go there, too bad for all those who couldn't attend.
>> But the world continues to turn, with one OSGeo-focus on Bucharest 2019,
>> the venue for the upcoming FOSS4G next year. In order to give the team
>> that will host the global FOSS4G conference in North America in 2020
>> enough time to prepare a great event, we, OSGeo's conference committee,
>> are *now* launching the *call to host FOSS4G 2020*.
>> We hope that some teams are already in the starting blocks and can't
>> wait to apply. Always keep in mind that all the work that comes with
>> preparation is quickly forgotten, but the beautiful memories of a FOSS4G
>> in your city will last a lifetime (and as already said last year: Make
>> your barkeepers happy ;-)) !!!
>> So, don't hesitate, don't wait any longer, get to the keys and get on
>> with your "Letter of Intent" until 28. of September 2018. All essential
>> guidelines and dates can be found on the OSGeo WIKI [1] as well as in
>> the RfP document [2]. If you have any questions, please contact the
>> OSGeo Conference Committee via this list (joining this list is very
>> useful when planning to bid anyway).
>> One final remark: We are currently considering the possibility of
>> submitting the final proposals in advance and publishing them at the
>> same time directly after the submission period is over. I will give you
>> some notes on this if you will be asked to submit a full proposal.
>> Have a nice weekend to all of you!
>> Till (Chair of OSGeo's CC)
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2020_Bid_Process
>> [2]
>> https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/2020/FOSS4G2020-request-for-proposal.pdf
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