[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2020 Cancelation

[michael terner]

Big +1 on all the kudos, and everything that you've done right, except have
the misfortune to have a once a century pandemic descend on the world. I
would fully support the notion of considering Calgary be in line for 2022,
if your team feels up for it.

*Enjoy* that socially distanced beer on the patio. You have earned that
immeasurably.

With sadness, loads of respect, and appreciation for having the
opportunity to meet you and you team...

All the very best...mt

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 1:05 PM Jonathan Neufeld <jneufeld at tecterra.com>
wrote:

> Hi Peter, Eli,
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> When the time is right I am open to having the conversation about a
> potential 2022 event here in Calgary. We have certainly learned a lot, made
> some fantastic connections, and would be able to reuse some portions of
> what we've already done. Right now, we're going to wind things down, hand
> them over to BA and have a (socially distanced) beer on the patio!
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf
> Of Eli Adam
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:19 PM
> To: Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com>
> Cc: Conference Dev <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>;
> foss4g2020 at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2020 Cancelation
>
> Jon and Calgary LOC,
>
> Thanks for all that you've put into this.  Surely it was a tough
> decision.  Best of luck with everything as you've still got work to do.
>
> You have all already put a lot of work into this; that work takes a toll.
> I can see how the idea of hosting a conference like this would be the
> furthest thought from your mind for several years; it certainly was that
> way for me after 2014!  It seems likely that the conference committee could
> be open to a different rotation and non-competitive selection but that
> interest and initiative should start from your end, we don't want to foist
> something upon you.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:05 PM Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jon,
> >
> > Echoing what others have said, I wanted to thank you and the team for
> all your efforts, and I'm sorry you have had the misfortune to find
> yourself in the current situation. While clearly now is not the time to
> decide, and you will need to work out what's right for you and the team
> further down the road, I'd encourage you to not rule out hosting it in
> 2022. While you say it would be starting over, I'm sure there's a lot of
> planning, ideas and experience that you could reuse.
> >
> > To the conference committee, this is not super urgent but I think we
> should consider changing the rotation so that we plan on North America
> being the location for the 2022 event (whether it ends up being Calgary or
> not). Then also, as already suggested, when we reach the point in time that
> we would be starting the process, we check back with the Calgary team to
> see if they would like to host it and if so let them proceed without having
> a competitive selection process.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >     Peter.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 12:01 PM Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >> You have our sincere thanks for all your efforts, it’s a massive shame
> that you will not be able to run the event but you have made the best
> decision you could.
> >>
> >> Stay strong and stay well
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> ______
> >> Steven
> >>
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> >> On 22 Apr 2020, at 16:47, Jonathan Neufeld <jneufeld at tecterra.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> It is with heavy hearts that we announce FOSS4G 2020 Calgary has been
> canceled. Unfortunately the ongoing COVID19 pandemic makes hosting this
> event impossible.
> >>
> >> We have refunded all ticket holders and will be refunding all sponsors
> as well.
> >>
> >> Thanks everyone for your support, we will look to the future and 2021
> in BA.
> >>
> >> Jon Neufeld
> >> Co-Chair FOSS4G 2020
> >>
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