[OSGeo-Conf] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023

[Vasile Craciunescu]

Please accept my deepest apologies for the long silence. I waited a while to collect as much feedback and, then, I had some personal problems. All your contributions were greatly appreciated. It's clear that we have to rethink our FOSS4G event organization approach. For this, in the next few days, we will open a separate topic. Meanwhile, after a very good discussion with Msilikale, we present you the updated call extensions. We did take in consideration Eli's suggestion to emphasize that North America proposals can have a mild advance. We also can confirm that, on personal channels we got the information that some LOC's are interested to apply to this call. We find this very encouraging. We kindly ask everyone to help us make this extension as visible as possible (especially via OSGeo channels).

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2023_Bid_Process#RFP_Documents

Warm regards,
Vasile &  Msilikale
Conference Committee Co-Chairs


On 02.02.2022 20:13, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
> Dear conference committee members,
> 
> We do have a bit of a problem. Unfortunately, until 2022 February 1st 24:00 UTC, no letter of intent for the organization of FOSS4G 2023 was received. This is somehow understandable given the pandemic context and the difficulty in predicting how the next period will  be. However, we need to work together (perhaps also with the OSGeo board) to find a solution.
> 
> All opinions are welcome.
> 
> Warm regards,
> Vasile
> Co-CRO Conference Committee
> 
> 
> On 12.01.2022 14:57, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>> Dear OSGeo/FOSS4G Community,
>>
>> Although the fight against COVID-19 is not over yet, we need to think and act to keep the FOSS4G spirit alive and to have our beloved global conference hosted in 2023. That's why OSGeo's Conference Committee is happy to announce that the call for location for the
>>
>> "Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference 2023"
>>
>> is open. This year we accept bids from any region of the globe. 2021 was the proof that a successful FOSS4G can be organized in virtual form as well. With the mankind understanding more and more about the coronavirus, we really hope that FOSS4G2023 can be safely organized in physical format. And OSGeo is committed to stand by the hard working LOCs to provide all the needed support.
>>
>> Please find all details on our wiki page [1]. In case that you have any
>> questions, don't hesitate to ask the Conference Committee [2]!
>>
>>
>> May the FOSS4G be with everyone,
>>
>> Vasile & Msilikale, on behalf of OSGeo's Conference Committee
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2023_Bid_Process
>>
>> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee
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