[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2024 - BRAZIL (BRASIL)

[Paul Ramsey]

How do we feel about Belem? I feel great about Brazil, but Belem seems
a little bit out-of-the-way? Additionally, as with all FOSS4G the
event will rise or fall depending on the strength of the local
community: a large proportion of the attendees has to be expected to
come from the host country. Some years ago I was aware of Brazil
having regular intra-country open source geo conferences, are those
still going on? Would this be complementary to or competitive with a
regular local event (assuming there is one)?

P

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 3:30 AM María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think this would be a good solution. Right now we don't have any
> other interested parties and specially if you have the help of other
> long term organizers, I think you can be a solid proposal.
>
> Rest of the committee: I propose we ask them for the RFP documents,
> review everything is as solid as it looks, and then decide?
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 1:02 AM Tatiana Pará
> <tatianamdefreitas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I would like to bring up the discussion about Brazil's candidacy to host FOSS4G 2024. After discussions with colleagues from OSGeo here in Brazil and with the support of OSGeo Chapter Argentina, we have considered the possibility of hosting the event in Belém, due to the existing synergy between OSGeo and strategic discussions on climate change.
> >
> > On April 28th, the topic of FOSS4G 2024 was raised again, and there were no official candidates. Japan was mentioned as a possibility by Nobusuke, but it was deemed unfeasible at the moment. Adam brought up the idea of an event in South America.
> >
> > On October 31st, 2022, I suggested the possibility of holding the event in Brazil, and many points were discussed at that time. We realized that we do not have an official OSGeo chapter in Brazil, although we are active in Telegram groups and similar communities. This initially generated some insecurity in continuing with the proposal. However, we have recently resumed discussions, and on December 16th, Luca and Vasile provided important explanations about the organization of FOSS4G.
> >
> > Given this history and after productive meetings with members from Brazil and Argentina, I would like to suggest Brazil as the host for FOSS4G in 2024.
> >
> > Would you like to support this idea?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Tatiana Pará M. de Freitas
> > Agrônoma, especialista em Geotecnologias
> > Mestre em Desenvolvimento e Gestão de empreendimentos
> > Profª E.B.T.T. do campus Castanhal do IFPA.
> > Fundadora e Coordenadora do projeto Meninas da Geo
> > Conselheira do Enactus IFPA Castanhal - empreendedorismo social
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