[OSGeo-Conf] Draft Request for Proposals for FOSS4G 2027

[Luca Delucchi]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 at 14:20, Dennis Bauszus via Conference_dev
<conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Conference Committee.
>

Dear Dennis,

> We just had a meeting and would like to prepare our letter of intent for FOSS4G 2027 to be hosted in Bristol, UK.
>
> While reviewing the draft request for proposal document we noticed that the dates seem to be off.
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i1ANr-UcXXljiUacRVmZB_rED5hWZufWAQyH5Ummzjk/edit?usp=sharing
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> It says that letters of intent are to be received by December 2026, and the host selection will be in March 2027.
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> It will be impossible to prepare the FOSS4G conference in 4 months to be hosted in Summer 2027.
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> We believe that the dates are 1 year off and the letter of intent should be issued in December 2025, next month.
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> Can you confirm whether this assumption is correct?
>

Yes, you are right.
However we fixed most of the dates and on Friday the call will be
officially out.

> Best,
> Dennis Bauszus
>

Thanks for reaching us.

-- 
ciao
Luca

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