[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Some Question regarding prepalation FOSS4G 2026

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Dear Nobusuke,

Feel free to attend the next Board meeting if you have further questions.
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2025-10-28

Best regards,
Angelos

On 10/23/25 03:49, Nobusuke Iwasaki (岩崎亘典) via Board wrote:
> Dear Conference Committee Members and Board Members,
>
> We have a few questions regarding the preparation for FOSS4G 2026.
>
> 1. E-mail addresses
> When checking the FOSS4G 2025 website, we noticed that most contact
> emails use the foss4g.org domain (chair, registration, TGP,
> sponsorship), while the program contact uses the foss4g-oceania.org
> domain.
> For contact e-mail addresses such as those for the Call for Papers or
> general inquiries, is there any specific rule or recommendation on
> which type of address we should use?
>
> 2. Payment and registration systems
> We are planning to use Pretalx for the Call for Papers. After that, we
> will need to prepare the registration and payment systems.
> Does the OSGeo Foundation provide any official system for handling
> payments, or should the Local Organizing Committee select and manage
> these systems independently?
>
> 3. Promotion opportunities at FOSS4G 2025
> At the FOSS4G 2025 venue, will there be any space available -such as
> at the OSGeo Foundation booth- where we could distribute materials
> about FOSS4G 2026?
> Also, will there be an opportunity to briefly introduce FOSS4G 2026
> during the AGM or the Closing Session?
>
> Best regards,
> Nobusuke
>
> --
> Nobusuke Iwasaki
>   Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
>   FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
>   Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
>   Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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