[OSGeo-Conf] Conference_dev Digest, Vol 208, Issue 2

Vasile Craciunescu vasile at geo-spatial.org
Sun Jan 18 23:08:19 PST 2026


Dear Bristol Team,

Based on the Conference Committee vote, you are invited to proceed to the next stage of the 2027 RfP and prepare the full proposal, due by 20 March.

The updated milestone dates are available on the wiki [1]. For reference, please see the vote distribution below.

On 19.01.2026 07:42, Codrina Maria Ilie geo2 wrote:
> Hi, Vasile!
> 
> We have the votes for the FOSS4G 2027 Bristol Bid:
> 
> 10 votes: "+1"
> 
> 0 votes: "0"
> 
> 0 votes: "-1"
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Codrina
> 

May the FOSS4G be with you!

Best,
Vasile
Co-chair Conference Committee


[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2027_Bid_Process

On 09.01.2026 17:13, Dennis Bauszus via Conference_dev wrote:
> Thanks for letting us know in regards to the revised date for stage 1 of our proposal.
> 
> We are looking forward to hearing from you on January 16th.
> 
> Best,
> Dennis
> 
> 
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>         1. Re: FOSS4G 2027 Bristol (Luca Delucchi)
>         2. Re: FOSS4G 2027 Bristol (Vasile Craciunescu)
>         3. Add FOSS4G 2025 co-chair (Luca Delucchi)
>         4. Re: Add FOSS4G 2025 co-chair (Vasile Craciunescu)
>         5. R:  Add FOSS4G 2025 co-chair (Maria Antonia Brovelli)
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>     Message: 1
>     Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 18:49:15 +0100
>     From: Luca Delucchi <lucadeluge at gmail.com <mailto:lucadeluge at gmail.com>>
>     To: Dennis Bauszus <dbauszus at gmail.com <mailto:dbauszus at gmail.com>>
>     Cc: Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net <mailto:jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net>>, OSGeo-Conf
>              <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>,  "OSGeo:UK" <osgeouk at gmail.com <mailto:osgeouk at gmail.com>>
>     Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2027 Bristol
>     Message-ID:
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>     On Fri, 2 Jan 2026, 18:36 Dennis Bauszus, <dbauszus at gmail.com <mailto:dbauszus at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>      > Hello Jeroen;
>      >
>      > We have options for workshops but not for the conference proper and would
>      > prefer to have the workshops and talks at the same venue. Our aim is to
>      > allow comfortably for 800 delegates with the option to expand to 1000+ if
>      > the demand exceeds our expectations. We researched alternative locations in
>      > the Bristol area. However these venues were either too remote (i.e.
>      > Newport), too small, or both. We are in communication with the venue team
>      > at the University of Bristol and I will check whether a manual reservation
>      > prior to the system calendar opening up dates for late August/September
>      > 2027 is possible.
>      >
> 
>     Thanks a lot for your tentative. In the worst case could you reserve the
>     last week of July?
> 
>     This should reduce the distance with the 2028 edition.
> 
> 
>      > Best,
>      > Dennis
>      >
> 
>     Best
>     Luca
> 
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>     Message: 2
>     Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 14:41:29 +0200
>     From: Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>>
>     To: conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>     Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2027 Bristol
>     Message-ID: <38e9cf75-5db8-408a-ac37-6368ea84087b at geo-spatial.org <mailto:38e9cf75-5db8-408a-ac37-6368ea84087b at geo-spatial.org>>
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>     Dear Bristol team, dear colleagues,
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>     I would like to inform you that due to the holiday season and the fact that no formal announcement was made on this mailing list regarding the start of the voting period, the results of the stage 1 for Bristol proposal will be communicated on January 16th. The bid calendar will be updated to include this extra week.
> 
>     Thank you for your understanding,
> 
>     Vasile
>     Co-chair OSGeo Conference Committee
> 
> 
>     On 20.12.2025 13:18, Dennis Bauszus via Conference_dev wrote:
>      > Dear OSGeo?Conference Committee.
>      >
>      > We would like to host FOSS4G 2027 in Bristol, UK.
>      >
>      > Please find our letter of intent attached to this email.
>      >
>      > We are looking forward to answering all of your questions in regards to our bid and hope to advance to stage 2 for our proposal in January.
>      >
>      > We would also like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year on behalf?of everybody at OSGeo:UK.
>      >
>      > Best regards,
>      > Dennis Bauszus
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>     Message: 3
>     Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 14:16:55 +0100
>     From: Luca Delucchi <lucadeluge at gmail.com <mailto:lucadeluge at gmail.com>>
>     To: OSGeo-Conf <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
>     Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] Add FOSS4G 2025 co-chair
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>     Dear Conference Committee,
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>     I would like to propose Alex Leith and  Simon Nitz, co-chair of FOSS4G
>     2025, to join the conference committee.
> 
>     I'm going to start the votes
> 
>     +1
> 
>     Best regards
> 
>     -- 
>     ciao
>     Luca
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>     www.lucadelu.org <http://www.lucadelu.org>
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>     Message: 4
>     Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:29:39 +0200
>     From: Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>>
>     To: conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>     Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Add FOSS4G 2025 co-chair
>     Message-ID: <e736de61-738f-40c5-a6a1-8b314d99dace at geo-spatial.org <mailto:e736de61-738f-40c5-a6a1-8b314d99dace at geo-spatial.org>>
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>     +1 Vasile
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>     On 08.01.2026 15:16, Luca Delucchi via Conference_dev wrote:
>      > Dear Conference Committee,
>      >
>      > I would like to propose Alex Leith and  Simon Nitz, co-chair of FOSS4G
>      > 2025, to join the conference committee.
>      >
>      > I'm going to start the votes
>      >
>      > +1
>      >
>      > Best regards
>      >
> 
> 
> 
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>     Message: 5
>     Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 15:32:33 +0000
>     From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>     To: "conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>" <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>,
>              Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>>
>     Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] R:  Add FOSS4G 2025 co-chair
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>     +1
>     Maria
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>     Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Add FOSS4G 2025 co-chair
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>     +1 Vasile
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>     On 08.01.2026 15:16, Luca Delucchi via Conference_dev wrote:
>      > Dear Conference Committee,
>      >
>      > I would like to propose Alex Leith and  Simon Nitz, co-chair of FOSS4G
>      > 2025, to join the conference committee.
>      >
>      > I'm going to start the votes
>      >
>      > +1
>      >
>      > Best regards
>      >
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