Paul & Committee,<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Question: Can you address any issues you might see with holding the<br>
conference within the approximate "usual" date range for FOSS4G<br>
(September/October)</blockquote><div><br></div><div>You are right to put "quotes" around usual in this case. FOSS4G 2009 was held 20-23 Oct. FOSS4G 2010 will be held 6-9 Sept. The temporal distance between the two is 41 days. If we hold FOSS4G 2011 the week before (Nov 28-Dec 2) AGU 2011 (which is Dec 5-9), the temporal distance is 36 days. Technically, those dates are closer to 2009 than the 2010 dates.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There are two main arguments for the later date: cost and preparedness. Late November/early December is in the off-season for conferences in Denver. Both venue costs and travel costs are reduced. As for preparedness, the decision where to hold FOSS4G 2010 was made in December of 2008. The Barcelona LoC will have had over 20 months to prepare. It is almost May 2010 and Denver does not have an actionable decision. This means, even with a December conference, we will have at most 19 months to prepare. According to the RFP, we will not have a final decision until 11 June 2010. If we have a September FOSS4G, the LoC will only have 15 months to prepare.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Denver LoC would be willing to provide alternate budget figures for September dates.</div><div><br></div><div>-Eric Wolf</div><div>On behalf of the Denver LoC</div><div><br></div><br clear="all">-=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=-<br>
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