<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I have agreed to participate with a Local Organizing Committee on a proposal to host the 2014 FOSS4G conference in North America.</div><div><br></div><div>As a consequence, I will be recusing myself from the evaluation process to ensure there is no bias in the selection process for the successful bidder.</div><div><br></div><div>But I'll be back for 2015. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you all for your understanding.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Dave McIlhagga<br><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.mapsherpa.com/">www.mapsherpa.com</a></span></div><div><br></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></body></html>