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<p>Hello Dar es Salaam team,</p>
<p>I'm impressed to see seed commitment of $100,000 from the World
Bank for FOSS4G. Is this commitment a guarantee (and expected to
be paid back) or is it a gift to the conference?</p>
<p>A strong relationship with the World Bank has the potential to
extend the reach of OSGeo. Could we please hear the rational from
the World Bank on why they have chosen to back Dar es Salaam's
bid. What do they aim to achieve by bringing FOSS4G to Dar es
Salaam and how does it fit with World Bank goals? Ideally someone
from the World Bank will be able to answer these questions.<br>
</p>
Warm regards, Cameron<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/10/2016 12:51 AM, Mark Iliffe
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear All,
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<div>Thank you for these questions. In direct response:</div>
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</div>
<div>- September's climate is relatively cool (for East Africa)
at around 27 degrees. The weather will be sunny with a gentle
breeze. It is not the rainy season and we would not expect any
unexpected climatic events.</div>
<div>- We're aiming to make the pricing as competitive as
possible for students and those of a low-income (such as the
many in the local innovation hubs). We are aiming for below
$100 for this, we really want this FOSS4G to be accessible for
all. As part of that we will be offering scholarships at
no-cost for people that support the conference in some manner.
We aim to present detailed costings if requested to do so
within our full proposal;</div>
<div>- Dar International Airport is accessible by many direct
flights through all main hubs, including Amsterdam, Doha,
Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Nairobi and Addis Ababa. Flights from
the USA will require one stop. More info on the number of
flights that fly there are here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Nyerere_International_Airport">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Nyerere_International_Airport</a>;</div>
<div>- The travel time from the airport is around 20 mins to the
venue/downtown hotels. The cost of a taxi starts from
13,000tzs ($7). Once travel plans are confirmed we will aim to
provide a shuttle service to town.<br>
</div>
<div>- Taxis within the city centre cost 7,000tzs ($3), to the
many beaches and bars on the Peninsular cost 13,000 ($7). </div>
<div>- There is strong core of FOSS users in Tanzania, through
the TZ GIS mailing list and the local innovation hubs. These
hubs have run development and code sprints previously for QGIS
and other FOSS projects, but frankly, these could be improved;
hence wanting a FOSS4G to supercharge these communities. The
use of FOSS Geo software is quite prevalent in the local
community, especially within the local government of Dar es
Salaam, this has been further expanded through training
workshops ;</div>
<div>- The security situation in Tanzania is very stable with no
terrorist activities in the past year. In comparison to other
cities in emerging economies crime is very low and the city is
safe.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I hope that covers some of the questions for now, please do
reach out if there further ones or if these need to be
clarified further.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Mark</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 12 October 2016 at 09:17, Sanghee
Shin <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:shshin@gaia3d.com" target="_blank">shshin@gaia3d.com</a>></span>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear Dar es Salaam
team,<br>
<br>
First of all thank you for your interest in hosting FOSS4G
conference in your city.<br>
<br>
Can you please provide information about security
situation in your city and around the venue? Also I’d like
to know whether there was any terror attack/ attempts in
your city within the last 1 year. If any, please report
that.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
신상희<br>
---<br>
Shin, Sanghee<br>
Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.gaia3d.com"
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> 2016. 10. 12., 오후 2:51, Venka <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:venka.osgeo@gmail.com">venka.osgeo@gmail.com</a>>
작성:<br>
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<div class="gmail-h5">><br>
> Dar es Salaam team,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your LoI for hosting FOSS4G 2018. Some
questions<br>
> form my side.<br>
><br>
> a) About direct flights from to/from Dar Es
Salaam International airport<br>
> to major cities.<br>
><br>
> b) Can you tell us the travel-time, cost and
distance from the<br>
> international air-port to the conference venue?<br>
><br>
> c) The most convenient mode of transportation and
approx cost<br>
> of travel within Dar es Salaam?<br>
><br>
> d) Could you tell us something about current
FOSS4G related activities<br>
> among the GIS users in Tanzania.<br>
><br>
> Best<br>
><br>
> Venka<br>
><br>
> On 2016/10/11 18:30, Steven Feldman wrote:<br>
>> Dar es Salaam team<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for your Letter of Intent to host
FOSS4G 2018. Here are my questions to start things
off, hopefully more will follow from others<br>
>><br>
>> For the benefit of those of us who are not
familiar with Dar, could you give us an indication of
the climate in September<br>
>> Could you provide an indication of your
anticipated pricing for those from lower income
economies and students?<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>> ______<br>
>> Steven<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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