<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Till, Cameron, All,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for these questions, our responses are here:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. We aim to submit our full financial calculation in our proposal and are still in negotiation with the venue. Our budget will also change as seek additional sponsorship;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2. We do list two co-chairs, myself as a one international community member with experience of organising a FOSS4G previously (Nottingham, 2013) and a Msilikale Msilanga, a Tanzanian based community member who has worked extensively in building local communities in Tanzania and elsewhere. We feel that this combination allows us to bridge both communities and to ensure that we can deliver the most relevant conference, not just for the emerging local geo/tech scene but for the international one too;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3. We will have a full schedule of workshops, that will be included in the price of the full conference ticket, we would also aim to release workshop only tickets as well. As per previous FOSS4Gs we’d aim for a community selection of workshops (and main program) to ensure that the workshops reflect the desire of the community;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4. The $100,000 from the World Bank is a recognition of the need for 'Geo' in countries like Tanzania. I’ve worked for the World Bank for the past five years, mostly in Tanzania but also elsewhere in East Africa, as a Geospatial Specialist in the ICT Group, now I’m moving over to the Urban sector. I manage the <a href="http://ramanihuria.org/" class="">http://ramanihuria.org/</a> project aimed at making informally developed communities in Dar es Salaam more resilient to natural hazards. This has led to one of the largest community mapping projects, with residents across Dar es Salaam working with OSM to map their communities. Now we have very finely detailed maps, these can be used for resilience and community planning, but also urban planning etc. <i class="">How can we now use this data?</i> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The answer for us has been through training local and national government in tools like QGIS and Grass, this builds fluency and capacity in geo. This is the crux of the support from the World Bank for this, by holding a FOSS4G in Dar es Salaam it would act as a lightning rod to kickstart this, our mission is to eliminate extreme poverty and raise prosperity in countries. The correct use of geospatial data and tools to maximise value from this is crucial, now we have data need to build fluency in the tools. The money would go to support attendance from the Tanzanian Government to workshops and the main program, paying for the venue, PCO, scholarships etc. As per point one, this would be detailed fully in our proposal.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If there are any further questions or points for clarification, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with us.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mark</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli<br class=""><<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" class="">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>> wrote:<br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear Tanzania team<br class="">Can you please add pieces of information about workshops (I don't see them<br class="">mentioned in your proposal).<br class="">Are they (Tanzania) included in the cost of the Conference.<br class="">Many thanks!<br class="">Best!<br class="">Maria</blockquote></div><div class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>On 16 Oct 2016, at 12:49, <a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" class="">till.adams@fossgis.de</a> wrote:<div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear Dar es Salaam team!<br class=""><br class="">1.)<br class="">Assuming you have 100k $ from the World Bank and let's say 400 attendees paying a full price of $500 - this makes careful calculated an income of 300k$. Also you mention the following: "offering scholarships and discounts for those who would most benefit from attending a FOSS4G".<br class="">I am also not aware about your costs for venue/food/PCO etc.<br class="">I know, we are in an really early stage, but I would be happy if you could outline your financial calculation a little bit more precise.<br class=""><br class="">2.) Maybe it's just a misunderstanding, but you list two Co-chairs, but who will be the chair or do you plan to chair the conference with two people?<br class="">Background: Two years ago we (F4G 2016's Bonn's LOC) did the same in our proposal but we were pleased to nominate one chair.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Kind regards, Till<br class=""></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 13 Oct 2016, at 22:41, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" class="">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""><p class="">Hello Dar es Salaam team,</p><p class="">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 class="">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 class="">
</p>
Warm regards, Cameron<br class="">
<br class="">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/10/2016 12:51 AM, Mark Iliffe
wrote:<br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Dear All,
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<div class="">Thank you for these questions. In direct response:</div>
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<div class="">- 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 class="">- 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 class="">- 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" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Nyerere_International_Airport</a>;</div>
<div class="">- 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 class="">
</div>
<div class="">- Taxis within the city centre cost 7,000tzs ($3), to the
many beaches and bars on the Peninsular cost 13,000 ($7). </div>
<div class="">- 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 class="">- 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>
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<div class="">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>
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<div class="">Best,</div>
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<div class="">Mark</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 12 October 2016 at 09:17, Sanghee
Shin <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:shshin@gaia3d.com" target="_blank" class="">shshin@gaia3d.com</a>></span>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear Dar es Salaam
team,<br class="">
<br class="">
First of all thank you for your interest in hosting FOSS4G
conference in your city.<br class="">
<br class="">
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 class="">
<br class="">
Kind regards,<br class="">
신상희<br class="">
---<br class="">
Shin, Sanghee<br class="">
Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company<br class="">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.gaia3d.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.gaia3d.com</a><br class="">
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> 2016. 10. 12., 오후 2:51, Venka <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:venka.osgeo@gmail.com" class="">venka.osgeo@gmail.com</a>>
작성:<br class="">
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> Dar es Salaam team,<br class="">
><br class="">
> Thanks for your LoI for hosting FOSS4G 2018. Some
questions<br class="">
> form my side.<br class="">
><br class="">
> a) About direct flights from to/from Dar Es
Salaam International airport<br class="">
> to major cities.<br class="">
><br class="">
> b) Can you tell us the travel-time, cost and
distance from the<br class="">
> international air-port to the conference venue?<br class="">
><br class="">
> c) The most convenient mode of transportation and
approx cost<br class="">
> of travel within Dar es Salaam?<br class="">
><br class="">
> d) Could you tell us something about current
FOSS4G related activities<br class="">
> among the GIS users in Tanzania.<br class="">
><br class="">
> Best<br class="">
><br class="">
> Venka<br class="">
><br class="">
> On 2016/10/11 18:30, Steven Feldman wrote:<br class="">
>> Dar es Salaam team<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> 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 class="">
>><br class="">
>> 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 class="">
>> Could you provide an indication of your
anticipated pricing for those from lower income
economies and students?<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> Thanks<br class="">
>> ______<br class="">
>> Steven<br class="">
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