<div dir="ltr"><div>I second Michael's thoughts. </div><div><br></div><div>Eli</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:26 PM michael terner <<a href="mailto:ternergeo@gmail.com">ternergeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Congratulations to all who participated in the competition to host FOSS4G 2020. The strength of all LOI's and particularly of the 2 proposals of the finalists is an indicator of the overall health and strength of this ecosystem. Indeed, it was a very difficult choice to make as it is clear both teams would have hosted a super event.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Again, congratulations to all, and big kudos to <b>Calgary </b>on winning the vote. See you in Alberta in 2020!</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MT</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 6:57 PM Andy Anderson <<a href="mailto:aanderson@amherst.edu" target="_blank">aanderson@amherst.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Congratulations, Calgary!<div><br></div><div>Much as I like Halifax, I was kind of hoping the conference might end up in Alberta, having just seen this article today about the “mummified” dinosaur now on display at the nearby Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology! [1]</div><div><br></div><div>— Andy</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/dinosaur-nodosaur-fossil-discovery/" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/dinosaur-nodosaur-fossil-discovery/</a></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 13, 2018, at 4:12 PM, Jonathan Neufeld <<a href="mailto:jneufeld@tecterra.com" target="_blank">jneufeld@tecterra.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981WordSection1" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thank you very much for placing your trust in Calgary, we are excited to welcome you in 2020!<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I also want to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the teams from both Halifax and Niagara – you put forward excellent proposals.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">On behalf of the Calgary LOC I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Jon<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span>Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">conference_dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>><span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Till Adams<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, December 13, 2018 12:31 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span>Conference Dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span>osgeo-board List <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span>[OSGeo-Conf] Final Result on RfP 2020<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear CC & OSGeo-community,<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I just received the final results from our voting CRO's.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">They have received 13 votes. Some voters noted that the quality of both proposals was excellent and that it was difficult to select.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The winning team hosting FOSS4G 2020 is<span class="gmail-m_6495878595906755863gmail-m_2037683529896343981Apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">**Calgary**</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Many thanks to the Halifax team for their great effort and great proposal, also many thanks to the Niagara Falls team, that also handed in a LoI.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I only can tell everybody, that regardless where the conference takes place, it is always a pleasure to join and it is always an event for the whole community!!<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Finally I have one wish for christmas: Please support the winning team in order to have a great event in 2020 in Calgary!<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">And last but not least - many thanks to our CRO's as well!<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cheers, Till<u></u><u></u></p></div><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">Conference_dev mailing list</span><br style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none"><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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