<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(18,13,8)">Vasile,</span><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(18,13,8)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(18,13,8)">Thank you for your reply. We will not be submitting a LoI this time and look forward to building a strong bid in the future.</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(18,13,8)" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Guido</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 8:22 AM María Arias de Reyna via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>I also think it may be unfair this far in the process.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Although the request was done almost a month ago.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So... I'm unsure. Guido, are you still interested? Do you have the proposal already done?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El mié, 31 dic 2025, 13:20, Steven Feldman via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> escribió:<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>The request was for a 2 week extension to 20/12/25, that is long passed now. North America could have put together an LoI and submitted late but still been considered, have they done that?<div><br></div><div>I recognise that at the moment there is only one LoI (unless another has been submitted but not published) and that a choice would be preferable but the timetable is important if bidders are going to retain confidence in the process.</div><div><br></div><div>Disclosure - I am a member of the UK organising committee</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br id="m_-8393749926586105737m_-4684312671995944990lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 31 Dec 2025, at 10:42, Vasile Craciunescu via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div>Dear Guido,<br><br>Please accept my apologies for missing your email... My kid played with my phone an marked the email as read. Personally, I have no problem with the extension. But because we already have another proposal submitted in due time I would like to hear more opinions from our colleagues. Apologies again for the mess in my inbox.<br><br>Warm regards,<br>Vasile<br><br>On 06.12.2025 02:41, Guido Stein via Conference_dev wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hey all,<br>My team recently held our first post-event debrief following the successful conclusion of our regional event. We concluded that we would like to help host FOSS4G International, but due to instability in the US, we aren't the right place to host it at this time.<br>We request a two-week extension of the Letter of Intent submission period. My team would like the time to help find and support another team in our region.<br>Thank you very much for your consideration.<br>Sincerely,<br>Guido Stein<br>President<br>OSGeo US Local Chapter<br>On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM Vasile Craciunescu via Discuss <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>>> wrote:<br> Dear Conference Committee members / Dear FOSS4G family,<br> The FOSS4G 2027 bid process is now open. Please find all the details on our wiki page [1]<br> Please share the news with your communities!<br> Warm regards,<br> Vasile<br> Conference Committee Co-Chair<br> [1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2027_Bid_Process" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2027_Bid_Process</a> <<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2027_Bid_Process" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2027_Bid_Process</a>><br> _______________________________________________<br> Discuss mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br> <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a> <<a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Conference_dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>Conference_dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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