[OSGeo-Discuss] Can you get to FOSS4G2009 on this date?

[Eric Wolf]

I really like the idea of adjacency to GeoComputation. If I can make two
important conferences in one trip, it's even -Ereasier for me to justify
international travel.

Another date to be wary of, the International Cartographic Conference is 15
Nov to 24 Nov in Santiago, Chile. It's a the premier international academic
conference for cartography. In my case, overlap is better because my
colleagues will all go to Chile, giving my the excuse to go to Sidney.

-Eric Wolf

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Andrew Turner @ mapufacture <
andrew at mapufacture.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In Sydney we are finalising venue and date details and want feedback on
> > whether any specific dates are going to clash.
> >
> > If there are important Geospatial events for 2009 happening in your
> region,
> > could you please tell us when and where they are and what attendees are
> > likely to be effected.
> > (we are keeping track of these dates at:
> >
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Marketing_Plan#Related_Conferences)
> >
> > The key dates we are considering are:
> >
> > 17 - 21 Nov 2009
> > 23 - 27 Nov 2009 (US Thanksgiving is 26 Nov 2009. Is this a showstopper?)
> > 20 - 24 Oct 2009
>
> I wouldn't say US Thanksgiving is a "showstopper", but I will assume
> would definitely prohibit many potential attendees from the US. There
> is a case to be made "why not have Thanksgiving in AU?!" but in
> reality the US holiday is so wrapped up with many families together
> that this kind of scheduling is unrealistic.
>
> So combining a potentially limiting holiday along with the long
> distance, both potentially dropping number of interested attendees, I
> would recommend against the conflict.
>
> My suggestion is the October 20-24 date - it's also far enough out
> that it doesn't even come up against Thanksgiving travel.
>
> Thoughts from other Americans?
> Andrew
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