<div dir="ltr">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.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>-Eric Wolf<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Andrew Turner @ mapufacture <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@mapufacture.com">andrew@mapufacture.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Cameron Shorter<br>
<<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> In Sydney we are finalising venue and date details and want feedback on<br>
> whether any specific dates are going to clash.<br>
><br>
> If there are important Geospatial events for 2009 happening in your region,<br>
> could you please tell us when and where they are and what attendees are<br>
> likely to be effected.<br>
> (we are keeping track of these dates at:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Marketing_Plan#Related_Conferences" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Marketing_Plan#Related_Conferences</a> )<br>
><br>
> The key dates we are considering are:<br>
><br>
> 17 - 21 Nov 2009<br>
> 23 - 27 Nov 2009 (US Thanksgiving is 26 Nov 2009. Is this a showstopper?)<br>
> 20 - 24 Oct 2009<br>
<br>
</div>I wouldn't say US Thanksgiving is a "showstopper", but I will assume<br>
would definitely prohibit many potential attendees from the US. There<br>
is a case to be made "why not have Thanksgiving in AU?!" but in<br>
reality the US holiday is so wrapped up with many families together<br>
that this kind of scheduling is unrealistic.<br>
<br>
So combining a potentially limiting holiday along with the long<br>
distance, both potentially dropping number of interested attendees, I<br>
would recommend against the conflict.<br>
<br>
My suggestion is the October 20-24 date - it's also far enough out<br>
that it doesn't even come up against Thanksgiving travel.<br>
<br>
Thoughts from other Americans?<br>
<font color="#888888">Andrew<br>
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