<blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;">It's different with the FOSS4G-NA. It draws the attention of a lot of<span><div><div><div>people. Not only the US citizens, but also from the people that work</div><div>for/with US companies. It is not a real regional event. For me an US</div><div>regional event would be something like a FOSS4G East Coast, or even</div><div>smaller like FOSS4G California.</div></div></div></span></blockquote><div>Also since it seems to be better organised (with a call to papers open etc…) it will be a conference that can actually be attended. The OSGeo wiki for FOSS4G still does not have a timeline, or local contacts for email inquiry and so forth.</div><div><br></div><div>A foss4g NA event is needed to kick things along in north america; however it is leaving few volunteers for the global conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Jody</div>