[Foss4g2009] [Fwd: Re: Mark to keynote at international conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial?]

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2009/1/22 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>

> Mark Shuttleworth is not an option as a speaker, so we still have a slot
> open, ideally for a draw card non-spatial speaker, maybe from the Open
> Source world.
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Systems Architect
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
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>
>
> Dear Cameron,
>
> Thank you for your e-mail asking Mark to keynote at the 2009 conference for
> Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) in Sydney in October.
>
> He appreciates the kind invitation but he has cut back his international
> travel considerably this year so he can focus on Ubuntu and unfortunately
> has no current plans to visit Australia this year.
>
> Thank you for thinking of him and we hope the event is a huge success.
>
> Kind regards,
> Claire
> PA to Mark Shuttleworth
>
>
> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
>> Hello Claire,
>> I understand that Mark Shuttleworth was keen but couldn't schedule
>> speaking at the 2008 conference for Free and Open Source Software for
>> Geospatial (FOSS4G) which was held in Johannesburg.
>>
>> The  conference is the annual, international "gathering of tribes" of all
>> the Open Source Geospatial projects which attracts ~ 700 hackers and spatial
>> managers.
>>
>> http://2009.foss4g.org
>>
>> This year will be held in Sydney, Australia between 20-23 October 2009,
>> and we would be delighted if Mark would consider providing a keynote
>> presentation.
>>
>> Please let me know if you are interested.
>>
>>
>
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