[Australia] Conf Bid

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 18-Jul-07, at 3:41 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> So if the conference is held in the Australasian region this year,  
> Sydney won't get the conference in '09. (I've heard rumours that  
> there will be a bid from somewhere in the Pacific).

Greetings from across the Pacific,
I just chatted with one of the ones I thought might put in a bid for  
Fiji, but sounds 99% sure they won't be putting in anything.  So I  
don't think you'll have anything to worry about from that angle.  The  
other bids this year will likely be from Brazil and South Africa.  I  
haven't heard of any others.  I think Brazil's bid will be quite well  
organised but am not sure about the status of the South African one.   
I suspect that with the support you guys have, you could pull off a  
good bid for 2008 and that it could easily end up you vs. Brazil.   
That's my personal perspective from my lurking observations, but  
thought you might appreciate it.

For what it's worth,
Tyler