[Aust-NZ] Re: Bid doc Draft 2

[Cameron Shorter]

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On Jan 11, 2008 12:37 PM, Dr. Markus Lupp <lupp at lat-lon.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> the bid document is very convincing and well-made. Congrats to you all.
>
> Some first comments:
>
> General: page numbering is missing (would help in locating remarks)
>
> ----
> Executive Summary: A paragraph could be added, that South-East Asian
> Nations, especially Indonesia and Malaysia, have explicit Open Source
> Initiatives and use a number of OSGeo-projects for their SDIs. Sydney
> would be a venue easy to reacht by those countries.
> If you like the idea, I could provide this paragraph.

Yes, good idea. Please provide something. You have about 1 hour to get it done.

> ----
> Executive Summary (on page 4): A stay in Sydney costs significantly less
> than an average stay *IN* Washington, London, Seoul or Singapore.
> ----
> Letters of support: depending on the time frame, lat/lon could provide a
> letter of support

Good idea, but no time.

> ----
> 1.1:  This paragraph (and the rest of the document sometimes also) lacks
> information about NZ (althoug the proposal is submitted by Aus/NZ).

Noted, but too late to change.

> ----
> 1.6: Add "lat/lon" to list of potential sponsors

No time.

> ----
>
> Regards,
>
> Markus
>
>
>
>
> Cameron Shorter schrieb:
>
> > Cara,
> > Comments so far. I'll have half an hour to look at the exec summary
> > around midday. So please send any updates that have been made there if
> > you have any.
> >
> > --
> > TBD Cameron: Reference "Australian government has positive Open Source
> > policy guidelines"
> > --
> > 1.3 Note that the proposed date has been booked in with UNSW.
> > --
> > TBD: Cameron to Determine number of delegates at SSC. I've left a
> > message with Ihttp://icms.com.au (03) 9682-0244
> > --
> > (section 1.4 & 1.5 Waugh Partners) Number of Linux Australia delegates = 820.
> >
> > --
> > Move section "Government Agencies" to the bottom of 1.5. These people
> > have been referenced twice so reword as:
> > Government Agencies:
> > Half our committee members work in government agencies and we expect
> > this number will increase as the conference gets closer. These members
> > are key to evanualising OSGeo and attracting delegates from a major
> > OSGeo user base.
> > 1.6 Potential Sponsors:
> > Under Google Earth add:
> > "Google Earth has a major development center in Sydney and have
> > offered speakers for the event."
> > --
> > 1.6 Potential Sponsors:
> > Replace "Linux" with "General Open Source sponsors attracted by Linux Autralia".
> > --
> > 1.6 Expand CSIRO accronym
> > --
> > 1.6 Add sponsors:
> > ESRI
> > Autodesk
> > Australian Cooprative Research Center for Spatial Information (CRCSI)
> > 2.1 UNSW facilities
> > Map: If you get time, circle the city, airport, and Coogee beach on
> > the map to highlight the closeness of UNSW to key attractions
> > delegates will likely attend.
> > --
> > 2.4 Accommodation
> > The UNSW on campus accommodation is not listed. Will it be available?
> >
> >
> > On Jan 11, 2008 6:44 AM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Virginia Loyola wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Cameron
> >>>
> >>> I forgot to mention in my email that I would tidy up the Exec Summary
> >>> but if you wanted to amend some paragraphs, please do so. I will be at
> >>> a funeral tomorrow morning so won't be in until later in the day.
> >>> Please contact Cara on 9332 5220 if you need anything as she has
> >>> worked on the document as well.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Virginia
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Cameron Shorter
> >> Geospatial Systems Architect
> >> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> >> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> >>
> >> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> >> Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions
> >> http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Cameron
> >>
> >> This bounced back again, could you please circulate.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Virginia
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Virginia Loyola
> >> Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2008 6:20 PM
> >> To: Cameron Shorter; Aust-NZ OSGeo
> >> Subject: Bid doc Draft 2
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi everyone
> >>
> >> Please see attached draft 2 and the budget. I look forward to your
> >> thoughts and any other changes. I will be in the office on Friday from
> >> 2pm.
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> Virginia
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Dr. Markus Lupp
> l a t / l o n  GmbH
> Kupang-NTT
> Indonesia
> phone +62 (0)81 339 431666
> http://www.lat-lon.de
> http://www.deegree.org
> --
>
>
>



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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

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