[Ottawa_users] FOSS4G 2014 Bid

[Andrew Ross]

Thank you very much for the support. The letter of intent was officially
submitted. If all goes well, the team will be invited to formally bid on
FOSS4G 2014. I'm pretty jazzed about it... we've got a great team.

More in the coming weeks,

Andrew


On 10 May 2013 14:12, Scott Mitchell <smitch at me.com> wrote:

> +1
>
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> Scott Mitchell (mobile)
> smitch at me.com
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>
> On 2013-05-10, at 13:32, Michael Adair <madair at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
>
> +1 I like that idea too.
>
> Mike
>
> On 10/05/2013 8:53 AM, Andrew Ross wrote:
>
>    Hi Everyone,
>
>  I am part of a team assembling a bid for FOSS4G 2014. The bid plans to
> host it in Washington D.C. in September 2014. Dave McIlhagga, myself are
> both part of the conference committee along with an impressive and very
> experienced team.
>
>  We were hoping the OSGeo Ottawa chapter could formally support to the bid?
>
> The practicalities of supporting the bid might manifest in a variety of
> ways such as helping spread the word in Ottawa & general about the various
> milestones like the web site going on-line, call for papers, call for
> workshops, early bird registration, etc.
>
>  As far as protocol to decide, perhaps if someone other than Dave and I
> would please +1, we'll consider the first +1 the motion, the next as the
> second, and subsequent tallied in the vote. If anyone feels strongly
> against it, please -1 and suggest why.
>
> For what it is worth, the OSGeo Quebec chapter's steering committee voted
> unanimously to support the bid.
>
>  Thank you in advance for considering!
>
> Andrew
>
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