[Webcom] [OSGeo] #135: Add news item for FOSS4G2008 hosting

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#135: Add news item for FOSS4G2008 hosting
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 Please add the follow NEWS item:

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 SUBJECT: FOSS4G 2008 Awarded to Cape Town, South Africa

 The OSGeo Conference Committee is pleased to announce that the 2008 Free
 and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference will be held
 in Cape Town, South Africa, with the tentative dates of September 29th to
 October 3th 2008.  The OSGeo Conference Committee would like to thank all
 of those who submitted to host the 2008 conference, we were all very
 impressed with the number and quality of proposals.

 With the 2007 conference approaching (http://www.foss4g2007.org/) and the
 excitement building in the FOSS4G community, the 2008 conference will be
 an important date on the calendar not to miss.  The 2008 organizing
 committee has already begun preparations, and will be following up with a
 larger announcement.  The detailed proposal is available at:

 http://www.osgeo.org/files/webfiles/conference/proposals/South_Africa_proposal_to_host_FOSS4G_2008.pdf

 Again, thank you for all of the excellent submissions.

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 OSGeo Conference Committee

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