Dear Paul,
I would like to thank you once more for the great work you and your
whole team did in organizing the conference!! I'm sure to do that on
behalf of the whole community. It was a great event that we won't
forget soon. You've put the bar high for those that are next in line.
Thanks again and congratulations,
Jeroen
On Jan 15, 2008, at 6:28 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
All,
I want to thank OSGeo for bringing FOSS4G 2007 to Victoria. We had
a great conference, and for me personally it was a peak life
experience, never to be replicated!
Our conference organizer, Sea To Sky Conferences, has been steadily
closing off the books over the last few months, paying our
suppliers and bringing in the final receivables. Today I received
the final report, and have placed a public version online on the
conference site.
http://www.foss4g2007.org/foss4g2007-final-report-public.pdf
Thanks to a paid attendance that was 60% higher than expected,
refunds from our A/V supplier (due to the wireless network and
plenary issues) and lower than expected food costs, FOSS4G 2007
will return a surplus of just over $110,000CAD to OSGeo.
The huge extra attendance was a great reflection on the enthusiasm
for OSGeo and what we are doing in the larger geospatial
community. The comments and evaluations in the final report are
well worth reading, they reflect the high value that people felt
the presentations, labs, workshops and demos provided -- when our
community gets together to talk, what we have to say has tremendous
value.
Thanks again, everybody, for a great conference, and really
memorable week.
Yours,
Paul
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