@LOC FOSS4G-2012, This is a courageous decision. Well done!
It would have been a very difficult decision to make after the time that you have spent in organising this event. I know from experience how critical a professional conference organiser is in putting together a successful event of the calibre of recent FOSS4G. If our professional organiser for FOSS4G-2009 had pulled out months before our event, I suspect that we would have had to do what you have done. @Jeff, well said. Bruce Bannerman ------ Forwarded Message *From: *Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> *Date: *Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:40:33 +1000 *To: *foss4g2012 <foss4g2...@lreis.ac.cn>, board <bo...@lists.osgeo.org> *Cc: *tomgaoang <tomgao...@gmail.com>, chengcx <chen...@lreis.ac.cn>, yanxunyx <yanxu...@gmail.com>, discuss <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, "song.osgeo" <song.os...@gmail.com>, chenrg <che...@lreis.ac.cn> *Subject: *Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2012 Cancel Request Hello Chen, Gao, Dr. Song, Venka-sensei, and all of the 2012 Committee, This is unfortunate news, and I thank you for making such a difficult decision now, before any travel plans are made by attendees. Having been recently on behalf of OSGeo to Beijing (late 2010), I know the passion for FOSS4G there is very strong; Dr. Song, Venka-sensei, Gao, and Professor Yu (who unfortunately passed away recently) are leaders in the community there. I still get questions through a mailing list that Venka-sensei setup there for local researchers examining FOSS. I have no doubt that this passion will continue in China and Asia. I am honored to call such local leaders such as Dr.Song, Professor Yu (may he rest in peace), and Venka-senei my close friends as well. I hope personally that a smaller local FOSS4G event can be planned in Beijing, and I would be sure to attend that wonderful event. FOSS4G is indeed strong in Asia, I hope to relay this message in this email from me. Having traveled there so many times (more than 7 times recently, now too many to keep track) I have seen this first hand. Lastly, I know how much hard work it is to put together proposals for FOSS4G, gather committee members, talk to the venue, etc. and I thank you for all of the effort you put into that. I believe this experience will help you for planning another event in the future. I hope to see you all in an Asia-region event soon, where we can together continue to share this wonderful FOSS4G passion. Thank you. Your friend, -jeff On 12-07-10 6:25 AM, OSGeo China wrote: > Dear OSGeo Board, > > With great regret, the FOSS4G Beijing Local Organizing Committee (LOC) > has made the difficult decision of cancelling the event due to a lack of > financial resources and the unexpected withdrawal of the Professional > Conference Organizer. Please officially approve our decision and advise > any procedures we may need to follow to minimize the impact on the > community. > > We also wrote letter for FOSS4G Beijing 2012 potential participants, we > will publish this announcement on the foss4g2012 website and e-mail them > after we get feedback from Board. > > ************************************** > Dear Participants of FOSS4G Beijing 2012, > > With great regret, the FOSS4G Beijing Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has > made the difficult decision of cancelling the event due to a lack of > financial resources and the unexpected withdrawal of the Professional > Conference Organizer. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has > caused. > > For those interested in FOSS4G events, the LOC suggests consider: > > * FOSS4G 2013, to be held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2013 > * The Asian Geospatial Forum, September 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam, which will > have an OSGeo session. http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/ > <http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/> > > Thank you for your patience and support! > > Best regards, > > FOSS4G Beijing 2012 LOC > ************************************* > > Best regards, > > FOSS4G Beijing 2012 LOC > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ------ End of Forwarded Message
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