On Sun, Mar 22, 2015, at 06:17 PM, Bob wrote: > Does anyone have any idea why this was cancelled and why other bidders > arn't taking over.
I'm sure i read a blog or perhaps diary entry with a lot more detail than in https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2015/02/25/openstreetmap-events-in-2015/ but can't find it,g The gist of the the matter as i recall it was that the Venice bid was preferred but the dates were not; SotM US already had dates too close. and the best alternative dates were beset by an International Exposition of Something, and finding accomodation was going to be impossible. And by the time all this was realised it was too late it was too late for the small, inexperienced WG to figure out a replacement path. So i guess some people will be going to SotM US instead and it probably will be the biggest ever sotm but supposedly a regional one. Not sure about that, i'd have been much more likely to bust a gut to get there if it had been the main sotm, but not a -us spinout with parochial concerns... zx -- Jo Walsh metaz...@fastmail.net _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
