It was due to the combination of costs, availability and suitability of venues. The best venue wasn't available a week later. Other venues weren't as suitable for the conference and would have cost significantly more.
Shaun On 16 Feb 2013, at 23:04, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I realize my opinion probably doesn't count for much, but I'm curious if > there is a reason this couldn't be held the following weekend (13-15) so that > those of us already traveling to the UK for FOSS4G (17-21) dont have a whole > week in between. > > Jeff > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > ... but I don't want to spoil the surprise. So don't read the link before > you click it. :-) > > http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2013/02/16/state-of-the-map-2013-birmingham/ > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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