Dear FOSS4G ASIA Conference Committee,
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We, OSGeo Japan Chapter (OSGeo.JP) are pleased to submit our LoI for
FOSS4G-ASIA 2018 conference.
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Please see the attached files.
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We hope see you in Tsukuba, next Year!
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Best regards,
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Nobusuke
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On 2017/06/28 13:10, Venka wrote:
Dear All,
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Below is an update on the present status of selecting venue
for FOSS4G-Asia 2018;
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1) Letter of Interest [1] for 4 proposers, namely, India Japan, Korea
and Sri Lanka
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2) A FOSS4G-Asia 2018 conference selection was set-up consisting of
following
members
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+ Dr. Tuong Thuy Vu , University of Nottingham, Malaysia
+ Mr. Ravi Vundavalli, Secretary, OSGeo-India
+ Dr. Sarawut NINSAWAT, AIT
+ Mr. G��rald Fenoy, GeoLabs SARL
+ Dr. Ho Dinh Duan, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
+ Mr. Martin Isenburg, rapidlasso GmbH
+ Mr. Daniel Kastl, Georepublic
+ Prof. Xianfeng Song, University of Chinese Academy of Science
+ Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University
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3) The committee decided unanimously that FOSS4G-Asia will be organized
as a bi-annual (every two years) counting form last FOSS4G-Asia that
was organized in Hyderabad in January 2017. It was also decided that
the next and future FOSS4G-Asia event will be organized between
November-January period.
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4) LoI submitted by Korea and Sri Lanka mentioned early 2018 as possible
dates and both the prooposers have agreed to consider change of dates
to�� late 2018 (Nov-Dec) 2018, in keeping with the bi-annual schedule.
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5) The selection committee also decide not to consider India as a venue
for FOSS4G-Asia 2018 as the India was the venue for the FOSS4G-Asia 2017
[2] also.
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6) Considering the above, the Selection committee has shortlisted Japan,
Korea and Sri Lanka as possible venue/host.
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7) We now invite more detailed (max 4 A4 pages) proposal form the Local
Organizers in Japan, Korea and Sri Lanka. The proposal should outline;
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a) Dates
b) Venue
c) Availability of hotel rooms near venue and approximate cost
for single or shared rooms
d) Infrastructure available (Meeting rooms available with
capacity,Internet Access, Computer rooms for workshops etc.)
e) Main organizers and possible list of supporting organizations
f) Potential sponsors
g) Transportation and access to venue
h) Members of LoC
i) Any other information that will help the Selection committee to
arrive at a decision
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8) The deadline for submission of proposals is 23 July, 2017 (sun)
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2017&month=7&day=24&hour=0&min=0&sec=0%252016.00UTC
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9) The decision of the final selection can be expected around
the first week of August, 2017
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Please direct any questions to this mailing list.
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Best
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Venka
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[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-Asia-2018
[2] http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2017/
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