KohaCon2011 Proposals

Official Vote - the official voting ended on the 17th of Feb (US Eastern Standard Time, local timezone of the returning officer).
=== Results ===
The site selection survey ended by 17 February, 2011. Congratulations to Thane, India.
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=== The Proposals ===
==== Summary Table ====
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Location 	Hosting Organization 	Contact 	Proposed Dates 	Proposed Cost	Local Hotels 	Restaurants in Walking Distance	Local Libraries and Library Science Work 	Arts/Entertainment in Walking Distance 	International Airport Options
Somerset or Bristol, UK	software.coop 	MJ Ray 	September / October 2011 	free entry 	>51 Hotels+ >32 B&Bs I estimate median price is £65/room/night and lowest I've seen £18 	>58 mostly £15-£50pp 	Libraries West consortium includes Somerset and Bristol. See Google map. 
Bristol University Library is in Bristol.	Lots - first choice is a seaside resort in Weston-super-Mare! See Culture of Somerset and Culture of Bristol in Wikipedia. 	BRS EXT London (LHR LGW LUT STN LCY) CWL BHX...
HYDERABAD,INDIA 	
MRGI,HYDERABAD 
www.mrcet.ac.in	E RAMESH 	AUGUST 	FREE 	TAJ GROUP(DECCAN,KRISHNA) MANY HOTELS FOR ALL RANGES 	MANY 	CCMB,IIIT,CENTRAL UNIVERSITY,IIT,BITS,BRITISH LIBRARY MANY MORE	HISTORICAL PLACES,GOLKONDA FORT, CHARMINAR,shopping malls, movie halls AND MANY.... 	RAJIVGANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,HYDERABAD
Thane, India 	VPM, Thane 	Koustubha Kale 	Conference 31 October 2011 3 days, Hackfest 3 or 4 November 3 days. 	free entry 	Several in Thane + 
There are several small but good, cheap hotels in Thane with air conditioned rooms around USD30. We will try to arrange accommodation help as per requirements / budget. + Also we are on the outskirts of Mumbai so a really wide choice of accommodation is available Average rates are USD60 for good to USD250 for 5 Star accommodation. Good meals range between USD5 to USD20 but you can spend much more too..	Lots + A canteen on campus. 	We have 5 libraries in the campus, WIP being converted to Koha. 
Institute for Oriental Study, Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya, Dombivali Granthalaya are located in Thane using Koha. Plus Granthalaya.org affiliated libraries. 
Major libraries in Mumbai.	Not walking, but Mumbai, Goa, India need I say more? Attractions near Thane + Have a look at whats in Mumbai :) Mumbai culture in Wikipedia.	Mumbai
Kathmandu, Nepal 	Healthnet Nepal 	Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan 	November / December 2011 	free entry 	Wide range of hotels are available from budget to 5 Star Hotels. All incl B+Bs. The hotel cost ranges from cheap (US $5), First class hotel (US $ 80) and 5 Star Deluxe hotels (US $ 200). For details, you can visit the website: http://www.nepalvista.com/travel/accomodation.html	>10 	Major libraries in Nepal. 
Nepal National Library is less than an hour from HealthNet Nepal by car. See Google directions. 
HealthNet Nepal is the primary Nepal node of the Digital Library Network South Asia (DLNet-SA), the intended union catalogue and digital library system for South Asia. DLNet-SA uses Koha combined with Greenstone based on work started at the National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. A live CD of the integrated software is available from the GSDL Koha Live project for testing.	>5: mostly temples, world heritage sites, mountains, shopping malls, and movie halls. Kathmandu in Wikipedia. 	Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Kathmandu
Kolkata, India 	Bose Institute, Kolkata	Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay (The University of Burdwan), Prof. Uma Kanjilal (IGNOU, New Delhi) and Prof. Raghavan (DRTC, Bangalore) - PI Team for the project Library Automation and Resource Sharing Network	Conference 3 days in November-December 2011, (followed by a workshop under the project).	free entry 	89 + 	Many with different cuisines 	Major libraries in Kolkata. 
National Library of India less than an hour from Bose Institute by walking and public transport. See Google directions. 
Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), library school founded by S R Ranganathan, a few minutes from Bose Institute by walking and public transport. See Google directions.	Available in plenty. See the Wikipedia article Places of interest in Kolkata. 	NSCBI, KolkataF
==== Detailed Proposals ====
*Kohacon11 UK 
*Kohacon11 Thane, India 
*Kohacon11 Islamabad, Pakistan Withdrawn in favor of Nepal 
*Kohacon11 Nepal 
*Kohacon11 New Delhi, India Withdraw in favor of Thane, India 
*Kohacon11 California, USA Withdrawn 
*Kohacon11 Kolkata, India 
*Dharwad, India
==== Show Your Support ====
Official Vote - the official voting has begun and will end on the 17th of Feb (EST) be sure to repeat your support on the survey. 
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Place 	Supporters
UK 	
*Chris 
*Tajoli 
*Katrin 
*Magnus 
*Olugbenga Adara 
*Joann Ransom 
*D Ruth B. 
*Nicole C. Engard 
*Nate Curulla 
*Maria Okonska 
*Linda Kaufmann 
*Lauren Miller 
*Thomas Dukleth 
*Emrys Minnig 
*Irma Birchall
Thane, India 	
*Chris 
*Indranil Das Gupta 
*Amit Gupta 
*Vimal Kumar V. 
*SANDEEP BHAVSAR 
*Magnus 
*Paul.a 
*Joann Ransom 
*Thomas Abraham Open Knowledge Society, India 
*Brooke (cheating) 
*Yatheesh babu 
*Arun Adrakatti 
*Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune, Jignesh Vishapara R.K.College of Engineering & Technology 
*Rajkot Gujarat 
*Kishore Ingale, TCS Pune 
*Mangesh Ghodke - L&T Infotech 
*Sharvari Madhavi - Khaitan & Co. 
*Vrushali Dandawate, AISSMS COE Pune 
*Madhura Deodhar-IES Management College and Research Centre 
*Ashok Gangurde, Anglo Easetern College Karjat 
*Vaibhav Gaikwad 
*Dr. V N Bedekar Management Institute 
*Sanjay Salunkhe Raheja Group Mumbai 
*Narayan Barse, Librarian and Coordinator, Department of Library and Information Science, VPM's Joshi-Bedekar College, Thane 
*Sanjay Sapkal 
*Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane 
*Mr.Devanand B.Khupate, Librarian, New Arts, Com. & Science College Shevgaon Dist. - Ahmednagar PIN 414502(MH) 
*Bhupendra Bansod, Librarian, PVDT College of Education, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai 
*Ajay Kamble, Librarian, Annasaheb Vartak College, Vasai Road, Thane 
*Dr. Sushama Powdwal, University Librarian & Head, SHPT School of Library Science 
*SNDT Women's University, Mumbai 
*Dr Gopakumar V.University Librarian, Goa University, Goa 
*Neesha Vinchu, Librarian, JaiHind College 
*Mr. Gurpreet Singh Librarian(Digital Library), GGDSD College, Chandigarh 
*Thomas Dukleth 
*Irma Birchall
Islamabad, Pakistan Withdrawn in favor of Nepal	
*Ata 
*Anthony Mao 
*Muhammad Shafiq, (Speciall thanks to Anthony Mao for support
Kathmandu, Nepal 
(Please keep in mind that these votes are representing almost all South Asian Countires, having DlNetSA national nodes,not only from one country: Countries include Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Srilanka, Maldives)	
*Ata 
*Muhammad Shafiq 
*Nitesh Rijal 
*Aminath 
*Fathmath 
*mpradhan 
*Dasharath Thapa 
*Dilara Begum 
*ARD Prasad 
*K S Raghavan 
*MM. Rifaudeen 
*Brooke (cheating) 
*Shashi Prabha Singh 
*Kesang 
*oakn 
*ecorrado 
*Anthony Mao 
*Lalitha 
*Sneh Lata Sharma 
*Simon Ball (EIFL FOSS) 
*Mohammad Azim 
*Shivappa Sangam 
*Monika Segbert-Elbert 
*Amos Kujenga (EIFL FOSS) 
*Sangita Gupta 
*Pramod Kumar Singh 
*Tigran Zargaryan 
*Gita Thapa 
*Thomas Dukleth 
*Raphael Topagur 
*Irma Birchall
New Delhi, India 	
*Anthony Mao, yes, I support Kathmandu, Nepal 
*User:Shivappa Sangam 
*Andhra Pradesh, India 
*L Vijay Bhasker & Vaishnavi School of Architecture and Planning, Hyderabad, Group Hyderabad
Kolkata, India 	
*Indranil Das Gupta 
*Abhijit Bhowmik, Librarian, West Bengal State Central Library 
*Tarun Mukherjee, Librarian, Birbhum Dist Library 
*Mridul Mitra, Librarian, Burdwan District Library 
*Zikmee Sherpa, Siliguri ADL 
*Amit Pal, Librarian, Howrah Dist Library 
*Debashis Misra, Librarian, Jalpaiguri Dist Library 
*Archana Mandal, Librarian, North 24-Parganas DL 
*Bidyadhar Mudli, Tamluk District Library 
*Pranabesh Ganguly, Purulia 
*Ananya Raha, Jr. Lib. Asst., Bose Institute 
*Bornali Chatterjee, Project Asst working with Koha, Bose Institute 
*Chandra Mondal, Project Trainee working with Koha, Bose Institute 
*Papiya Das, Project Assistant, working with Koha, Bose Institute 
*Mousumi Das, Project Assistant, working with Koha, Bose Institute 
*Thomas Dukleth 
*Sumita Dey,Jr. Library Assistant, Bose Institute, Kolkata 
*Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Librarian, Bose Institute, Kolkata 
*Shri Pradip Kr. Sarkar, Library, Bose Institute, Kolkata 
*Dr. B.S. Choudhury, Library, Bose Institute 
*Ms. Piyali Sarkar, Bose Inst. Library KOHA Project 
*Ms. Saptaparni Samanta, Bose Institute, Libray 
*Ms. Tanushree Mandal, Bose Inst. Library Project 
*Ms. Trishna Mandal, Bose Institute, Library Project 
*Ms. Gopa Dasgupta, Bose Institute, Library 
*Prof. Sampa Das, Chairperson, Library Committee, Bose Institute 
*Mr. Samir Pal, Bose Institute, Library 
*Mr. Gautam Mukherjee, Bose Institute Library 
*Mr. Gurudas Ghosh, SNBOSE Library 
*Mr. Amit Ghosh, SNBOSE Library 
*Prof. Pinakinath Mukhopadhyay 
*Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata 
*Mr. Sanjib Gupta, Bose Institute, System Manager 
*Mr. Tarun Majhi, Bose Inst., Publication Division 
*Mr. Sarat Chandra Bhuiya, Bose Inst. Library
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