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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 17

Sent to proposed abstract authors.
= Get your friends to vote for your FOSS4G abstract =
Sydney, Australia. 15 June 2009.
With 170 quality abstracts vying for 96 slots at the international FOSS4G conference, there is a lot competition for air-time. Some innovative presenters are stacking the odds in their favour by inviting their friends to vote for their presentation on their blogs and email lists.
If you have submitted a presentation, I'd encourage you to do the same, and don't forget to give FOSS4G a plug while you are at it.
To vote, follow the link here: http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/
For instructions on how to vote, please refer to the voting page on the Conference website or http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Program#Presentation_Voting
== Upcoming FOSS4G milestones ==
* 15-28 June 2009, Abstract Voting is Open
* 31 Jul 2009, Early registration deadline
* 14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
* 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
* 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
* 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
----
For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our announcement list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/
or contact:
Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
tel +61-2-8570-5050
c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
----
=Postscript=
A number of abstract authors noted concern about potential bias that can be brought to bare by stacking the foss4g voting system after reading this press release. Future conferences should consider this.
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 18

To be sent to prospective abstract authors.
=FOSS4G Abstract voting explained=
Sydney, Australia. 24 June 2009. 
A number of people from the OSGeo community have questioned whether the FOSS4G abstract selection could be unfairly biased or rigged through the community voting process. In particular, there were concerns with our last "tongue in cheek" communication suggesting authors encourage their friends to vote for their presentations. In retrospect, the message should have focused on inviting people to review all presentations and promoting FOSS4G.
However, to ally concerns about bias, we feel it is important to be transparent about the abstract selection process (for the general track), which will be as follows:
# Call for abstracts, including promotion in a number of areas.
# Abstract submission deadline.
# Chase abstracts from a few presenters who had indicated they wanted to present but forgot to submit an abstract.
# Ask the community to rank abstracts.
# Abstract selection committee to review community rankings. Some minor adjustments may be made to:
## Ensure there is a suitable selection of presentations for each of the specific FOSS4G user groups: Techies, Government & Private CIOs, Academic, Regional delegates. It is expected that most voters will fall into the techie user group, while half the delegates will likely fit into the Regional and/or CIO group.
## Any obvious rigging should be avoided.
## Endeavor to avoid having duplicates of the same presentation, and possibly encourage presenters with similar topics to combine their presentations or change the slant of their presentation. We want to encourage a depth of presentations.
## Focus on the conference theme of "User Driven".
Information on how the academic papers will be assessed and selected can be found here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Call4papers
The Open Source community has a reputation for honesty, trust and good will, which we expect will be prevalent throughout the FOSS4G conference. While we will be vigilant, we don't expect to see much blatant rigging of the voting system from the community.
== Upcoming FOSS4G milestones ==
* 15-28 June 2009, Abstract Voting is Open
* 31 Jul 2009, Early registration deadline
* 14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
* 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
* 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
* 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
----
For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our announcement list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/
or contact:
Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
tel +61-2-8570-5050
c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 19

To be sent to successful FOSS4G abstract applicants.
=Congratulations, Your FOSS4G Abstract was selected=
_DRAFT_
20 August 2009, Sydney Australia.
To FOSS4G abstract proposer,
We are very pleased to inform you that one of your proposed abstracts was selected to be presented at FOSS4G 2009. This year we received over 180 quality submissions making the task of final selection a difficult one.
If you submitted more than one presentation please see the list of selected presentations on the conference website to find out which of yours was selected:
http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/
The process for abstract selection was as follows:
#A community vote via the abstract submission website
#A review of the public vote and further voting by the Organising Committee and selected high profile Session Chairs. This review was aimed at providing a good balance of content and also to make sure that the local region was represented amongst the presentations.
#The final 85 were selected by ranking based on community and Organising Committee votes.
What next?
# Help us publicise FOSS4G 2009 - Tell the world about FOSS4G and your presentation. We want to make FOSS4G a huge success, and prior experience shows that the most likely way for people to be convinced they should come to FOSS4G is by hearing about it via blogs, email lists, personal recommendation, from someone they know and respect.
# Maybe you are an organisation and would like to purchase a booth or sponsorship? (http://2009.foss4g.org/sponsorship/)
# Be sure to register for the conference before the early bird registration period expires (7th of August). (http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/)
Further guidance will be released in the coming weeks with regards to presenting at the conference - including details on how you can update your abstract. Make sure you join the announcement email list to keep yourself up to date. http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009-announce
IMPORTANT: If you no longer wish to present, or are now not planning to attend the conference, please advise us of this immediately so that we can promote a presentation from our reserve list to take your place.
Yours sincerely,
Harley Prowse, coordinator of the abstract selection committee.
FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 2

=Tour Hosts selected to manage the FOSS4G conference in Sydney 2009=
Sydney, Australia. Monday 5 May 2008.
Aust-NZ OSGeo <A u s t - N Z @ l i s t s . o s g e o . o r g>
Bruce Bannerman < b r u c e @ b a n n e r m a n . i d . a u> +61 3
9658-4572
----
The Open Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has selected Tour Hosts to manage the international conference for
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) to be hosted in
Sydney 17-21 November 2009 20-23 October 2009.
FOSS4G is heralded as the international "gathering of tribes" of open
source geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their
latest software and projects. The theme for 2009 is "User Driven",
highlighting the power of Open Source to solve business problems.
Tour Hosts were selected based upon their track record hosting quality
international conferences for technically savvy audiences, their
experience marketing to the government sector (a key user group), and
their experience attracting international audiences, especially within
the Asia-Pacific region.
Bruce Bannerman, chair of the selection committee, summarized, "I'm
confident Tour Hosts will ensure FOSS4G is well attended and memorable
for all delegates".
This adds another great reason for coming to the FOSS4G conference in
Sydney in 2009:
* Great conference full of the latest open source geospatial goodies and
all the geospatial open source celebrities.
* Hosted in Sydney, with a beautiful harbour and golden beaches.
* November is almost summer and is beautiful warm weather.
* And now add first-class conference organisers who will ensure the
event is run like clockwork.
About OSGeo
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has been created to
support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. 
The foundation's goal is to encourage the use and collaborative
development of community-led projects, data development and
education.[1]
About OSGeo - Australia/New Zealand
The Australian and New Zealand chapter of OSGeo focuses on local issues
like promoting OSGeo principles at conferences and lobbying for and
building open, local, geographic datasets.
About FOSS4G
FOSS4G is the international gathering of open source, geospatial tribes.
The spatial industry is undergoing rapid innovations and the open source
spatial community is one of the forces driving the change. From its
beginnings the FOSS4G conference has been the gathering of the spatial
tribes and has a reputation of being a melting pot for great ideas in
the spatial industry and a catalyst for many successful geospatial
products, standards and protocols. The 2007 conference was held in
Victoria, BC, Canada and was a huge success[2]. The 2008 conference will
be held in Cape Town, South Africa[3]. FOSS4G 2009 Sydney will be the
seventh "formal" gathering of the open source geospatial community and
is expected to focus on the increasing importance of FOSS4G in the
public and private enterprise.
[1] http://osgeo.org
[2] http://www.foss4g2007.org
[3] http://www.foss4g2008.org
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 20

To be sent to unsuccessful FOSS4G abstract applicants.
=Results of your FOSS4G Abstract Proposal=
_DRAFT_
20 August 2009, Sydney Australia.
To FOSS4G abstract proposer,
We are sorry to say that your abstract was not selected to be presented at FOSS4G 2009. This year we received over 180 quality presentations of which we've had to select only 85.
As I'm sure you can appreciate the process of abstract selection is a difficult one given the high number of quality submissions. The process for selecting abstracts is outlined below:
#A community vote via the abstract submission website
#A review of the public vote and further voting by the Organising Committee and selected high profile Session Chairs. This review was aimed at providing a good balance of content and also to make sure that the local region was represented amongst the presentations.
#The final 85 were selected by ranking based on community and Organising Committee votes.
We apologise, but given the volume of work and time constraints we are unable to provide individual feedback regarding the selections.
We appreciate and acknowledge the great efforts you made to submit your abstract and we'd like to inform you of a number of ways that you could still be involved with the conference:
* There is an Installfest where you can help users install your software and discuss usage and ideas
* There will be a demo theatre running during breaks, which will provide sponsors, exhibitors and open source projects with 10 minute slots to showcase live software.
* There will be a space within the conference to present a poster where you can publicise your work
* There are two evenings dedicated to unstructured Birds of a Feather sessions. Feel free to set one up around your area of interest and invite others to join you.
* ..and finally there will be a number of volunteer roles for people to help out with.
More details about these in the upcoming weeks, both through our mailing list and on the webiste: http://2009.foss4g.org/ Make sure you join the announcement email list to keep yourself up to date. http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009-announce
Yours sincerely,
Harley Prowse, coordinator of the abstract selection committee.
FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 21

Translations at: FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 21 Translations
=FOSS4G Abstracts announced + Early Bird registration looming =
Sydney, Australia. 20 July 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
== Abstracts Announced ==
A comprehensive list of presentations has been announced for the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, in Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009.
Abstracts presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals include the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies.
Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.
For the full list of quality abstracts, view: http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/
Community participation in the abstract selection was impressive, with over 150 community members selecting 85 general track abstracts from the 183 submitted and a further 12 academic abstracts selected by 52 academic peers.
== Early Bird Registration ==
After getting inspired from the breadth of abstracts, be sure to register for the FOSS4G conference. Early Bird registration closes in just over two weeks, on 7 August, 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/
== Upcoming milestones ==
* 7 Aug 2009, Early bird registration deadline
* 14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
* 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
* 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
* 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
----
For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/
or contact:
Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
tel +61-2-8570-5050
c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 21 Cover

=Translators=
Tuesday 14 July 2009
OSGeo community leaders and translators,
Once again, we are asking for your help to translate one of our major FOSS4G announcements: "FOSS4G Abstracts announced + Early Bird registration looming", which will be released next week, on Monday 20 July.
This press release will be the key reminder to excite and attract delegates to FOSS4G before the Early Bird deadline. So please translate the press release, then forward onto to your local communities.
As feedback, our website traffic spikes 5 to 7 times the usual rate after each of these press releases go out - so they seem to be working.
The press release has been copied to: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_21_Translations
As before, we have highlighted the changed text from the last translation in red. If you are aware of a local presentation that has been selected, you might want to add a line to your press release before sending it out. It should add a nice personal touch.
Note: The URL for presentations has not been populated yet. It will be populated before Monday next week.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Cameron Shorter, FOSS4G Organising Committee chair.
=OSGeo Community=
Monday 27 August 2009
We are calling on your help again to promote FOSS4G. Early Bird registration closes in less than two weeks, so this is a very important time to contact potential delegates in your communities.
Of the delegates who came to FOSS4G in 2007, 36% reported they heard about it from a colleague and 10% from an email. This reflects the very successful emails that were forwarded via community leaders like yourselves to their projects, and communities. Viral marketing at its best.
Could you please forward the last press release to your communities, along with a personal message from yourself. Some of the personal messages people have used before include:
* "I'll be presenting ... and look forward to meet you at FOSS4G ..."
* "I've been to previous FOSS4G conferences and highly recommend them because ..."
* "Our project will be represented at FOSS4G ..."
* "At FOSS4G make sure you check out the ... "
Could you please let me and Antti (CCed) know what email lists you have forwarded onto so that we can track the effectiveness of the marketing. (This provides us with useful metrics to attract sponsors).
Also, if you haven't done so already, please add a FOSS4G link to your blog or web page, then reference your site as per: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Marketing. 26% of FOSS4G2007 delegates hear about FOSS4G from web banner adds.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Cameron Shorter, FOSS4G chair.
Press release and translations available at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_21
Look for your name below:
Copy list without emails from http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pu9014gybzrd1M6FqyOzGWg&hl=en_GB
FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 23

=Results of your FOSS4G Abstract Proposal=
_DRAFT_
20 August 2009, Sydney Australia.
To FOSS4G abstract proposer,
We are sorry to say that your abstract was not selected to be presented at FOSS4G 2009. However, we've selected your abstract as one of ten reserves. This means that if any of the 85 selected presenter are unable to attend or present, we may call upon your presentation as a replacement. This could happen anytime between now and the conference (and possibly at the conference!). We will keep you informed leading up to the conference and may request you to come to the conference prepared to present in case your services are needed.
If you are happy to act as a reserve, we would appreciate you letting us know as soon as possible (please reply to this email).
As I'm sure you can appreciate the process of abstract selection is a difficult one given the high number of quality submissions. The process for selecting abstracts is outlined below:
#A community vote via the abstract submission website
#A review of the public vote and further voting by the Organising Committee and selected high profile Session Chairs. This review was aimed at providing a good balance of content and also to make sure that the local region was represented amongst the presentations.
#The final 85 were selected by ranking based on community and Organising Committee votes.
We apologise, but given the volume of work and time constraints we are unable to provide individual feedback regarding the selections.
We appreciate and acknowledge the great efforts you made to submit your abstract and we'd like to inform you of a number of ways that you could still be involved with the conference:
* There is an Installfest where you can help users install your software and discuss usage and ideas
* There will be a demo theatre running during breaks, which will provide sponsors, exhibitors and open source projects with 10 minute slots to showcase live software.
* There will be a space within the conference to present a poster where you can publicise your work
* There are two evenings dedicated to unstructured Birds of a Feather sessions. Feel free to set one up around your area of interest and invite others to join you.
* ..and finally there will be a number of volunteer roles for people to help out with.
More details about these in the upcoming weeks, both through our mailing list and on the webiste: http://2009.foss4g.org/ Make sure you join the announcement email list to keep yourself up to date. http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009-announce
Yours sincerely,
Harley Prowse, coordinator of the abstract selection committee.
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 24

emailed to foss4g-2009-announce and osgeo-discuss.
=FOSS4G conference: Early Bird discount closes this Friday!=
Sydney, Australia. 3 August 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
== Abstracts Announced ==
If you plan to come to Sydney, Australia for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference in October this year, then you best register right now, as early bird registration ends this Friday 7 August 2009.
http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/
FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, install-fests, and acode sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.
== Upcoming milestones ==
* 7 Aug 2009, Early bird registration deadline
* 14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
* 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
* 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
* 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
== Media Sponsors ==
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
----
For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/
or contact:
Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
tel +61-2-8570-5050
c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
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FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 26 Metrics

==2009-07-09 to 2009-08-08 ==
Data come from Google Analytics for the FOSS4G 2009 website. Data shown are visits relative to population for each region (Africa, Europe, Oceania, Asia, north and south america).
== 2008-06-26 to 2009-08-08==
Small countries, like Monaco or Faroe Island, get the best ratio as there have not high population.
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