I'm going to go ahead and get it started by nominating beautiful Tulsa, Oklahoma for SOTM 2013.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Alex Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Kate - > > Good question. Given the fact that we're shooting for an early SOTM next > year, we're really strapped of time for a formal bid process. I know this > is not ideal but I think the ability to move SOTM-US to a better date in > regards to the international conference is worth it. If you were plannning > on bidding or if you know of anyone bidding I would suggest to make it > known here or just get in touch with [email protected]. We should > absolutely open a formal bidding process at the SOTM-US 2013 conference for > 2014. > > On Nov 6, 2012, at 6:46 PM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Alex, > > > > Is there going to be a bid process as with previous years? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Kate > > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Alex Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> OpenStreetMap US is kicking off planning for State of the Map 2013. > With an international conference likely taking place in the fall of 2013 > (no confirmation from official places, this is an educated guess at this > point), we are shooting for a first half of the year date - thinking around > April, May or June. Not being too close to important international OSM > dates will allow us to continue to build out the international appeal of > the US SOTM. > >> > >> Bonnie Bogle, who did much of the organizing at this year's SOTM in > Portland, is starting right now with researching viable locations and > dates. We are looking for places that will allow for an affordable > conference at a great location and date. > >> > >> If you'd like to help organize, I invite you to join the planning > committee, please let it be known here on this thread or shoot Bonnie an > email at [email protected]. > >> > >> Alex Barth (Secretary OpenStreetMap US) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-us mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > Alex Barth > http://twitter.com/lxbarth > tel (+1) 202 250 3633 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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