<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">James Purser</b> <<a href="mailto:purserj@k-sit.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">purserj@k-sit.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Okay what about the following:<br><br>- Bid Entries due in September 15th<br>- Announcement of winning bid 1st/2nd October(this gives the winning bid<br>an extra two months to work with)<br>- Call for new bids at the AGM held during
<a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">linux.conf.au</a> along with some<br>sort of ceremony handing over responsibility to the new <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
linux.conf.au</a> team<br>at the end of the conf.<br><br>The above is just an idea so feel free to tear it apart
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I'd like to see bid entries due by the end of June and a decision made
and announced at least to the bid teams by the beginning of August<br>
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I'd love to see LA work towards knowing 2 years in advance where LCA is going to be<br>
not only would it give a good opurtunity to be involved more directly
with the conferences for the organises of future conferences<br>
it could also be a lot of help to smaller lugs where not many people can afford to attend this sorts of things..<br>
2 months notice wouldn't really allow for people who otherwise wouldn't be going for financial reasons to be able to get there<br>
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the other thing 2 years would allow for is people changing the dates of
the conference to other times during the year without reducing the
amount of time people have to plan to attend the following conferences.<br>
<br>
Michael<br>