<div dir="ltr">On 13 March 2013 15:08, Craige McWhirter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craige@mcwhirter.com.au" target="_blank">craige@mcwhirter.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good afternoon Freedom lovers. After Andrew Cowie's <a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2013-March/020477.html" target="_blank">eloquent post</a>, the Hobart LCA2015 bid team have also decided to join the chorus and reveal our hand.</div>
</blockquote><div style><br></div><div style>Apologies for cross-posting but the three lists do not overlap completely.</div><div style><br></div><div style>The Hobart bid team has had to reluctantly withdraw from a 2015 bid, due primarily to UTas being unable to provide security around 2015 dates (can't book for 2015 til December 2014).</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>We do have another venue partner we're working with but don't feel we can complete the negotiations in a timely manner to make an extension request practical.</div><div style><br></div>
<div style>So we're withdrawing from 2015 and setting our sights on 2016 :-D</div><div style><br></div><div style>See you in the distant future ;-)</div><div style> </div></div>-- <br><font face="georgia, serif">Craige McWhirter</font><div>
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