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On 6/3/2011 11:13 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:
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cite="mid:545C9DE2-A121-4AED-BD0D-BAF3B0032309@gmail.com"
type="cite">SOTM in Denver is Strategic for OSM presumably because
we all agree that building community and subsequently the map in
US is very important.
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<div>Have you planned Denver on the basis of much eu attendance? I
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Actually I had hoped that EU people would make the same efforts US
people did. If you look at it by % of the active community, a huge
effort was made by US people to go to previous SOTMS in the EU.<br>
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<div>We need to recognise that for volunteer euro mappers a flight
across the pond on their own credit card will be quite a hit.
The positioning of adverts will not make a difference to people
who are planning to only attend 1 SOTM this year or who fund
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That's a great argument and one I agree with. Unfortunately it
doesn't nullify my legal duty to OSMF and SOTM as I understand it.<br>
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<div>On 3 Jun 2011, at 19:05, Steve Coast wrote:</div>
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<div>That's not actually a check, because the timing if I
recall was that they didn't interfere with each other.
But in any case, I don't remember an ad.<br>
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Also, it doesn't really matter what we think the barrier
is, the basic fact is that I have a legal responsibility
for one of the conferences and not the other.<br>
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I would also be much more comfortable is it was clear
SOTM is going to be a success but that's just not clear.
Even you Richard are hesitating about going. So imagine
what our liabilities would be if it bombs.<br>
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On 6/3/2011 11:02 AM, Richard Weait wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:51 PM,
Steve Coast<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:steve@asklater.com">steve@asklater.com</a>>
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<blockquote type="cite">Sorry but no.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I think the Atlantic Ocean is a
more substantial barrier than any<br>
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href="http://osm.org">osm.org</a> ad. Either way,
we have a precedent to check. Did the<br>
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the front page?<br>
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