<div>Just saw a typo:</div>
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<div>"Locally known as DIA but internationally as <a class="external text" href="http://www.flydenver.com/" rel="nofollow">DEN</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_International_Airport" rel="nofollow">Denver Invernational Airport</a> is both the largest airport in the USA and has the longest runway! This means:"</div>
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<div>This should be Dever International Airport, not Denver Invernational Airport. I can't seem to be able to change it myself...</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM, SteveC <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com">steve@asklater.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im"><br>On Oct 12, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Katie Filbert wrote:<br><br>> I think the bid is very promising and would be happy to come to Denver<br>><br>> Being strawman here, putting some issues and questions out...<br>
><br>> Take a look at Haifa's Wikimania bid page, and perhaps fill in some more details like what they provided<br>><br>> <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa</a><br>
><br>> Especially, visas are going to be a concern. What is the team going to do to help facilitate getting visas and dealing with inevitable troubles<br><br></div>Meh - it's just as big a problem in Europe. A bunch of people were denied.<br>
<div class="im"><br>><br>> Also more specifics about venue... sounds like it's up in the air? Which is the most likely or best option of those listed? What buildings would we be in?what kind of space is there for plenary sessions? Social space? The dates for the conference are September--- during the fall semester. Will this be a problem? Is the venue available for the dates?<br>
><br>> Sponsorships... Do we have any sponsors committed yet? Maybe ad contigency of a winning bid?<br><br></div>I think you should help answer these questions.<br>
<div class="im"><br>> Travel - SOTM has previously been held in Europe, which make it easier for OSM volunteers in Europe (much larger community) to attend. Could we this year raise some sponsorship money to fund scholarships to bring OSM volunteers to SOTM who otherwise cannot afford to attend. Previous scholarships were only for people from developing countries, which is good but let's do more. Wikimedia funds 40-50 volunteers to attend Wikimania, plus people funded by wikimedia chapters, and that makes the conference more inclusive<br>
><br>> Also take a look at last years SOTM bids for Barcelona that proposed doing FOSS4G and SOTM back to back. What were the reasons why the committee decided against it? For Denver, make sure to address any concerns that there might be about this<br>
><br>> Katie<br>><br>><br>><br>> Sent from my iPhone<br>><br>> On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:12 PM, "Coast, Hurricane" <<a href="mailto:hurricane.coast@mapquest.com">hurricane.coast@mapquest.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>>> Hey North American OSMers,<br>>><br>>> The Bids for State of the Map must be final by October 15th.<br>>><br>>> Much work has been done on the Denver Bid page, but it still can use some spit and polish :)<br>
>> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Denver" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Denver</a><br>>><br>>> Go ahead and give it a 5 minute look over and add your special touch<br>
>><br>>> More pictures (venues)?<br>>> More names on the ‘who’s involved’. Remember you don’t have to be in Denver to help out!<br>>><br>>> Let’s have a winning bid and host the 5th Annual SOTM in our ‘home’.<br>
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