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| 2006 Winning Proposal </h2><br><table border="1" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#184090" width="10%"></th><th bgcolor="#184090" width="45%"> <p><font color="#ffffff"><a name="#PROPOSALLYON"></a>Lyon, France</font></p> </th> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p><b>Key Question</b><br> |
| Why is your location and the date you propose the best for OOoCon |
| 2006?</p> </td> <td> <p>Locating |
| OooCon 2006 in France will give several advantages |
| to the |
| worldwide community, and Lyon is a particularly attractive town |
| situated in the middle of |
| our country (well approximately ;) <br> <br> |
| Our group has a large community of users and contributors, and |
| is a |
| strong member of the <a href="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/">Native-Language |
| Confederation</a>. More than seven |
| government ministries have now started |
| their migration to |
| Openoffice.org, or plan to adopt it. Major departments such as |
| the Direction Générale des |
| Impôts (taxation), the National Gendarmerie, and the Ministry |
| of |
| Culture are |
| using OOo and contributing to the community with documentation |
| and tools. |
| Many hospitals, schools and universities, and city councils are using |
| OOo on a |
| day |
| to day basis! <br> <br> |
| While our community includes a large base of professionals, |
| it |
| also involves OOo specialists such as consultancies, developers |
| or trainers who participate actively in the project. Outside the |
| community, several organizations such as <a href="http://libresoftware.educ.april.org">April,</a> <a href="http://www.aful.org/">Aful</a>, <a href="http://www.adullact.org">Adullact</a>, and <a href="http://www.mutualibre.org/">Mutualibre</a> are |
| strong open-source software supporters, and promote our project through |
| their |
| activities. This creates opportunities for dialogue between different |
| types of |
| communities with different perspectives.<br><br> |
| </p><p>As for Lyon, it's a delightful town, a listed UNESCO |
| World Heritage City, very modern and well equipped with all the |
| necessary infrastructure for this kind of event (several |
| universities, |
| conference centres, special passes for transportation...). Lyon is not |
| very far from |
| Germany, so our Hamburg team will find it |
| easy to attend, and also quite central in Europe for several |
| countries. Please |
| have an overview of Lyon by visiting <a href="http://www.lyon-photos.com/">this site</a> or <a href="http://www.en.lyon-france.com/page/p-554/art_id-/">the |
| city site</a>, where you'll find information about Lyon's |
| history, |
| culture, and current events.</p><p> Lyon is also a well |
| known place for gastronomy, what about spending an |
| evening all together in a famous "Bouchon" ? <br> <br> |
| The conference will be organized in INSA, one of the top French |
| engineering universities. INSA Lyon (Institut National des Sciences |
| Appliquées de |
| Lyon), multidisciplinary and international, is at the heart of the |
| European |
| Higher Education Area. Accomodation (in rooms for 2 people) is |
| available five |
| minute's walk away. <br> </p> </td> </tr> |
| <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Location (country, city, |
| conference center/university)</p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>France, Lyon, <a href="http://www.insa-lyon.fr/index.php?L=2">INSA |
| de Lyon</a> (site available in several languages) </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"><td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Proposed Date(s)</p> |
| </td> <td valign="top"> <p>11/12/13 |
| September 2006 </p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Team Lead (main contact person)</p> |
| </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Sophie |
| Gautier</p><p>Tony Galmiche </p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"><td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Team Members (all members |
| should be willing and able to commit |
| at least 3 hours per day to planning the conference during the last two |
| weeks before OOoCon 2005)</p> </td> <td valign="top">Core |
| team of the FR project (about |
| 10 people, more if needed) </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Local events taking place in |
| parallel (or right before/after)</p> </td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.lyon-infocite.org/accueil/index.php"> Lyon |
| InfoCité</a> is willing to |
| organize an event alonside our conference<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lyon-infocite.org/accueil/index.php"><br></a> |
| </td> </tr> |
| <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> |
| <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Special |
| visa or entry requirements, e.g. vaccinations</p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Visa for people |
| outside the Schengen area (but not for all), no |
| vaccinations. </p> </td> |
| </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Large local OpenOffice.org |
| deployments (for user keynotes and |
| success stories)</p> </td> <td valign="top"> |
| <p>Ministry of Finance and Direction |
| Générale des Impôts, |
| Ministry of Equipement, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Agriculture, |
| Ministry of Culture, |
| Ministry of National Education, representing more than 200 000 seats. <br> |
| </p> <p><br>Hospitals : <br> |
| Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace (300 seats/postes) <br><a href="http://www.ch-roubaix.fr"> |
| Centre |
| Hospitalier de Roubaix</a> (1000 seats/postes) <br> |
| Centre |
| Hospitalier de Bourg En Bresse (100 seats/postes) <br> |
| Centre Hospitalier Charles Perrens (450 seats/postes) <br><a href="http://www.ch-pontoise.fr"> |
| Centre |
| Hospitalier de Pontoise</a> (20 seats (1000 postes pending)) <br> |
| Centre Hospitalier Philippe Pinel (400 seats/postes) <br> |
| Centre Hospitalier Avranches/Granville (400 seats/postes) <br> |
| CHU de Besanḉon (450 |
| seats/postes) <br> |
| Centre Hospitalier Henry Ey (300 seats/postes) <br> </p> <p>Plus |
| many schools, city halls and companies are too numerous to be |
| cited, please |
| see some lists here : <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fr.openoffice.org/Marketing/Listes/scolaire.htm">http://fr.openoffice.org/Marketing/Listes/scolaire.htm</a> |
| <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fr.openoffice.org/Marketing/Listes/Entreprises.htm">http://fr.openoffice.org/Marketing/Listes/Entreprises.htm</a></p> |
| </td> </tr> |
| <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> |
| <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Names |
| of local OpenOffice.org developers (for developer |
| sessions)</p> </td> <td valign="top"> |
| <p>Eric Bachard, Laurent Godard, Bernard Marcelly, Alain Novak, |
| Pierre-André Galmes, Cédric Bosdonnat, Eric |
| Bishoff, Héléne Petit, |
| Florent Mannens, |
| Isabelle Hurbain. <br> |
| We may also invite several developers from other communities like |
| Mandriva, Mozilla, Debian... </p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"><td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Names of local |
| OpenOffice.org vendors/partners (potential |
| sponsors)</p> </td> <td valign="top"> |
| <p><br> </p> </td> |
| </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> |
| <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Travel |
| costs (e.g. flight costs |
| from the following cities: |
| London, Paris, Rome, Beijing, Sydney, New York, Hamburg, Dublin, San |
| Francisco, South Africa, Tokyo)</p> </td> <td valign="top">Example of prices : <br> |
| <ul> <li>Lyon - London/Heathrow 70 to 190 euro A/R, |
| Easyjet or British Airways </li> <li>Lyon - Rome 240 to |
| 540 euro A/R </li> <li>Lyon - Hamburg 270 euro A/R </li> |
| <li>Lyon - Dublin 250 440 euro A/R </li> <li>Lyon |
| - Prague 280 euro A/R </li> <li>Paris - Lyon by TGV (High |
| speed train 1h55) or |
| flight is about 100 to 150 euro </li> </ul> |
| (TGV as low as 20€ if you buy |
| the ticket 3 weeks |
| before the travelling date). Group tickets could be arranged if |
| required. |
| </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Accommodation costs (youth |
| hostel, hotel)</p> </td> <td valign="top">Lyons |
| is well-used to hosting this kind of event |
| and has many options such as:<br><ul><li><a href="http://www.cis-lyon.com/en/index.html"> |
| International journey center</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fuaj.org/eng/hostels/aj_fiche.php?aj_id=116#acces"> |
| Youth hostel </a></li><li><a href="http://www.en.lyon-france.com/page/p-594/art_id-/"> |
| Hostels</a></li></ul> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.en.lyon-france.com/page/p-594/art_id-/"><br></a></td> |
| |
| </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Average meal costs</p> </td> |
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