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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&nbsp;advantages
to the
worldwide community, and Lyon is a particularly attractive town
situated in the middle of
our country (well approximately ;) <br> <br>
Our&nbsp;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 G&eacute;n&eacute;rale des
Imp&ocirc;ts (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&nbsp;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>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.aful.org/">Aful</a>,&nbsp;<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&nbsp;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>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<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
Appliqu&eacute;es 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>&nbsp; (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
InfoCit&eacute;</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
G&eacute;n&eacute;rale des Imp&ocirc;ts,
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 Besan&#7689;on (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>
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<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-Andr&eacute; Galmes, C&eacute;dric Bosdonnat, Eric
Bishoff, H&eacute;l&eacute;ne 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> 
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<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&euro; 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>

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