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| 2006 Location Voting</title> |
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| <body><h2> <a name="00" id="00"></a>OOoCon |
| 2006 Call for Location Proposals </h2> |
| <p>Every year, the OpenOffice.org community gathers to exchange |
| ideas and have fun at the international OpenOffice.org Conference <span id="st" name="st" class="st0">(OOoCon)</span>. |
| The conference gives those interested in OpenOffice.org, whether they |
| are developers, marketers, business people, artists, or public sector |
| representatives the opportunity to meet each other in a convivial |
| environment. They can share ideas, tips, code, technology, business |
| plans; drink beer, eat great food, and learn how the most important |
| open source project in the world is changing things for the better.</p> |
| <p>Our Marketing Lead, Jacqueline McNally, <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=267">announced</a> |
| a call for location for <span id="st" name="st" class="st0">OOoCon</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st0">2006</span> last year. |
| Two respondents, Sophie Gautier and Angelika Gößler, |
| presented on behalf of their organizing teams proposals to hold the |
| conference in either Lyon, France or Vienna, Austria.</p><p>These |
| proposals have been summarized <b><a href="##PROPOSALLYON">below</a></b>.</p> |
| <h3>Please vote for your favorite OOoCon 2006 location!<br> |
| (The deadline is February 19, 2006!) |
| </h3><small>NOTE: in order to be able to vote you have to |
| be a <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join">registered |
| member</a> |
| of the OpenOffice.org website.<br> |
| <br></small><form action="http://survey.services.openoffice.org/ooocon/index.php" method="post" name="firstForm" id="firstForm"><div><table border="0"> <tbody> <tr><td style="white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><b>Where |
| do you want the OOoCon |
| to take place ?</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*</span><b>Select one: </b></td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"><input name="location[C]" value="1" id="qf_4b6e9d" type="radio"><label for="qf_4b6e9d">Lyon, |
| France</label> <small>(<a href="##PROPOSALLYON">view |
| proposal</a>)</small> <br> <input name="location[C]" value="2" id="qf_d6a05f" type="radio"><label for="qf_d6a05f">Vienna, |
| Austria</label> <small>(<a href="##PROPOSALVIENNA">view |
| proposal</a>)</small> </td> </tr> <tr> |
| <td style="white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><b>Will |
| you attend the |
| conference ?</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*</span><b>Select one: </b></td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"><input name="participation[P]" value="1" id="qf_d668c1" type="radio"><label for="qf_d668c1">Yes</label><br> |
| <input name="participation[P]" value="2" id="qf_3d3052" type="radio"><label for="qf_3d3052">Not sure</label><br> |
| <input name="participation[P]" value="3" id="qf_f78899" type="radio"><label for="qf_f78899">No</label></td> |
| </tr> <tr> <td style="white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><b>Enter |
| your OpenOffice.org |
| site username:</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*</span></td> <td align="left" valign="top"><input size="20" maxlength="255" name="name" value="" type="text"></td> |
| </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top"><br></td><td align="left" valign="top"><input value="Send" type="submit"></td> </tr> <tr><td><br> |
| </td> <td align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*</span><span style="font-size: 80%;"> denotes required field</span></td> |
| </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></form><h3>Location |
| Proposal Details:</h3> |
| <table border="1" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th bgcolor="#184090" width="10%"> <p><br> </p> </th><th bgcolor="#184090" width="45%"> <p><font color="#ffffff"><a name="#PROPOSALLYON"></a>Lyon, France</font></p> </th> <th bgcolor="#184090" width="45%"> |
| <p><font color="#ffffff"><a name="#PROPOSALVIENNA"></a>Vienna, |
| Austria</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> <td> <p>The |
| initial idea has come from the |
| Viennese city management (IT |
| - MA14) who will have finished their rollout of 6000 |
| workstations |
| with OpenOffice.org in summer 2006. </p><p>The |
| Ministry of Education has also started a big open source |
| software drive giving a big boost to OpenOffice.org. We |
| think |
| these provide some good examples of best practice which would |
| tie in well with the conference. </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> <td valign="top"> <p><br></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> <td valign="top"> |
| <p>We recommend a conference during |
| September since we could |
| probably use university rooms. </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> <td valign="top"> <p>Angelika Goeszler<br> </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> <td valign="top">Angelika |
| Goeszler <br> |
| Harald Schilly <br> |
| Verena Schroefl <br> |
| Franz Lackinger <br> |
| Franz Schauer <br> |
| Verena Ruff <br> |
| Peter Schroefl <br> <br> |
| The OpenOffice.org Community has got very good support from |
| the Government of Vienna. The MA 14 also have provided their |
| support |
| for a conference located at Vienna. <br> |
| Further support was promised from the German usergroup |
| (Jaqueline |
| Rahemipour). We also expect help from Sun Austria and further |
| companies and universities/higher engineering schools. <br> |
| The conference will be of public interest; we also expect participation |
| from the Ministry of Education or its delgates. <br> |
| We are already seeking public money |
| (innovation funding/public interest). The request is |
| still in progress, so at |
| the |
| moment we cannot say more about it. <br> |
| Further on, we hope that the Viennese Mayor will give a |
| small cocktail party. <br> </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> <td valign="top"> <p><br></p></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> <td valign="top"> <p><a href="http://www.touringclub.it/international_TCI/3_before_leaving.asp" target="_blank"><br> </a></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> <td valign="top"> <p><br></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> <td valign="top"> <p><br> </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> <td valign="top"> |
| <p><a href="http://it.openoffice.org/marketing/consulenti_flat.html"><br></a></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> <td valign="top"> <p>Cheap |
| travel and accomodation are possible. </p><p></p><p> |
| Vienna is an established detination for international travel, with one |
| airport at the |
| South of Vienna (trains need 20 minutes to the centre) and |
| one |
| airport at Bratislava (bus price usually included with the |
| ticket, 90 minutes bus drive to a central Viennese metro |
| station). Both airports offer cheap tickets (Air Berlin, |
| FlyNiki |
| at Vienna, Ryan Air at Bratislava). <br> |
| Vienna has many very cheap bus and train connections to Central |
| and Eastern Europe. </p> </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> |
| <td valign="top"> <p>We |
| recommend holding the conference in September, so we can |
| rent student apartments for those members of |
| the OpenOffice.org community who want to save money. |
| <br> <br> |
| On the other hand there are a lot of business hotels (Accor, |
| Mercure, Best Western, Hilton,...) with 4*, 5* and Grand |
| Hotel |
| class for sponsors and special guests. <br> |
| The only thing is that early booking is essential </p> </td> |
| </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Average meal costs</p> </td> |
| <td> <p><br> </p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><br> </p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top"> |
| <td bgcolor="#99ccff"> <p>Other useful links<!-- R:20 C:2 --></p> |
| </td> <td valign="top"> <p><br></p></td><td valign="top"> |
| <p><a href="http://www.linux-konferenca.org/index.php?lang=ENG"><br></a></p></td> |
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