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       the date you propose the best for OOoCon 2008?</p>
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     <p>Redflag 2000, representing the Beijing OpenOffice.org community, is
     pleased to propose Beijing as the first OpenOffice.org Conference outside
     of Europe.</p>

     <p>Since Redflag 2000 and IBM officially joined OpenOffice.org in 2007,
     Beijing has become the second hot-spot for the development of
     OpenOffice.org and several derived products. The contributions to OOo
     from China are steadily growing. As the capital of China, Beijing will
     also be one of the main future markets for OpenOffice.org to
     significantly grow. Having this year's OOoCon in Beijing would provide a
     strong impulse to the OpenOffice.org community in East Asia and
     significantly strengthen OpenOffice.org's position in the East Asian
     office suite markets.</p>

     <p>Beijing is a cosmopolitan city with a rich history. People coming to
     Beijing right after the Olympic games will experience a city that has
     re-invented itself. The infrastructure will be better than ever before,
     concrete spots have turned into flower beds, the city night life is
     amazing and, last but not least, the main historic sites have been
     renovated. The food in Beijing is among the best in the world. Several
     new subway lines will give easy and inexpensive access to discover this
     unique city.</p>

     <p>Beijing is well positioned to host events of the size of OOoCon and
     above. Every year a huge number of conferences are held in Beijing, among
     them numerous FOSS and Open Standards events. Beijing Software Freedom
     Day 2007, for example, was considered to be one of the three best events
     worldwide.</p>

     <p>Under the patronage of the main applicant Redflag 2000, the organizers
     will bring East and West, Community and Business together.
     OpenOffice.org's local corporate members; e.g. Sun Microsystems, IBM and
     Redflag 2000 will join with the Beijing FOSS community to host OOo
     contributors from all over the world to celebrate our globalized, free
     and open product OpenOffice.org.</p>

     <p>To overcome Beijing's location long distance from Europe, the
     organizers will offer a travel sponsorship program for long term OOo
     contributors, accepted speakers and others with cases of hardship,
     enabling them to join the community in Beijing. These persons will also
     be offered a free hotel room.</p>

     <p>Give OpenOffice.org the chance to experience the ancient and modern
     wonders of China. Vote for Beijing and let's jointly celebrate a great
     OOoCon 2008!</p>
     <hr />

     <h2>Mandatory Information</h2>

     <h3>Location (country, city, conference center/university)</h3>

     <p>Beijing, People's Republic of China</p><a href=
     "http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/index.php?Locale=en-us">The Beijing Asia
     Hotel</a> has a big conference hall for up to 550 attendees.
     Additionally, there are numerous mid-size and small meeting rooms, that
     can be used according to the requirements of the OOoCon agenda, see:
     <a href=
     "http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingA_en-us.php">http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingA_en-us.php</a>
     <a href=
     "http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingA_en-us.php">http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingB_en-us.php</a>.
     The most important reason to select Beijing Asia Hotel is its perfect
     location on the east side of the Beijing city center. The hotel is
     situated in an area know for a vast number of good restaurants. The most
     famous spots of Beijing night life, like Sanlitun Bar Street are near and
     easy to reach. The Beijing Asia Hotel is also located close to a subway
     station. Most tourist spots can be reached easily and inexpensive.

     <h3>Proposed Date(s)</h3>

     <p>Main conference, October 15 – 17, 2008</p>

     <p>Council, ESC, NLC, MarCons, October 14</p>

     <p>In case of enough interest, we also like to offer a thread of
     presentations about FOSS in China, apart from OOo, on October 14</p>

     <p>Free Tourist trip (Great Wall, Forbidden city etc.) October 18 and
     19</p>

     <h3>Team Lead (main contact person)</h3>

     <p>Chen Hongjuan (chenhongjuan (at) redflag2000.cn)</p>

     <p>Peter Junge (peterjunge (at) redflag2000.cn)</p>

     <h3>Team Members</h3>

     <p>Chen Hongjuan, Redflag 2000<br />
     Peter Junge, Redflag 2000<br />
     Xing Li, IBM<br />
     Don Harbison, IBM<br />
     Emily Chen, Sun – Beijing OpenSolaris User Group<br />
     Joey Gao, Sun – Beijing OpenSolaris User Group<br />
     Song Kewei, China OSS Promotion Union<br />
     Pockey Lam, Beijing Linux User Group<br />
     Fred Muller, Beijing Linux User Group<br />
     Song Jingjing, ChangFeng Open Standards Platform Software Alliance<br />
     Yang Chunyan, Co-Create Software League<br />
     Cheng Yong, Huihoo.com<br />
     Shao Wei, Leadership Of Open Source University Promotion Alliance</p>

     <h3>Local events that are taking place in parallel (or right
     before/after)</h3>

     <p><a href="http://www.beijinglug.org">Beijing Linux User Group monthly
     meeting</a> (We hope to see a ton of OOoCon attendees from there) Date:
     Oct. 14th</p>

     <p><a href=
     "http://www.beijing-marathon.com/en/latest/2008-beijing-international-marathon.html">
     The 2008 Beijing International Marathon</a> Date: Oct. 19th</p>

     <p><a href="http://www.tobaccochina.com/zt/games/index.html">The 1st
     World Mind Sports Games</a> Dates: Oct. 3rd – Oct. 18th</p>

     <p><a href=
     "http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/803/circuit_diagram.html">2008
     FORMULA 1™ Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai)</a> Date: Oct. 19th</p>

     <h3>Special visa or entry requirements, e.g. vaccinations</h3>

     <p>Applying for a Visa is mandatory. Regulations vary from country to
     country. Please contact the Chinese Embassy of Consulate responsible from
     your country.</p>

     <p>A Vaccination is not required to our knowledge, but to be on the safe
     side, you should also contact the Chinese Embassy in your country.</p>

     <p>Some selected links: <a href=
     "http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cede/det/">Germany</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.amb-chine.fr/">France</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/ceat/det/">Austria</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/ceit/ita/">Italy</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/">USA</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/">UK</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.embchina.org.br/por/default.htm">Brasil</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.chinaembassy.org.in/eng/">India</a>, <a href=
     "http://vn.china-embassy.org/vn/default.htm">Vietnam</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.china-embassy.or.jp/jpn/">Japan</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.chinaemb.or.kr/kor/">Korea</a>, <a href=
     "http://cb2.mofcom.gov.cn/index.shtml">Cambodia</a>.</p>
     <hr />

     <h2>Optional Information</h2>

     <h3>Large local OpenOffice.org deployments (for user keynotes and success
     stories)</h3>

     <p><a href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/bocog/about/index.shtml">The Beijing
     Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad</a> (BOCOG) was
     established on December 13, 2001, and currently consists of 26
     departments -- responsible for numerous Games functions ranging from
     venue planning to environmental management.</p>

     <p><a href="http://www.bjkw.gov.cn/n244495/index.html">Beijing Municipal
     Science &amp; Technology Commission</a> (BMSTC) is a division of Beijing
     Municipal Government, responsible for building the capital-wide
     innovation architecture to improving Beijing's economic competitiveness
     and promoting a coordinated economic and social development.</p>

     <p><a href=
     "http://www.zgc.gov.cn/english/Sub-Parks/24612.htm">Zhongguancun Science
     Park and Haidian Park</a> are widely known as China’s Silicon Valley.
     They are the leading incubator of China's high-tech businesses.</p>

     <p><a href="http://www.bjft.gov.cn/English/survey.htm">Fentai District
     Government</a> is one of eight urban districts of Beijing located in
     southern part. It covers an area of 306 square kilometers with a
     population of 1.36 million.</p>

     <p><a href="http://english.bjpg.gov.cn/index.jsp">Pinggu District
     Government</a> is also a Beijing district, covering about 1075 square
     kilometers with a population of 400.000 in the south-east outskirts of
     Beijing.</p>

     <p><a href="http://www.chinaerdos.com/english/">Erdos Group</a> is a
     leading enterprise engaged in cashmere, coal, electricity, metallurgy and
     chemistry.</p>

     <p><a href="http://www.quanchai.com.cn/english/index.asp">Anhui Quanchai
     Ltd.</a> is a large state owned company including education, scientific
     research, production, management and trade with the capital more than 1.6
     billion yuan.</p>

     <p><a href="http://english.nanning.gov.cn/5435/index.html">Nanning
     Government</a> is the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.</p>

     <p>Chinese manufacturer Lenovo ships Desktops and Notebooks with SUSE
     Linux Enterprise Desktop including OpenOffice.org (Novell Edition)</p>

     <h3>Names of local OpenOffice.org developers (for developer
     sessions)</h3>

     <p><strong>Core Project Developer</strong> Cheng Xiuzhi（user name:
     xzcheng）, Liu Tao（user name: liutao), Wu Yan（user name: wuy), Du
     YunFen（user name: dyf）, Li Jian（user name: lijian）, Liu Yu（user name:
     ch2000liuy）, Mao YongGang（user name: maoyg）, Gao ZeMin（user name: gaozm）,
     Liang WeiKe（user name: liangweike）, Zhang XiaoFei（user name:
     zhangxiaofei）, Shi ZhouBo（user name: robertzhou）, Liu JianLi（user name:
     liujl）, Lv Yue（user name: lvyue）, Yun JingTao（user name: yun_jt）, Liu
     YuHua（user name: liuyuhua）, Zhang JiRong（user name: jirong）, Xing Li
     (user name: lixxing), Ming Fei Jia (user name: ibmssfilter), Zi Jie Jia
     (user name: jiazijie).</p>

     <p><strong>Quality Assurance</strong> Cheng Hua（user name: chenghua）,
     Zhang Hong（user name: zhanghonglala）, Kuang Yong（user name: kuangyong）,
     Zhu Lihua（user name: redflagzhulihua）, Wei Xuqiang（user name: weixq）, Liu
     Shibo（user name: liushibo_redflag）, Peter Junge (user name: pj)</p>

     <p><strong>Language team</strong> Cheng Lin（user name: chenglin）, Aijin
     Kim (username: blueice7), Joy Zhang (username: joyzhang), Wei Zhao（user
     name: weiz）</p>

     <p><strong>Education project</strong> Huai Jinyang aka Michael (user
     name: jyhuai)</p>

     <h3>Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors/partners (potential
     sponsors)</h3>

     <p>Corporate Sponsors: Sun Microsystems, Redflag 2000, IBM, Google,
     Intel, Ubuntu, Red Hat</p>

     <p>Don Harbison, IBM: <em>IBM stands by the RF2000 proposal to host the
     OpenOffice.org Conference 2008. Beijing is the home of our Lotus Symphony
     development team working directly with OpenOffice Technology, so we are
     excited and eager to work with RF2000 to make the 2008 conference an
     outstanding experience and success.</em></p>

     <p>Associations: China OSS Promotion Union, ChangFeng Open Standards
     Platform Software Alliance, Co-Create Software League</p>

     <h3>Travel costs</h3>

     <p>Price reference by recent samples: Europe 600 € – 1000 €, US/Canada
     East coast 1000 € - 1300 €, US/Canada West coast 800 € - 1200 €, Cape
     Town 800 € - 1400 €, Tokyo 400 € - 600 €, Sydney 1000 € - 1400 €.</p>

     <p>The organizers will offer a travel sponsorship for people who would
     not be able to join the OOoCon in Beijing by their own means. Our plan is
     to invite 40 long standing OOo contributors and/or accepted speakers,
     and 20 cases of other hardship, at 500 € each. The hardship cases could
     be for example Contributors who are handicapped or from developing
     countries. These 60 people will also be offered a free hotel room. The
     persons must be selected by the OOo Community Council or a special OOo
     committee.</p>

     <p>The organizers will also do their best to organize discounted group
     flights from Europe.</p>

     <h3>Accomodation costs (youth hostel, hotel)</h3>

     <p>Rooms will be available from 20 € per night in 3-star hotel, double
     room up to 120 € per night in 5-star hotel, single room. The organizers
     will take care of the hotel bookings. Dramatically discounted prices are
     ensured that way. As a positive side effect, large groups of attendees
     will stay together and ease social activities.</p>

     <p>Lunch will be provided free during the conference days. On the first
     day, the organizers would like to invite all attendees to a welcome
     dinner.</p>

     <h4>Selected hotels</h4><a href=
     "http://www.bjhuaqiao.com/english/index.asp">Traveler Inn HuaQiao
     Beijing</a>, <a href=
     "http://en.pinganfu-hotel.com/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/ProgramShow.html?ProgramShow_ProgramID=c373e906d391ae478f7f06522c713c0d">
     Ping An Fu Hotel</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.bochotel.com/english/index.htm">Beijing Oriental Culture
     Hotel</a>, <a href="http://www.bjzhongfuhotel.com/en/hy.htm">China
     Garment Commercial Hotel</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.swissotel.com/beijing/">Swissotel Beijing</a>, <a href=
     "http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/index.php?Locale=en-us">Asia Hotel</a>.
     <hr />

     <h2>Supplementary Information</h2>

     <div class="quotation">
       <p>The Call for Location states: user feedback from previous
       conferences suggest that the ideal location will:</p>

       <ul>
         <li>have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</li>

         <li>attract strong sponsor support</li>

         <li>have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues
         close together</li>

         <li>have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and
         mingle with other conference delegates close to the conference
         building(s)</li>

         <li>have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport
         to the conference location</li>

         <li>attract the largest number of community contributers</li>

         <li>facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's
         OpenOffice.org developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</li>

         <li>be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets</li>

         <li>be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems,
         Comdex)</li>

         <li>provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in
         the rooms)</li>

         <li>allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a
         company)</li>
       </ul>
     </div>

     <h3>Have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</h3>

     <p>Redflag 2000, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Intel and Novell have together
     more than 150 engineers in Beijing working on OpenOffice.org and their
     derived products. Several members of the Beijing Linux User Group and the
     Beijing OpenSolaris User Group and other local FOSS communities have
     already offered to volunteer in the organization of the OOoCon 2008 in
     Beijing.</p>

     <h3>Other local companies and organizations promoting OpenOffice.org</h3>

     <p>Ubuntu, Red Hat, China OSS Promotion Union, Co-Create Software League,
     The Open Enterprise Foundation (Huihoo.org) and LUPA (Leadership Of Open
     Source University Promotion Alliance)</p>

     <h3>Have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and mingle
     with other conference delegates close to the conference building</h3>

     <p>Beijing offers a unique density of restaurants and several bar
     quarters. The venue itself is located in a quarter known for it's good
     and versatile restaurants. Sanlitun Bar Street, one of Beijing's most
     famous night life quarters is only 1.5 kilometers away. Another hot-spot
     of Beijing night life is the Houhai bar area, which is 3.5 kilometers
     away and nicely located at one of the famous lakes near Beijing's
     Forbidden City.</p>

     <p>Very(!) good lunch/dinner starts at 2€ per person. Beer starts at 0.3€
     for 0.5 liter. (Above mentioned bar streets are more expensive, but still
     not too bad from an European point of view.)</p>

     <p>We expect also a easier communication with the service personal in
     bars and restaurants, as a lot of them will have basic English knowledge
     after the Olympics.</p>

     <p>Temperatures should be moderate at the proposed dates. We expect 15 –
     20 degrees Celsius at day time and 9 – 14 degrees at night. October is
     normally one of the month with a relatively small smog problem, as
     there's often a fresh breeze from the West Mountains.</p>

     <h3>Have a range of low-cost accommodation with easy/cheap transport to
     the conference location</h3>

     <p>Hotels will be selected and contingents will be reserved by the
     organizers. Lowest room rates will be about 20 € per person and night.
     Travel to the venue will be guaranteed by shuttle buses. However, none of
     the hotels selected by the organizers is more than 30 minutes (2.5
     kilometers) by foot away from the venue. Despite the gigantic size of
     Beijing, the whole OOo community will stay very close together.</p>

     <p>Taxis in Beijing cost 1€ for the first five kilometers. Every
     additional kilometer is 0.2€. Beijing subway costs 0.2€ for each
     destination. The subway network will be significantly enhanced for the
     Olympic Games. Prices for Beijing buses start at 0.1€.</p>

     <h3>Attract the largest number of community contributers</h3>

     <p>Beijing is perfectly located to attract a large number of attendees
     from the East and South-East Asian communities, especially Japan, Vietnam
     and Korea.</p>

     <h3>Facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org
     developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</h3>

     <p>The organizers contacted Sun Microsystems' OOo engineering team in
     Hamburg. We are sure to get a considerable number of their staff to
     Beijing.</p>

     <h3>Provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in the
     rooms)</h3>

     <p>The conference venue will provide WLAN and a sufficient number of
     sockets to supply and recharge notebooks. The hotel rooms will have
     either free wireless or wired LAN.</p>

     <h3>Allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a
     company)</h3>

     <p>Both video recording and streaming will be provided in professional
     quality.</p>
     <hr />

     <h2>Attachments</h2>

     <p><a href="docs/beijing_1.odt">Copy of Proposal in ODF</a>.</p>

     <p><a href="http://www.ooobeijing2008.com">Proposal website</a>.</p>

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	<h2>Key Question</h2>

	<div class="quotation">
	<p>In 400 words or less, answer this question: Why is your location and
	the date you propose the best for OOoCon 2008?</p>
	</div>

	<p>Redflag 2000, representing the Beijing OpenOffice.org community, is
	pleased to propose Beijing as the first OpenOffice.org Conference outside
	of Europe.</p>

	<p>Since Redflag 2000 and IBM officially joined OpenOffice.org in 2007,
	Beijing has become the second hot-spot for the development of
	OpenOffice.org and several derived products. The contributions to OOo
	from China are steadily growing. As the capital of China, Beijing will
	also be one of the main future markets for OpenOffice.org to
	significantly grow. Having this year's OOoCon in Beijing would provide a
	strong impulse to the OpenOffice.org community in East Asia and
	significantly strengthen OpenOffice.org's position in the East Asian
	office suite markets.</p>

	<p>Beijing is a cosmopolitan city with a rich history. People coming to
	Beijing right after the Olympic games will experience a city that has
	re-invented itself. The infrastructure will be better than ever before,
	concrete spots have turned into flower beds, the city night life is
	amazing and, last but not least, the main historic sites have been
	renovated. The food in Beijing is among the best in the world. Several
	new subway lines will give easy and inexpensive access to discover this
	unique city.</p>

	<p>Beijing is well positioned to host events of the size of OOoCon and
	above. Every year a huge number of conferences are held in Beijing, among
	them numerous FOSS and Open Standards events. Beijing Software Freedom
	Day 2007, for example, was considered to be one of the three best events
	worldwide.</p>

	<p>Under the patronage of the main applicant Redflag 2000, the organizers
	will bring East and West, Community and Business together.
	OpenOffice.org's local corporate members; e.g. Sun Microsystems, IBM and
	Redflag 2000 will join with the Beijing FOSS community to host OOo
	contributors from all over the world to celebrate our globalized, free
	and open product OpenOffice.org.</p>

	<p>To overcome Beijing's location long distance from Europe, the
	organizers will offer a travel sponsorship program for long term OOo
	contributors, accepted speakers and others with cases of hardship,
	enabling them to join the community in Beijing. These persons will also
	be offered a free hotel room.</p>

	<p>Give OpenOffice.org the chance to experience the ancient and modern
	wonders of China. Vote for Beijing and let's jointly celebrate a great
	OOoCon 2008!</p>
	<hr />

	<h2>Mandatory Information</h2>

	<h3>Location (country, city, conference center/university)</h3>

	<p>Beijing, People's Republic of China</p><a href=
	"http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/index.php?Locale=en-us">The Beijing Asia
	Hotel</a> has a big conference hall for up to 550 attendees.
	Additionally, there are numerous mid-size and small meeting rooms, that
	can be used according to the requirements of the OOoCon agenda, see:
	<a href=
	"http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingA_en-us.php">http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingA_en-us.php</a>
	<a href=
	"http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingA_en-us.php">http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/meetingB_en-us.php</a>.
	The most important reason to select Beijing Asia Hotel is its perfect
	location on the east side of the Beijing city center. The hotel is
	situated in an area know for a vast number of good restaurants. The most
	famous spots of Beijing night life, like Sanlitun Bar Street are near and
	easy to reach. The Beijing Asia Hotel is also located close to a subway
	station. Most tourist spots can be reached easily and inexpensive.

	<h3>Proposed Date(s)</h3>

	<p>Main conference, October 15 – 17, 2008</p>

	<p>Council, ESC, NLC, MarCons, October 14</p>

	<p>In case of enough interest, we also like to offer a thread of
	presentations about FOSS in China, apart from OOo, on October 14</p>

	<p>Free Tourist trip (Great Wall, Forbidden city etc.) October 18 and
	19</p>

	<h3>Team Lead (main contact person)</h3>

	<p>Chen Hongjuan (chenhongjuan (at) redflag2000.cn)</p>

	<p>Peter Junge (peterjunge (at) redflag2000.cn)</p>

	<h3>Team Members</h3>

	<p>Chen Hongjuan, Redflag 2000<br />
	Peter Junge, Redflag 2000<br />
	Xing Li, IBM<br />
	Don Harbison, IBM<br />
	Emily Chen, Sun – Beijing OpenSolaris User Group<br />
	Joey Gao, Sun – Beijing OpenSolaris User Group<br />
	Song Kewei, China OSS Promotion Union<br />
	Pockey Lam, Beijing Linux User Group<br />
	Fred Muller, Beijing Linux User Group<br />
	Song Jingjing, ChangFeng Open Standards Platform Software Alliance<br />
	Yang Chunyan, Co-Create Software League<br />
	Cheng Yong, Huihoo.com<br />
	Shao Wei, Leadership Of Open Source University Promotion Alliance</p>

	<h3>Local events that are taking place in parallel (or right
	before/after)</h3>

	<p><a href="http://www.beijinglug.org">Beijing Linux User Group monthly
	meeting</a> (We hope to see a ton of OOoCon attendees from there) Date:
	Oct. 14th</p>

	<p><a href=
	"http://www.beijing-marathon.com/en/latest/2008-beijing-international-marathon.html">
	The 2008 Beijing International Marathon</a> Date: Oct. 19th</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.tobaccochina.com/zt/games/index.html">The 1st
	World Mind Sports Games</a> Dates: Oct. 3rd – Oct. 18th</p>

	<p><a href=
	"http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/803/circuit_diagram.html">2008
	FORMULA 1™ Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai)</a> Date: Oct. 19th</p>

	<h3>Special visa or entry requirements, e.g. vaccinations</h3>

	<p>Applying for a Visa is mandatory. Regulations vary from country to
	country. Please contact the Chinese Embassy of Consulate responsible from
	your country.</p>

	<p>A Vaccination is not required to our knowledge, but to be on the safe
	side, you should also contact the Chinese Embassy in your country.</p>

	<p>Some selected links: <a href=
	"http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cede/det/">Germany</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.amb-chine.fr/">France</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/ceat/det/">Austria</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/ceit/ita/">Italy</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/">USA</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/">UK</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.embchina.org.br/por/default.htm">Brasil</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.chinaembassy.org.in/eng/">India</a>, <a href=
	"http://vn.china-embassy.org/vn/default.htm">Vietnam</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.china-embassy.or.jp/jpn/">Japan</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.chinaemb.or.kr/kor/">Korea</a>, <a href=
	"http://cb2.mofcom.gov.cn/index.shtml">Cambodia</a>.</p>
	<hr />

	<h2>Optional Information</h2>

	<h3>Large local OpenOffice.org deployments (for user keynotes and success
	stories)</h3>

	<p><a href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/bocog/about/index.shtml">The Beijing
	Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad</a> (BOCOG) was
	established on December 13, 2001, and currently consists of 26
	departments -- responsible for numerous Games functions ranging from
	venue planning to environmental management.</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.bjkw.gov.cn/n244495/index.html">Beijing Municipal
	Science & Technology Commission</a> (BMSTC) is a division of Beijing
	Municipal Government, responsible for building the capital-wide
	innovation architecture to improving Beijing's economic competitiveness
	and promoting a coordinated economic and social development.</p>

	<p><a href=
	"http://www.zgc.gov.cn/english/Sub-Parks/24612.htm">Zhongguancun Science
	Park and Haidian Park</a> are widely known as China’s Silicon Valley.
	They are the leading incubator of China's high-tech businesses.</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.bjft.gov.cn/English/survey.htm">Fentai District
	Government</a> is one of eight urban districts of Beijing located in
	southern part. It covers an area of 306 square kilometers with a
	population of 1.36 million.</p>

	<p><a href="http://english.bjpg.gov.cn/index.jsp">Pinggu District
	Government</a> is also a Beijing district, covering about 1075 square
	kilometers with a population of 400.000 in the south-east outskirts of
	Beijing.</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.chinaerdos.com/english/">Erdos Group</a> is a
	leading enterprise engaged in cashmere, coal, electricity, metallurgy and
	chemistry.</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.quanchai.com.cn/english/index.asp">Anhui Quanchai
	Ltd.</a> is a large state owned company including education, scientific
	research, production, management and trade with the capital more than 1.6
	billion yuan.</p>

	<p><a href="http://english.nanning.gov.cn/5435/index.html">Nanning
	Government</a> is the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.</p>

	<p>Chinese manufacturer Lenovo ships Desktops and Notebooks with SUSE
	Linux Enterprise Desktop including OpenOffice.org (Novell Edition)</p>

	<h3>Names of local OpenOffice.org developers (for developer
	sessions)</h3>

	<p><strong>Core Project Developer</strong> Cheng Xiuzhi（user name:
	xzcheng）, Liu Tao（user name: liutao), Wu Yan（user name: wuy), Du
	YunFen（user name: dyf）, Li Jian（user name: lijian）, Liu Yu（user name:
	ch2000liuy）, Mao YongGang（user name: maoyg）, Gao ZeMin（user name: gaozm）,
	Liang WeiKe（user name: liangweike）, Zhang XiaoFei（user name:
	zhangxiaofei）, Shi ZhouBo（user name: robertzhou）, Liu JianLi（user name:
	liujl）, Lv Yue（user name: lvyue）, Yun JingTao（user name: yun_jt）, Liu
	YuHua（user name: liuyuhua）, Zhang JiRong（user name: jirong）, Xing Li
	(user name: lixxing), Ming Fei Jia (user name: ibmssfilter), Zi Jie Jia
	(user name: jiazijie).</p>

	<p><strong>Quality Assurance</strong> Cheng Hua（user name: chenghua）,
	Zhang Hong（user name: zhanghonglala）, Kuang Yong（user name: kuangyong）,
	Zhu Lihua（user name: redflagzhulihua）, Wei Xuqiang（user name: weixq）, Liu
	Shibo（user name: liushibo_redflag）, Peter Junge (user name: pj)</p>

	<p><strong>Language team</strong> Cheng Lin（user name: chenglin）, Aijin
	Kim (username: blueice7), Joy Zhang (username: joyzhang), Wei Zhao（user
	name: weiz）</p>

	<p><strong>Education project</strong> Huai Jinyang aka Michael (user
	name: jyhuai)</p>

	<h3>Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors/partners (potential
	sponsors)</h3>

	<p>Corporate Sponsors: Sun Microsystems, Redflag 2000, IBM, Google,
	Intel, Ubuntu, Red Hat</p>

	<p>Don Harbison, IBM: <em>IBM stands by the RF2000 proposal to host the
	OpenOffice.org Conference 2008. Beijing is the home of our Lotus Symphony
	development team working directly with OpenOffice Technology, so we are
	excited and eager to work with RF2000 to make the 2008 conference an
	outstanding experience and success.</em></p>

	<p>Associations: China OSS Promotion Union, ChangFeng Open Standards
	Platform Software Alliance, Co-Create Software League</p>

	<h3>Travel costs</h3>

	<p>Price reference by recent samples: Europe 600 € – 1000 €, US/Canada
	East coast 1000 € - 1300 €, US/Canada West coast 800 € - 1200 €, Cape
	Town 800 € - 1400 €, Tokyo 400 € - 600 €, Sydney 1000 € - 1400 €.</p>

	<p>The organizers will offer a travel sponsorship for people who would
	not be able to join the OOoCon in Beijing by their own means. Our plan is
	to invite 40 long standing OOo contributors and/or accepted speakers,
	and 20 cases of other hardship, at 500 € each. The hardship cases could
	be for example Contributors who are handicapped or from developing
	countries. These 60 people will also be offered a free hotel room. The
	persons must be selected by the OOo Community Council or a special OOo
	committee.</p>

	<p>The organizers will also do their best to organize discounted group
	flights from Europe.</p>

	<h3>Accomodation costs (youth hostel, hotel)</h3>

	<p>Rooms will be available from 20 € per night in 3-star hotel, double
	room up to 120 € per night in 5-star hotel, single room. The organizers
	will take care of the hotel bookings. Dramatically discounted prices are
	ensured that way. As a positive side effect, large groups of attendees
	will stay together and ease social activities.</p>

	<p>Lunch will be provided free during the conference days. On the first
	day, the organizers would like to invite all attendees to a welcome
	dinner.</p>

	<h4>Selected hotels</h4><a href=
	"http://www.bjhuaqiao.com/english/index.asp">Traveler Inn HuaQiao
	Beijing</a>, <a href=
	"http://en.pinganfu-hotel.com/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/ProgramShow.html?ProgramShow_ProgramID=c373e906d391ae478f7f06522c713c0d">
	Ping An Fu Hotel</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.bochotel.com/english/index.htm">Beijing Oriental Culture
	Hotel</a>, <a href="http://www.bjzhongfuhotel.com/en/hy.htm">China
	Garment Commercial Hotel</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.swissotel.com/beijing/">Swissotel Beijing</a>, <a href=
	"http://www.bj-asiahotel.com.cn/index.php?Locale=en-us">Asia Hotel</a>.
	<hr />

	<h2>Supplementary Information</h2>

	<div class="quotation">
	<p>The Call for Location states: user feedback from previous
	conferences suggest that the ideal location will:</p>

	<ul>
	<li>have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</li>

	<li>attract strong sponsor support</li>

	<li>have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues
	close together</li>

	<li>have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and
	mingle with other conference delegates close to the conference
	building(s)</li>

	<li>have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport
	to the conference location</li>

	<li>attract the largest number of community contributers</li>

	<li>facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's
	OpenOffice.org developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</li>

	<li>be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets</li>

	<li>be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems,
	Comdex)</li>

	<li>provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in
	the rooms)</li>

	<li>allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a
	company)</li>
	</ul>
	</div>

	<h3>Have a strong local OpenOffice.org community</h3>

	<p>Redflag 2000, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Intel and Novell have together
	more than 150 engineers in Beijing working on OpenOffice.org and their
	derived products. Several members of the Beijing Linux User Group and the
	Beijing OpenSolaris User Group and other local FOSS communities have
	already offered to volunteer in the organization of the OOoCon 2008 in
	Beijing.</p>

	<h3>Other local companies and organizations promoting OpenOffice.org</h3>

	<p>Ubuntu, Red Hat, China OSS Promotion Union, Co-Create Software League,
	The Open Enterprise Foundation (Huihoo.org) and LUPA (Leadership Of Open
	Source University Promotion Alliance)</p>

	<h3>Have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and mingle
	with other conference delegates close to the conference building</h3>

	<p>Beijing offers a unique density of restaurants and several bar
	quarters. The venue itself is located in a quarter known for it's good
	and versatile restaurants. Sanlitun Bar Street, one of Beijing's most
	famous night life quarters is only 1.5 kilometers away. Another hot-spot
	of Beijing night life is the Houhai bar area, which is 3.5 kilometers
	away and nicely located at one of the famous lakes near Beijing's
	Forbidden City.</p>

	<p>Very(!) good lunch/dinner starts at 2€ per person. Beer starts at 0.3€
	for 0.5 liter. (Above mentioned bar streets are more expensive, but still
	not too bad from an European point of view.)</p>

	<p>We expect also a easier communication with the service personal in
	bars and restaurants, as a lot of them will have basic English knowledge
	after the Olympics.</p>

	<p>Temperatures should be moderate at the proposed dates. We expect 15 –
	20 degrees Celsius at day time and 9 – 14 degrees at night. October is
	normally one of the month with a relatively small smog problem, as
	there's often a fresh breeze from the West Mountains.</p>

	<h3>Have a range of low-cost accommodation with easy/cheap transport to
	the conference location</h3>

	<p>Hotels will be selected and contingents will be reserved by the
	organizers. Lowest room rates will be about 20 € per person and night.
	Travel to the venue will be guaranteed by shuttle buses. However, none of
	the hotels selected by the organizers is more than 30 minutes (2.5
	kilometers) by foot away from the venue. Despite the gigantic size of
	Beijing, the whole OOo community will stay very close together.</p>

	<p>Taxis in Beijing cost 1€ for the first five kilometers. Every
	additional kilometer is 0.2€. Beijing subway costs 0.2€ for each
	destination. The subway network will be significantly enhanced for the
	Olympic Games. Prices for Beijing buses start at 0.1€.</p>

	<h3>Attract the largest number of community contributers</h3>

	<p>Beijing is perfectly located to attract a large number of attendees
	from the East and South-East Asian communities, especially Japan, Vietnam
	and Korea.</p>

	<h3>Facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org
	developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)</h3>

	<p>The organizers contacted Sun Microsystems' OOo engineering team in
	Hamburg. We are sure to get a considerable number of their staff to
	Beijing.</p>

	<h3>Provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in the
	rooms)</h3>

	<p>The conference venue will provide WLAN and a sufficient number of
	sockets to supply and recharge notebooks. The hotel rooms will have
	either free wireless or wired LAN.</p>

	<h3>Allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a
	company)</h3>

	<p>Both video recording and streaming will be provided in professional
	quality.</p>
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	<h2>Attachments</h2>

	<p><a href="docs/beijing_1.odt">Copy of Proposal in ODF</a>.</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.ooobeijing2008.com">Proposal website</a>.</p>

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