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     <h1>Call for Location</h1>

     <h2>OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2008)</h2><br style="clear: left;" />

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     <h2>Call for Location</h2>

     <p>The OpenOffice.org Community is now accepting proposals for hosting
     its next annual international conference, OOoCon 2008. Since the first
     conference in 2003, OOoCon has been held in Germany, Slovenia, France,
     and Spain - could your local OpenOffice.org community rise to the
     challenge in 2008?</p>

     <p>Hosting OOoCon is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, exhausting ...
     and can provide a huge publicity boost for OpenOffice.org in the host
     country. There is no fixed date for OOoCon, although the past five
     conferences have been held in the autumn / fall.</p>

     <p>Proposals should be submitted to the conference mailing list before
     midnight UTC on February 10th 2008 and must follow the following
     guidelines:</p>

     <h2>Key Question</h2>

     <p>In 400 words or less, answer this question</p>

     <ul>
       <li>Why is your location and the date you propose the best for OOoCon
       2008?</li>
     </ul>

     <h2>Mandatory Information</h2>

     <p>Your proposal MUST include</p>

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

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

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

       <li>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 2008)</li>

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

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

     <h2>Your proposal COULD include</h2>

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

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

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

       <li>Travel costs (e.g. flight costs from the following cities: London,
       Paris, Rome, Beijing, Sydney, New York, Hamburg, Dublin, San Francisco,
       Cape Town, Tokyo)</li>

       <li>Accomodation costs (youth hostel, hotel)</li>
     </ul>

     <h2>Supplementary Information</h2>

     <p>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>

     <h2>Submitting a Proposal</h2>

     <p>Proposals should be sent to the mailing list <a href=
     "mailto:conference@marketing.openoffice.org">conference@marketing.openoffice.org</a>.</p>

     <p>The deadline for submissions is midnight UTC on February 10th 2008.
     Shortly after that date we will publish the applications and call for
     votes from community members.</p>

     <p>Information about previous OpenOffice.org Conferences can be found at:
     <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference">the Conference
     Website</a></p>

     <p>Thank you and good luck with your proposals!</p>

     <p>The OpenOffice.org Conference Team</p>
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	"/conference/OpenOfficeConference_Logo_s.gif" alt=
	"OpenOffice.org Conference logo" /></a>

	<h1>Call for Location</h1>

	<h2>OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2008)</h2><br style="clear: left;" />

	<div id="midtabs">
	<ul>
	<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>

	<li><a href="amsterdam.html">Amsterdam</a></li>

	<li><a href="beijing.html">Beijing</a></li>

	<li><a href="bratislava.html">Bratislava</a></li>

	<li><a href="budapest.html">Budapest</a></li>

	<li><a href="dundalk.html">Dundalk</a></li>

	<li><a href="orvieto.html">Orvieto</a></li>

	<li><a href="vote.html">Vote</a></li>

	<li class="th"><a href="cfl.html">CfL</a></li>
	</ul>
	</div>

	<div class="contentpart" id="contextualinformation">
	<br />
	<br />
	</div>

	<h2>Call for Location</h2>

	<p>The OpenOffice.org Community is now accepting proposals for hosting
	its next annual international conference, OOoCon 2008. Since the first
	conference in 2003, OOoCon has been held in Germany, Slovenia, France,
	and Spain - could your local OpenOffice.org community rise to the
	challenge in 2008?</p>

	<p>Hosting OOoCon is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, exhausting ...
	and can provide a huge publicity boost for OpenOffice.org in the host
	country. There is no fixed date for OOoCon, although the past five
	conferences have been held in the autumn / fall.</p>

	<p>Proposals should be submitted to the conference mailing list before
	midnight UTC on February 10th 2008 and must follow the following
	guidelines:</p>

	<h2>Key Question</h2>

	<p>In 400 words or less, answer this question</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Why is your location and the date you propose the best for OOoCon
	2008?</li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Mandatory Information</h2>

	<p>Your proposal MUST include</p>

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

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

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

	<li>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 2008)</li>

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

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

	<h2>Your proposal COULD include</h2>

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

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

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

	<li>Travel costs (e.g. flight costs from the following cities: London,
	Paris, Rome, Beijing, Sydney, New York, Hamburg, Dublin, San Francisco,
	Cape Town, Tokyo)</li>

	<li>Accomodation costs (youth hostel, hotel)</li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Supplementary Information</h2>

	<p>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>

	<h2>Submitting a Proposal</h2>

	<p>Proposals should be sent to the mailing list <a href=
	"mailto:conference@marketing.openoffice.org">conference@marketing.openoffice.org</a>.</p>

	<p>The deadline for submissions is midnight UTC on February 10th 2008.
	Shortly after that date we will publish the applications and call for
	votes from community members.</p>

	<p>Information about previous OpenOffice.org Conferences can be found at:
	<a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference">the Conference
	Website</a></p>

	<p>Thank you and good luck with your proposals!</p>

	<p>The OpenOffice.org Conference Team</p>
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