Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Proposal for OOoCon 2008
Key Question
In 400 words or less, answer this question: Why is your location and
the date you propose the best for OOoCon 2008?
The Dutch native lang project (including the Flemish Region of
Belgium) is ready to organize a spectacular OOoCon this year. Our
candidature is strongly supported by the Netherlands government that is
fully backing ODF with its ambitious action plan The Netherlands in open
Connection and by the city of Amsterdam (itself an avid ODF user).
The Netherlands (just like Belgium) is a hotspot for ODF and
OpenOffice.org deployments. It is where OpenDoc Society originated, an
organisation that now has members in 13 countries. Our proposal is
supported by and actively involves the major open standards and open
source organisations in The Netherlands.
Mandatory Information
Location (country, city, conference center/university)
- Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- University of Amsterdam or Westergasfabriek, both top
locations
Proposed Date(s)
September (23th-26th)
Team Lead (main contact person)
- Arthur Buijs arthur (at) artietee.nl (Co-lead
NL.OpenOffice.org)
- Ruud Vriens (OpenDoc Society)
Team Members
Simon Brouwer (Project Lead NL.OpenOffice.org), Cor Nouws (Marketing
NL.OpenOffice.org) and H.C. van der Burg, Luc Castermans, Gustaaf
Cuyvers, Jeroen Ghuijs, Ivo ten Hagen, Jo, Leo Moons, Natalie, Jaap van
de Putte, Johan Vromans (all active members of the NL.OpenOffice.org
community)
Local events that are taking place in parallel (or right
before/after)
- The conference can take place in parallel to or right before/after
the Holland Open Software
Conference and the PICNIC'08 festival.
- OpenDoc Society is eager to organise a number of ODF related events
in coordination with OOoCon, including a next edition of the ODF
Day
- We will work closely together with these organizations.
Special visa or entry requirements, e.g. vaccinations
- Visa depend on where you come from. Nationals of Andorra,
Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium,Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei,
Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia,Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Demmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico,
Monaco,New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdon,the United Sattes
of America, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela do not require a visa to
enter The Netherlands.
- Nationals of all other countries need a visa.
- No vaccinations are needed
Optional Information
Large local OpenOffice.org deployments (for user keynotes and success
stories)
- City of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- City of Vaals (The Netherlands)
- City of Heerenveen (The Netherlands)
-
ICTU (The Netherlands)
- CIBG (Brussels Cabinets - Belgium)
- Finance department (Belgium)
Names of local OpenOffice.org developers (for developer
sessions)
No information supplied
Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors/partners (potential
sponsors)
Potential sponsors: Sun Microsystems, Novell, Atos Origin, Cap Gemini,
Gendo, NLnet foundation, IBM, O3 Spaces, RedNose (training), Nou&Off,
ATComputing (training), GravityZoo, KOffice source.
Travel costs
Approximate return air fares from: London $169, Paris $287, Rome $278,
Beijing 821 EUR, Sydney $2241, New York $957, Hamburg $137, Dublin $301,
San Francisco $1104, Cape Town $1287, Tokyo 1185 EUR
Accomodation costs (youth hostel, hotel)
No information supplied
Supplementary Information
The Call for Location states: user feedback from previous
conferences suggest that the ideal location will:
- have a strong local OpenOffice.org community
- attract strong sponsor support
- have a low-cost/free conference centre with conference venues
close together
- have facilities where people can pass the time, socialise, and
mingle with other conference delegates close to the conference
building(s)
- have a range of low-cost accomodation with easy/cheap transport
to the conference location
- attract the largest number of community contributers
- facilitate the attendance of a large number of Sun's
OpenOffice.org developers (who are in Hamburg, Germany)
- be accessible by cheap flight and train tickets
- be aligned with a large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems,
Comdex)
- provide low-cost broadband Internet access (e.g. wireless LAN in
the rooms)
- allow for video and audio streaming (e.g. via the support of a
company)
Open source / open standards organisations
Support and keynotes: Open Amsterdam,
Holland Open, OpenDoc Society, ISOC.
Attachments
Proposal
website
A copy of the proposal in ODF