Back in December we announced that the OpenOffice.org Community was inviting bids to host the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference – OOoCon – in 2008. This practice of awarding a conference to a completely different team every year would be considered highly risky in the commercial world, but works well for some of the best open-source conferences – such as linux.conf.au. Each team has a chance to do something unique, reflecting their own local identity and experience of OpenOffice.org.

For the OpenOffice.org Marketing Project, it’s a wonderful gamble: who will bid? will anyone bid? what if the only bid is from a remote Pacific island with no airport? To add to the uncertainty, the final choice of location depends on a vote of community members… possibly the least predictable body of electors anywhere in the world

As the deadline for this year’s entries draws near, one team has already lodged its bid, and I’ve just emailed reminders to three others I know about. At the moment it looks like two entries from Europe, and two from Asia, which would make for a fascinating vote.

But for all I know, there could be more teams busy typing away now. By Monday morning, we’ll know for sure – until then, all bets are off!

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