[Foundation-l] [OT: OSM] State of the Map, Sep 9-11 - discount for early birds, scholarships

[Samuel Klein]

Somewhat off-topic, from one of our awesome cousin projects:

The annual OSM meeting will be in Denver this September 9-11.  Early
bird registration ends in two weeks.

Outside of Wikimedia, OSM may be the most successful focused free
knowledge project around, and has revolutionized the culture of
mapping worldwide.  I had the pleasure of seeing their LinuxTag booth
the other week, and some of the print maps they are making with their
data are among the best I have seen.  I encourage anyone who is close
to Denver to consider going.

They are offering scholarships for mappers from countries with smaller
mapping communities who could not afford to come.  They list a few
countries as examples:

    Eastern and Southern Europe: Belarus, Kosovo, Bulgaria
    Arab States: Tunisia, Bahrain, Jordan
    Asia: Nepal, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia
    Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala
    Africa: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Swaziland

If you know OSM contributors in these regions who might benefit from
being at this meeting, you can nominate them via email until June 25:
http://stateofthemap.org/scholarships-to-state-of-the-map-2011/

SJ

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Subject: State of the Map discounts

Hello,

As you may have heard, this years main OpenStreetMap event, "State of
the Map", will take place in Denver, Colorado, USA during September
9th-11th. Read more about our event on our website
http://stateofthemap.org/
If you are a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, we can offer you
a $15 discount on the community tickets. This discount is also
available for the early-bird tickets which can still be acquired until
June 15th.

You may want to extend your stay in Denver by also attending FOSS4G
http://2011.foss4g.org/
Let's meet in Denver!
Henk Hoff

--
Organising Committee
State Of The Map 2011
http://www.stateofthemap.org/
http://www.openstreetmap.org/

henk at stateofthemap.org
phone +31 6 4808 8925




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