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<div class="">Hi All</div>
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<div class="">OSGeo Africa and the South African QGIS User Group
invite you to the first regional FOSS4G event in Africa and the
first national QGIS User Group conference.<br>
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<div class=""><b class="">FOSS4G Africa 2017 and QGIS South Africa
User Group conference </b>on 28-30 June to be held at the St.
John's College in Johannesburg. That is in 5 weeks time!<br>
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<div class="">You can view the programme at <a
href="https://foss4g-africa.org/en/programme/" class="">https://foss4g-africa.org/en/programme/</a></div>
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<div class=""><b class="">And then register at </b><span class=""><a
href="https://foss4g-africa.org/en/register/" class="">https://foss4g-africa.org/en/register/</a><br>
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<b>THE GOOD NEWS IS: THE EARLY BIRD SPECIALS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED
UNTIL 31 MAY 2017! SO PLEASE USE THE OPPORTUNITY AND
REGISTER FOR THIS EXCITING EVENT!</b><br>
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We still have a number of open slots for</span><b class="">
PRESENTATIONS and WORKSHOPS: </b><span class=""><a
href="https://foss4g-africa.org/en/proposals/submit/"
class="">https://foss4g-africa.org/en/proposals/submit/</a></span><b>
</b>and this is your opportunity to share what you are doing
with QGIS and other FOSS GIS software.<br>
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We will be joined by <a href="http://sagta.org.za/"
target="_blank" class="">SAGTA</a> (Southern African Geography
Teachers' Association) and <a href="http://www.geoforall.org/"
target="_blank" class="">GeoforAll</a> to get the conversation
going between the GIS industry and geography education.<br>
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<div class="">Some of the highlights include:</div>
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<li class="">4h hands-on workshops included in registration</li>
<li class="">UN GIS Hackathon</li>
<li class="">Code sprint</li>
<li class="">Interaction between teachers and GIS techies</li>
<li class="">See a Tangible Landscape in action </li>
<li class="">A great social programme </li>
<li class="">Cheap accommodation (R350pn b&b)</li>
<li class="">Affordable registration (~R900 per day)</li>
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<p>Warm Regards and keep registering!</p>
<p>Immo<br>
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