<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE>
<META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001"></HEAD>
<BODY><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#000080 face=Arial>Hi <SPAN class=718554705-22032023>g</SPAN><SPAN
class=718554705-22032023>eospatial folks</SPAN>,<BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial>the <SPAN
class=718554705-22032023>date for </SPAN>CUGOS Spring Fling 2023 <SPAN
class=718554705-22032023>is nearing and we have
an updated schedule (which admittedly is a pretty brilliant
lineup of talks ) </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial>i<SPAN
class=718554705-22032023>ncluding added details about the
OpenSidewalks (OSM) Hackathon on Saturday.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial><SPAN
class=718554705-22032023>Come on out and join us for one or both days, we still
have tickets available, or schedule and registration go to <SPAN
lang=zxx><U><A href="https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#000080
face=Arial>https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/</FONT></A></U></SPAN><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial><SPAN
class=718554705-22032023></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#000080 face=Arial>The main conference day will be on Friday, April 21,
2023, at Univ. Of Washington, Seattle, WA. at the Bill & Melinda Gates
Center for CS & Engineering(CSE2).</FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#000080
face=Arial>On Saturday, April 22, 2023, there will be an OpenStreetMap (OSM)
Hackathon organized by the OpenSidewalks Project.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN class=718554705-22032023></SPAN><FONT
color=#000080 face=Arial>W<SPAN class=718554705-22032023>hat is expect:
<BR>awesome talks involving open source geospatial technology and open
data <BR>meeting old and making new friends <BR>birds of a feather
(unconference style) sessions<BR>morning coffee and free pizza lunch<BR>raffle
book prizes from or donor Locate Press - check out the full list of
our awesome sponsors at <A
href="https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/#sponsors">https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/#sponsors</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial>Cheers and we hope to
meet you soon</FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#000080 face=Arial>Karsten</FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial>and the whole CUGOS
team<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">__________________________________________________________<BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Karsten Vennemann - <EM>Among other things current
CUGOS president -</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></P></FONT>
<P><SPAN class=718554705-22032023></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080>P<SPAN class=718554705-22032023>S: <FONT size=2>Note that if you
are a presenter, you are automatically registered for CUGOS Spring Fling 2023,
and no further action regarding registration is required from your
side.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><BR><BR> </P></BODY></HTML>