<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is to confirm that I have the airtickets and hotel booked, arriving Sunday May 13 evening and leaving Wednesday May 16 morning (I need to be back for a workshop in the afternoon).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am not sure about the registration - I assume I will need one.</div><div class="">I am looking forward to meeting everyone who can come there and get all the updates on the North America chapter,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Helena</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">P.S. For those who know them, Anna has successfully defended PhD March 12 and Vashek this Monday April 23 and for now they are staying as postdocs at NCSU.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 25, 2018, at 4:22 PM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" class="">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Tuesday while Helena is still in town, all our stuff happens Monday-Tuesday.<div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="m_7764972189244684161gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">--</div><div class="">Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 at 13:16, Michael Smith <<a href="mailto:michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class="m_7764972189244684161m_3319654124037375631WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Michael Smith – travel and accommodations booked. Govt travel approved. Workshop on Thursday afternoon.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ll be at the members meeting. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">What day is the Sponsors/Partners meeting?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date: </b>Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 4:12 PM<br class=""><b class="">To: </b>Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank" class="">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>, Helena Mitasova <<a href="mailto:hmitaso@ncsu.edu" target="_blank" class="">hmitaso@ncsu.edu</a>>, Michael Smith <<a href="mailto:michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc: </b>osgeo-board List <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" class="">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject: </b>foss4gna board participation and coordination part 2<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_7764972189244684161_m_3319654124037375631__MailOriginalBody" class="">Okay we have three weeks to go, some updates and coordination are needed.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></a></p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">1) osgeo attendance / board member presence<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Board members:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">- Helena Mitasova - confirmed! believe travel and accommodation are booked <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">- Jeff McKenna - not confirmed<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">- Michael Smith - confirmed<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">- Jody Garnett - confirmed, travel booked<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Members at large:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">- New osgeo</span><span class=""><span style="font-family:"MS Gothic"" class="">・</span></span><span class="">us chapter members should be present, would be good to coordinate<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><i class="">While we have booth materials (banners,hand outs) present in st-louis, the exhibitor area has sold out. Currently looking at having out banners scattered around at the event as hosts.</i></span><span class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">2) Schedule a member meeting at foss4gna<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Timeslot established, we can borrow the un-meeting format from code-sprint. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""></span><a href="https://2018.foss4g-na.org/bof-session/osgeo-members-meeting" target="_blank" class=""><span class="">https://2018.foss4g-na.org/bof-session/osgeo-members-meeting</span><span class=""></span></a><span class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Promotion of this activity will be needed.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">3) Schedule a Sponsors/Partners meeting <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Currently we have a time slot (7:30-9:00 Breakfast meeting), and a reservation.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">I have sent a lit of sponsors and partners in North America to the board-priv list, we will need to send out email invites and see who can join us.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Reservation asks us to respond with final headcount ... for COB tomorrow. Given that we have not started inviting anyone I think we should aim for 15-20 people.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">4) Travel Grant Program<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">While the conference committee has now gotten back to us, the time is too short to arrange anything for the event. While this is a disappointing result (especially given diversity goals) I hope the coordination can be improved on for other regional events such as foss4g-eu and foss4g-asia.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">--<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Jody Garnett<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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