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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all: We’ve been doing some serious planning around hosting a community/code sprint in Minneapolis next spring and things look like they will come together nicely – I’m asking for OSGeo’s support for the event. We have formed a local
committee consisting of members of the Twin Cities MapServer User Group (the local OSGeo chapter), the University of Minnesota U Spatial organization and SharedGeo – a local non-profit. A sprint page is taking shape here:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Sprint_2019">
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Sprint_2019</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At a glance:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> When: May 14-17 (4 days)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Where: Minneapolis, MN – University of Minnesota (Wilson Research Collaboration Studio)<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Anticipated attendance: 50+<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Projects: we expect a wide variety of projects to be represented - folks from MapServer, the LiDAR community, GeoMoose and PostGIS have already committed to attend.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have secured event space and have already began reaching out to sponsors – with success. We are working on preliminary budget that will be posted at the link above. The space is being made available at no charge thanks to our partnership
with U Spatial so sponsorship dollars will go largely towards daily meals and ice breaker events for the attendees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your consideration… Best regards!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Steve<o:p></o:p></p>
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