<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all, we did an adjusted version of the announcement along with a photo. Let us know if you need anything else:</div><div><br></div><div>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-725b9aff-7fff-f922-bda8-caa653614281"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">📌FOSS4G 2023 to take place in Prizren Kosovo📌 </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">🎉We are thrilled to announce that the 2023 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference (FOSS4G) will be hosted by FLOSSK in Prizren, Kosovo.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSS4G (</span><a href="https://foss4g.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://foss4g.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) is the annual event organized by the Open Source GeoS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">spatial Foundation (OSGEO) since 2006 and one of the largest global meetings on geospatial software of the year.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FLOSSK is a Kosovo NGO promoting FLOSS since 2009.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Set in the foothills of the Sharr Mountains, Prizren was once a capital city, being a large cultural and trading center. The town has always been one of Kosovo’s most beautiful cities, with unique roads, churches, mosques, and lots of old houses, which now serve for visual storytelling on the city's history and tradition.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Local team looks forward to living up Kosovo’s renowned hospitality.🎇🎇</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Photo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fitore Syla, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lumi_Lumbardhi,_sht%C3%ABpit%C3%AB_dhe_kalaja_e_Prizrenit.jpg"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lumi_Lumbardhi,_sht%C3%ABpit%C3%AB_dhe_kalaja_e_Prizrenit.jpg</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We will post the news in our channels after the news is published by FOSS4G. <br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Best,</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">edonis<br></p>
</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 at 14:45, Vasile Craciunescu <<a href="mailto:vasile@geo-spatial.org">vasile@geo-spatial.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear board members,<br>
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Thank you for the confirmation of the conference committee vote! Now, I think is important to coordinate with the Prizren LOC to make this news visible to the entire community.<br>
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Warm regards,<br>
Vasile<br>
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On 21.06.2022 13:34, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:<br>
> Dear all,<br>
> <br>
> The motion has been approved on Loomio, congratulations to the Prizren LOC!<br>
> <br>
> Best,<br>
> Angelos<br>
> <br>
> On 6/10/22 16:02, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:<br>
>> Dear all,<br>
>><br>
>> The motion is now on Loomio:<br>
>> <a href="https://www.loomio.org/p/6pl0y1dG/motion-to-approve-selection-of-prizren-loc-to-host-foss4g-2023" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.loomio.org/p/6pl0y1dG/motion-to-approve-selection-of-prizren-loc-to-host-foss4g-2023</a><br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>> Angelos<br>
>><br>
>> On 6/7/22 13:01, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:<br>
>>> Dear Vasile and Msilikale,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Your request has been added to the agenda for the next board meeting:<br>
>>> <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-06-27" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-06-27</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Best regards,<br>
>>> Angelos<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 6/6/22 23:34, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:<br>
>>>> Dear board members,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> With apologies for some delay due to some personal reasons, I'm glad to inform you that the proposal received from Prizren LOC [1] received 9 votes. 8 +1 and a mild abstain (+0). With this message, the board is asked to acknowledge the vote result and to take an official decision about the FOSS4G 2023 venue.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Warm regards,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Vasile and Msilikale<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> [1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2023_Bid_Process" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2023_Bid_Process</a><br>
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