<div dir="ltr">Thanks for sharing Carl.<div><br></div><div>Will check it out tonight.</div><div><br></div><div>-Guido</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:28 PM Carl Reed <<a href="mailto:carl.n.reed@gmail.com">carl.n.reed@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">Guido -<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div>Thank you for your email!<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">While not OSGeo specific, Doug and Glen (AAG Executive Director and President) issued a statement today: <font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg">AAG Statement on President Trump’s
Executive Order. <a href="http://news.aag.org/2017/01/aag-statement-on-president-trumps-executive-order/" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://news.aag.org/2017/01/aag-statement-on-president-trumps-executive-order/</a> <br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg">I believe their statement captures the essence of how many feel about Trump's extremely ill-considered executive order.<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg">Regards<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg">Carl<br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Guido Stein <span dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:gstein@appgeo.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">gstein@appgeo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear OSGeo Community,</span></p><br class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My name is Guido Stein and I am the co-chair of FOSS4G Boston 2017. I have had the honor of working with the community on this conference as well as meeting many folks in the community at the Bonn event. I have been building spatial community in Boston for over a decade and am have really enjoyed becoming a part of the larger OSGeo community in the last couple of years.</span></p><br class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Boston Local Organizing committee is made up of a diverse group of folks who had from day one planned on making this event as inclusive as we can make possible. We have been very excited about the potential interaction between visiting attendees from all over the globe and our thriving local community of academics, developers, managers, and end users.</span></p><br class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px">I am writing you all today as co-chair of the conference and as a member of the community to address some recent events in the U.S.A.. </span>My team and I would like to let everyone know that we welcome anyone interested in attending the FOSS4G Boston 2017 event. We welcome you with open arms and will do whatever we can to help you get the most out of attending this event.</span></p><br class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I know that there is concern and fear about the Exective Order on Immigration and this weekend left many people in shock and awe. I would like to open a dialogue here on the discussion list to let people share with us any of your concerns and let us know what we might be able to do to assist you and others in attending this conference. We do not have all the answers, but we will attempt to address your concerns related to the conference the best we can.</span></p><br class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Finally, we do not set policy for OSGeo, FOSS4G (other than our specific event), or the U.S. Government, so please understand that we are a small group of volunteers and are trying to help, but our realm of assistance is limited to this year's FOSS4G and the resource we have access to.</span></p><br class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With warm regards,</span></p><br class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Guido Stein</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="m_1061934557848484540m_3834179772672002934gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Co-Chair FOSS4G Boston 2017</span></p></div></div>
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