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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial>Hi <SPAN
class=871494201-09022023>F</SPAN><SPAN class=871494201-09022023>OSS geospatial
</SPAN>aficionados, </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN class=871494201-09022023>After
a long hiatus since the CUGOS "Fall Fling" 2019, w</SPAN>e are
excited <SPAN class=871494201-09022023>to </SPAN>announc<SPAN
class=871494201-09022023>e</SPAN> the CUGOS Spring Fling 2023<SPAN
class=871494201-09022023> </SPAN>! <BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Please mark your calendars for Friday<SPAN
class=871494201-09022023>,</SPAN> April 21 and Saturday<SPAN
class=871494201-09022023>,</SPAN> April 22 <SPAN
class=871494201-09022023> </SPAN>2023. </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Registration will
open on March 21 once the <SPAN class=871494201-09022023>agenda
</SPAN>has been established. <BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">D</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">etails
</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">can be found at</FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN lang=zxx><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/"><FONT
color=#000080 face=Arial>https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
class=871494201-09022023>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BR></FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN class=871494201-09022023>We need your
submissions:<BR></SPAN>The </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"Call for
Proposals" </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">is now open and you can submit
proposals for talks/presentations via a web form </FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">at </FONT><SPAN lang=zxx><U><A
href="https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9</FONT></A></U></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <SPAN class=871494201-09022023>until March
10th.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial>Cheers</FONT><FONT
color=#000080 face=Arial> <BR></FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#000080 face=Arial>Karsten</FONT></FONT></P></SPAN><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Karsten
Vennemann<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><SPAN
class=871494201-09022023><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial><EM>Among other
things current CUGOS president</EM></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=871494201-09022023><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>----
For a long and potentially boring explanation - aka what CUGOS and "Spring
Fling" is see below -------------</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=222463216-09022023></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=222463216-09022023>The
</SPAN>Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source (CUGOS) was formed in 2007.
CUGOS acts as the </FONT></FONT></FONT><A
title=blocked::http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cascadia
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cascadia"><FONT
title=blocked::http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cascadia color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>Cascadia Chapter</FONT></A><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial> of
the </FONT><A title=blocked::http://www.osgeo.org/
href="http://www.osgeo.org/"><FONT title=blocked::http://www.osgeo.org/
color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>OSGeo Foundation</FONT></A><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>. We are an active group of members who are passionate
about open source software, GIS, and our region. We have members from all walks
of life, a large spectrum of business and academia, and active OSGeo members
(board members, charter members, and active project participants).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><BR><SPAN class=222463216-09022023><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>It </FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080><SPAN class=222463216-09022023>is</SPAN> a non-profit
organization in Seattle focused on building a community around open source
geospatial tools and practices<SPAN class=222463216-09022023> see also <A
title=blocked::https://cugos.org/about/
href="https://cugos.org/about/">https://cugos.org/about/</A></SPAN>. CUGOS has
been around for nearly 15 years, providing a space for folks to share their work
and passion for maps.<BR><BR>This year we’re holding the Spring Fling on April
21-22 2023, a two-day <SPAN class=222463216-09022023>low cost </SPAN>event
bringing together academics, professionals, students, and enthusiasts for a
series of talks about Pedestrian/Bike/Transit Access, Open Source Geospatial
tools, open data, and Social Justice in and beyond the Puget Sound
region. <SPAN class=222463216-09022023>The first day will be the main
conference day with presentations about open source GIS projects (e.g. such
projects might include but are not limited to: QGIS, PostGIS, MapServer,
GDAL/OGR and OpenLayers, see also <A
title=blocked::https://www.osgeo.org/projects/
href="https://www.osgeo.org/projects/">https://www.osgeo.org/projects/</A>), the
second day will be a volunteer <SPAN class=sf-schedule-description>OpenStreetMap
(OSM) Hackathon in conjunction with the <A
title=blocked::https://tcat.cs.washington.edu/opensidewalks-2/
href="https://tcat.cs.washington.edu/opensidewalks-2/">OpenSidewalks
Project</A>. More information to be added on the web page soon.
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=222463216-09022023><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>For Spring Fling we are </FONT><SPAN
class=sf-schedule-description><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>are
currently putting together the program. If you are interested in giving a
presentation head over to our </FONT><A
title=blocked::https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9
href="https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9"><EM
title=blocked::https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9><FONT
title=blocked::https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9 color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>Call for proposals</FONT></EM></A><FONT color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial> page. </FONT><SPAN class=sf-schedule-description><FONT color=#000080
size=2 face=Arial>The final program will be announced on March 21st and
registration (donate as you wish) will open. </FONT><SPAN
class=sf-schedule-description><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>If in the
meantime you are looking for inspiration on what to expect in our program you
are welcome to check out the schedules of these previous CUGOS Fling events:
</FONT>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN class=222463216-09022023><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>2015
</FONT><A title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/2016
href="https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/2016"><FONT
title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/2016 color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/</FONT></A></SPAN>
<LI><SPAN class=222463216-09022023><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>2016
</FONT><A title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/
href="https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/"><FONT
title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/ color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN
class=222463216-09022023>
<LI><A title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2017-spring-fling/
href="https://cugos.org/2017-spring-fling/"><FONT
title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2017-spring-fling/ color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>2017 Spring Fling</FONT></A></SPAN>
<LI><A title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2019-fall-fling/
href="https://cugos.org/2019-fall-fling/"><FONT
title=blocked::https://cugos.org/2019-fall-fling/ color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>2019 Fall
Fling</FONT></A></LI></UL></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=222463216-09022023><SPAN
class=sf-schedule-description><SPAN class=sf-schedule-description><SPAN
class=222463216-09022023><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>We are also in
the process of building these grants from donations from corporate sponsors
</FONT><A title=blocked::https://cugos.org/grants/
href="https://cugos.org/grants/"><FONT title=blocked::https://cugos.org/grants/
color=#000080 size=2
face=Arial>https://cugos.org/grants/</FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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