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Thanks for making this go Simone; grass roots events are exactly what local chapters are supposed to be about.
</div><div><br></div><div>Can I ask how you found space? I would love to have a gathering is Brisbane (or even a code sprint) but am always held back by the financial hurdle of finding a venue. In Canada we always had a local company provide room; but in Australia insurance considerations seem to get in the way.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br>Jody Garnett<br><br></div>
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<span><div><div>The Melbourne Open GIS event is on again at 6pm on Thursday the 29th<br>of September at the OpenHub.<br><br>Next week's event includes:<br>* Roald de Wit (Bureau of Meteorology) - Free and Open Source Software<br>for Geospatial Conference (FOSS4G2011) Denver debrief<br>* Simon Hope (Geoplex) - 'Brewing maps with TileMill'<br>* Ben Hosken (Flink Labs) - interactive data visualisation<br>* Simon Cropper (Botanicus) - natural resource mapping<br>* job board, community announcements, drinks<br><br>Melbourne Open GIS is a forum to discuss open standards and<br>interoperability in GIS. Our meetings bring together professionals<br>from geospatial and other disciplines in a casual environment for some<br>presentations, informal discussions, socialising and some drinks<br>supplied by our meeting sponsors.<br><br>Meetings are open to anyone, BUT if you wish to attend, you must RSVP<br>via our new Meetup website:<br><a href="http://www.meetup.com/melbourne-open-gis">http://www.meetup.com/melbourne-open-gis</a><br><br>If you want to stay informed of future events, I recommend you<br>register your details on Meetup.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Simon<br>_______________________________________<br>Simon O'Keefe<br>Geospatial Systems Developer<br>Groundtruth<br>GPO Box 683<br>Melbourne VIC 3001<br>mobile: 0409 413 890<br>office: 03 9017 6850<br>email: <a href="mailto:simon.okeefe@groundtruth.com.au">simon.okeefe@groundtruth.com.au</a><br>web: <a href="http://www.groundtruth.com.au">http://www.groundtruth.com.au</a><br>_______________________________________<br>_______________________________________________<br>Aust-NZ mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org">Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz</a><br></div></div></span>
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