<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.5pt">The
Travel Grant Program is now accepting applications.<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.5pt"><a href="https://osgeo-oceania.org/pgc2022-tgp/">More information here.</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><br></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:white"><a href="https://forms.gle/ZqjVVR1G4RT9NCWZA"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:white;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.4pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background:teal;text-decoration-line:none">CLICK
HERE TO APPLY</span></b></a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">The program is aimed at increasing the diversity,
impact, and reach of the conference. We are looking for worthy recipients who
are committed to make an impact with the opportunity provided, and we want to
stretch our limited budget as widely as possible.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.5pt">Our
goals include:<span></span></span></b></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Bringing the power of Open Geospatial
to a wide audience<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Helping individuals become engaged in
the development of Open Geospatial Software, Data and Standards<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Reaching, empowering and giving a voice
to a diverse community, including those who might not have the financial or
social means to attend the conference<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.5pt">What
we are looking for:<span></span></span></b></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">People from under-represented
communities, such as:<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Indigenous communities<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Residents of remote communities<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Women in tech<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Community development workers or
students who don’t have workplace or government funding<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">People who have “skin in the game”:<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">People who will make use of what they
learn to make a positive impact to themselves and their communities.<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">People who contribute to open
communities, such as contributing to OpenStreetMap, or Open Source Software.<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">People willing to volunteer at the
conference.<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">People from the Oceania region<span></span></span></p>

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