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      <p data-start="237" data-end="270">Hi FOSS geospatial aficionados,</p>
      <p data-start="272" data-end="391">After a long pause since our
        last “Spring Fling” in 2023, we’re excited to announce the <strong
          data-start="360" data-end="386">CUGOS Fall Fling 2025!</strong>
        🎉</p>
      <p data-start="393" data-end="585">📅 <strong data-start="396"
          data-end="405">Date:</strong> Friday, November 14, 2025<br
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        📍 <strong data-start="437" data-end="450">Location:</strong>
        University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105<br data-start="494"
          data-end="497">
        🔗 <strong data-start="500" data-end="512">Details:</strong> <a
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    <div>Registration will open once the agenda is finalized.
      <h3 data-start="643" data-end="667">Call for Proposals</h3>
      <p data-end="775" data-start="668"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd79V-fqNMz3zFzM_6y_ZEug5muLbv6bhvNmE-w6KCILHpDYA/viewform?pli=1">The
          <strong data-start="672" data-end="694">Call for Proposals</strong>
          is now open!</a><br data-start="707" data-end="710">
        Submit your talk ideas by <strong data-start="736"
          data-end="772">Tuesday, September 30th, 5:00 pm</strong>.</p>
      <p data-start="777" data-end="895">We look forward to your
        contributions and to another day filled with geospatial energy,
        learning, and collaboration!</p>
      <p data-start="897" data-end="947">Cheers,<br data-start="904"
          data-end="907">
        Karsten Vennemann<br data-start="924" data-end="927">
        CUGOS Board Member<br>
        <br>
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      <p data-start="955" data-end="1041"><font
          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><em data-start="955"
            data-end="1039">(For those new to CUGOS or curious about
            what the “Fall Fling” is, read on below.)</em></font></p>
      <p data-start="1043" data-end="1403"><font
          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The <strong
            data-start="1047" data-end="1099">Cascadia Users of
            Geospatial Open Source (CUGOS)</strong> was founded in 2007
          and serves as the <a
            title="blocked::http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cascadia"
            href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cascadia"
            moz-do-not-send="true">Cascadia Chapter</a> of the <a
            title="blocked::http://www.osgeo.org/"
            href="http://www.osgeo.org/" moz-do-not-send="true">OSGeo
            Foundation</a>. We are a non-profit community of open source
          GIS enthusiasts — from students to professionals, from
          academia to industry, and including active OSGeo contributors
          (board members, charter members, and project participants).</font></p>
      <p data-start="1405" data-end="1583"><font
          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">CUGOS provides a space to
          share work, exchange ideas, and celebrate the power of open
          source geospatial tools. Learn more: <a data-start="1528"
            data-end="1580" class="decorated-link moz-txt-link-freetext"
            rel="noopener" target="_new" href="https://cugos.org/about/"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://cugos.org/about/</a><a
            data-start="1528" data-end="1580" class="decorated-link"
            rel="noopener" target="_new" href="https://cugos.org/about/"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span aria-hidden="true"
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                width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20"
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      <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This year’s <strong
          data-start="1597" data-end="1611">Fall Fling</strong> will be
        a one-day, low-cost event bringing together academics,
        professionals, students, and enthusiasts for a full day of
        presentations on open source geospatial tools and open data in
        and beyond the Puget Sound region. Talks will cover projects
        like QGIS, PostGIS, MapServer, GDAL/OGR, OpenLayers, and more
        (see also: <a data-start="1931" data-end="1980"
          class="decorated-link" rel="noopener" target="_new"
          href="https://www.osgeo.org/projects/" moz-do-not-send="true">OSGeo
          projects</a><a data-start="1931" data-end="1980"
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            aria-hidden="true"
            class="ms-0.5 inline-block align-middle leading-none"></span></a> )</font><br>
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      <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font
          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">While we’re still building
          the program, you can get a taste of what to expect by checking
          out schedules from our previous Fling events:</font>
        <ul>
          <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">2015 <a
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                href="https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/"
                moz-do-not-send="true">https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/</a></font></li>
          <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">2016 <a
                title="blocked::https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/"
                href="https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/</a></font>
          </li>
          <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                title="blocked::https://cugos.org/2017-spring-fling/"
                href="https://cugos.org/2017-spring-fling/"
                moz-do-not-send="true">2017 Spring Fling</a></font> </li>
          <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                title="blocked::https://cugos.org/2019-fall-fling/"
                href="https://cugos.org/2019-fall-fling/"
                moz-do-not-send="true">2019 Fall Fling</a></font></li>
          <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/">2023 Spring
                Fling </a></font></li>
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