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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
data-start="513" data-end="583"
class="decorated-link moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="noopener"
target="_new" href="https://cugos.org/2025-fall-fling"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://cugos.org/2025-fall-fling</a><a
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rel="noopener" target="_new"
href="https://cugos.org/2025-fall-fling"
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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"
class="ms-0.5 inline-block align-middle leading-none"><svg
width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20"
fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
data-rtl-flip=""
class="block h-[0.75em] w-[0.75em] stroke-current stroke-[0.75]"></svg></span></a></font></p>
<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"
class="decorated-link" rel="noopener" target="_new"
href="https://www.osgeo.org/projects/" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
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>
</ul>
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