<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi PostGIS-ers,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m writing to encourage you to consider a proposal submission to the </span><a href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Free and Open Source for GeoSpatial North America Conference in Raleigh, NC this Ma</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">y</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My colleague Rob Emanuele (</span><a href="http://geotrellis.io/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GeoTrellis</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) and myself are very proud to be involved in the organization of this conference. Rob will be serving as Program Chair again this year and I will be serving as the Committee Chair. You can meet the rest of the organizing team </span><a href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/community/about-organizing-committee" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,136,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. If you’ve never been to a </span><a href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,136,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOSS4G</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> conference, they are a fun and informative gathering of the smart and dedicated people that make up the FOSS4G community.  Everyone is welcome! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is truly a hands-on, collaborative conference and we want to invite you to share your knowledge and talent by </span><a href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,136,204);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">submitting a proposal for the conference</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! We’d like to extend a special invitation to traditionally underrepresented groups in open source geospatial to submit a proposal. We are looking to build a great program that reflects all of the brilliant people and work that make up our community, but that can only happen if you submit your proposals! The success of the conference is directly dependent on the quality and diversity of the submissions, so please help us make FOSS4G NA 2016 the best possible conference it can be.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the </span><a href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/cfp" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,136,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Call For Proposals</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, we have laid out our topics of interest, but if you have something great to talk about that doesn’t fit to that mold, please still submit! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conference presenters receive free registration and we also have a </span><a href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/scholarships" style="line-height:1.2;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">scholarship program</span></a><span style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(88,88,91);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The deadline for proposals is February 8th.  Hope to see you in Raleigh!</span></p></div><div>Sarah</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Sarah Cordivano</span><div><font color="#666666">Project Manager, Data Analytics</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Azavea<span style="border-collapse:collapse"> |  340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Phila</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse">delp</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse">hia, PA</span><br><a href="mailto:scordivano@azavea.com" target="_blank">scordivano@azavea.com</a>  <br></font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Web </span><a href="http://analytics.azavea.com/" target="_blank">analytics.azavea.com</a><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);border-collapse:collapse">  |  Blog <a href="http://www.azavea.com/Blogs" target="_blank">azavea.co</a><a href="http://www.azavea.com/Blogs" target="_blank">m/bl</a><a href="http://www.azavea.com/Blogs" target="_blank">ogs</a>  | Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/azavea" target="_blank">@azavea</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#134f5c"><span style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><b>-----<br></b></span><b><span style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"></span><span style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"></span></b></font></div><font color="#134f5c"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"></span></b><span style="font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><b>We'll be moving on March 1, 2016. Please update your records with our new address:<br>990 Spring Garden Street, 5th Floor<br>Philadelphia, PA 19123<br>----</b></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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