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On Friday, 30th July 2021 we will be holding our monthly QGIS Open Day! What is
a QGIS Open Day you may be wondering to yourself? It is an initiative to
replace the wonderful community meetups we used to hold every six months when
times were different. Like our in-person meetings, the event is organised on
the principle of self-organisation and community participation.</span></p>
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<b>Programme:</b></span></p>
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should you want to present and share your work with the community this Friday.</span></p>
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<b>Where to watch</b></span></p>
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Please see the event wiki page at <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-July-2021" target="_blank" style="color:blue">QOD-July-2021
Wiki</a> for all the details of times and links for
participation.Recordings</span></p>
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Many of the events may be recorded and made available to users who couldn't
make the live events. Youtube live streams should automatically be available
for catch-up viewing. Be sure to check back here for updates!</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Event:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGS162t4hkOA0b35ucf1yng" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Youtube
channel Link</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Code of Conduct</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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Participants are kindly reminded to please read and observe our QGIS Code of
Conduct and Diversity Statement to make these events a great experience for
everyone!</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/codeofconduct.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Code of Conduct</a></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Diversity Statement</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please contact me, Zinziswa Xakayi by
email <a href="mailto:zeighxakayi@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue">zeighxakayi@gmail.com</a> or
via the <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/Aq2V5RPoxYYhXqUPoxRWPQ" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Telegram Channel</a> username @zinzixakayi if
you have any queries or need help setting up events.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This channel is for sharing streams and recordings
of community events. QGIS is a Free and Open Source Geographic Information
System. Download your copy for free at <a href="https://qgis.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://qgis.org</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Telegram</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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Community</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="background:rgb(248,248,248);margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)">English speaking
group where you can chat directly with members of the QGIS community. Don’t ask
to ask, just ask!QGIS code of conduct should be followed</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="background:rgb(248,248,248);margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background:rgb(248,248,248);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kind regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background:rgb(248,248,248);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Zinzi Portia Xakayi</p>
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