<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">Dear QGIS Users</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">On Friday, 28th January 2022 we will be holding our monthly QGIS Open Day! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">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><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)">Programme</span></b><br></p><div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Session 1: Making a simple map and publishing online using the OSGS stack by Lesego Mohaule and Thiasha Vythilingam</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Session 2: Open Session, ask Nyall Dawson and Tim Sutton your QGIS questions</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Session 3: Spatial data versioning with the Kart QGIS Plugin by Victor Olaya</li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)">Where to watch</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,41,47)">Please see the event wiki pa</span><span style="color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">ge at </span><a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-January-2022" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">QOD-January-2022 Wiki</a><span style="color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"> f</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-size:12pt">or all the details of times and links for participation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.25in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)"><font size="4">Recordings</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)">All the events are recorded and made available to users who couldn't make the live events. Youtube live streams are automatically available for catch-up viewing. Be sure to check back here for updates!</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(36,41,47);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Event:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGS162t4hkOA0b35ucf1yng" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none">Youtube channel Link</span></a></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.25in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)"><font size="4">Code of Conduct</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)">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><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(36,41,47);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/codeofconduct.html" title="QGIS Code of Conduct" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none">Code of Conduct</span></a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:3pt 0in 8pt;color:rgb(36,41,47);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html" title="QGIS Diversity Statement" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none">Diversity Statement</span></a></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)">Please contact me, <span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:teal"><ins>Amy</ins></span> by email <a href="mailto:amy@kartoza.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none">amy@kartoza.com</span></a> or via the <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/Aq2V5RPoxYYhXqUPoxRWPQ" title="QGIS Open Day User Channel" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none">Telegram Channel</span></a> username <span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:teal"><ins>@Amz</ins></span> if you have any queries or need help setting up events.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)">We look forward to seeing you there!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,47)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-re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