<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi PSC</div><div></div><div>I am working on the Travel Grant Program for this year's <a href="https://2025.foss4g.org/">FOSS4G Conference</a> that is to be held in Auckland. As the Travel Grant Program applications will open soon and I am quite new to this, I would love your advice. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We would like to work out the best way to connect to the User Groups as we were thinking that perhaps we could encourage local User Groups to help support a TGP application, and also perhaps undertake some fundraising for their applicants to supplement a TGP application</div><div><br></div><div>We get that Auckland may seem like the other end of the Earth for some, but we would really love to see a good contingent of our QGIS Users there. It seriously is beautiful and I would encourage everyone to take a week or so on either or both sides of the conference. I am currently looking at <a href="https://www.canoewhanganuiriver.com/cultural-guided-whanganui-river-trips/">canoeing down the Whanganui river</a>!</div><div><br></div><div>Keen to hear your advice.</div><div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kind regards</div><div>Em</div><div><br></div><div style="margin-bottom:20px;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#444444">Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst<br>
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