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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello QGIS Users!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>My apologies for promoting a course I’m running
in my first post, but I wanted to inform you all of two Open Source Mapping
courses that Mapping Across Borders, a Canadian Non-Profit, will be running in
July which I feel will be of great interest to many on this list.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Over the past three years, Mapping Across Borders has run
approximately a dozen Open Source Mapping courses to over 150 participants in East
Africa. Our goal is to provide GIS knowledge and skill transfer through in person
and virtual training programs. We run five day classes and cover GIS from the ground
up using QGIS and other relevant software (Google Earth, GRASS, GPS Babel,
etc.) and are currently building virtual resources training resources,
including peer to peer and crowd mentoring services. At our in-person events our
philosophy is to teach the concepts of GIS and apply them using free and open
source software using examples from participant’s experiences and job
descriptions. When the program is complete, we follow up with participants at a
personal and community level to ensure that the lessons learned at the course
are able to be put into action. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This July, we will be running two courses:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Ethiopia<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Venue: Agri Service Ethiopia Training Centre (behind Global
Hotel)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Date: July 9 – 13, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Price: Starting at 3,000 Ethiopian Birr (see website for details)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Included: Lunch each day & tea/coffee/snacks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Website: <a
href="http://www.mappingacrossborders.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=81">http://www.mappingacrossborders.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=81</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Kenya<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Location: Kisumu, Kenya<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Venue: Whirlspring Hotel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Date: July 37 -27, 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Price: Starting at 16, 500 Kenyan Shilling (see website for
details)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Included: Lunch each day & tea/coffee/snacks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Website: <a
href="http://www.mappingacrossborders.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68">http://www.mappingacrossborders.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>All details of course content, pace and registration are
available via our training websites. I welcome all of you to have a look at our
courses and to follow up with me or the contacts posted online if you are
interested in joining us, or are just looking for more information. If you have
any other lists that you think may be interested in our course, please feel
free to pass this email along or to send them my contact details (<a
href="mailto:michael.martin@ubc.ca">michael.martin@ubc.ca</a>). We would love
to see some QGIS User list participants in East Africa this summer!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Michael Martin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>- Michael Martin, BSc (Hon)<br>
Masters Candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies<br>
University of British Columbia, Okanagan<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Director, Mapping Across Borders<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Website:
http://www.mappingacrossborders.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Blog: http://mikedotonline.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/#!/mikedotonline <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>LinkedIn: </span><span
style='color:#7F7F7F'><a
href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-martin/47/173/abb"><span
style='color:#7F7F7F;text-decoration:none'>http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-martin/47/173/abb</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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