<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear QGIS Users</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>On Friday, 25th June 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><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br><b>Programme</b></span></p><img src="cid:ii_kq6jkn2z0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="139" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(Subject to change).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Where to watch</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>Please see the event wiki page at <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-June-2021" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">QOD-June-2021 Wiki</span></a> for all the details of times and links for participation.Recordings<br>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!<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 57pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </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"><span style="color:blue">Youtube channel Link</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 57pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Code of Conduct<br></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 57pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </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"><span style="color:blue">Code of Conduct</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 57pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </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"><span style="color:blue">Diversity Statement</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 3pt;line-height:normal;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"><span style="color:blue">zeighxakayi@gmail.com</span></a> or via the <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/Aq2V5RPoxYYhXqUPoxRWPQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Telegram Channel</span></a> username @zinzixakayi if you have any queries or need help setting up events.<br>We look forward to seeing you there!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">YouTube</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGS162t4hkOA0b35ucf1yng" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">QGIS</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:normal;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"><span style="color:blue">https://qgis.org</span></a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;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><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background:rgb(248,248,248);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)"><a href="https://t.me/joinchat/Aq2V5RPoxYYhXqUPoxRWPQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">QGIS Community</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,28,29)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background:rgb(248,248,248);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background:rgb(248,248,248);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></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></div></div>