<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">Dear QGIS Users</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">On Friday, 28 March 2024 we will be holding our year-eand festive 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.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Programme</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Session 1: WAPlugin: Optimizing FAO WaPOR Data for Land and Water Productivity Monitoring in QGIS, <a href="https://youtube.com/live/QIU-OFIXGlY?feature=share" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">YouTube Link</a>, <a href="https://meet.jit.si/PlainRequestsSingOutside" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Jitsi link</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Session 2: How to visualize Digital Surface Model using QGIS and Blender,<a href="https://youtube.com/live/S0Of3CdUF2Q?feature=share" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">YouTube Link</a>, <a href="https://meet.jit.si/HarshMatchesPossessWholly" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Jitsi link</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Session 3: Building QGIS Plugins,<a href="https://youtube.com/live/Uw1tokdVB9c?feature=share" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">YouTube Link</a>, <a href="https://meet.jit.si/SteepFormsResumeDesperately" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Jitsi link</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Where to watch</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">Please see the event wiki page at <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-March-2024" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">QOD-March-2024 Wiki</a> for all the details of times and links for participation.</p><div class="gmail-markdown-heading" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><h1 class="gmail-heading-element" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:24px 0px 16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em">Recordings</h1></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">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. Reviewing video links for individual events should work without a hitch, but you can also catch up on recordings from the QGIS Youtube channel:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@qgishome" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">https://www.youtube.com/@qgishome</a></li></ul><div class="gmail-markdown-heading" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><h1 class="gmail-heading-element" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:24px 0px 16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em">Code of Conduct</h1></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">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!</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/codeofconduct.html" title="QGIS Code of Conduct" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Code of Conduct</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html" title="QGIS Diversity Statement" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Diversity Statement</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px">Please contact the Lead QOD Event Organiser, <ins style="box-sizing:border-box">Amy</ins> by email <a href="mailto:amy@kartoza.com" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">amy@kartoza.com</a>, or via the <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/Aq2V5RPoxYYhXqUPoxRWPQ" title="QGIS Open Day User Channel" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Telegram Channel</a> username <ins style="box-sizing:border-box">@Amz</ins> if you have any queries or need help setting up events.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(31,35,40);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-march-2024" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">We look forward to seeing you there!</a></p></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img width="200" height="129" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zXozvQUYXk5Xzlfsh_L0BHiUKSfX4MrrWhSn2teeysH5FngmNx01izHxNQZrXxunXRRAEC-mU"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">Amy Ternent</div><div style="text-align:center"><div>GIS Technician</div></div><div style="text-align:center">Visit <a href="http://kartoza.com" target="_blank">http://kartoza.com</a> to find out about open source:</div><div style="text-align:center">* Desktop GIS programming services</div><div style="text-align:center">* Geospatial web development</div><div style="text-align:center">* GIS Training</div><div style="text-align:center">* Consulting Services</div><div style="text-align:center">Office: +27(0)71 225 0039 </div></div></div></div>