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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Feb 2015, at 11:29, <a href="mailto:uk-request@lists.osgeo.org" class="">uk-request@lists.osgeo.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Send UK mailing list submissions to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:uk@lists.osgeo.org" class="">uk@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk<br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>uk-request@lists.osgeo.org<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>uk-owner@lists.osgeo.org<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of UK digest..."<br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. Fwd: Conference Opportunity with Visit Manchester (Ian Turton)<br class=""><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Ian Turton <ijturton@gmail.com><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"uk@lists.osgeo.org" <uk@lists.osgeo.org><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">2 February 2015 11:29:46 GMT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[OSGeo-UK] Fwd: Conference Opportunity with Visit Manchester</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class="">I got this in my inbox, I currently have no desire to be involved in organising a conference and probably wouldn't choose Manchester if I did but if anyone wants to investigate/follow up.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It has to be said the typos and general inability to get my details right (surely a copy paste from LinkedIn) makes me wonder about their ability to help us but they might have some cash?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ian <br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: Dickinson, Angela (Marketing Manchester) <<a href="mailto:Angela.Dickinson@marketingmanchester.com" class="">Angela.Dickinson@marketingmanchester.com</a>><br class="">Date: Mon Feb 02 2015 at 10:58:02 AM<br class="">Subject: Conference Opportunity with Visit Manchester<br class="">To: <<a href="mailto:ijturton@gmail.com" class="">ijturton@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" class="">Dear </span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Mr Turton</span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" class="">,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.2pt;line-height:14.3pt;background:white"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I
understand that you held </span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Co-founder and
developer of Geotools project</span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> for Open Source Geospatial Foundation -OSGeo and hope that you
may help me with some information with the FOSS4G-Europe OSGeo's European
Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.</span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I work in the
conference team at Visit Manchester </span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" class="">– the tourist board and
convention bureau for <u class=""></u><u class=""></u>Manchester<u class=""></u><u class=""></u><font class=""><span style="" class=""> and my role is to research international
conferences which </span></font></span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">would be relevant to the profile of our city. I am currently
investigating the possibility of bidding to host a future FOSS4G-Europe </span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">conference.</span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I recently spoken to </span></font><font size="3" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Jachym</span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">, Contact for the
Association who has advised we make contact with the national community to
asses the appetite to attract this conference to the <u class=""></u><u class=""></u>UK<u class=""></u><u class=""></u>. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I would be extremely
grateful for any advice you can give in this matter.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I would like to thank
you for your time in advance and look forward to hearing from you.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">With kind regards,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Angela<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt" class=""><span class=""><i class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;" class="">Angela Dickinson</span></font></i></span><i class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></i></p><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt" class=""><span class=""><i class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;" class="">Research Assistant</span></font></i></span><i class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></i></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.5pt" class=""><b class=""><font color="#71a493" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#71a493;font-weight:bold" class="">Direct Line: </span></font></b><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">0161 238 4584</span></font><b class=""><font color="#71a493" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#71a493;font-weight:bold" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></font></p>
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