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    <p>Thanks Steven - we really appreciate your comments. <br>
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    <p>Best wishes,<br>
      Nick.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/10/22 13:13, Steven Feldman
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          <div class="">On 7 Oct 2022, at 12:13, Nick Bearman <<a
              href="mailto:nick@geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk"
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            <div class="">We have received some submissions for OSGeo:UK
              Sponsorship, which we are going to discuss at the AGM on
              Tuesday 11th Oct at 12 noon UK time.<br class="">
              <br class="">
              I have collated these into a document available for anyone
              to view at <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHdzrLIAEsp73neJiXGagaz_zeh4GAiH6gVgMZIwPQw/edit?usp=sharing"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHdzrLIAEsp73neJiXGagaz_zeh4GAiH6gVgMZIwPQw/edit?usp=sharing</a>.
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              Please do have a look before the AGM, and bring your
              comments along for our discussion during the AGM. Details
              here: <a href="https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2022.html"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2022.html</a>.<br
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              I am also pleased to confirm that we have £6000 - £7000
              available, and additionally the RGS GISc Research Group
              have contributed £250 to be allocated to Open Source Geo
              projects.<br class="">
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              Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday.<br class="">
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              Best wishes,<br class="">
              Nick.<br class="">
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              On 9/9/22 11:44, Nick Bearman wrote:<br class="">
              <blockquote type="cite" class="">Plans for FOSS4G:UK Local
                2022 are developing quickly - we have a range of venues,
                including Keyworth. Please register online and send in
                your talks now! Details at <a
                  href="https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2022local/"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2022local/</a>.<br
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                We also have scheduled the AGM for Tue 11th Oct, 12-1.
                We will run this online, with the link circulated here
                and posted online. An agenda is posted online at <a
                  href="https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2022.html"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2022.html</a>,
                and there are a number of official agenda items we have
                to cover.<br class="">
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                We are also going to discuss OSGeo:UK sponsorship, and
                this is where we want your input. As discussed at the
                2021 AGM (<a
                  href="https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2021minutes.html"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2021minutes.html</a>)
                we have an overall budget of money. This may be
                in-excess of the £5k mentioned in the minutes, but is
                unlikely to be significantly above this. We are looking
                to use this money to fund projects in the range of £500
                - £1000 each.<br class="">
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                We would like to hear from you - what project(s) do you
                think we should fund? We are making this as simple a
                process as possible, so please submit your ideas to <a
                  href="mailto:osgeouk@gmail.com"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">osgeouk@gmail.com</a>
                by Mon 10th Oct. We will need a short paragraph that
                covers what is being funded, why it is useful, who will
                do it and how much you are applying for. We will share
                these for discussion at the AGM.<br class="">
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                We have funding guidelines online at <a
                  href="https://uk.osgeo.org/fundingguidelines.html"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://uk.osgeo.org/fundingguidelines.html</a>,
                but briefly, we only fund open source projects, our
                preference is to support discrete pieces of work, or to
                meet specific sponsorship levels, and we are focused on
                items that will benefit the UK community.<br class="">
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                We will discuss the submissions at the AGM, and decide
                which ones to fund.<br class="">
                <br class="">
                Everyone is welcome at the AGM, so please come along to
                discuss which projects we should support.<br class="">
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                If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.<br
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                Best wishes,<br class="">
                Nick.<br class="">
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                -- <br class="">
                Nick Bearman<br class="">
                OSGeo:UK Chair<br class="">
                +44 (0) 7717745715<br class="">
                <a href="mailto:nick@geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk"
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+44 (0) 7717745715
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