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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Hopefully this is a nice Monday morning email to make you smile
:-)</p>
<p>The QGIS UK user group has been asked to suggest name for the
next QGIS release. Usually they are named after the locations of
user meetings, but since they have had more releases than user
meetings, they are working through the user groups in turn to ask
for suggestions (see Anita's email below for details). <br>
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<p>Si Miles has suggested "Maidenhead":</p>
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<p>Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council was one of the first UK
local authorities to move to QGIS (at version 1.8!) back in
2010/11. It was while working at Windsor and Maidenhead that
with the support of Simon Miles & Matt Travis the UK QGIS
user group was born. Maidenhead even hosted the first ever UK
user group meeting. Windsor and Maidenhead also contributed
financial to many an QGIS plugin and was also a bronze sponsor
for a long as I was there. Finally, Maidenhead hosted many of
the Carry On movies, and has the oldest or is one of the oldest
football clubs in the UK, if not world! Might have to fact check
that one though! <br>
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<p>Windsor and Maidenhead is the name of the council ("Royal
Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead") but Maidenhead is their HQ,
and Anita says a single name is better than a double name. <br>
</p>
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<p>Maidenhead is certainly not a tourist hot spot for the UK (sorry
Si!) but I think it has a nice QGIS history and sounds like a good
choice to me. <br>
</p>
<p>Does anyone have any other suggestions or comments?</p>
<p>Anita needs to know by Fri 19th, so I will make a decision and
let her know on Thurs 18th Jan. <br>
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<p>Best wishes,<br>
Nick.<br>
</p>
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<div dir="ltr"> Hi, <br>
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As you certainly know, QGIS releases
usually get their names from locations of
QGIS developer meetings. <br>
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Since we have more releases than developer
meetings, we have decided to reach out to
our country user groups to select
additional release names. The country
order is determined by the founding date
of the respective user groups. <br>
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Since QGIS UK is next on our list, I'm
reaching out to you to ask you for
suggestions for release names. The
suggestions should be place names in the
UK (and ideally be related to the user
group). <br>
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Besides the name, we will also need a
historical map of the location which we
can use for the release splash screen. <br>
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I'm looking forward to your suggestions.
Please don't hesitate if you have any
questions. <br>
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Regards, <br>
<br>
Anita Graser <br>
QGIS PSC Vice chair <br>
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