From jsanz at osgeo.org  Wed Dec 14 10:56:22 2016
From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:56:22 -0600
Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] FOSS4G-Europe 2017: Call for Sponsors
Message-ID: <CAGw=ncvbC2vEcnjHyo3tWLJtm-VW43bM_9qMPjdFSe8EwO8nXw@mail.gmail.com>

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From: Fenoy Gerald <djay at osgeo.org>
Date: 13 December 2016 at 04:42
Subject: FOSS4G-Europe 2017: Call for Sponsors
To: news_item at osgeo.org


Dear community,
we are glad to share with you the call for sponsors that has been sent for
the FOSS4G-Europe 2017 conference ([1], [2], [3]).

The FOSS4G-Europe 2017 local organizing committee is calling for sponsors
to help making the 2017 edition a great success. Supporting FOSS4G Europe
in 2017 is about giving back to the open source community as well as
getting a unique opportunity to promote your geo business.

Sponsoring this event means:

        ? Engaging a premium audience of key geospatial industry
stakeholders and potential customers,

        ? Demonstrating the strength of your corporate brand, products or
services,

        ? Networking and building relationships

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 is a unique marketing opportunity and we believe it will
provide your company or organization with great industry rewards.

A variety of sponsorship packages are available and the local organizing
committee is happy to consider any customization to meet your needs.

We are open to your ideas for sponsoring any of the following items:

        ? Event lanyards or swag

        ? Ice Breaker event

        ? Coffee breaks

        ? Gala event

Please contact sponsor-foss4ge2017 at osgeo.org for any inquiry.

Best regards,

G?rald Fenoy & Nicolas Paparoditis
Chairs of FOSS4G-Europe 2017

[1] https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/Sponsors
[2] http://us14.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9dd5e894ee8c610b6a9b9da14&id=
3529a022a8&e=31b17377cb
[3] https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/assets/pdf/FOSS4G-Europe-
2017_Sponsorship-Packages.pdf
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From jsanz at osgeo.org  Mon Dec 19 06:47:29 2016
From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:47:29 +0100
Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGEO Code Sprint Daytona Beach Feb 7-11
Message-ID: <CAGw=ncvzbuyf28vZaOzy20z7Bm2=E6vGgQRmiBgahAUCWBXp0A@mail.gmail.com>

We are hosting an OSGEO code sprint at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
from Tuesday Feb 7 - Friday Feb 11, we'll have access to facilities for
coding and collaboration.  Lots of good night time activities and a trip to
the Daytona International Speedway Thursday.  Come join us ..

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach_Code_Sprint_2017#Location

--
Steve Lehr
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From jsanz at osgeo.org  Tue Dec 27 00:27:51 2016
From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:27:51 +0100
Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Announcement about FOSS4G-2018 in Dar-es-Salaam,
	Tanzania
Message-ID: <CAGw=ncsWLgFn9i=Yorb6Qf7jkK91fGyEBxdqiVuqQimyWaMnJA@mail.gmail.com>

The OSGeo Foundation is pleased to announce the hosting of FOSS4G [1]
(Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) 2018 event in
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The FOSS4G-2018 event will be held at the
Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre, Dar-es-Salaam and run
from Monday 27th August through to Sunday 2nd September, 2018.

The Dar-es-Salaam Local Organizing Committee ("DarLOC"), led by the
co- chair Mark Iliffe [2] and Msilikale Msilanga [3], brings solid
experience in organizing events including the previous FOSS4G-2013 in
Nottingham as well as regional and national FOSS4G events.

The Dar-es-Salaam FOSS4G-2018 event has already received strong
support form inter-governmental agencies, local/regional/global
institutions as well as the Open Data related communities. Anyone
wanting to discuss the 2018 event can do so at the upcoming
FOSS4G-2018 mailing list[4].

Venkatesh Raghavan [5], President of OSGeo says: "The OSGeo Board of
Directors are very pleased to collaborate with the Dar-es-Salaam team
to host the FOSS4G-2018 event. The OSGeo Foundation is exited to see
FOSS4G return to Africa after a decade since FOSS4G-2008 in Cape Town,
South Africa. We look forward to your participation and strong support
for furthering FOSS4G solutions in the African continent. Looking
forward to seeing you at FOSS4G-2018!"

Congratulations to the DarLOC team!

== About FOSS4G ==

FOSS4G is the international gathering of Open Source communities.
Since its beginnings, the FOSS4G conference has earned reputation of
being a stimulating gathering of spatial industry, academic,
government, non-profit institutions and as facilitator for new ideas
and numerous innovative geospatial solutions. Over the years, FOSS4G
has advanced to be the most important annual global event, approaching
a thousand participants and attracting sponsorship from main-stream
geospatial industries.

Even as this announcement is made, excitement continues to build for
the upcoming FOSS4G-2017 conference that will be held in Boston,
U.S.A. [6]. FOSS4G rotates around the world each year, throughout 3
regions of the Americas, Europe, and Asia/South Pacific.

* [1] http://www.foss4g.org/
* [2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/iliffemark
* [3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/msilikale-msilanga-a0760616
* [4] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2018 (upcoming!)
* [5] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan
* [6] http://2017.foss4g.org/