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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=CS link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would like suggest such idea, how to promote OSGeo and FOSS GIS products in Africa. I think, that there is interest for FOSS GIS products in many African countries and there are used different products. But due financial problems it is difficult for African colleagues to participate on FOSS4G events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also there will be probably to organise separate FOSS4G Africa event.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would like suggest to organise FOSS4G related workshop inside of existing event. I would like suggest to use IST Africs (http://www.ist-africa.org/home/ ) conference and organise half or one day FOSS4G Africa workshop inside of this event. There exist possibilities for such workshop officially, but due my good relation with organisation of this event, I can discuss eventually some more place. All it depends on potential presenters. Usually audience of this conference is from 300 – 500 participants, 60 – 70 % from Africa. The audience is from politicians, researchers, but also companies. So such event could well promote FOSS GIS in Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If there will be common agreement and wiliness of some speakers to come for this event, I am ready to start work on it. In principle due the fact, that this will be inside of existing event, it will not require any cost except work of me and my colleagues to put program together, what we are able to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The participation fee is comparable with other events, there is discount for presenters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So send me your opinion about this and eventual names of people, who will be interested to go there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Conference is organised every year in first middle of May <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Karel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div> <BR><BR>__________ Informace od ESET Smart Security, verze databaze 7335 (20120727) __________<BR><BR>Tuto zpravu proveril ESET Smart Security.<BR><BR><A HREF="http://www.eset.cz">http://www.eset.cz</A><BR> </body></html>