<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Conference List,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As the co-chair of FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam, I’d like to provide an update on our progress and make a few requests. Currently our LOC is starting on the organising our conference - we’ve already started to reach out throughout the wider local tech/geo ecosystem to seed/raise aware of FOSS4G, formed internal committees around program, logistics and outreach. Hopefully, well ahead of schedule!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In this light, our LOC has a few questions that we’d like to raise:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ul class="MailOutline"><li class="">Who is our nominated liaison on the OSGeo board - assuming this is Maria, but we’d like to confirm.</li><li class="">How can we get access to <a href="http://2018.foss4g.org" class="">2018.foss4g.org</a>? We would like prepare our landing page and outreach blitz in preparation for launch at Boston;</li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">In time, I’m sure we’ll raise more questions, and in my duties as co-chair I’ll keep this list updated with our progress.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mark</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>[1] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Website" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Website</a></body></html>