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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If I was on the board (ahem), I’d be in favor working on such an idea. For small gatherings like this, the amount at risk is relatively low – under $10K, not the huge amount that, say, FOSS4G requires.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-mpg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Daniel Kastl [mailto:daniel@georepublic.de] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 17, 2011 5:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> mpg@flaxen.com; OSGeo Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] North America (Seattle) codesprint -- last chance to save it!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Without being able to attend a code sprint in Seattle, I would like to ask, if this isn't something OSGeo Foundation would be able to cover the risks for. In my opinion this is one of the events OSGeo could support, because it has a high impact on its projects.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Leaving such a risk on individuals is likely to make this kind of events difficult to organize.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Daniel<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Michael P. Gerlek <<a href="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com">mpg@flaxen.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The goal of hosting the 2012 North American code sprint here in Seattle is,<br>unfortunately, almost dead.<br><br>To date I have received almost $4K in sponsorship money -- thank you to<br>Airborne Interactive, Anonymous/CUGOS, Development Seed, and LizardTech! --<br>and almost $4K in the form of seven registrations from individuals.<br><br>However, this doesn't get us to the $12K needed to reserve the facilities<br>and minimize my risk of defaulting.<br><br>If you are interested in attending and can pay the $525 fee (registration +<br>lodging + meals) in advance, please contact me.<br><br>I will try to drum up some more interest down in Denver next month, but the<br>longer we wait the higher the chance the facility won't be available<br>anymore. After FOSS4G, if we haven't raised enough funds, I'll be refunding<br>the sponsorship and registration monies.<br><br>Details on the event can be found here:<br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2011" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2011</a>. Thanks!<br><br>-mpg<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan<br>eMail: <a href="mailto:daniel.kastl@georepublic.de" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4263AB'>daniel.kastl@georepublic.de</span></a><br>Web: <a href="http://georepublic.de/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4263AB'>http://georepublic.de</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>