<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-markdown-body" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;line-height:1.5"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">Dear QGIS Users</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">On Friday, 26 April 2024 we will be holding QGIS Open Day! What is a QGIS Open Day you may be wondering to yourself? It is an initiative to replace the wonderful community meetups we used to hold every six months when times were different. Like our in-person meetings, the event is organised on the principle of self-organisation and community participation.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Programme</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Session 1: QGIS with geoparquet / Overture data, <a href="https://youtube.com/live/OJkoXgWvcNY?feature=share" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">YouTube Link</a>, <a href="https://meet.jit.si/StrictEarningsSignalOvernight" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Jitsi link</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Where to watch</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">Please see the event wiki page at <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-April-2024" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">QOD-April-2024 Wiki</a> for all the details of times and links for participation.</p><div class="gmail-markdown-heading" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h1 class="gmail-heading-element" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:24px 0px 16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em">Recordings</h1><a id="gmail-user-content-recordings" class="gmail-anchor" aria-label="Permalink: Recordings" href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-April-2024#recordings" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;float:left;padding-right:4px;margin:auto;line-height:1;display:flex;width:28px;height:28px;border-radius:6px;opacity:0"></a></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">All the events are recorded and made available to users who couldn't make the live events. Youtube live streams are automatically available for catch-up viewing. Reviewing video links for individual events should work without a hitch, but you can also catch up on recordings from the QGIS Youtube channel:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@qgishome" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">https://www.youtube.com/@qgishome</a></li></ul><div class="gmail-markdown-heading" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h1 class="gmail-heading-element" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:24px 0px 16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em">Code of Conduct</h1><a id="gmail-user-content-code-of-conduct" class="gmail-anchor" aria-label="Permalink: Code of Conduct" href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-April-2024#code-of-conduct" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;float:left;padding-right:4px;margin:auto;line-height:1;display:flex;width:28px;height:28px;border-radius:6px;opacity:0"></a></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">Participants are kindly reminded to please read and observe our QGIS Code of Conduct and Diversity Statement to make these events a great experience for everyone!</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/codeofconduct.html" title="QGIS Code of Conduct" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Code of Conduct</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html" title="QGIS Diversity Statement" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Diversity Statement</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">Please contact the Lead QOD Event Organiser, <ins style="box-sizing:border-box">Amy</ins> by email <a href="mailto:amy@kartoza.com" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">amy@kartoza.com</a>, or via the <a href="https://t.me/joinchat/Aq2V5RPoxYYhXqUPoxRWPQ" title="QGIS Open Day User Channel" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Telegram Channel</a> username <ins style="box-sizing:border-box">@Amz</ins> if you have any queries or need help setting up events.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-April-2024" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">We look forward to seeing you there!</a></p></div><div id="gmail-wiki-footer" class="gmail-mt-5 gmail-mb-0 gmail-wiki-footer gmail-gollum-markdown-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-Box gmail-Box--condensed gmail-color-bg-subtle gmail-color-shadow-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-style:solid;line-height:1.25">--<br></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img width="200" height="129" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zXozvQUYXk5Xzlfsh_L0BHiUKSfX4MrrWhSn2teeysH5FngmNx01izHxNQZrXxunXRRAEC-mU"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">Amy Ternent</div><div style="text-align:center"><div>GIS Technician</div></div><div style="text-align:center">Visit <a href="http://kartoza.com" target="_blank">http://kartoza.com</a> to find out about open source:</div><div style="text-align:center">* Desktop GIS programming services</div><div style="text-align:center">* Geospatial web development</div><div style="text-align:center">* GIS Training</div><div style="text-align:center">* Consulting Services</div><div style="text-align:center">Office: +27(0)71 225 0039 </div></div></div></div>