I am part of the organizing committee of State of the Map US this year. There is a great scholarship program to offset travel cost and the call for proposals is open. Check out the web site:
http://stateofthemap.us/about/ On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Yogesh योगि < [email protected]> wrote: > > No SoTM from OSMF this year.. But there'd be SoTM-US and SoTM-Scotland in > June and October respectively.. > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: OpenStreetMap events in 2015 > Date: > Wed, 25 Feb 2015 01:17:42 +0000 From: OpenStreetMap > > The OpenStreetMap Foundation has been organising the annual State of the > Map (SotM) conference since 2007. These events have proved popular with our > community and beyond, and have grown from a few dozen attendees to a high > of 300 attendees at SotM 2013. This year we had two good bids to host SotM > 2015, but issues beyond our control caused concerns about whether we could > make this into a success. The SotM working group, with the support of the > OSMF board, has therefore agreed that there will be no OSM Foundation > organised conference this year. > > As the OpenStreetMap community has grown over the last 10 years, so has > the conference scene. Even without OSMF organising a conference this year, > there will still be a number of OSM-centered conferences, including SotM > US <http://stateofthemap.us/> at the UN’s New York headquarters in June, > and SotM-Scotland > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2015> in > October. There are also many webinars, mapping parties, hack events and > socials planned <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Current_events> for > 2015. > [image: UN General Assembly hall] > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/434709325> > > SotM-US will be held at the UN headquarters in New York, 6-8 June 2015 > (image CC-BY 2.0 Dan McKay) > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/434709325/in/photostream/> > > The StateoftheMap Organizing Committee > <http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/StateoftheMap_Organizing_Committee> > has taken on a number of new members to support our efforts in 2015, 2016 > and beyond. We are currently drafting a proposal on the future of SotM in > which we are looking at the role of SotM within the project and how the > OSMF SotM relates to the various regional events. We already have some > views but we encourage you to share yours in the comments below. > > Preparations for State of the Map 2016 will be starting soon and we > encourage local groups who may be interested in hosting SotM in their home > country to contact us early. > > *Blog post by the StateoftheMap Organizing Committee* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > >
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