Hi everybody, OpenStreetMap US is now accepting scholarship applications for SotM-US in New York City later this June: http://openstreetmap.us/2015/01/scholarships/
Please do apply. There's no harm in trying. :-) Regards, Eugene On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > OSM US has just announced that 2015's State of the Map US conference will > be held in New York City at the United Nations Headquarters from June 6 to > June 8, 2015. Read the announcement here: > http://openstreetmap.us/2014/11/sotmus-2015-in-nyc/ > > The United Nations has generously donated the use of their building for > hosting this conference. As such, the bulk of the conference's expenses > that is usually earmarked for the venue will now go towards shouldering > costs for international mappers to attend via travel scholarships. The > conference organizers are targeting an attendance of 1000 people and they > want mappers from all over the world to be able to share their experiences > with OSM in their localities to the other conference attendees. > > You can read more about the plan for SOTM US in this PDF file: > http://cl.ly/2u2V402L2N39/download/SOTMProposal.pdf > > This is a really great opportunity for Filipino OSM mappers to attend. The > last time that any Filipino has attended an overseas State of the Map > conference (whether the international one or a regional version) was at > SOTM 2011 in Denver, Colorado, which was attended by Maning. > > I personally would want to go to SOTM US 2015. I've been to three > Wikimanias now but have never attended an overseas SOTM. :-) > > Regards, > Eugene > >
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