Hi! We've been discussing the idea of a regional mini-conference to be attended by mappers from Estonia, Russia, Latvia and Finland. OSM community in our countries seems to be a closed and isolated circle with a very few new members each year. So we suggest to break the isolation through an international OSM meet-up (or mini-conference) in Tartu, Estonia. We coined the event "SOTM Baltics".
Mappers from the other contries are also welcomed! Event format: very unformal (it's more like UNconference than an academic conference): normal talks, lighting talks, "podium discussions", social event in a pub in the evening. Why Tartu? We have mappers from Tartu who volonteered to find a room for the SOTM Baltics. Also, Tartu can be conveniently accessed from the largest cities in the Baltic countries: Tallinn, Helsinki, Sankt Petersburg, Moscow, Riga. Tartu is a university city and IT-center of Estonia. Event fee: no or 10 Euro, to be decided. SOTM Baltics dates: a weekend in July. The exact dates are to be decided via polling (see below) How to get to Tartu with public transportation. First reach Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, then take a bus or a train to Tartu (2.5 hours). An alternative route is via Riga. There are 4 daily buses between Riga and Tartu that depart Riga at 8:40, 18:45, 22:45, 23:55. The journey takes around 4 hours. Tickets can be bought at http://www.luxexpress.eu/en If you'd like to attend the event, please take part in the poll to decide on the conference dates: http://doodle.com/anddmr2kpxwnmv77 The discussion takes place in the talk-ee list: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ee/2013-April/001434.html If you'd like to take part in the discussion, subscribe here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ee
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