<p dir="ltr">Saw that earlier but it seemed to target people from not so wealthy countries or regions at least I think it was SOTM US I was looking into... Keeping my eyes (more)open in the future! </p>
<p dir="ltr">Someone should set up a conference in Stockholm or Oslo ;-) </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 22, 2015 9:09 PM, "Eric Theise" <<a href="mailto:erictheise@gmail.com">erictheise@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Albin Larsson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:albin.post@gmail.com" target="_blank">albin.post@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">It would have been amazing to attend but 17 and living in Sweden... :-/</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds as if you did not apply for a travel scholarship. Consider that in future years. Although the acknowledged bias is towards members of typically underrepresented communities, needing support to be able to present an accepted talk is also factored in. This year's call said:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Our goal is to ensure a welcoming, inclusive, community-focused State of the Map US, and </span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">scholarships</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> are one way we're working to accomplish that goal. We're offering four levels of financial support - a free ticket to the conference, $500, $1,000, or $1,500 - depending on your self-identified need and whether you are traveling within the United States or internationally. </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br>If you’re contributing to the OpenStreetMap community in an interesting way – whether that’s by organizing meetups, making maps, adding data, writing code or documentation, or something else – and financial help will make the difference in whether you can come to State of the Map US, we urge you to apply! No matter where you live, we welcome your application."</div><div><br></div><div>Eric</div><div><br></div></div><br></div></div>
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