<div class="gmail_extra">Hi All,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Since the HOT board will be together in DC next week we've scheduled a couple of events.  One is at the Wilson Center next Thursday (see details below).</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">We are going to try to UStream the event.  HOT's Channel is available here: <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hotosm">http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hotosm</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If that doesn't work we'll upload a video to Youtube later.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-Kate<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Lea Shanley</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lashanley@gmail.com">lashanley@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM<br>Subject: [CrisisCommons] Please Share: EVENT MAY 3: Crowdsourcing for Disaster and Humanitarian Response<br>To: "L. A. Shanley" <<a href="mailto:lashanley@gmail.com">lashanley@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Crowdsourcing for
Disaster and Humanitarian Response</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thursday,
May 3, 2012</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">9:00
– 10:30 AM</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">4<sup>th</sup> Floor Conference Room</span></b></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade Center</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">One
Woodrow Wilson Plaza</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">1300
Pennsylvania Ave, NW</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Washington,
DC 20004</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Free,
collaborative maps are uniquely valuable to humanitarian work, especially in
places where base map data is often scarce, out of date, or rapidly changing.
OpenStreetMap is a web project to create a free and open map of the entire
world, built entirely by volunteers surveying with GPS, digitizing aerial
imagery, and collecting and liberating existing public sources of geographic
data. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) serves as a bridge between the
OpenStreetMap community and the traditional Humanitarian Responders.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The
cycle of response and preparedness of data work together hand in hand. Over the
past year HOT has worked on the ground in Haiti and Indonesia while responding
to disasters remotely. These methodologies are complementary and can be
utilized to have up to date basemap data both after a disaster and preparing in
areas at risk of one. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Moderators</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Kate Chapman -
Treasurer, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Nicolas Chavent -
Secretary, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Panel
Participants</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Board of Directors
of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Mikel Maron -
President</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Schuyler Erle - At
Large Member</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Harry Wood - At
Large Member</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">John Crowley - Vice
President</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dane Springmeyer
-Technical Director</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">This
meeting is free and open to the public.<b> <a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rsvp?eid=23375&pid=116" target="_blank">Click here to
RSVP</a>.</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Allow time for
routine security procedures. A photo ID is required for entry.<span>  </span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">For
directions to the Wilson Center visit <a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions" target="_blank">http://www.wilsoncenter.org/direction</a>s</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">

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