<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209244" dir="ltr" class="">There's a lot of interest in holding another HOT Summit 2016. Last year's first Summit was excellent <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://summit.hotosm.org/" id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209370" class="">http://summit.hotosm.org/</a></div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209244" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_215687" class=""></div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209244" dir="ltr" class="">Thinking is to hold the Summit in the days before or after State of the Map in Brussels <a href="http://2016.stateofthemap.org/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_212595" class="">http://2016.stateofthemap.org/</a>.</div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209244" dir="ltr" class="">I'm on the SotM Working Group along with fellow HOT Member Ben Abelshausen, and there's definite interest.</div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209244" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_215693" class=""></div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209244" dir="ltr" class="">Regional events like SotM US and SotM Asia, both still in the bidding phases, are possibly interested in having HOT gatherings.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_215696" class=""></div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209245" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_215699" class=""></div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209245" class="">If you'd like to start getting organized, get in touch with and we'll work out a time for a working group meeting.</div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209245" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_215703" class=""></div><div id="yiv9050414845yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_209245" dir="ltr" class="">-Mikel</div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_215675"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453730902680_215676">* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron</div></div></body></html>