<div dir="ltr">I wrote a blog about why you should host SotM. Go on, do it!<div><a href="http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2019/06/why-your-community-should-host-sotm">http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2019/06/why-your-community-should-host-sotm</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blog is my personal views and advice.</div><div>Christine also added her own, such as your bid could change the format. I echo that upgrading your local event(e.g. city meetup) can be a good approach.</div><div><br></div><div>Remember you can contact the SotM team if you have questions. We would like to help any/all bids, you can also put your draft proposal online and continue working on it up-to the deadline.</div><div><br></div><div>From the host country of SotM 2013,</div><div>Gregory.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 00:59, Christine Karch <<a href="mailto:christine@hermione.de">christine@hermione.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello OSM community,<br>
<br>
at the moment we have no venue for SotM 2020. There are no candidates<br>
even yet. Hello world! Is there any OSM community who would like to host<br>
SotM spontaneous? We extend the call for bids until end of August. We<br>
would like to present the SotM 2020 in Heidelberg during SotM 2019.<br>
<br>
Please use our wiki form for the formal part of your bid [1]. But don't<br>
hesitate to ask questions to the SotM working group via email.<br>
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Did you ever consider to provide the unconference format? This could be<br>
an amazing change to what we are used. Or should we just meet for a<br>
barbecue? :)<br>
<br>
Or how about an upgrade of your local conference to a global?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Christine<br>
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[1]<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_2020/Call_for_venues" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_2020/Call_for_venues</a><br>
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