<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Dear OSMF Local Chapters and Membership,</span></p><p class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">As you may have heard in this month’s board meeting, the board approved an [emergency] loan of 15K EUR for the venue deposit of SotM EU, organized by OSM Belgium Local Chapter.</span></p><p class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">We are fleshing out the details on how we can support Local Chapters under emergency circumstances such as this, as well as the Loan Agreement with OSM Be.</span></p><p class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Two things to note:</span></p><ol class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;padding-left:2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px"><li class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">OSM Belgium has secured donor sponsorship; however, cash flow has not been initiated and their initial plan to secure the venue fell through. With this, OSMF is supporting the team to secure a venue for SotM EU as deposit is due by the end of the month.</span></li><li class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-top:0.25em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">OSM Belgium is transitioning to become its own independent organization. They have left the Open Knowledge Foundation and are now temporarily under OSGeo Belgium.</span></li></ol><p class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">For any questions, OSMF Board and OSM Belgium email addresses are cc’d here. We will update accordingly.</span></p><p class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">References:</span></p><ul class="gmail-part gmail-in-view" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;padding-left:2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.35px;margin-bottom:0px"><li class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">July Board meeting minutes on the topic: </span><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-07#State_of_the_Map_EU_2023_loan" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-07#State_of_the_Map_EU_2023_loan</span></a></li><li class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-top:0.25em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Treasurer’s Reports on OSMF Finances: </span><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Finances#Treasurer's_Report" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Finances#Treasurer’s_Report</span></a></li></ul><div><font color="#333333" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe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