<div dir="ltr">Great!<div><br></div><div>Let's count how many attendants we have so far. We haven't advertized the idea broadly yet. I just threw the idea among 7 attendants of online meeting of the OSM Russian Board. 3 of us expressed a desire to come to Estonia:</div>
<div>1) vvoovv (that's me)</div><div>2) Zverik</div><div>3) Zkir</div><div><br></div><div>A quik survey among both participants of the Russian forum from Estonia revealed that:</div><div>4) SviMik is likely to attend the conference: <a href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=327393#p327393">http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=327393#p327393</a></div>
<div style>Vitalts is not sure yet: <a href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=327416#p327416">http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=327416#p327416</a></div><div style><br></div><div style>5) We've got Margus (Martino) from the talk-ee so far</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>5 attendants so far. Not bad for the beginning!</div><div style><br></div><div style>No we need to decide: Tallinn or Tartu as the host city for the SOTM Baltic?</div><div style>Zverik votes for Tartu.</div>
<div style>I'd also prefer Tartu.</div><div style>Zkir didn't express any preference, he would be simply happy to come to Estonia after visiting it 20 years ago the last time.</div><div style><br></div><div style>
I have an impression that Tartu is the GIS-center of Estonia since such companies as Nutiteq and Regio are located in Tartu.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Margus, is Tartu ok for you as the host city?</div><div style>
<br></div><div style>Time for the SOTM Baltic: I suggest a weekend in July. The exact dates to be decided. We need enough time for planning and preparation. Also it is important to have enough time for some participants from Russia to apply for Estonian visa.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Event format: very unformal (it's more like UNconference than an academic conference): normal talks, lighting talks, "podium discussions", social event in a pub in the evening.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Participation in the event is free of charge.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Looking forward to your feedback</div><div style><br></div><div style>Vladimir Elistratov aka vvoovv</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Margus Värton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:margus@dakar.ee" target="_blank">margus@dakar.ee</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">Hi,<br>
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sounds like a very good idea. From Estonia Jaak has been on several SOTM-s, I have been visiting SOTM in Amsterdam and Girona, Andres Kaaber was in Girona I suppose. I would not go into details but we were using Russian there alot :)<br>
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- M -</blockquote></div></div></div></div>