<div dir="ltr"><div>OSM will be presented with the Document Freedom Award 2014 by FSFE on <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Saturday</span></span> the 22nd of this month (<span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">next sat</span></span>) from <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">5-9 pm</span></span> in the Warehouse building (Friends of the Earth, one earth shop, warehouse cafe etc). in Digbeth, Birmingham<br>
<br></div>This is on <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.47836/-1.88966">Allison Street</a> which is a 5 minute walk from Birmingham Moor Street Station or a 10 minute walk from New Street Station<br><div>
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The FSFE invitation says: "There will be cake and tea and coffee, free tshirts, stickers etc and a certificate. We may wish to have some supper together upstairs, however, we have hired a small meeting room downstairs too :) Also, folk should bring cameras etc because on<a href="http://documentfreedom.org/"> Document Freedom Day</a> which is the following <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">wednesday</span></span>, we can all cross promote the award, your 10 year anniversary etc and make use of all the publicity and media (there was a ton last year)"<br>
<br></div><div>There will be some of the ususal crowd from mappa-mercia there but it would great to see some other faces from around the country (and from West Midlands OpenData Forum)<br><br></div><div>The incentives are:<br>
<br></div><div>You get to have a slice of some great cake from the FSFE folk who are coming down from Manchester<br></div><div>You get to meet the folk from FSFE<br></div><div>You get to see the visual delights of Birmingham<br>
</div><div>You get to meetup with a different crowd of mappers form your usual contacts<br></div><div>You'll get your picture in our respective publicity machines!<br><br></div><div>Looking forward to seeing a great turnout from OSM contributors in the UK<br>
<br></div><div>Regards<br><br></div><div>Brian<br></div></div>