<div><br></div>What's the youngest mapper to go to SotM?<div>I did a bit of mass-messaging yesterday (under the guise of informing about SotM, but also as an excuse to get chatting to mappers in the North East). I didn't expect to get this rather cool reply.</div>
<div><br></div><div>"<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.44444465637207px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I would be thrilled if the OSM conference came to the UK, and even better if it came to Durham! I wouldn't have even thought of Durham, but its such a nice place. At my age (15) its very difficult to travel, or even afford to travel to some of the places it has been held..."</span></div>
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</span></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">Thanks to the people adding to the wiki page on SotM13/UK.</span></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">If you missed it, there is the addition of a Birmingham Bid forming and they have a very strong local community and team for the conference.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px">I'd have liked to see the breath of the UK pulled together a bit more for a conference, but I'm starting to think with such a strong effort from Birmingham, we should focus on supporting that. Any thoughts?</span></font></div>
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</span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 October 2012 12:54, Gregory <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nomoregrapes@googlemail.com" target="_blank">nomoregrapes@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Ah, I forgot the link...<div><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2013/Bids/UK" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2013/Bids/UK</a><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 1 October 2012 15:09, Gregory <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nomoregrapes@googlemail.com" target="_blank">nomoregrapes@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>I have started a wiki page. NOT as a bid yet, but as a place for us to document what comes out of mailing list discussion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Most importantly, it would be great to fill out the Team list.</div>
<div>Remember there will be a variety of tasks that you don't need to be around for, like preparing the programme, website, and phoning/getting sponsors, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>I might try and drum up some more support. One of the reasons for creating the wiki page is a central reference, as not everyone is on the mailing list and it can be hard to follow.</div>
</div><div><div><div><br></div>-- <br>Gregory<br><a href="mailto:osm@livingwithdragons.com" target="_blank">osm@livingwithdragons.com</a><br><a href="http://www.livingwithdragons.com" target="_blank">http://www.livingwithdragons.com</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Gregory<br><a href="mailto:osm@livingwithdragons.com" target="_blank">osm@livingwithdragons.com</a><br><a href="http://www.livingwithdragons.com" target="_blank">http://www.livingwithdragons.com</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Gregory<br><a href="mailto:osm@livingwithdragons.com">osm@livingwithdragons.com</a><br><a href="http://www.livingwithdragons.com">http://www.livingwithdragons.com</a><br>
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