<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The following quoted text is what I received about the mapathon. If you decide to attend please look for me and say hello, I'll probably be the oldest, white haired, bearded guy in the room.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Alan</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> "Hi everyone,<br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">With the support of MIT Libraries, we are hosting a humanitarian mapathon to respond to Hurricane Maria's impact on the island of Puerto Rico. If you are seeing this message, you are invited!</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">If you're interested in participating, please bring your laptops to <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E53" style="display:inline;color:rgb(31,36,204);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Dewey Library </a>Room 212 THIS Sunday, October 8, 2017, between 1-5PM. You're free to stop by for as long as you want!</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Following the recent hurricane, people around the world are using the <a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/" style="display:inline;color:rgb(31,36,204);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">OpenStreetMap</a> platform to give their time to hurricane relief efforts. The Red Cross in Puerto Rico has requested two tasks we can help with for their relief efforts: (1) mapping buildings and (2) mapping pre-disaster imagery to give an operating picture of the island before the hurricane made landfall.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This work has real impact on the ground, and this would be a meaningful opportunity for you to participate in response efforts from afar.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">NO PRIOR MAPPING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! NO KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL TERRAIN IS NECESSARY! SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED!</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Please RSVP <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1viIRei2McdphWgoylzK_NQoOC7ThNvQfSk-Aax0PImg/edit" style="display:inline;color:rgb(31,36,204);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">If you have any questions, please contact Lily Bui at <a href="mailto:[masked]" style="display:inline;color:rgb(31,36,204);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">[masked]</a>."</p></div><div><div class="m_-8926123306309129591gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Alan</font></div></div></div></div></div>
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