<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Greetings from <a href="http://sotm.us/">SotM.us</a>!</div><div><br></div><div>Just as reminder, if you’re inspired by all the talks this weekend — FOSS4G submission deadlines are coming up next week. This is a great opportunity to spread the OSM love to an even broader community.</div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/" target="_blank"><font size="1"><img align="right" height="250" width="220" apple-inline="yes" id="FC2E275E-E22F-4E46-813D-90028439A878" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 7px;" src="cid:B9993E3B-B3A9-472C-918A-866D4094B6A2"></font></a><h4 class="null">Regular Session and Academic Track proposals due</h4><p>A reminder to all potential FOSS4G attendees - the proposal submission deadline for both the <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/calls-for-papers/academic-track-cfp/" target="_blank">Academic Track</a> and <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/calls-for-papers/cfp/" target="_blank">Regular Sessions</a> is next Tuesday, April 15th. For the Regular Sessions, we strongly recommend reviewing our <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/advice-on-writing-submissions/" target="_blank">advice</a> for successful proposals before submitting.<br><br>The community voting on the Regular Sessions will directly follow the deadline, April 18th to 28th. </p><h4 class="null">Travel Grant Announcement</h4><p>We realize that traveling to and attending a conference can be expensive, and that not everyone who uses or develops open source software has provided funding to pay their way or the means to pay for it themselves. To make sure that as many deserving people as possible can attend FOSS4G, we're creating a <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/attending/travel-grants/" target="_blank">travel grant program</a> with funds to cover registration and travel costs. Watch for details coming soon.<br><br>One additional reminder: <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/schedule/registration/" target="_blank">Early Bird Registration</a> is open!</p><h4>Important Conference Dates</h4><p dir="ltr">See the <a href="https://2014.foss4g.org/about/calendar/">full calendar</a> for more details.</p><ul><li>April 15th: Academic Paper/Presentation Proposals Due</li><li>June 15th: Early bird registration ends</li><li>Sept 8th-9th: Workshops</li><li>Sept 10th-12th: Main Conference</li><li>Sept 13th: Code Sprint</li></ul><h4>About FOSS4G</h4><p>The annual FOSS4G conference is the largest global gathering focused on open source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, and cooperation, FOSS4G participants create effective and relevant geospatial products, standards, and protocols.</p><p>FOSS4G has been held all over the world and draws attendees from over 40 countries. Nottingham, England hosted the conference in 2013. In 2014, Portland, Oregon, USA will host FOSS4G’s tenth year.</p><h4>About OSGeo</h4><p dir="ltr">The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) was founded in 2006 to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. The foundation's goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects, data development and education. Many projects live under the OSGeo umbrella, including FOSS4G, <a href="http://osgeo.org/">http://osgeo.org</a>.</p><h4>About PDX-OSGeo - Portland Area and Oregon OSGeo Chapter</h4><p dir="ltr">The PDX-OSGeo chapter of OSGeo has been meeting, discussing and promoting the use of open source geospatial technology since 2009. Chapter members often organize or present on open source software at regional geospatial conferences. PDX is the airport code and like the PDX airport, the group has a wide catchment area.</p><hr></div></div></div><div><h2><span style="font-size: 12px;">For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organizing Committee, follow<a href="https://twitter.com/foss4g"> @foss4g</a> on Twitter, subscribe to our <a href="http://eepurl.com/N5Q6X">announcements list</a>, or contact: <a href="mailto:foss4g2014-info@osgeo.org?subject=Question%20about%20FOSS4G%202014" target="_blank">foss4g2014-info@osgeo.org</a></span></h2><p>Darrell Fuhriman, Chair of the FOSS4G Organizing Committee, email: <a href="mailto:darrell@garnix.org?subject=Question%20about%20FOSS4G%202014" target="_blank">darrell@garnix.org</a></p></div></div></body></html>