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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Well hello Eleanor!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dang, a bit of schedule conflict as us in the centennial state were already planning an event for the weekend before and I personally have a long-standing commitment that weekend preventing us from pushing back OSM-Colorado-MapCamp!-South Park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But I added it to the wiki anyhow, and was planning on posting something to the list this week; so if you’re in CO or want to come camping and mapping the weekend of July 24-26, head on over to our meetup page (thanks to our meetup sponsor Telenav): <a href="http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/events/223668240/">http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/events/223668240/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We’re still very much planning details, but I will probably need to make a rough estimate of tent and car counts to reserve campsites by early next week – will be calling/exploring/maybe reserving a few this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=Russ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>P.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You can email me at either <a href="mailto:russdeffner@gmail.com">russdeffner@gmail.com</a> or <a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org">Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</a> if you have questions – or preferably, join the chat on the meetup event.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Eleanor Tutt [mailto:eleanor.tutt@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 09, 2015 3:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> talk-us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Talk-us] Join us for summer mapathon BINGO - weekend of Aug 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We've got our next OSM US quarterly mapathon coming up the weekend of August 1st - obviously you can host a mapathon in your area any time of the year, but it's also pretty awesome to know that people are mapping across the country at the same time. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>If you want an idea for a theme, we created an OpenStreetMap mapathon BINGO card (<a href="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/439/18875377873_968818d547_z.jpg">https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/439/18875377873_968818d547_z.jpg</a>) that includes images of (and tagging conventions for) summery things to add to OSM. Ice cream shops! BBQ pits! Car washes! Swimming pools! Let's get 'em all <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>into OpenStreetMap. You can read more on our blog post here: <a href="http://openstreetmap.us/2015/07/summer-mapathon-bingo/">http://openstreetmap.us/2015/07/summer-mapathon-bingo/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you're organizing a mapathon, please add it to the wiki page here so that everyone knows about it: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapathon/US_Summer_Mapathon_2015">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapathon/US_Summer_Mapathon_2015</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We also have a new OSM US slack channel for current & future mapathon organizers to informally chat about ideas/outreach strategies/successes/etc. - send me your email (<a href="mailto:eleanor@openstreetmap.us">eleanor@openstreetmap.us</a>) if you would like an invite. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Eleanor<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>