<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>We had a meeting of the Dutch OSM chapter this weekend. Among the topics covered was representation of OSM at FOSDEM.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>About FOSDEM: '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">The eight Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting is a 2 day event, organised by volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source software. Taking place in the beautiful city of <a href="http://www.fosdem.be/practical/transportation" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(26, 125, 167); ">Brussels (Belgium)</a>, FOSDEM meetings are recognized as "The best Free and Open Source events in Europe."'. See also <a href="http://www.fosdem.be/2008/">http://www.fosdem.be/2008/</a> </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Though mainly geared towards open source software, I think this is a good place to create more awareness for OSM.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">I did not see FOSDEM on the calendar yet, so I suppose there is no initiative to represent OSM there as of yet. Am I correct? Are there plans in the Foundation to represent OSM on this event? If so, we could / should coordinate.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Thanks,</font></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">martijn van exel -+- mvexel@gmail.com -+- <a href="http://www.handsomedevil.nl/">http://www.handsomedevil.nl/</a></div></span> </div><br></body></html>