Hello,<br><br>The SOTM Organzing Committee had a meeting today. Things are progressing nicely towards having an awesome conference in Amsterdam in May. <br><br>Word of warning - accomodation in Amsterdam in July will book up quickly. Book your hotel soon to avoid disapointment.<br>
<br>Minutes from the latest meeting are here:
<a id="publishedDocumentUrl" class="tabcontent" target="_blank" href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhdfbm9s_0gv6tmp8s">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhdfbm9s_0gv6tmp8s</a><br><br>Summary:<br><br>* Early bird discount rates for SOTM09 end on 26th March - get your tickets soon!<br>
* SOTM Committee are going to prepare a brief template for blog posts to promote the conference. The aim is to spread them through the blogosphere on Friday - you can help. Translate the template into your language, post on your blog, twitter until @thughes asks you to stop!<br>
* Call for papers is open (themes below) more info here - <a href="http://www.stateofthemap.org/2009/03/16/call-for-papers-for-the-stateofthemap-2009-is-now-open/">http://www.stateofthemap.org/2009/03/16/call-for-papers-for-the-stateofthemap-2009-is-now-open/</a><br>
<br>-- <br>-- <br>Nick Black<br><a href="http://twitter.com/nick_b">twitter.com/nick_b</a><br>