<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi all,<br><br></div>As noted it's not possible to give a negative response as SotM EU is much more fluid than the OSMF SotM (there is not a designated group of people to ask - it just happens when their is appetite).<br><br></div>I can however give the response from the OSMF SotM Working Group as such:<br><br></div>- We received 2 bids this year; one from Japan the other from Italy.<br></div>- We worked with both teams to fully explore the options; at times this included an ambitious programme of two events in one year (comprising a traditional SotM in Japan and an "unconference" style event in Italy.<br></div>- Ultimately this fell through and as such there is no planned European event from the OSMF SotM Working group.<br></div>- As always we are grateful for the bids to host State of the Map (OSMF) and we are happy to help interested groups prepare future bids.<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>I hope this clarifies things a bit. I will follow up with a separate emails on the Japan event and the process for 2018.<br><br></div><div>Best regards,<br clear="all"></div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Rob<br></b><br></span></div><div>p.s. The SotM Working Group is available on <a href="mailto:team@stateofthemap.org">team@stateofthemap.org</a> should similar questions arise. We do not actively monitor this "talk" mailing list.<span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><br></b></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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