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<pre>Dear all,<br>After carefully considering and reviewing the bids for SotM 2023, the State of the Map Working Group has decided not to organize an international State of the Map 2023. Instead, the WG will focus efforts on finding a perfect venue for 2024 in Africa – or if there is no possibility in Africa for 2024, the WG will look for a country in a region which was underrepresented in the history of SotMs.</pre>
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<pre>The Call for Venue for SotM 2024 will be opened by early 2023.</pre>
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<pre>More information about the decision: <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2022/10/17/announcement-decision-on-international-state-of-the-map-2023-and-2024/">https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2022/10/17/announcement-decision-on-international-state-of-the-map-2023-and-2024/</a></pre>
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<pre>We’d like to invite you to join the SotM WG and help us with the work for SotM 2024. If you are interested, please send us a message by emailing sotm [at] openstreetmap [dot] org.</pre>
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<pre>on behalf of the SotM Working Group,</pre>
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<pre>Federica</pre>
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