[OSM-fi] Fwd: [OSM-talk] SOTM Baltics 2013 in Tartu Estonia

[Tapio Sokura]

Moi,

Puuhaavat etelänaapurissa balttista OSM-tapaamista, alla talk-listalta 
silmään osunut viesti.

   Tapio

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Subject: [OSM-talk] SOTM Baltics 2013 in Tartu Estonia
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:23:17 +0400
From: Vladimir Elistratov <vladimir.elistratov at gmail.com>
To: talk at openstreetmap.org

Hi!

We've been discussing the idea of a regional mini-conference to be 
attended by mappers from Estonia, Russia, Latvia and Finland. OSM 
community in our countries seems to be a closed and isolated circle with 
a very few new members each year. So we suggest to break the isolation 
through an international OSM meet-up (or mini-conference) in Tartu, 
Estonia. We coined the event "SOTM Baltics".

Mappers from the other contries are also welcomed!

Event format: very unformal (it's more like UNconference than an 
academic conference): normal talks, lighting talks, "podium 
discussions", social event in a pub in the evening.

Why Tartu? We have mappers from Tartu who volonteered to find a room for 
the SOTM Baltics. Also, Tartu can be conveniently accessed from the 
largest cities in the Baltic countries: Tallinn, Helsinki, Sankt 
Petersburg, Moscow, Riga. Tartu is a university city and IT-center of 
Estonia.

Event fee: no or 10 Euro, to be decided.

SOTM Baltics dates: a weekend in July. The exact dates are to be decided 
via polling (see below)

How to get to Tartu with public transportation. First reach Tallinn, the 
capital of Estonia, then take a bus or a train to Tartu (2.5 hours). An 
alternative route is via Riga. There are 4 daily buses between Riga and 
Tartu that depart Riga at 8:40, 18:45, 22:45, 23:55. The journey takes 
around 4 hours. Tickets can be bought at http://www.luxexpress.eu/en

If you'd like to attend the event, please take part in the poll to 
decide on the conference dates: http://doodle.com/anddmr2kpxwnmv77

The discussion takes place in the talk-ee list:
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ee/2013-April/001434.html
If you'd like to take part in the discussion, subscribe here:
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ee
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