[Talk-lv] SOTM Baltics 2013 in Tartu, Estonia

[Vladimir Elistratov]

Hi!

The conference SOTM Baltics  will be held in 3-4 August (Saturday-Sunday)
2013 in Tartu, Estonia.

The conference page in the OSM-wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SOTM_Baltics_2013

Registration to the SOTM Baltics will be announced in this list as soon as
possible.

See you in Tartu at the SOTM Baltics 2013!


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Vladimir Elistratov <
vladimir.elistratov at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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".
>
> 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
>
> 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 from Riga with public transportation. 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/lv
>
> 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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