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

[Rich]

On 04/25/2013 12:22 AM, Vladimir Elistratov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The conference SOTM Baltics  will be held in 3-4 August
> (Saturday-Sunday) 2013 in Tartu, Estonia.

unfortunately, this collides with one of the biggest festivals in latvia :
http://www.labadaba.lv/

not sure about other mappers from latvia, but i already have tickets to 
that event.

> 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 <mailto: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
-- 
  Rich