Nothing can wither FOSS4G spirit. All the best FOSS4G 2017 Boston. Thums-Up Ravi Kumar
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Guido Stein <gst...@appgeo.com> wrote: > Dear OSGeo Community, > > My name is Guido Stein and I am the co-chair of FOSS4G Boston 2017. I have > had the honor of working with the community on this conference as well as > meeting many folks in the community at the Bonn event. I have been building > spatial community in Boston for over a decade and am have really enjoyed > becoming a part of the larger OSGeo community in the last couple of years. > > The Boston Local Organizing committee is made up of a diverse group of > folks who had from day one planned on making this event as inclusive as we > can make possible. We have been very excited about the potential > interaction between visiting attendees from all over the globe and our > thriving local community of academics, developers, managers, and end users. > > I am writing you all today as co-chair of the conference and as a member > of the community to address some recent events in the U.S.A.. My team and > I would like to let everyone know that we welcome anyone interested in > attending the FOSS4G Boston 2017 event. We welcome you with open arms and > will do whatever we can to help you get the most out of attending this > event. > > I know that there is concern and fear about the Exective Order on > Immigration and this weekend left many people in shock and awe. I would > like to open a dialogue here on the discussion list to let people share > with us any of your concerns and let us know what we might be able to do to > assist you and others in attending this conference. We do not have all the > answers, but we will attempt to address your concerns related to the > conference the best we can. > > Finally, we do not set policy for OSGeo, FOSS4G (other than our specific > event), or the U.S. Government, so please understand that we are a small > group of volunteers and are trying to help, but our realm of assistance is > limited to this year's FOSS4G and the resource we have access to. > > With warm regards, > > Guido Stein > > Co-Chair FOSS4G Boston 2017 > > This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential or > legally privileged information. If you are not an intended recipient or > otherwise authorized to receive this message, you should not use, copy, > distribute, disclose or take any action based on the information contained > in this e-mail or any attachments. If you have received this message and > material in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and > delete this message. Thank you on behalf of Applied Geographics, Inc. > (AppGeo). > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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