Hi everybody,
OpenStreetMap US is now accepting scholarship applications for SotM-US in
New York City later this June: http://openstreetmap.us/2015/01/scholarships/
Please do apply. There's no harm in trying. :-)
Regards,
Eugene
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar
wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> OSM US has just announced that 2015's State of the Map US conference will
> be held in New York City at the United Nations Headquarters from June 6 to
> June 8, 2015. Read the announcement here:
> http://openstreetmap.us/2014/11/sotmus-2015-in-nyc/
>
> The United Nations has generously donated the use of their building for
> hosting this conference. As such, the bulk of the conference's expenses
> that is usually earmarked for the venue will now go towards shouldering
> costs for international mappers to attend via travel scholarships. The
> conference organizers are targeting an attendance of 1000 people and they
> want mappers from all over the world to be able to share their experiences
> with OSM in their localities to the other conference attendees.
>
> You can read more about the plan for SOTM US in this PDF file:
> http://cl.ly/2u2V402L2N39/download/SOTMProposal.pdf
>
> This is a really great opportunity for Filipino OSM mappers to attend. The
> last time that any Filipino has attended an overseas State of the Map
> conference (whether the international one or a regional version) was at
> SOTM 2011 in Denver, Colorado, which was attended by Maning.
>
> I personally would want to go to SOTM US 2015. I've been to three
> Wikimanias now but have never attended an overseas SOTM. :-)
>
> Regards,
> Eugene
>
>
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