If anyone need a reccomendation letter, let me know. First thing you have to check out is the visa processing.
http://summit.hotosm.org/scholarship/ Maning Sambale (mobile) On Feb 19, 2015 5:18 AM, "Robert Banick" <rban...@gmail.com> wrote: > FYI all. I know many of you have been involved with HOT in some capacity > in the past. > > — > Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> > > Begin forwarded message: > >> On Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Blake Girardot < >> bgirar...@gmail.com>, wrote: >> >> Greetings everyone! >> >> The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team [HOT] is hosting a 3 day "HOT Summit >> 2015" event in Washington D.C. April 30th to May 2nd 2015. It will be a >> chance for volunteer mappers, educators, community builders, >> humanitarians, geographers, programmers and other folks interested in >> humanitarian mapping from around the world come together to share >> knowledge, fellowship and generate new ideas. >> >> http://summit.hotosm.org/ >> >> The full program of speakers and break out sessions is yet to be >> finalized and announced, but just as important as the program itself is >> who is going to attend as participants. >> >> HOT's donors and supporters are offering a number of full and partial >> scholarships to help make attendance accessible to as many people as >> possible. These scholarships will cover or help defray costs for travel, >> lodging and attendance fees and are open to anyone who would like to >> come but is not able to due to the costs associated with attending the >> event. >> >> We would like to especially encourage people from outside the United >> States to attend, we want you at the HOT Summit! We are an international >> organization and the diversity of our community is one of our strengths. >> We can not be as effective as we would like without our international >> community members attending events like this. We need you! If costs are >> the only thing stopping you from attending we want to encourage you to >> apply for scholarship funding for part or all of your costs. >> >> Scholarship applications can be submitted here: >> http://goo.gl/forms/v9QDwi1sOz >> >> If you have any interest in attending from outside the United States >> please get in touch with us right away. We understand the idea and >> mechanics of traveling can be somewhat challenging, but we are here to >> help and you are not on your own to figure out how to get here for the >> Summit. Whether you would like to apply for scholarship support or not, >> please contact us and let us know you would like to attend. >> >> For international visitors the first step is to learn about the entry >> process for the US. >> >> If you are from any of the 38 countries listed here: >> >> >> http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visa-waiver-program.html >> >> >> You will not need to apply for a visa, but instead follow the ESTA >> process. Visitors from any other countries can find out more about the >> visa process here: >> >> http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english.html >> (You probably want a "B" Visa for "visitors") >> >> Any questions? Just ask. Please. >> >> We are really looking forward to seeing you at the HOT Summit! >> >> Cheers, >> Blake >> Volunteer mapper & HOT Summit 2015 Helper >> >> PS: Please forward this email to any other OSM email lists or groups you >> think is appropriate, especially local groups. It would be great if you >> could add some words of introduction or comment in the local language or >> translate any part of this email. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> t...@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > >
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