[Freegis-list] OSGIS 2004 and MUM2 - 4 days left for early bird registration

[Daniel Morissette]

(Sorry for the cross-posting, but I think this may be of interest to 
many of you.)


For those of you who have not heard yet, the Ottawa MapServer Users 
Group is very busy preparing for Open Source GIS (OSGIS) 2004 and 2nd 
Annual MapServer User Meeting scheduled for June 9-11, 2004 at Carleton 
University, Ottawa, Canada.

The early bird registration is available only until April 30th (that's 
this Friday), so please register soon. Not only does this save you some 
money, it also helps the committee plan for the numbers that we may 
expect for the big event.

As you will see on the conference website (http://www.omsug.ca), some 
new additions have now been included:

- Online Registration is now Available!

- We have a number of workshops and presenters committed -- take a look 
at the conference program for details 
(http://www.omsug.ca/osgis2004/program.html). This is tentative, but 
should give you an idea of the kinds of presenters and topics that will 
be covered.

- Our program is not full -- so we're looking to you to give us your 
suggestions on presentations that you are interested in giving. See the 
call for presentations for more details. We also want to hear from you 
about the workshops we have lined up with any suggestions for others you 
may be interested in.

- Thank you to our initial sponsors - Tydac, GIS Monitor and DM 
Solutions Group. Anyone who is interested in sponsoring and/or 
exhibiting, please contact us. There is also a bonus for early-bird 
sponsors before April 30th.


Some additional notes:

The Open Source GIS 2004 component of the Conference will be focussing 
on the open source movement within the GIS community, exposure to the 
many open source technologies in use and development in our community 
such as OpenEV and Grass, and a stream focussed on management issues for 
incorporating Open Source in your organization. I encourage all of you 
to look into participating in this event and help us to get the word out 
to those using these technologies. If you haven't seen a reference to 
this in your area ... please pass the message along!

Also - the hotel rooms and conference rates are only guaranteed through 
May 9th, so book your accommodations as soon as possible, as we cannot 
provide any guarantees beyond this date. Tourist season in Ottawa starts 
in May/June so booking a hotel late can be tricky.


We are eager for any feedback or comments you may have so don't hesitate
to contact the committee directly (info at omsug.ca) or provide feedback 
through the conference website.

Only 2 months to go! Looking forward to seeing you all soon here in Ottawa!


Daniel (on behalf of the Ottawa MapServer Users Group)
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  Daniel Morissette               dmorissette at dmsolutions.ca
  DM Solutions Group              http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
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