Hi Toru, This is excellent news and many congratulations to you and all members in the local chapter. I am sure this will be the start of many more achievements for your local chapter and OSGeo for the future.
Best wishes, Suchith Dr Suchith Anand Centre for Geospatial Science The Nottingham Geospatial Building University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU Tel: (0)115 82 32750 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suc hith%20Anand.htm http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ -----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Toru Mori(??) Sent: 15 October 2010 16:10 To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Japan chapter receives "Japanese OSS Encouragement Award" by IPA Hi OSGeo community, Today IPA (IT promotion agency Japan), a government agency, announced that OSGeo Japan Chapter will be awarded "Japanese OSS Encouragement Award" prize on 28th October 2010. I , as representative of the chapter, am very pleased and honored to receive the prize! The Japan chapter was established in late 2006 and the local community has been growing steadily and dedicating effort to promoting FOSS4G. Please join our local conference, FOSS4G 2010 Tokyo/Osaka, held in this November to celebrate it with us over bottles of beer! http://www.osgeo.jp/ -- Press release by IPA (in Japanese) -- http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html -- About the award -- IPA grants "Japanese OSS Contributor Award" to a developer who has established and has been managing the development project which has the influence, to a superior developer who takes an active role in the global projects and to a contributor to spread the OSS. Also IPA grants "Japanese OSS Encouragement Award" to the individual or the group which has a remarkable activity to develop and/or spread OSS. -- About IPA -- http://www.ipa.go.jp/english/about/index.html Toru Mori Yokohama Japan _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation._______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss