Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner

[Suchith Anand]

Thank you Patrick for sharing this  amazing cartographer Marie Tharp's story. I 
just listened to the recording , it is truly amazing work that she did.


I request all colleagues to please send your nominations of our amazing 
colleagues globally (get their permission first!) to Nikos and myself. We need 
to proactively promote thier amazing work that make GeoForAll possible. From  
Luciene Delazari to Bridget Fleming,  Victoria Rautenbach, Nimalika Fernando to 
Daria Svidzinska... we have  excellent  GeoAmbassadors .We started the year 
with our great colleague Julia Wagemann [1] as our GeoAmbassador. I am very 
grateful to each and everyone of them.


So please  remember to take some time and send us your nominations. Thanks.


Best wishes,


Suchith



[1] https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-julia-wagemann/




From: Discuss  on behalf of Hogan, Patrick 
(ARC-PX) 
Sent: 01 April 2018 02:38
To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner


Dear GeoForAll,



With congratulations and in honour of our freshly minted GeoAmbassador, Dr. 
Claus Rinner, the ultimate ‘cartographer’!



We might take a moment to recall the penultimate cartographer to Earth’s 
dynamic nature, Marie Tharp,

https://www.wnyc.org/story/woman-who-mapped-ocean-floor/

(a seven minute listen)



In celebration of the extraordinary geo-map talent and history Claus brings, 
our dear wish for that much more to GeoForAll!

https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-claus-rinner/



-Patrick



From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith 
Anand
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:52 AM
To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner



Dear colleagues,



On behalf of the GeoForAll community, we are delighted to honour Dr. Claus 
Rinner as our GeoAmbassador. Dr. Claus Rinner is a Professor and currently 
serves as Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at 
Ryerson University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree (1993) in Mathématiques 
appliquées et sciences sociales from Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, 
France, a Master’s degree (1996) in Applied Systems Science from the University 
of Osnabrück, Germany, and a PhD (1999) in Geography from the University of 
Bonn. After a brief stint as a software developer, he taught at the Institute 
for Geoinformatics at the University of Münster (2001-2003) and the Department 
of Geography and Programme in Planning at the University of Toronto 
(2003-2006), prior to joining Ryerson.



Within Geographic Information Science, Claus specializes in geographic 
visualization and multi-criteria decision analysis to support effective spatial 
decision-making. He develops map-centred, exploratory methods to evaluate 
phenomena such as public health and urban quality of life. Claus also works on 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts to support participatory 
planning, and investigates the decision support capabilities of GIS 
technologies such as location-based services and spatial data infrastructures.



Most recently, Claus developed a keen interested in the collaborative and 
educational uses of 3D-printed terrain and cityscapes. He is co-author of a 
2015 Springer monograph on Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic 
Information Science and published 30 peer-reviewed articles, which summarize 
externally funded research. His h-index is currently at 24, with six 
publications exceeding 100 citations each.



Claus teaches cartographic design and geovisualization, GIS, and spatial 
decision support. As the graduate program director of the Master of Spatial 
Analysis (MSA) from 2007 to 2015, he was also responsible for mentoring 
numerous graduate students through their practicum placements and major 
research papers. More details at https://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/



Claus’s contributions to open source go back to his student days. Please find 
below a summary of his excellent work and experiences that he kindly shared 
with us at https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-claus-rinner/



We are proud to honour Claus Rinner as our GeoAmbassador and we are extremely 
grateful for his contributions to expanding geoeducation opportunities for all.



Best wishes,

Suchith



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[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor article team

[Suchith Anand]

May I use this opportunity to also request interested colleagues to come 
forward to volunteer for the GeoAmbassodor article team. We have given this 
call out few times including in the Editorial that Nikos published in Aug 2016 
[1] but no-one came forward so far . It will be great to have few more 
volunteers, so we can make this better. Thanks.


Best wishes,


Suchith


[1]  
https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter-Vol2_8.pdf




From: Discuss  on behalf of Suchith Anand 

Sent: 01 April 2018 08:15
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner


Thank you Patrick for sharing this  amazing cartographer Marie Tharp's story. I 
just listened to the recording , it is truly amazing work that she did.


I request all colleagues to please send your nominations of our amazing 
colleagues globally (get their permission first!) to Nikos and myself. We need 
to proactively promote thier amazing work that make GeoForAll possible. From  
Luciene Delazari to Bridget Fleming,  Victoria Rautenbach, Nimalika Fernando to 
Daria Svidzinska... we have  excellent  GeoAmbassadors .We started the year 
with our great colleague Julia Wagemann [1] as our GeoAmbassador. I am very 
grateful to each and everyone of them.


So please  remember to take some time and send us your nominations. Thanks.


Best wishes,


Suchith



[1] https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-julia-wagemann/




From: Discuss  on behalf of Hogan, Patrick 
(ARC-PX) 
Sent: 01 April 2018 02:38
To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner


Dear GeoForAll,



With congratulations and in honour of our freshly minted GeoAmbassador, Dr. 
Claus Rinner, the ultimate ‘cartographer’!



We might take a moment to recall the penultimate cartographer to Earth’s 
dynamic nature, Marie Tharp,

https://www.wnyc.org/story/woman-who-mapped-ocean-floor/

(a seven minute listen)



In celebration of the extraordinary geo-map talent and history Claus brings, 
our dear wish for that much more to GeoForAll!

https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-claus-rinner/



-Patrick



From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith 
Anand
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:52 AM
To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner



Dear colleagues,



On behalf of the GeoForAll community, we are delighted to honour Dr. Claus 
Rinner as our GeoAmbassador. Dr. Claus Rinner is a Professor and currently 
serves as Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at 
Ryerson University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree (1993) in Mathématiques 
appliquées et sciences sociales from Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, 
France, a Master’s degree (1996) in Applied Systems Science from the University 
of Osnabrück, Germany, and a PhD (1999) in Geography from the University of 
Bonn. After a brief stint as a software developer, he taught at the Institute 
for Geoinformatics at the University of Münster (2001-2003) and the Department 
of Geography and Programme in Planning at the University of Toronto 
(2003-2006), prior to joining Ryerson.



Within Geographic Information Science, Claus specializes in geographic 
visualization and multi-criteria decision analysis to support effective spatial 
decision-making. He develops map-centred, exploratory methods to evaluate 
phenomena such as public health and urban quality of life. Claus also works on 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts to support participatory 
planning, and investigates the decision support capabilities of GIS 
technologies such as location-based services and spatial data infrastructures.



Most recently, Claus developed a keen interested in the collaborative and 
educational uses of 3D-printed terrain and cityscapes. He is co-author of a 
2015 Springer monograph on Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic 
Information Science and published 30 peer-reviewed articles, which summarize 
externally funded research. His h-index is currently at 24, with six 
publications exceeding 100 citations each.



Claus teaches cartographic design and geovisualization, GIS, and spatial 
decision support. As the graduate program director of the Master of Spatial 
Analysis (MSA) from 2007 to 2015, he was also responsible for mentoring 
numerous graduate students through their practicum placements and major 
research papers. More details at https://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/



Claus’s contributions to open source go back to his student days. Please find 
below a summary of his excellent work and experiences that he kindly shared 
with us at https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-clau

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor article team

[Dirk Frigne]

Sushith,

This is a great magazine and I will certainly promote it during the
outreach activities we plan. I will/can not volunteer as an author, but
I will promote and try to find people who can contribute to the content
of the magazine. Hope this can help.

Good work!

Dirk

On 01-04-18 09:53, Suchith Anand wrote:
> May I use this opportunity to also request interested colleagues to come
> forward to volunteer for the GeoAmbassodor article team. We have given
> this call out few times including in the Editorial that Nikos published
> in Aug 2016 [1] but no-one came forward so far . It will be great to
> have few more volunteers, so we can make this better. Thanks.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> 
> Suchith
> 
> 
> [1] 
> https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter-Vol2_8.pdf
>  
> 
> **
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Suchith
> Anand 
> *Sent:* 01 April 2018 08:15
> *To:* Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); geofor...@lists.osgeo.org;
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>  
> 
> Thank you Patrick for sharing this  amazing cartographer Marie Tharp's
> story. I just listened to the recording , it is truly amazing work
> that she did.
> 
> 
> I request all colleagues to please send your nominations of our amazing
> colleagues globally (get theirpermission first!) to Nikos and myself. We
> need to proactively promote thier amazing work that make GeoForAll
> possible. From Luciene Delazari to Bridget Fleming,  Victoria
> Rautenbach, Nimalika Fernando to Daria Svidzinska... we have  excellent
>  GeoAmbassadors .We started the year with our great colleague Julia
> Wagemann [1] as our GeoAmbassador. I am very grateful to each and
> everyone of them.
> 
> 
> So please  remember to take some time and send us your nominations. Thanks.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> 
> Suchith
> 
> 
> 
> [1] https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-julia-wagemann/ 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Hogan,
> Patrick (ARC-PX) 
> *Sent:* 01 April 2018 02:38
> *To:* Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>  
> 
> Dear GeoForAll,
> 
>  
> 
> With congratulations and in honour of our freshly minted GeoAmbassador,
> Dr. Claus Rinner, the ultimate ‘cartographer’!
> 
>  
> 
> We might take a moment to recall the penultimate cartographer to Earth’s
> dynamic nature, Marie Tharp,
> 
> https://www.wnyc.org/story/woman-who-mapped-ocean-floor/
> 
> (a seven minute listen)
> 
>  
> 
> In celebration of the extraordinary geo-map talent and history Claus
> brings, our dear wish for that much more to GeoForAll!
> 
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-claus-rinner/
> 
>  
> 
> -Patrick
> 
>  
> 
> *From:*Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Suchith Anand
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:52 AM
> *To:* geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
> 
>  
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
>  
> 
> On behalf of the GeoForAll community, we are delighted to honour Dr.
> Claus Rinner as our GeoAmbassador. Dr. Claus Rinner is a Professor and
> currently serves as Chair of the Department of Geography and
> Environmental Studies at Ryerson University. He holds a Bachelor’s
> degree (1993) in Mathématiques appliquées et sciences sociales from
> Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France, a Master’s degree (1996)
> in Applied Systems Science from the University of Osnabrück, Germany,
> and a PhD (1999) in Geography from the University of Bonn. After a brief
> stint as a software developer, he taught at the Institute for
> Geoinformatics at the University of Münster (2001-2003) and the
> Department of Geography and Programme in Planning at the University of
> Toronto (2003-2006), prior to joining Ryerson.
> 
>  
> 
> Within Geographic Information Science, Claus specializes in geographic
> visualization and multi-criteria decision analysis to support effective
> spatial decision-making. He develops map-centred, exploratory methods to
> evaluate phenomena such as public health and urban quality of life.
> Claus also works on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts to
> support participatory planning, and investigates the decision support
> capabilities of GIS technologies such as location-based services and
> spatial data infrastructures.
> 
>  
> 
> Most recently, Claus developed a keen interested in the collaborative
> and educational uses of 3D-printed terrain and cityscapes. He is
> co-author of a 2015 Springer monograph on Multicriteria Decision
> Analysis in Geographic Information Science and published 30
> peer-reviewed articles, which summarize externally funded research. H

[OSGeo-Discuss] [Call out] Diversity team volunteering

[María Arias de Reyna]

Dear fellow members,

We have had some discussions running in the last months regarding how
to improve diversity and inclusivity inside OSGeo. If you feel part of
a target group for diversity and inclusiveness, I would like to ask
for your help and volunteer to help us improving our guidelines and
conducts. Even if you haven't been a very visible or active member of
OSGeo until now, this is important because your point of view is
difficult to reach from a privileged perspective.

What is a target group for diversity?
We don't want to have a strict list here, our goal is to have a
diverse and wide range pool of points of views that can watch and
review OSGeo to make sure we don't leave anyone behind.

Some examples: POC, WIT, LGBT+, economic diversity. But we don't want
to stop there. If you are blind, neurodiverse, on a wheelchair, or
anything you think that we should take into consideration, please,
volunteer too.

What are we calling out for? Well, at least we have two starting points here:
 * Review CoC for FOSS4G and help organization in making it as more
diverse as possible.
 * Review CoC for OSGeo.

What do I ask you right now? If you want to help, please, do the following:
 * Join the CoC mailint list and say hi:
https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/coc-discuss
 * Help here: https://github.com/foss4g2018/foss4g2018/issues/65

This is all volunteer work and we won't ask you to do anything more
than you can give. But remember that without your point of view, we
can't make OSGeo easier to reach for people with your profile. And we
want to welcome everybody as much as possible.

Thank you very much,
María.
OSGeo, President.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO US National Chapter

[María Arias de Reyna]

Hi Randal,

How is the chapter creation going? I see there is no page yet on the
osgeo.org webpage: https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/ Can you make
sure there is at least a draft page where the contact point and the
status of the chapter are reflected?

Also I see there are some local chapters in USA:
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/twin-cities-mn-usa-chapter/
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/pdxosgeo/
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/california/

I understand you already reached all of them?

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Randal Hale
 wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Thanks to a few successful events here in the US, (Especially Boston
> FOSS4G 2017) several of us have been working toward formation of a US
> OSGEO Chapter. We've talked to several people in and around the US and
> multiple people involved in local chapters. I guess consider this a first
> shout of "Hello OSGEO World".
>
> Following the Guidelines [1] for Chapter formation we have a good start:
>
> 1. Self Organizing: Based on informal discussions with OSGeo members
> online and at the FOSS4G conference there is a major interest in how to
> support and build community across the nation. Technocation [2] is a
> non-profit that can act as a formal home for the OSGeo.US chapter.
>
> 2. Mission Statement: OSGeo.US will cultivate and support local OSGeo
> chapters and projects in the United States. OSGeo.US will also support
> activities and events that build awareness of the OSGeo and create
> opportunities to grow the OSGeo community.
>
> I also realized in this email - we've yet to stick anything on the
> wiki.osgeo.org site - we'll get that done shortly.
>
> 3. As for an official rep for the chapter: I was nominated by the group
> to be the official Spokesperson for now. So I'll do what I can to answer
> emails or drag someone else into the mix to answer them if I can't.
>
> 4. I'll be sending more information to the OSGEO Board - I
> wanted to start a discussion now and see if there was any angst that I
> or anyone else could address and if anyone else was interested in
> helping push this along.
>
> 5. TBD Later
>
> Anyway - Since I've not quit done anything like this before - Excuse
> anything I've forgotten or not done properly in this first announcement.
>
> Randy
>
>
> [1] http://www2.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html
>
> [2] https://technocation.github.io/
>
> --
> Randal Hale
> rjh...@northrivergeographic.com
> https://www.northrivergeographic.com
> (423)653-3611
>
>
> --
> Randal Hale
> rjh...@northrivergeographic.com
> https://www.northrivergeographic.com
> (423)653-3611
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor article team

[Suchith Anand]

Thank you Dirk. It is all thanks to the amazing volunteer  work of our Editor 
and co-editors.


Thank you for your offer to help promote and find people to contribute content. 
That is very gratefully accepted. We need wide range of skillsets (esp. those 
who can promote and try to find people who can contribute to the content ) for 
this to reach wider . This has been a great instrument for helping us spread 
Openness in Geo ideas to the wider geocommunity (not only the OSGeo community). 
We can highlight the amazing work done in the OSGeo community to wider world as 
the newsletter is send out to all key geo mail lists. For example, just last 
week by coincidence talking to one of the colleagues I heard about OSGeo tools 
powering FAO's website. This is a great example of OSGeo community's 
contribution to Global Food Security (and even I didn't know about this!). So 
we need more proactive approach to share these good works.

Details at http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home


Please get in touch directly with Nikos (Chief Editor) .


Best wishes,


Suchith



From: Discuss  on behalf of Dirk Frigne 

Sent: 01 April 2018 10:21
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor 
article team

Sushith,

This is a great magazine and I will certainly promote it during the
outreach activities we plan. I will/can not volunteer as an author, but
I will promote and try to find people who can contribute to the content
of the magazine. Hope this can help.

Good work!

Dirk

On 01-04-18 09:53, Suchith Anand wrote:
> May I use this opportunity to also request interested colleagues to come
> forward to volunteer for the GeoAmbassodor article team. We have given
> this call out few times including in the Editorial that Nikos published
> in Aug 2016 [1] but no-one came forward so far . It will be great to
> have few more volunteers, so we can make this better. Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1] 
> https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter-Vol2_8.pdf
>
> **
>
>
>
> 
> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Suchith
> Anand 
> *Sent:* 01 April 2018 08:15
> *To:* Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); geofor...@lists.osgeo.org;
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>
>
> Thank you Patrick for sharing this  amazing cartographer Marie Tharp's
> story. I just listened to the recording , it is truly amazing work
> that she did.
>
>
> I request all colleagues to please send your nominations of our amazing
> colleagues globally (get theirpermission first!) to Nikos and myself. We
> need to proactively promote thier amazing work that make GeoForAll
> possible. From Luciene Delazari to Bridget Fleming,  Victoria
> Rautenbach, Nimalika Fernando to Daria Svidzinska... we have  excellent
>  GeoAmbassadors .We started the year with our great colleague Julia
> Wagemann [1] as our GeoAmbassador. I am very grateful to each and
> everyone of them.
>
>
> So please  remember to take some time and send us your nominations. Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
> [1] https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-julia-wagemann/
>
>
>
> 
> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Hogan,
> Patrick (ARC-PX) 
> *Sent:* 01 April 2018 02:38
> *To:* Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>
>
> Dear GeoForAll,
>
>
>
> With congratulations and in honour of our freshly minted GeoAmbassador,
> Dr. Claus Rinner, the ultimate ‘cartographer’!
>
>
>
> We might take a moment to recall the penultimate cartographer to Earth’s
> dynamic nature, Marie Tharp,
>
> https://www.wnyc.org/story/woman-who-mapped-ocean-floor/
[https://media.wnyc.org/i/1200/627/l/80/1/tharp_map_LOC.jpg]

The Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor - WNYC | New York 
...
www.wnyc.org
Having a master's degree in geology was rare for a woman in the 1950s, but that 
didn't stop Marie Tharp ...



>
> (a seven minute listen)
>
>
>
> In celebration of the extraordinary geo-map talent and history Claus
> brings, our dear wish for that much more to GeoForAll!
>
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-claus-rinner/
>
>
>
> -Patrick
>
>
>
> *From:*Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Suchith Anand
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:52 AM
> *To:* geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
>
> On behalf of the GeoForAll community, we are delighted to honour Dr.
> Claus Rinner as our GeoAmbassador. Dr.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO US National Chapter

[Randal Hale]

Good Morning Maria,

It's going well - I'm just moving slow in my juggling.

My list has two things I need to accomplish today: OSGEO Page and Email 
listserve.


Yes - in the months leading up to this we reached out to as many people 
as we could - some on the Wiki and some not. I hoped this email earlier 
to OSGEO Discuss would turn up anyone we forgot.


Hopefully today those things get accomplished and I can get things 
moving again this week.


Thanks for checking on me - I need all the pushing I can get.

Randy


On 04/01/2018 08:30 AM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:

Hi Randal,

How is the chapter creation going? I see there is no page yet on the
osgeo.org webpage: https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/ Can you make
sure there is at least a draft page where the contact point and the
status of the chapter are reflected?

Also I see there are some local chapters in USA:
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/twin-cities-mn-usa-chapter/
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/pdxosgeo/
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/california/

I understand you already reached all of them?

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Randal Hale
 wrote:

Greetings,

Thanks to a few successful events here in the US, (Especially Boston
FOSS4G 2017) several of us have been working toward formation of a US
OSGEO Chapter. We've talked to several people in and around the US and
multiple people involved in local chapters. I guess consider this a first
shout of "Hello OSGEO World".

Following the Guidelines [1] for Chapter formation we have a good start:

1. Self Organizing: Based on informal discussions with OSGeo members
online and at the FOSS4G conference there is a major interest in how to
support and build community across the nation. Technocation [2] is a
non-profit that can act as a formal home for the OSGeo.US chapter.

2. Mission Statement: OSGeo.US will cultivate and support local OSGeo
chapters and projects in the United States. OSGeo.US will also support
activities and events that build awareness of the OSGeo and create
opportunities to grow the OSGeo community.

I also realized in this email - we've yet to stick anything on the
wiki.osgeo.org site - we'll get that done shortly.

3. As for an official rep for the chapter: I was nominated by the group
to be the official Spokesperson for now. So I'll do what I can to answer
emails or drag someone else into the mix to answer them if I can't.

4. I'll be sending more information to the OSGEO Board - I
wanted to start a discussion now and see if there was any angst that I
or anyone else could address and if anyone else was interested in
helping push this along.

5. TBD Later

Anyway - Since I've not quit done anything like this before - Excuse
anything I've forgotten or not done properly in this first announcement.

Randy


[1] http://www2.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html

[2] https://technocation.github.io/

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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Townhall - Please participate if you are at EGU 2018

[Suchith Anand]

Thanks to Peter for sharing the excellent updates on OSGeo Townhall  on 10th 
April at this year’s  EGU General Assembly in Vienna 
(www.egu2018.eu)


If you are attending EGU , please do participate in the discussion at the 
Townhall meeting TM8 "OSGeo Townhall: Open Science demystified" ( Tue, 10 Apr, 
19:00–20:00 / Room 2.31). Details about the Townhall at  
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/29320


I want to thank all OSGeo and EGU colleagues for making this session possible. 
I think it is an excellent opportunity for learning and sharing ideas . Esp. in 
times of some vendors starting putting trademarks, marketing slogans/tags of 
products as “the science” ( I am not bothered by all these innovative marketing 
gimmicks, I just find it funny! :-))  it is good to have free, open and 
friendly discussions to help broaden our collective ideas and knowledge.


I won’t be able to attend EGU but I would like to send my greetings and best 
wishes to all colleagues there.


Best wishes,


Suchith




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[OSGeo-Discuss] UN Committee

[Maria Antonia Brovelli]

Dear All

We are happy to announce that the OSGeo UN Committee launched yesterday the 
OSGeo UN Committee Educational Challenge [1], thanks also to the support of 
Boundless [2], who is sponsoring one of the three challenges.

Two challenges are related to the UN Open GIS Initiative [to know more about 
that,look here 3, 4, 5], the last one is more general.

Deadline for submitting the proposals is April 30, 2018. Thanks to all people 
contributing in creating this challenge.

Best regards

Maria & Serena





[1] 
https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-un-committee-educational-challenge/

[2] https://boundlessgeo.com/

[3] https://vimeo.com/237469564

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te5THhj51-g

[5] 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxwcvLoMZAurNWN2dmNzQnd1OW8/view?usp=sharing

















Have a good reading:

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65633-5.pdf



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Politecnico di Milano

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