Though i might not know directly all the excellent 33 nominees, i can sense
from the nominations and the supporting emails that all of them share thier
dedication to OSGeo . OSGeo is a global organisation and it is great to see the
geographic spread of the charter members.
Ravi - you made a very important point which i fully agree "Spread of Open
Source GIS in Asia and developing countries can bring in a difference how
technology can be used to mitigate corruption". It is sad fact that the
biggest suffers from corruption are the most poorest people. Technology will
play a key role in the fight against corruption but to truly get rid of
corruption we also need spiritual awakening at all levels. Technology is a big
leveller and openness (education,data, software, standards, governance ) is
key to bring the benefits of technology advancements to the bottom billions
also.
Inspite of all the technological advancements, it is a sad fact that majority
of the world's poorest do not still have access to basic facilities (clean
water, proper sanitation and hygiene facilities , good quality education
opportunities etc). GIS is fundamental technology in infrastructure development
and high cost proprietary GIS is unaffordable to governments, town planners and
local authorities in developing and economically poor countries. In order to
achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 it is essential to provide free
and open source geospatial tools to universities, government organisations etc
in developing countries for helping them achieve these targets .Now with the
availability of Open Source GIS technologies and open data, it offers a great
opportunity for governments and municipal authorities in developing countries
also to implement GIS tools for their decision making and implementation needs
and help improving the lives of some of the most poorest people . By giving
geospatial tools to the municipal authorities for their decision making and
implementation needs (without having to pay huge annual licencing costs to
proprietary GIS vendors) will help in improving the living standards of the
people in the long term. We need to empower people and communities to make
sure future generations are fully empowered .
I believe that is why we all have to contribute our combined knowledge and
efforts for the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for
building a better world for everyone. Geo for All is commited to do this [1] .
Best wishes,
Suchith
<http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/02/future-of-gis-should-be-empowerment-not-enslavement-examples-needed-for-geo4all-newsletter/>
[1]
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/07/how-can-we-contribute-our-efforts-for-united-nations-2030-agenda-for-sustainable-development-for-building-a-better-world-for-everyone-3/
From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Ravi Kumar
<manarajahmundry2...@gmail.com>
Sent: 21 July 2016 5:08 PM
To: discuss
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Vote for Charter
S.Rama Murthy and Shailesh Chaure have one thing in common. They are both
Geologists, and so go around India a lot, which is essential for an OSGeo
Promoter. While the former taught professional Geologists in Remote sensing
using Open Source Tools, the later is a teacher with many programs that help a
Geologist at Field work. They both wish to see tools of OSGeo to promote GIS in
India, which is essential for various reasons including Transparent
administration.
Wish to see them on the OSGeo Charter. Spread of Open Source GIS in Asia and
developing countries can bring in a difference how technology can be used to
mitigate corruption.
Cheers
V.Ravi Kumar
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