Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Gregory Giuliani]

Dear Jeff, Dear All,

Thanks a lot for this very interesting and useful initiative.

First of all, let me just introduce myself because I’m an OSGeo Member since a 
few years… but I was mostly silent (but reading with interest most of the 
emails on various OSGeo mailing lists).
My name is Gregory Giuliani. I’m a lecturer in Geomatics and Remote Sensing at 
the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and SDI office at UNEP/GRID-Geneva.
I’m actively involved in GEO/GEOSS and I’m the leading the UNIGE/Geo For All 
lab (http://www.unige.ch/tigers/en/autres-reseaux/geoforall/). Both at the 
University and GRID-Geneva we are using various FOSS solutions.

I will be more than happy to contribute to this new committee.

To follow Werner Leyh and Vivien Deparday emails, I agree with them that 
“disaster management” is an important topic to cover.
At the GRID-Geneva, we have developed the “Global Risk Data Platform”: 
http://preview.grid.unep.ch
It is entirely based on FOSS solutions. We present the platform and its 
architecture in this paper: 
http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/53/2011/nhess-11-53-2011.html
The platform has been develop to support UNISDR Global Assessment Reports on 
Disaster Risk Reduction.

I take also the opportunity to suggest another “hot topic" related to the UN. 
It concerns the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org
Related to that, in August 2014 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked an 
Independent Expert Advisory Group to make concrete recommendations on bringing 
about a data revolution in sustainable development. This is the Data Revolution 
Group: http://www.undatarevolution.org
And I’m sure that OSGeo has a role to play within this arena :-)

Looking forward to collaborate with all of you and happy to join the team.

Best regards

Greg


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> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:21:25 + (UTC)
> From: Werner Leyh <wernerl...@yahoo.com>
> To: osgeo <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>,  Jeff McKenna
>   <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members
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> 
> Hi Jeff, Hi Jeroen, Hi Venka, Hi all
> 
> With regard to the work package “disaster managment”, covered by 
> www.unisdr.org/ , 
> the following “UNISDR Science and Technology Conference  on the 
> implementation of the 
> Sendai Framework  for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” could be important 
> for us:
> http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/events/45270 
> 
> The event will take place on 27-29 January 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
> 
> Of course, there are many other UN activities where FOSS could be very useful.
> Nevertheless, disaster management is an important point with links to main 
> other areas.
> “Link Open Data” approaches with “crowd sourced data” will surely an 
> important point.
> 
> Submission of abstracts is still possible till 30 November 2015. 
> Werner
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------
> On Sat, 10/31/15, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members
> To: "osgeo" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2015, 12:18 PM
> 
> Thanks Jeroen, Venka, and everyone
> that already signed up as members 
> (wow, great).  I'm waiting on the new mailing list to
> be created, then 
> we can start planning there.  Venka: I had spoken with
> Kyoung-Soo Eom 
> yesterday and he is very happy to hear of the new committee,
> I will 
> definitely add him to the new mailing list so we can all
> collaborate there.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On 2015-10-31 7:50 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>> Hi Jeff,
>> Great initiative, I've just signed up to the
> committee.
>> Cheers,
>> Jeroen
>> 
>> GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of
> data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and
> GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for details.
>> _
>> Jeroen Ticheler
>> GeoCat bv
>> Veenderweg 13
>> 6721 WD Bennekom
>> Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572
>> http://geocat.net
>> 
>>> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>
> het volgende geschreven:
>>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a
> new committee, focused on the UN/United Nations.  I
> have drafted an initial wiki page for the committee, that
> gives some background.  Please, if you are interested
> in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its
>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Werner Leyh]

Hi Jeff, Hi Jeroen, Hi Venka, Hi all

With regard to the work package “disaster managment”, covered by 
www.unisdr.org/ , 
the following “UNISDR Science and Technology Conference  on the implementation 
of the 
Sendai Framework  for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” could be important for 
us:
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/events/45270 

The event will take place on 27-29 January 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Of course, there are many other UN activities where FOSS could be very useful.
Nevertheless, disaster management is an important point with links to main 
other areas.
“Link Open Data” approaches with “crowd sourced data” will surely an important 
point.

Submission of abstracts is still possible till 30 November 2015. 
Werner




On Sat, 10/31/15, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members
 To: "osgeo" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
 Date: Saturday, October 31, 2015, 12:18 PM
 
 Thanks Jeroen, Venka, and everyone
 that already signed up as members 
 (wow, great).  I'm waiting on the new mailing list to
 be created, then 
 we can start planning there.  Venka: I had spoken with
 Kyoung-Soo Eom 
 yesterday and he is very happy to hear of the new committee,
 I will 
 definitely add him to the new mailing list so we can all
 collaborate there.
 
 -jeff
 
 
 
 On 2015-10-31 7:50 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
 > Hi Jeff,
 > Great initiative, I've just signed up to the
 committee.
 > Cheers,
 > Jeroen
 >
 > GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of
 data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and
 GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for details.
 > _
 > Jeroen Ticheler
 > GeoCat bv
 > Veenderweg 13
 > 6721 WD Bennekom
 > Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572
 > http://geocat.net
 >
 >> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>
 het volgende geschreven:
 >>
 >> Hi everyone,
 >>
 >> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a
 new committee, focused on the UN/United Nations.  I
 have drafted an initial wiki page for the committee, that
 gives some background.  Please, if you are interested
 in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its
 members states, definitely add your name to the wiki
 page.  We will likely organize the first committee
 meeting sometime in November.  Thanks!
 >>
 >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee
 >>
 >> -jeff
 >>
 >>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Vivien Deparday]

Hi Jeff and all,

Our Open Data for Resilience team (https://www.gfdrr.org/opendri) at the
World Bank's Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
has been promoting open source, open data, OpenStreetMap with regards to
resilience and disaster risk reduction applications in many countries
through trainings, projects,etc Several members of the team are OSGeo
charter member and advocate and technically, the World Bank is a UN
specialized agency so happy to be part of the committee and to help this
cooperation too.

Best,

Vivien

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Werner Leyh <wernerl...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeff, Hi Jeroen, Hi Venka, Hi all
>
> With regard to the work package “disaster managment”, covered by
> www.unisdr.org/ ,
> the following “UNISDR Science and Technology Conference  on the
> implementation of the
> Sendai Framework  for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” could be
> important for us:
> http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/events/45270
>
> The event will take place on 27-29 January 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
>
> Of course, there are many other UN activities where FOSS could be very
> useful.
> Nevertheless, disaster management is an important point with links to main
> other areas.
> “Link Open Data” approaches with “crowd sourced data” will surely an
> important point.
>
> Submission of abstracts is still possible till 30 November 2015.
> Werner
>
>
>
> 
> On Sat, 10/31/15, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members
>  To: "osgeo" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
>  Date: Saturday, October 31, 2015, 12:18 PM
>
>  Thanks Jeroen, Venka, and everyone
>  that already signed up as members
>  (wow, great).  I'm waiting on the new mailing list to
>  be created, then
>  we can start planning there.  Venka: I had spoken with
>  Kyoung-Soo Eom
>  yesterday and he is very happy to hear of the new committee,
>  I will
>  definitely add him to the new mailing list so we can all
>  collaborate there.
>
>  -jeff
>
>
>
>  On 2015-10-31 7:50 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>  > Hi Jeff,
>  > Great initiative, I've just signed up to the
>  committee.
>  > Cheers,
>  > Jeroen
>  >
>  > GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of
>  data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and
>  GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for details.
>  > _
>  > Jeroen Ticheler
>  > GeoCat bv
>  > Veenderweg 13
>  > 6721 WD Bennekom
>  > Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572
>  > http://geocat.net
>  >
>  >> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna <
> jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>
>  het volgende geschreven:
>  >>
>  >> Hi everyone,
>  >>
>  >> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a
>  new committee, focused on the UN/United Nations.  I
>  have drafted an initial wiki page for the committee, that
>  gives some background.  Please, if you are interested
>  in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its
>  members states, definitely add your name to the wiki
>  page.  We will likely organize the first committee
>  meeting sometime in November.  Thanks!
>  >>
>  >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee
>  >>
>  >> -jeff
>  >>
>  >>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi Jody,

This is a new and important initative.

So, let us wait till we finish a couple of online/offline
meetings before we decide on the rules and
first order business.

I am sure, with the excellent members that have
signed up, we will arrive at a good decision if
we allow everyone a bit of time.

Best

Venka

On 2015/11/03 15:05, Jody Garnett wrote:

Thanks for getting that set up Jeff.

To reiterate how we get things done, we are setting up committees for long
standing activities (such as interacting with the the UN). Committees will
do their thing and send a status update to the board (and discussion
list?). We ask that committees have a contact point on the wiki
 - can this UN committee sort that out
as a first order business?

We will also spin up short term working groups
 to perform a
specific activity and then finish (such as with this years sponsorship
drive).



--
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On 2 November 2015 at 14:32, Jeff McKenna 
wrote:


Hi Ela, Jeroen, Venka, everyone,

Thanks for signing up on the wiki.  We now have a new mailing list for our
discussions: subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/un

I think we should aim to have our first (IRC) meeting by the end of this
month, to start planning this collaboration.

-jeff



On 2015-10-30 4:58 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:


Hi everyone,

At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a new committee,
focused on the UN/United Nations.  I have drafted an initial wiki page
for the committee, that gives some background.  Please, if you are
interested in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its
members states, definitely add your name to the wiki page.  We will
likely organize the first committee meeting sometime in November.  Thanks!

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee

-jeff





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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Ela, Jeroen, Venka, everyone,

Thanks for signing up on the wiki.  We now have a new mailing list for 
our discussions: subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/un


I think we should aim to have our first (IRC) meeting by the end of this 
month, to start planning this collaboration.


-jeff



On 2015-10-30 4:58 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

Hi everyone,

At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a new committee,
focused on the UN/United Nations.  I have drafted an initial wiki page
for the committee, that gives some background.  Please, if you are
interested in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its
members states, definitely add your name to the wiki page.  We will
likely organize the first committee meeting sometime in November.  Thanks!

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee

-jeff





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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks for getting that set up Jeff.

To reiterate how we get things done, we are setting up committees for long
standing activities (such as interacting with the the UN). Committees will
do their thing and send a status update to the board (and discussion
list?). We ask that committees have a contact point on the wiki
 - can this UN committee sort that out
as a first order business?

We will also spin up short term working groups
 to perform a
specific activity and then finish (such as with this years sponsorship
drive).



--
Jody Garnett

On 2 November 2015 at 14:32, Jeff McKenna 
wrote:

> Hi Ela, Jeroen, Venka, everyone,
>
> Thanks for signing up on the wiki.  We now have a new mailing list for our
> discussions: subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/un
>
> I think we should aim to have our first (IRC) meeting by the end of this
> month, to start planning this collaboration.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2015-10-30 4:58 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a new committee,
>> focused on the UN/United Nations.  I have drafted an initial wiki page
>> for the committee, that gives some background.  Please, if you are
>> interested in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its
>> members states, definitely add your name to the wiki page.  We will
>> likely organize the first committee meeting sometime in November.  Thanks!
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Jeff,
Great initiative, I've just signed up to the committee. 
Cheers,
Jeroen

GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of data and metadata on 
GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for 
details. 
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GeoCat bv
Veenderweg 13
6721 WD Bennekom
Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572
http://geocat.net

> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna  
> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a new committee, focused on 
> the UN/United Nations.  I have drafted an initial wiki page for the 
> committee, that gives some background.  Please, if you are interested in 
> helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its members states, 
> definitely add your name to the wiki page.  We will likely organize the first 
> committee meeting sometime in November.  Thanks!
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> President, OSGeo
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks Jeroen, Venka, and everyone that already signed up as members 
(wow, great).  I'm waiting on the new mailing list to be created, then 
we can start planning there.  Venka: I had spoken with Kyoung-Soo Eom 
yesterday and he is very happy to hear of the new committee, I will 
definitely add him to the new mailing list so we can all collaborate there.


-jeff



On 2015-10-31 7:50 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:

Hi Jeff,
Great initiative, I've just signed up to the committee.
Cheers,
Jeroen

GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of data and metadata on 
GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for 
details.
_
Jeroen Ticheler
GeoCat bv
Veenderweg 13
6721 WD Bennekom
Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572
http://geocat.net


Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna  het 
volgende geschreven:

Hi everyone,

At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a new committee, focused on 
the UN/United Nations.  I have drafted an initial wiki page for the committee, 
that gives some background.  Please, if you are interested in helping promote 
Open Source geospatial at the UN with its members states, definitely add your 
name to the wiki page.  We will likely organize the first committee meeting 
sometime in November.  Thanks!

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee

-jeff



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi Jeff,

We could send a request (if you have not done so already) to
Dr.  Kyoung-Soo Eom to join the committee too. This could
speed-up collaboration UN-GGIM-Working-Group and
OSGeo.

Best

Venka

On 10/31/2015 4:58 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

Hi everyone,

At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a new committee, 
focused on the UN/United Nations.  I have drafted an initial wiki page 
for the committee, that gives some background.  Please, if you are 
interested in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with 
its members states, definitely add your name to the wiki page.  We 
will likely organize the first committee meeting sometime in 
November.  Thanks!


http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee

-jeff





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