Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What Open Government can learn from us Open Source folks

2018-03-04 Thread Rahul Soshte
Hi Cameron, A suggestion would be be to add the point of process of making of the Laws of a country(Editing the book of rules of Law governing the country) collaborative.By that way the Laws would be consistently and approriate to the changing times.For example in India,some laws made before inde

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What Open Government can learn from us Open Source folks

2018-03-04 Thread Cameron Shorter
Folks, Thanks to those of you who have reviewed the response to the proposed Open Government National Action Plan. And I know a number of you are planning to add more feedback this week. (In a nutshell: The response explains Open Government needs to learn how to collaborate as effectively as

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geomatics for a Sustainable Environment - June 11-22, 2018 - Geneva

2018-03-04 Thread Suchith Anand
Great initiative from our GeoForAll colleagues [1] in Geneva If you feel like that Sustainable Development deserve sound geospatial data, information and tools to lead our decisions in the 21st century, you should be interested to: * Follow an introductive MOOC on Ecosystem Services *

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Kurt Menke

2018-03-04 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the GeoForAll community, it is my great pleasure to honour Kurt Menke as our GeoAmbassador. A former archaeologist, Kurt Menke is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He received a Master’s degree in Geography from the Uni