On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:54:53 +0100 Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org> wrote:
> I want to join this praise thread. That list is full of passion (well > and also Suchith). Working on to the education of new geospatial and > open minded professionals deserve that Hero tag. > > Thanks!! A warm thank you to the Heroes nominated by Suchith, and all the people who actively work on the Education initiative for open geospatial. It is pretty much uncharted territory in a crucial domain (as Suchith said, we are reaching out to the world citizens of tomorrow!), so the praise is double. Thank you all for your contributions! Kind regards Anne > 2014-12-17 1:37 GMT+01:00 Jeff McKenna > <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>: > > Thank you to all the Heroes of the community; Sergio, Maria, Lluis, > > and Rafael all deserve tons of praise, as well as Suchith himself > > for all his tireless work promoting GeoForAll. I like this award > > idea, in this busy crazy world, it's nice to be thanked for doing > > the little things. Maybe a section of the GeoForAll site could be > > dedicated to the current GeoForAll heroes. > > > > -jeff > > > > > > > > On 2014-12-16 5:17 AM, Suchith Anand wrote: > >> > >> Dear all, > >> > >> <http://2013.foss4g.org/>When i look back at 2014 and see the > >> amazing work that all of you have done for , it gives me great > >> inspiration for working hard for this mission in 2015 and each > >> and every one of you who have been contributing your efforts are > >> *"Geo for All" Heros*. But i thought it will be appropriate to > >> acknowledge some of our amazing people whose work and efforts has > >> inspired all of us a lot. > >> > >> *Sergio Acosta y Lara and colleague*s at gvSIG Batoví initiative in > >> Uruguay who have done amazing contribution for widening high > >> quality education opportunities for students all across Uruguay > >> through the wider CEIBAL Initiative http://www.ceibal.org.uy/ > >> by developing excellent educational tools that enables primary and > >> secondary education students to understand space, to easily > >> interpret maps and to learn free technologies. The video link > >> (with English translation) > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orwN9K07XPo speaks for itself the > >> contribution of CEIBAL and i hope this will inspire other > >> developing and poor countries to invest in free and open > >> technologies in primary and secondary school education, so that > >> the students (esp. from poor backgrounds) will also get access to > >> high quality educational resources and opportunities. > >> > >> *Professor Maria Brovelli* who is respected by everyone in the > >> FOSS4G community for not only her great research contributions but > >> also for her kindness and compassion. Her background support and > >> work on many initiatives from NASA Worldwind Europa Challenge to > >> various Summer Schools and now working hard to host the > >> FOSS4G-Europe in 2015, clearly shows her commitment for widening > >> education opportunities in Geospatial for everyone. > >> > >> *Jason Sadler* from University of Southampton has worked hard to > >> develop and maintain our Geo for All http://www.geoforall.org > >> <http://www.geoforall.org/> website. We all are grateful for his > >> and other colleagues at Southampton's efforts and contributions > >> for this. Also *Luca Delucchi *and *Vaclav Petras* who helped > >> create the dynamic map for Geo for All labs. > >> > >> *Lluis Vicens* of SIGTE , University of Girona is the driving force > >> behind the very successful Open Source GIS Summer School Initiative > >> http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2014/ > >> which is now in its fifth year. By making available all the > >> teaching materials for the Summer School to everyone through the > >> website , its impact is not only for students who attend the > >> summer school but for everyone. > >> > >> *Dr Rafael Moreno* of University of Colarado, Denver, USA who has > >> not only the driving force for the FOSS4G lab at University of > >> Colarado http://geospatial.ucdenver.edu/foss4g/ > >> but also been working hard to provide geo education > >> opportunities to more staff and students in other countries. > >> > >> So big thank you for all of you for your contributions to Open > >> Education and your work and contributions will keep inspiring all > >> of us for the future. The fundamental principle of "Geo for All" > >> is to enable education opportunities for everyone and Openness in > >> Education (Free and Open software, open standards, open data, open > >> access to research publications) provide great opportunities for > >> widening education opportunities. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> > >> Suchith Anne -- http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla
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