Thanks Suchith for the outreach. Promoting "open principles" is an important part of OSGeo and I am glad you are seeing some success.
Is there any way in which OSGeo can support you better (or be more effective) research data alliance? -- Jody Garnett On 8 May 2017 at 12:11, Suchith Anand <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jody, I am doing my best to promote open principles in education (open > data, open standards, open software, open educational resources) as best as > I can in activities that I am involved. For the activities I am involved > esp in the Geospatial IG in RDA (that I chair) I am doing my best to > promote open principles. It is key we reach out to the wider open > communities and build synergies wherever possible. It is also important to > learn from other communities and different view points. The Research Data > Alliance is a key and rapidly expanding and influential community that we > need to engage with proactively. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > ________________________________________ > From: Jody Garnett <[email protected]> > Sent: 07 May 2017 5:18 PM > To: Anand Suchith > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Summary Outputs from the RDA Agriculture data > sessions > > So what is the open source angle of this Suchith? Are we promoting the > idea of open source analysis to go with open data / open science? > Or is open source just being assumed... > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 6 May 2017 at 01:46, Suchith Anand <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Dear colleague, > > The Research Data Alliance Plenary Meetings constitute a major event where > more than 4000 members from 100 countries come together to discuss, develop > and promote data-sharing and data-driven research infrastructure through > Working and Interest Groups. The 9th Plenary of the Research Data Alliance > under the theme #DataInfrastructures for #OpenScience - aimed to explore > how best to exploit the data revolution to improve science and society > through data-driven discovery and innovation. > > The Interest Group on Agriculture Data had a pre-meeting (3 to 4 April > 2017) brought together more than 110 top data scientists (from more than > 35 countries and from 5 continents). The summary is now available at > http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/highlights-igad-outbreak-sessions-rda-p9 > > > > Slides of the IGAD Pre-Meeting in Barcelona are now published in the Open > knowledge in agricultural development (OKAD) channel of F1000research and > can be accessed at > https://f1000research.com/channels/okad?&selectedDomain=SLIDES > > > > My thanks to colleagues in FAO and RDA who worked to make this happen and > build opportunities for future joint research and publications for > expanding AgriGIS. > > We welcome synergies and collaborations from all interested. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > >
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