Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

2018-10-30 Thread Ravi Kumar 
Welcome to New Charter members of OSGeo.
The single most important duty of electing members to the OSGeo Board is in
the offing.
As a member from the Developing World, wish to start a discussion on FOSS4G
Annual event and Cost of registration etc.

Along with Open Source spirit, spreading Open GIS to nooks and corner's of
the world and especially to the developing world,
is pertinent. Developers, users, and entrepreneurs of the developing can
participate in FOSS4G, if the costs involved are affordable.
Invite aspiring Board members (to be elected) react to this.

Cheers
V.Ravi Kumar

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Suchith Anand <
suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Congratulations and welcome to all the new Charter members. Great to see
> the growth and global distribution.
>
>
> Thank you to Vasile, Vicky and Jorge for your work.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
> --
> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Vasile
> Craciunescu 
> *Sent:* 30 October 2018 07:41
> *To:* OSGeo Discussions; charter-memb...@lists.osgeo.org
> *Cc:* OSGeo Chief Returning Officer
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections
> results
>
> Dear members of the OSGeo community,
>
> After a period of approximately two weeks to vote, we close the
> elections[1] system to confirm and share the results.
>
> *All* the candidates[2] are accepted as all of them were seconded by at
> least one existing charter member and no veto was raised
>
> Hence, it's our pleasure to welcome our 35 candidates to the OSGeo
> Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 427 individuals.
> Congratulations!
>
> New members, we encourage you all, if not done already, to create/update
> a OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page[3] and to create an OSGeo
> profile page in [4] with a "website" link pointing to the OSGeo Advocate.
>
> When approved by the OSGeo board, we will update the official list[5],
> publish the detailed elections results, pass to the secretary the
> revised contacts, and subscribe the new members to the charter-members
> list[6] as soon as possible.
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile, Vicky and Jorge
> CRO 2018
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018
> Election 2018 - OSGeo 
> wiki.osgeo.org
> The 2018 OSGeo the Charter Members election will take place in
> September/October 2018, followed by the Board nominations and elections in
> October/November.
>
>
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2018
> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
> [4] https://www.osgeo.org
> [5] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
> [6] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Link to livestream of GEO Week 2018

2018-10-30 Thread Suchith Anand 
Dear colleagues,


The GEO community is meeting this week (29th Oct-2nd Nov 2018) in Kyoto, Japan, 
for GEO Week and GEO-XV Plenary. This gathering of GEO’s 105 Member governments 
and 127 Participating Organizations will explore efforts and opportunities for 
the use of Earth observations for the benefit of humankind, focusing on GEO’s 
three priority areas: the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the 
Paris Climate Agreement, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.


For those unable to attend, you can follow via live stream the plenary 
sessions, panel discussions and many side events at 
http://earthobservations.org/geo15.php?t=schedule


It is also a great way for knowing updates on the various initiatives in the 
GEO Work Programme at http://earthobservations.org/geoss_wp.php


Best wishes,


Suchith





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[OSGeo-Discuss] Enabling the Right to Benefit from Geospatial Scientific Progress and Its Applications

2018-10-30 Thread Suchith Anand 
Dear colleagues,


Youth Mappers are organising a community mapathon during AAG 2019 in Washington 
D.C  and GeoForAll will be supporting this excellent initiative.  We will be 
using the opportunity to bring together a panel of key educators and thinkers 
to discuss these principles and their importance in enabling the UN’s Right to 
Benefit from Scientific Progress and Its Applications.


We are especially looking for expert panelists esp. from developing countries 
who have interest in open education and open knowledge initiatives to join and 
share their expertise. Details below.



AAG 2019 Panel on  “Enabling the Right to Benefit from Geospatial Scientific 
Progress and Its Applications”


Andy Anderson (Amherst, USA), Suchith Anand (University of Nottingham, UK)



Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) are important contributors 
to the advancement of human knowledge, as well as for the attainment of the UN 
Sustainable development goals. Through there have been huge advances in GIST 
over the last few decades, the benefits of geospatial education and 
entrepreneurship opportunities are very limited for economically poor students 
and communities, due to the expense of the technology. However, the last decade 
has seen a rapid growth in free and open source geospatial software along with 
the development of many open data resources, based on open standards. Together 
with open educational resources and open access to research publications, these 
Open Principles in Geospatial Education have significantly lowered the barrier 
to the use of GIST by the broader public.


Disseminating these advances is in keeping with the Right to Benefit from 
Scientific Progress and Its Applications promoted by the United Nations [1], 
which “includes (a) access by everyone without discrimination to the benefits 
of science and its application, including scientific knowledge; (b) 
opportunities for all to contribute to the scientific enterprise and freedom 
indispensable for scientific research; (c) participation of individuals and 
communities in decision-making and the related right to information; and (d) an 
enabling environment fostering the conservation, development and diffusion of 
science and technology.”


How do we enable access to geoeducational opportunities for all? How can we 
help everyone enjoy the benefits of geospatial scientific progress and its 
applications? How can we create a global community of practitioners committed 
to advancing open principles in geospatial education? This panel will bring 
together key educators and thinkers to discuss these ideas and possibilities.


The panel is proposed by the GeoForAll community [2] and is in association with 
YouthMappers [3], which will be organizing a community mapathon adjacent to the 
conference.


=



If you are interested in participating in this panel, please register for the 
AAG 2019 conference to obtain your conference PIN, then send it along with your 
presentation title, abstract, and author(s) as soon as possible but no later 
than November 2 to Andy Anderson 
(aander...@amherst.edu) and Suchith Anand 
(suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk).


Best wishes,


Suchith



[1]https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/CulturalRights/Pages/benefitfromscientificprogress.aspx

[2] https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/geo-for-all/

[3] https://www.youthmappers.org




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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

2018-10-30 Thread OSGeo CRO 
Dear Charter Members.

I took some time this last weekend to make a new field in your profile:
"Advocate Page".
Please fill it up with the link to your advocate page on the OSGeo Wiki.
In this example I filled both fields "Website" & "Advocate Page" with my
advocate page URL
https://www.osgeo.org/member/vicky-vergara/

Regards
Vicky



On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 5:55 AM Nicolas Roelandt 
wrote:

> Congratulations and welcome to our new Charter members !
> And thanks to the CRO team :)
>
> Best regards from France,
>
> Nicolas Roelandt
>
>
> Le mar. 30 oct. 2018 à 10:08, Suchith Anand <
> suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> a écrit :
>
>> Congratulations and welcome to all the new Charter members. Great to see
>> the growth and global distribution.
>>
>>
>> Thank you to Vasile, Vicky and Jorge for your work.
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> --
>> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Vasile
>> Craciunescu 
>> *Sent:* 30 October 2018 07:41
>> *To:* OSGeo Discussions; charter-memb...@lists.osgeo.org
>> *Cc:* OSGeo Chief Returning Officer
>> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections
>> results
>>
>> Dear members of the OSGeo community,
>>
>> After a period of approximately two weeks to vote, we close the
>> elections[1] system to confirm and share the results.
>>
>> *All* the candidates[2] are accepted as all of them were seconded by at
>> least one existing charter member and no veto was raised
>>
>> Hence, it's our pleasure to welcome our 35 candidates to the OSGeo
>> Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 427 individuals.
>> Congratulations!
>>
>> New members, we encourage you all, if not done already, to create/update
>> a OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page[3] and to create an OSGeo
>> profile page in [4] with a "website" link pointing to the OSGeo Advocate.
>>
>> When approved by the OSGeo board, we will update the official list[5],
>> publish the detailed elections results, pass to the secretary the
>> revised contacts, and subscribe the new members to the charter-members
>> list[6] as soon as possible.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Vasile, Vicky and Jorge
>> CRO 2018
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018
>> Election 2018 - OSGeo 
>> wiki.osgeo.org
>> The 2018 OSGeo the Charter Members election will take place in
>> September/October 2018, followed by the Board nominations and elections in
>> October/November.
>>
>>
>> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2018
>> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
>> [4] https://www.osgeo.org
>> [5] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
>> [6] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members
>>
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>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

2018-10-30 Thread Nicolas Roelandt 
Congratulations and welcome to our new Charter members !
And thanks to the CRO team :)

Best regards from France,

Nicolas Roelandt


Le mar. 30 oct. 2018 à 10:08, Suchith Anand 
a écrit :

> Congratulations and welcome to all the new Charter members. Great to see
> the growth and global distribution.
>
>
> Thank you to Vasile, Vicky and Jorge for your work.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
> --
> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Vasile
> Craciunescu 
> *Sent:* 30 October 2018 07:41
> *To:* OSGeo Discussions; charter-memb...@lists.osgeo.org
> *Cc:* OSGeo Chief Returning Officer
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections
> results
>
> Dear members of the OSGeo community,
>
> After a period of approximately two weeks to vote, we close the
> elections[1] system to confirm and share the results.
>
> *All* the candidates[2] are accepted as all of them were seconded by at
> least one existing charter member and no veto was raised
>
> Hence, it's our pleasure to welcome our 35 candidates to the OSGeo
> Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 427 individuals.
> Congratulations!
>
> New members, we encourage you all, if not done already, to create/update
> a OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page[3] and to create an OSGeo
> profile page in [4] with a "website" link pointing to the OSGeo Advocate.
>
> When approved by the OSGeo board, we will update the official list[5],
> publish the detailed elections results, pass to the secretary the
> revised contacts, and subscribe the new members to the charter-members
> list[6] as soon as possible.
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile, Vicky and Jorge
> CRO 2018
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018
> Election 2018 - OSGeo 
> wiki.osgeo.org
> The 2018 OSGeo the Charter Members election will take place in
> September/October 2018, followed by the Board nominations and elections in
> October/November.
>
>
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2018
> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
> [4] https://www.osgeo.org
> [5] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
> [6] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

2018-10-30 Thread Suchith Anand 
Congratulations and welcome to all the new Charter members. Great to see the 
growth and global distribution.


Thank you to Vasile, Vicky and Jorge for your work.


Best wishes,


Suchith



From: Discuss  on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu 

Sent: 30 October 2018 07:41
To: OSGeo Discussions; charter-memb...@lists.osgeo.org
Cc: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

Dear members of the OSGeo community,

After a period of approximately two weeks to vote, we close the
elections[1] system to confirm and share the results.

*All* the candidates[2] are accepted as all of them were seconded by at
least one existing charter member and no veto was raised

Hence, it's our pleasure to welcome our 35 candidates to the OSGeo
Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 427 individuals.
Congratulations!

New members, we encourage you all, if not done already, to create/update
a OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page[3] and to create an OSGeo
profile page in [4] with a "website" link pointing to the OSGeo Advocate.

When approved by the OSGeo board, we will update the official list[5],
publish the detailed elections results, pass to the secretary the
revised contacts, and subscribe the new members to the charter-members
list[6] as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Vasile, Vicky and Jorge
CRO 2018

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018
Election 2018 - OSGeo
wiki.osgeo.org
The 2018 OSGeo the Charter Members election will take place in 
September/October 2018, followed by the Board nominations and elections in 
October/November.



[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2018
[3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
[4] https://www.osgeo.org
[5] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
[6] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members


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[OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

2018-10-30 Thread Vasile Craciunescu 

Dear members of the OSGeo community,

After a period of approximately two weeks to vote, we close the 
elections[1] system to confirm and share the results.


*All* the candidates[2] are accepted as all of them were seconded by at 
least one existing charter member and no veto was raised


Hence, it's our pleasure to welcome our 35 candidates to the OSGeo
Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 427 individuals. 
Congratulations!


New members, we encourage you all, if not done already, to create/update 
a OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page[3] and to create an OSGeo 
profile page in [4] with a "website" link pointing to the OSGeo Advocate.


When approved by the OSGeo board, we will update the official list[5], 
publish the detailed elections results, pass to the secretary the 
revised contacts, and subscribe the new members to the charter-members 
list[6] as soon as possible.


Best regards,
Vasile, Vicky and Jorge
CRO 2018

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2018
[3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
[4] https://www.osgeo.org
[5] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
[6] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members


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[OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

2018-10-30 Thread Vasile Craciunescu 

Dear members of the OSGeo community,

After a period of approximately two weeks to vote, we close the 
elections[1] system to confirm and share the results.


*All* the candidates[2] are accepted as all of them were seconded by at 
least one existing charter member and no veto was raised


Hence, it's our pleasure to welcome our 35 candidates to the OSGeo
Charter Membership, increasing its size to a total of 427 individuals. 
Congratulations!


New members, we encourage you all, if not done already, to create/update 
a OSGeo Advocate profile to our wiki page[3] and to create an OSGeo 
profile page in [4] with a "website" link pointing to the OSGeo Advocate.


When approved by the OSGeo board, we will update the official list[5], 
publish the detailed elections results, pass to the secretary the 
revised contacts, and subscribe the new members to the charter-members 
list[6] as soon as possible.


Best regards,
Vasile, Vicky and Jorge
CRO 2018

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2018
[3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
[4] https://www.osgeo.org
[5] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
[6] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/charter-members


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[OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Board Nominations

2018-10-30 Thread Vasile Craciunescu 

Dear all,

It's time for the 2018 OSGeo Foundation Board Elections.

The nominations for the OSGeo Board of Directors started already
[1]. Please take a minute to understand what the board actually
does[2]. A director should plan to spend several hours a week on OSGeo
business in order to do a good job. The current board members will
know best.

To nominate a candidate for the board please first confirm with the
person that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.
Then send an email to c...@osgeo.org CCing the candidate by 23:59 GMT on 
Sunday 11 November 2018[3] consisting of:


- name and e-mail
- current country of residence
- a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good
Board member.

Remember that only Charter Members are eligible for a seat on the
Board and for voting but that *anybody* can *nominate* a board member.

Candidates are encouraged to put their vision and ideas for their term 
at Election 2018 Candidate Manifestos [4] and sending them to Discuss 
mailing list for further conversation.


Thank you.

Best regards,
Vasile, Vicky & Jorge
CRO 2018 Elections

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018#Board_Election
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Director_Responsibilities
[3] 
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=2018T235959=136=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+nominalizations+2018=cursive

[4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018_Candidate_Manifestos
[5] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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