[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2017 annual general meeting: call for project, chapters and committee brief reports

[Helena Mitasova]

Dear OSGeo community:

As in previous years the OSGeo Annual General Meeting will take place at
FOSS4G 2017 Global  - this year in Boston on Friday, August 18 at 1:30pm.
The preliminary program is being prepared on wiki

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2017

We would like to ask representatives of projects, local chapters and
committees please sign up if your would like to report on your activities.
Based on the number of contributions we will decide on the time slots and
format of the presentations.

We are also preparing OSGeo booth - if you would like to volunteer for the
booth, please sign up on the wiki so that we can see how many volunteers
are available and we will then prepare a schedule table to sign up for
specific time slots

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Booth

New this year:

We invite local chapters, osgeo projects, geoforall labs and OSGeo partners
to volunteer for a time slot at the booth and promote their activities
(bring your flyers, brochures, stickers etc.).

Thank you all for your cooperation and we are looking forward to meeting in
Boston, there is still time to register at http://2017.foss4g.org/register/

Helena Mitasova for the OSGeo Board of directors
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone

[Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)]

Suchith,

I heartily agree with ‘officially’ signing up with the Open Science and 
Education principles. These words will help to orient and guide us.

Formally recognizing them certainly strengthens our commitment to the noble 
GeoForAll cause of helping this world become a more welcome place for life. 
Making these principles a living reality is beautiful and so very important. I 
hope we are doing that. Officially going on the record as supporting these 
principles seems an excellent idea.

The words are a little longer than the NASA motto ‘for the benefit of all’ but 
they speak loud and clear, ‘we are here for everybody!’

-Patrick

From: GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith 
Anand
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 4:28 AM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Geo4All] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and 
Education for building a better world for everyone

Dear colleagues,

Thanks for all ideas and inputs for our pledge for Open Science and Education 
principles [1]. As promised, we will be launching this at FOSS4G-Europe 2017 . 
We look forward to work with all on this.

Best wishes,

Suchith

[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-June/003825.html


The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a 
better world for everyone


I believe Science is a public good and quality education opportunities should 
be open and accessible for everyone.

I will work to eliminate the digital divide and contribute to building up Open 
Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, with special effort to enlighten 
future generations.

I contribute my service for the betterment of all humanity using the guiding 
principles of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in building a 
better world for everyone.

I will work to advance and increase Open Knowledge for the benefit of all 
humanity with special consideration of those less fortunate.

I will be a voice for Open Principles in Science and Education and promote this 
pledge through my networks.





2017-07-15 11:49 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand 
>:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Thank you for your inputs. I meant Openness in the broadest  sense not just
> software or data. I put “Geo” to have the emphasis on people and our planet
> . I am interested in the philosophy of openness in education and science.
>
> We are living  at a time when our planet is struggling with major obstacles
> such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation and loss of
> agricultural land. While there is lot of technological advancements
> happening, we still have not solved very basic fundamental problems . Even
> today  hundreds of millions of families are struggling from hunger and
> malnutrition.  It is not  that we do not have the resources to solve this
> but we still are not able to bring full focus and determination for solve
> this . Wealth inequalities are rising at a large pace. Wealth is
> concentrated on few billionares while Billions of families are struggling
> for basic human needs everyday and do not have access to basic facilities
> (access to clean water, sanitation , electricity , quality education
> opportunities etc) .
>
> In some developing countries , it is a sad fact that  corruption is a big
> problem and  the biggest sufferers are the poorest people. Corruption cannot
> be fully solved by technology , or new laws or regulations (as the corrupt
> and greedy will always find loopholes)  but it needs spiritual awakening at
> all levels and everyone should take a moral pledge to not to do any
> unethical business practices either directly or indirectly. This is key to
> end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and
> prosperity.
>
> Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, viewpoints,
> cultures  and learning and improving to be a better human every day. We need
> to be open to make the right choices now to protect our planet and improve
> life in a sustainable way for our future generations.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> 
> From: Andrea Giacomelli >
> Sent: 15 July 2017 8:41 AM
> To: Anand Suchith; 
> geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; 
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open
>
> Hi Suchit -
>
> It is very unlikely that I will make it to FOSS4G-Europe, as we will be
> quite busy during the Summer with projects here in Southern Tuscany...but in
> relation to the the issue you would like to discuss I would like to ask if,
> in addition to openness of Software and data you have been considering the
> openness of the people who are in any case part of the system.
>
> With our team we have been monitoring these aspects, and we have oftern
> recorded the fact 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone

[Suchith Anand]

Thanks Cameron for your inputs and view points. My suggestion is we need to do 
both . Practical actions (that is already being done by our excellent 
colleagues globally and we will continue expanding these ) and strong advocacy 
for our principles.  It is aimed at not only those who are already part of 
OSGeo but high level policy makers and university senior managements worldwide 
(which might not know software coding, or other  aspects) but their help and 
support is key for us to achieve our aims.

We have a BoF specifically for this on 19th July 2017 , so we can bring 
together all these ideas/viewpoints.  We will collate all ideas/information 
before we setup the webpage for this. As a open community, we value all inputs 
and perspectives .

Best wishes,

Suchith




From: Cameron Shorter 
Sent: 16 July 2017 1:31 PM
To: Anand Suchith; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Geo4All] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and 
Education for building a better world for everyone

Hi Suchith,

I feel a little uncomfortable about signing a pledge for Open 
Science/Education, even though I believe in the principles behind it.

For me, I feel OSGeo/Geo4All outreach can be better focused on practical things.

A pledge is cheap. It is talk. I hold much greater value on seeing action. 
Seeing people who write code, mentor communities, build and maintain 
documentation, turn over builds, and so on. And I think you will find people 
who are creating value by helping in practical ways will gain much greater 
personal satisfaction than signing a pledge. So I'd focus on working out ways 
to help people help others.


Warm regards, Cameron

On 16/7/17 9:28 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:
Dear colleagues,

Thanks for all ideas and inputs for our pledge for Open Science and Education 
principles [1]. As promised, we will be launching this at FOSS4G-Europe 2017 . 
We look forward to work with all on this.

Best wishes,

Suchith

[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-June/003825.html


The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a 
better world for everyone


I believe Science is a public good and quality education opportunities should 
be open and accessible for everyone.

I will work to eliminate the digital divide and contribute to building up Open 
Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, with special effort to enlighten 
future generations.

I contribute my service for the betterment of all humanity using the guiding 
principles of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in building a 
better world for everyone.

I will work to advance and increase Open Knowledge for the benefit of all 
humanity with special consideration of those less fortunate.

I will be a voice for Open Principles in Science and Education and promote this 
pledge through my networks.





2017-07-15 11:49 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand 
:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Thank you for your inputs. I meant Openness in the broadest  sense not just
> software or data. I put “Geo” to have the emphasis on people and our planet
> . I am interested in the philosophy of openness in education and science.
>
> We are living  at a time when our planet is struggling with major obstacles
> such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation and loss of
> agricultural land. While there is lot of technological advancements
> happening, we still have not solved very basic fundamental problems . Even
> today  hundreds of millions of families are struggling from hunger and
> malnutrition.  It is not  that we do not have the resources to solve this
> but we still are not able to bring full focus and determination for solve
> this . Wealth inequalities are rising at a large pace. Wealth is
> concentrated on few billionares while Billions of families are struggling
> for basic human needs everyday and do not have access to basic facilities
> (access to clean water, sanitation , electricity , quality education
> opportunities etc) .
>
> In some developing countries , it is a sad fact that  corruption is a big
> problem and  the biggest sufferers are the poorest people. Corruption cannot
> be fully solved by technology , or new laws or regulations (as the corrupt
> and greedy will always find loopholes)  but it needs spiritual awakening at
> all levels and everyone should take a moral pledge to not to do any
> unethical business practices either directly or indirectly. This is key to
> end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and
> prosperity.
>
> Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, viewpoints,
> cultures  and learning and improving to be a better human every day. We need
> to be open to make the right choices now to protect our planet and improve
> life in a sustainable way for our future generations.
>
> Best 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Suchith,

I feel a little uncomfortable about signing a pledge for Open 
Science/Education, even though I believe in the principles behind it.


For me, I feel OSGeo/Geo4All outreach can be better focused on practical 
things.


A pledge is cheap. It is talk. I hold much greater value on seeing 
action. Seeing people who write code, mentor communities, build and 
maintain documentation, turn over builds, and so on. And I think you 
will find people who are creating value by helping in practical ways 
will gain much greater personal satisfaction than signing a pledge. So 
I'd focus on working out ways to help people help others.



Warm regards, Cameron


On 16/7/17 9:28 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:

Dear colleagues,

Thanks for all ideas and inputs for our pledge for Open Science and 
Education principles [1]. As promised, we will be launching this at 
FOSS4G-Europe 2017 . We look forward to work with all on this.


Best wishes,

Suchith

[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-June/003825.html


*The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for 
building a better world for everyone*



I believe Science is a public good and quality education opportunities 
should be open and accessible for everyone.


I will work to eliminate the digital divide and contribute to building 
up Open Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, with special effort 
to enlighten future generations.


I contribute my service for the betterment of all humanity using the 
guiding principles of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 
in building a better world for everyone.


I will work to advance and increase Open Knowledge for the benefit of 
all humanity with special consideration of those less fortunate.


I will be a voice for Open Principles in Science and Education and 
promote this pledge through my networks.






2017-07-15 11:49 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand :
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Thank you for your inputs. I meant Openness in the broadest  sense 
not just
> software or data. I put “Geo” to have the emphasis on people and our 
planet
> . I am interested in the philosophy of openness in education and 
science.

>
> We are living  at a time when our planet is struggling with major 
obstacles

> such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation and loss of
> agricultural land. While there is lot of technological advancements
> happening, we still have not solved very basic fundamental problems 
. Even

> today  hundreds of millions of families are struggling from hunger and
> malnutrition.  It is not  that we do not have the resources to solve 
this
> but we still are not able to bring full focus and determination for 
solve

> this . Wealth inequalities are rising at a large pace. Wealth is
> concentrated on few billionares while Billions of families are 
struggling
> for basic human needs everyday and do not have access to basic 
facilities

> (access to clean water, sanitation , electricity , quality education
> opportunities etc) .
>
> In some developing countries , it is a sad fact that corruption is a big
> problem and  the biggest sufferers are the poorest people. 
Corruption cannot
> be fully solved by technology , or new laws or regulations (as the 
corrupt
> and greedy will always find loopholes)  but it needs spiritual 
awakening at

> all levels and everyone should take a moral pledge to not to do any
> unethical business practices either directly or indirectly. This is 
key to

> end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and
> prosperity.
>
> Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, viewpoints,
> cultures  and learning and improving to be a better human every day. 
We need
> to be open to make the right choices now to protect our planet and 
improve

> life in a sustainable way for our future generations.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> 
> From: Andrea Giacomelli 
> Sent: 15 July 2017 8:41 AM
> To: Anand Suchith; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open
>
> Hi Suchit -
>
> It is very unlikely that I will make it to FOSS4G-Europe, as we will be
> quite busy during the Summer with projects here in Southern 
Tuscany...but in
> relation to the the issue you would like to discuss I would like to 
ask if,
> in addition to openness of Software and data you have been 
considering the

> openness of the people who are in any case part of the system.
>
> With our team we have been monitoring these aspects, and we have oftern
> recorded the fact that the bottleneck towards progress in the open 
direction

> comes from people (individuals, even before organizations).
>
> I was hinting to this towards the end of our Apr 7 Geoforall/APSRS
> 
webinar

> .
>
> I will 

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll - BoF on 19th July @ 18:30 - All welcome

[Suchith Anand]

Thanks Franz-Josef for informing. I understand.  Looking forward to meet you 
all next week.

All - You are all welcome to  join the GeoForAll BoF on 19th July (details 
below), so we can discuss ideas for the future.

Best wishes,

Suchith

From: GeoForAll  on behalf of Franz-Josef 
Behr 
Sent: 16 July 2017 11:31 AM
To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Geo4All] GeoForAll - BoF on 19th July @ 18:30

I am very sorry, but due to exams on Wednesday I will arrive after 21:00


Good luck , I am looking forward to meeting you on Thursday and Friday!

Best regards - Franz-Josef

Am 16.07.2017 um 09:49 schrieb Suchith Anand:
I have added this in the wiki at 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-Europe_2017_Bof


Room is L006 on  19th July Wednesday. See you all there.

Best wishes,

Suchith


From: GeoForAll 
 
on behalf of Suchith Anand 

Sent: 16 July 2017 8:39 AM
To: Maria Antonia Brovelli; 
geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; 
didier.rich...@ign.fr
Subject: [Geo4All] GeoForAll  - BoF on 19th July @ 18:30

Great idea Maria. Let us arrange to meet on 19th July Wednesday at L201 (I 
understand that this room is free) from 18:30-20-30. Thanks.

I am ccing the GeoForAll community so we know who all are planning to be there 
and plan accordingly. Can I request someone to please add this to wiki and book 
the room for  us asap. Thanks.

Best wishes,

Suchith


From: Maria Antonia Brovelli 

Sent: 16 July 2017 6:43 AM
To: Anand Suchith
Subject: Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] [FOSS4G Europe 2017] Birds of a Feather 
announcement

Shall we organize a BoF of G4A on Wednesday?
Are you able to fix the time/room and send an email to the community?
Have a lovely Sunday!
Maria



Sent from my Samsung device


 Original message 
From: Didier Richard 
Date: 12/07/2017 12:09 (GMT+01:00)
To: OSGeo Discussions 
, OSGeo Annouce 

Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [FOSS4G Europe 2017] Birds of a Feather announcement

FOSS4G-Europe BoF

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can 
self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

FOSS4G-Europe provides rooms and time slots for custom BoF sessions. We 
encourage attendees of the conference to join and discuss the topics, they have 
in common.

Feel free to register at FOSS4G-Europe wiki page [1]


[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-Europe_2017_Bof
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[OSGeo-Discuss] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone

[Suchith Anand]

Dear colleagues,

Thanks for all ideas and inputs for our pledge for Open Science and Education 
principles [1]. As promised, we will be launching this at FOSS4G-Europe 2017 . 
We look forward to work with all on this.

Best wishes,

Suchith

[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-June/003825.html


The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a 
better world for everyone


I believe Science is a public good and quality education opportunities should 
be open and accessible for everyone.

I will work to eliminate the digital divide and contribute to building up Open 
Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, with special effort to enlighten 
future generations.

I contribute my service for the betterment of all humanity using the guiding 
principles of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in building a 
better world for everyone.

I will work to advance and increase Open Knowledge for the benefit of all 
humanity with special consideration of those less fortunate.

I will be a voice for Open Principles in Science and Education and promote this 
pledge through my networks.





2017-07-15 11:49 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand :
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Thank you for your inputs. I meant Openness in the broadest  sense not just
> software or data. I put “Geo” to have the emphasis on people and our planet
> . I am interested in the philosophy of openness in education and science.
>
> We are living  at a time when our planet is struggling with major obstacles
> such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation and loss of
> agricultural land. While there is lot of technological advancements
> happening, we still have not solved very basic fundamental problems . Even
> today  hundreds of millions of families are struggling from hunger and
> malnutrition.  It is not  that we do not have the resources to solve this
> but we still are not able to bring full focus and determination for solve
> this . Wealth inequalities are rising at a large pace. Wealth is
> concentrated on few billionares while Billions of families are struggling
> for basic human needs everyday and do not have access to basic facilities
> (access to clean water, sanitation , electricity , quality education
> opportunities etc) .
>
> In some developing countries , it is a sad fact that  corruption is a big
> problem and  the biggest sufferers are the poorest people. Corruption cannot
> be fully solved by technology , or new laws or regulations (as the corrupt
> and greedy will always find loopholes)  but it needs spiritual awakening at
> all levels and everyone should take a moral pledge to not to do any
> unethical business practices either directly or indirectly. This is key to
> end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and
> prosperity.
>
> Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, viewpoints,
> cultures  and learning and improving to be a better human every day. We need
> to be open to make the right choices now to protect our planet and improve
> life in a sustainable way for our future generations.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> 
> From: Andrea Giacomelli 
> Sent: 15 July 2017 8:41 AM
> To: Anand Suchith; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open
>
> Hi Suchit -
>
> It is very unlikely that I will make it to FOSS4G-Europe, as we will be
> quite busy during the Summer with projects here in Southern Tuscany...but in
> relation to the the issue you would like to discuss I would like to ask if,
> in addition to openness of Software and data you have been considering the
> openness of the people who are in any case part of the system.
>
> With our team we have been monitoring these aspects, and we have oftern
> recorded the fact that the bottleneck towards progress in the open direction
> comes from people (individuals, even before organizations).
>
> I was hinting to this towards the end of our Apr 7 Geoforall/APSRS
> webinar  >
> .
>
> I will be glad to further elaborate on the topic if you think this is of
> interest, and I would also be interested to learn if other teams have been
> considering this aspect.
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Andrea Giacomelli
> http://www.pibinko.org
> i...@pibinko.org
> +39 331 7539228
> P. IVA: 01582480537
>
> 2017-07-06 10:24 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand
> >:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> This is a request for help as I need inputs from the wider community to get
> more ideas for my presentation at FOSS4G-Europe 2017 later this month.
>
> My keynote presentation will be on “The future of Geo is Open” and I would
> like to invite ideas/inputs 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] The future of Geo is Open

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for bringing this important point. Transparency of research results 
is very important and Open Science is key for this. Science is always Open and 
we will need to work to ensure it is kept open for everyone forever. There are 
lot of key high level developments happening right now to help us achieve this. 
Our excellent colleagues at the European Commission are doing great work on 
this. Details at https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm

Organisations like the Research Data Alliance are also key help us bring the 
global community to work on this.

Best wishes,

Suchith

PS: Great to know that you are attending the State of the Map in Japan. Please 
share OSGeo ideas at OSM and all other events. Each one of you are our 
ambassadors and we need to proactively engage and work with like minded 
organisations.

From: Stefan Keller 
Sent: 15 July 2017 11:11 AM
To: Anand Suchith
Cc: Andrea Giacomelli; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Geo4All] [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open

Dear Suchith, dear all


Let me add my 2 cents: Prof. Vetterli, President of the EPFL (ETH
Lausanne), recently gave an inspiring talk about "The role of 'open'
" where he explains the opportunities and challenges of Open
Science: download his slides from
https://opendata.ch/projects/conference-2017/ => "Closing Keynote im
Audimax".

Now refering to your call for ideas why openess is important: In Open
Science it's important to publish not only the paper but source code
and data too. Vetterly referred to publications containing fake
results. That's something which would never have happened under Open
Science principles.

Yours, Stefan


P.S. Thanks Suchith for your engagement. I wish I could make it more
to all those conferences like FOSS4G... Actually, I'm planning to go
at least to State of the Map in Japan in August (OpenStreetMap,
http://2017.stateofthemap.org/ ). May be I could pitch OSGeo there?




2017-07-15 11:49 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand :
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Thank you for your inputs. I meant Openness in the broadest  sense not just
> software or data. I put “Geo” to have the emphasis on people and our planet
> . I am interested in the philosophy of openness in education and science.
>
> We are living  at a time when our planet is struggling with major obstacles
> such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation and loss of
> agricultural land. While there is lot of technological advancements
> happening, we still have not solved very basic fundamental problems . Even
> today  hundreds of millions of families are struggling from hunger and
> malnutrition.  It is not  that we do not have the resources to solve this
> but we still are not able to bring full focus and determination for solve
> this . Wealth inequalities are rising at a large pace. Wealth is
> concentrated on few billionares while Billions of families are struggling
> for basic human needs everyday and do not have access to basic facilities
> (access to clean water, sanitation , electricity , quality education
> opportunities etc) .
>
> In some developing countries , it is a sad fact that  corruption is a big
> problem and  the biggest sufferers are the poorest people. Corruption cannot
> be fully solved by technology , or new laws or regulations (as the corrupt
> and greedy will always find loopholes)  but it needs spiritual awakening at
> all levels and everyone should take a moral pledge to not to do any
> unethical business practices either directly or indirectly. This is key to
> end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and
> prosperity.
>
> Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, viewpoints,
> cultures  and learning and improving to be a better human every day. We need
> to be open to make the right choices now to protect our planet and improve
> life in a sustainable way for our future generations.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> 
> From: Andrea Giacomelli 
> Sent: 15 July 2017 8:41 AM
> To: Anand Suchith; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open
>
> Hi Suchit -
>
> It is very unlikely that I will make it to FOSS4G-Europe, as we will be
> quite busy during the Summer with projects here in Southern Tuscany...but in
> relation to the the issue you would like to discuss I would like to ask if,
> in addition to openness of Software and data you have been considering the
> openness of the people who are in any case part of the system.
>
> With our team we have been monitoring these aspects, and we have oftern
> recorded the fact that the bottleneck towards progress in the open direction
> comes from people (individuals, even before organizations).
>
> I was hinting to this towards the end of our Apr 7 Geoforall/APSRS
>