Best Regards, Andrew Sauls > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ppgis] Power of Open Principles > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:07:19 +0000 > > Please share Open Principles in GeoEducation ideas and philosophy at all Geo > events (Geography Awareness Week, OSM Geo week , GIS day etc ) . > > > May i request all who are taking part in various Geo events (Geography > Awareness Week, OSM Geo Week, GIS day etc ) to also make use of the > opportunity to promote Open Principles in GeoEducation sharing information on > Geo4All and welcoming those interested to be part of this. Also please to > give away OSGeo Live DVDs , promotional materials etc at these events. > > > Please also support OSM Geoweek activities and contribute. Details of Geo4All > activities planned at > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2015-November/002372.html > > > Open principles in geoeducation (open educational resources, free and open > software, open data, open standards etc) are key for true empowerment of > staff and students globally and making geospatial education and opportunities > accessible to all . We look forward to working and building collaborations > with all interested in this education mission. Access to quality education > and opportunities is key for getting rid of extreme poverty and enabling > broadly shared prosperity for all. > > > Millions of globally connected minds working together on the common mission > of enabling Open Education opportunities for everyone will be key for making > these developments possible. An idea whose time has come is the most powerful > force in the universe, and the time for "Access to quality education > opportunities for everyone" has arrived. > > > Best wishes, > > Suchith Anand > http://www.geoforall.org > > > > PS: Sergio Acosta y Lara shared this excellent video on the Power of Openness > which might be of wider interest > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-mvgkRWP34 > > See our latest monthly newsletter at http://www.geoforall.org/newsletters/ > > > > > 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. > > __________ > > < > > The Open Forum on Participatory Geographic Information Systems and > Technologies is managed by www.iapad.org and hosted by www.ppgis.net. > You may register to French-, Portuguese- and Spanish speaking chapters of > this list via www.ppgis.net. > PGIS/PPGIS related bibliography is found here! > PGIS/PPGIS related literature is found here! > Join us on LinkedIn > Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Vimeo > > You are receiving this message because you're a member of the community Open > Forum on Participatory Geographic Information Systems and Technologies. > > View this contribution on the web site https://dgroups.org/_/cyls2jcf > > > A reply to this message will be sent to all members of Open Forum on > Participatory Geographic Information Systems and Technologies. > To reply to sender, send a message to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
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