I nominate Maning Sambale for the convention. ,noel
--- On Wed, 5/6/09, talk-ph-requ...@openstreetmap.org <talk-ph-requ...@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > From: talk-ph-requ...@openstreetmap.org <talk-ph-requ...@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: talk-ph Digest, Vol 10, Issue 14 > To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 11:03 PM > Send talk-ph mailing list submissions to > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > talk-ph-requ...@openstreetmap.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > talk-ph-ow...@openstreetmap.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of talk-ph digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map > Travel > Scholarships (maning sambale) > 2. Re: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map > Travel > Scholarships (Rally de Leon) > 3. Re: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map > Travel > Scholarships (art esmeralda) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 13:47:14 +0800 > From: maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [talk-ph] [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of > the Map > Travel Scholarships > To: osm-ph <talk-ph@openstreetmap.org> > Message-ID: > <f902f9840905062247h1aa827c9y950a5bf982b11...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > We are mentioned here: > > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. > Anybody willing to represent OSM-PH? I guess it's > worth trying to > nominate one from the group. > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM, maning sambale > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> > > Date: Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM > > Subject: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map > Travel Scholarships > > To: t...@openstreetmap.org > > > > > > > > The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to announce a > program to cover > > full travel and accomodations costs for 15 mappers to > attend State of > > the Map. We're seeking nominations from the > community for potential > > mappers. > > > > Generally, we are seeking people from places where > costs would > > prohibit attendance, developing countries, and places > that are > > "interesting" geopolitically. The ideal > candidates for funding are > > from countries with a small OSM community, perhaps > just a few mappers > > in total. They have made a significant start at > mapping their city, > > either through Yahoo imagery or with their own GPS, > and are directly > > familiar with the process of OSM. They may have > started communicating > > among themselves, and made plans and scoped out the > process for their > > local district. But, the community is nowhere near > critical mass, and > > they need the inspiration and support to take OSM to > the next level. > > > > We need to act fast. State of the Map is just over two > months away, > > tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order to > allow enough time > > for all the arrangements, the nomination period will > be short, one > > week only, ending next Wednesday, May 13. From the > nominations > > received, we'll review the list and choose 15 > mappers to approach with > > the offer. Depending on their availability to attend, > we'll work our > > way through the list. We only recently secured funding > for this > > program, so the process has to be quick. > > > > Please send your nominations to > sotm.scholars...@gmail.com. For each > > nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user name, > email address, > > location, and a paragraph or two on why they'd be > great to have at > > SOTM. > > > > And also, please forward this message to other > relevant local OSM lists. > > > > As for regions, here are a few regions that seem to > fit the bill, but > > nominations are not limited to these places at all. > > > > * Eastern Europe: the Caucasus, Russia, Bulgaria, > Romania. > > * Arab States: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt. Egypt is > particularly > > interesting, as the ban on GPS units there was > recently lifted. > > * South Asia: India, Pakistan. While both countries > have seen > > significant activities, relative to size and > population they are in > > the very early stages. > > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. > > * South America: Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. Promising > leads in > > government for the release of data for use in OSM. > > * East Africa: Kenya is a hotspot for mapping right > now (Ushahidi, > > AgCommons, MapMaker..) > > > > Many thanks to the Open Society Institute for helping > make this happen. > > > > -Mikel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > t...@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > > -- > > cheers, > > maning > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of > all" -N.Branden > > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" > -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 13:55:04 +0800 > From: Rally de Leon <rall...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [talk-ph] [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of > the Map > Travel Scholarships > To: maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> > Cc: osm-ph <talk-ph@openstreetmap.org> > Message-ID: > <b93f92660905062255x40e5cf09p5aa981b0a38e...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > i would like to nominate Maning Sambale to represent the > OSM-PH. :-) > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM, maning sambale > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > We are mentioned here: > > > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. > > Anybody willing to represent OSM-PH? I guess it's > worth trying to > > nominate one from the group. > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM, maning sambale > > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> > > > Date: Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM > > > Subject: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the > Map Travel Scholarships > > > To: t...@openstreetmap.org > > > > > > > > > > > > The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to > announce a program to cover > > > full travel and accomodations costs for 15 > mappers to attend State of > > > the Map. We're seeking nominations from the > community for potential > > > mappers. > > > > > > Generally, we are seeking people from places > where costs would > > > prohibit attendance, developing countries, and > places that are > > > "interesting" geopolitically. The ideal > candidates for funding are > > > from countries with a small OSM community, > perhaps just a few mappers > > > in total. They have made a significant start at > mapping their city, > > > either through Yahoo imagery or with their own > GPS, and are directly > > > familiar with the process of OSM. They may have > started communicating > > > among themselves, and made plans and scoped out > the process for their > > > local district. But, the community is nowhere > near critical mass, and > > > they need the inspiration and support to take OSM > to the next level. > > > > > > We need to act fast. State of the Map is just > over two months away, > > > tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order > to allow enough time > > > for all the arrangements, the nomination period > will be short, one > > > week only, ending next Wednesday, May 13. From > the nominations > > > received, we'll review the list and choose 15 > mappers to approach with > > > the offer. Depending on their availability to > attend, we'll work our > > > way through the list. We only recently secured > funding for this > > > program, so the process has to be quick. > > > > > > Please send your nominations to > sotm.scholars...@gmail.com. For each > > > nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user > name, email address, > > > location, and a paragraph or two on why > they'd be great to have at > > > SOTM. > > > > > > And also, please forward this message to other > relevant local OSM lists. > > > > > > As for regions, here are a few regions that seem > to fit the bill, but > > > nominations are not limited to these places at > all. > > > > > > * Eastern Europe: the Caucasus, Russia, Bulgaria, > Romania. > > > * Arab States: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt. Egypt is > particularly > > > interesting, as the ban on GPS units there was > recently lifted. > > > * South Asia: India, Pakistan. While both > countries have seen > > > significant activities, relative to size and > population they are in > > > the very early stages. > > > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. > > > * South America: Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. > Promising leads in > > > government for the release of data for use in > OSM. > > > * East Africa: Kenya is a hotspot for mapping > right now (Ushahidi, > > > AgCommons, MapMaker..) > > > > > > Many thanks to the Open Society Institute for > helping make this happen. > > > > > > -Mikel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > talk mailing list > > > t...@openstreetmap.org > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > cheers, > > > maning > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of > all" -N.Branden > > > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > > > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > cheers, > > maning > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of > all" -N.Branden > > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk-ph mailing list > > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/attachments/20090507/74d17b98/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:03:23 +0800 > From: art esmeralda <artesmera...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [talk-ph] [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of > the Map > Travel Scholarships > To: maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> > Cc: osm-ph <talk-ph@openstreetmap.org> > Message-ID: > <b007d8020905062303k4bee27c0mf04638c90d021...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > I humbly nominate Murlwe. > > He's been exhaustive in his efforts in promoting OSM > here in Mindanao and > for promoting the local Opensource advocacy and initiative. > > thanks, > > Art > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM, maning sambale > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > We are mentioned here: > > > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. > > Anybody willing to represent OSM-PH? I guess it's > worth trying to > > nominate one from the group. > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM, maning sambale > > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Mik el Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> > > > Date: Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM > > > Subject: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the > Map Travel Scholarships > > > To: t...@openstreetmap.org > > > > > > > > > > > > The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to > announce a program to cover > > > full travel and accomodations costs for 15 > mappers to attend State of > > > the Map. We're seeking nominations from the > community for potential > > > mappers. > > > > > > Generally, we are seeking people from places > where costs would > > > prohibit attendance, developing countries, and > places that are > > > "interesting" geopolitically. The ideal > candidates for funding are > > > from countries with a small OSM community, > perhaps just a few mappers > > > in total. They have made a significant start at > mapping their city, > > > either through Yahoo imagery or with their own > GPS, and are directly > > > familiar with the process of OSM. They may have > started communicating > > > among themselves, and made plans and scoped out > the process for their > > > local district. But, the community is nowhere > near critical mass, and > > > they need the inspiration and support to take OSM > to the next level. > > > > > > We need to act fast. State of the Map is just > over two months away, > > > tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order > to allow enough time > > > for all the arrangements, the nomination period > will be short, one > > > week only, ending next Wednesday, May 13. From > the nominations > > > received, we'll review the list and choose 15 > mappers to approach with > > > the offer. Depending on their availability to > attend, we'll work our > > > way through the list. We only recently secured > funding for this > > > program, so the process has to be quick. > > > > > > Please send your nominations to > sotm.scholars...@gmail.com. For each > > > nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user > name, email address, > > > location, and a paragraph or two on why > they'd be great to have at > > > SOTM. > > > > > > And also, please forward this message to other > relevant local OSM lists. > > > > > > As for regions, here are a few regions that seem > to fit the bill, but > > > nominations are not limited to these places at > all. > > > > > > * Eastern Europe: the Caucasus, Russia, Bulgaria, > Romania. > > > * Arab States: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt. Egypt is > particularly > > > interesting, as the ban on GPS units there was > recently lifted. > > > * South Asia: India, Pakistan. While both > countries have seen > > > significant activities, relative to size and > population they are in > > > the very early stages. > > > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. > > > * South America: Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. > Promising leads in > > > government for the release of data for use in > OSM. > > > * East Africa: Kenya is a hotspot for mapping > right now (Ushahidi, > > > AgCommons, MapMaker..) > > > > > > Many thanks to the Open Society Institute for > helping make this happen. > > > > > > -Mikel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > talk mailing list > > > t...@openstreetmap.org > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > cheers, > > > maning > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of > all" -N.Branden > > > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > > > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > cheers, > > maning > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of > all" -N.Branden > > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk-ph mailing list > > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > > > > -- > Blessings, > > Art Trillanes Esmeralda Jr > Operations Manager > TierraCycle - Your Opensource Software solution Provider > cell: 0918.5894822 > > "?Education isn?t about telling people stuff, it?s > about giving them tools > that enable them to see the world in a new and useful way.? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/attachments/20090507/9242a8a8/attachment.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > End of talk-ph Digest, Vol 10, Issue 14 > *************************************** _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
