Hi Everyone, I'm helping to spread the word about the Society for Conservation GIS team effort to win the DARPA red balloon contest. Please see the below message for an opportunity to help raise $40K for SCGIS. The basic idea: keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for big red weather balloons! They will be distributed throughout the U.S., so please pass this message along to anyone who may be willing to help out.
I apologize for the off-topic post, but thought this email list would reach an enthusiastic audience willing to help! Regards, Jennifer -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Help SCGIS WIN the DARPA $40,000 Contest November 5th!!! Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:37:13 -0800 From: Lisa Pierce <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Help SCGIS WIN the DARPA $40,000 Contest December 5th!!! http://www.edc.uri.edu/scgis/ http://www.scgis.org Help the Society for Conservation GIS win $40,000 for our international scholarship program and improve our SCGIS networking efforts! Help the SCGIS Team locate 10 RED Weather Balloons THIS Saturday Dec 05, 2009. This is a one day event and all we need are your eyes...We do NOT need individuals to drive all over the country side, we need increased numbers of observers. if you forward this email to ALL individuals on your contact list we have a greater chance of winning. The only way we can possible win this challenge is to have thousands of eyes looking for these red weather balloons located throughout the United States. You do NOT have to be a "geocacher" or own a GPS to participate, we need all eyes. This money will be used to help conservationists world-wide to gain the skills they need to conserve the environment, indigenous tribes, local communities.. DARPA Network Challenge Celebrating 40th Anniversary of the Internet Saturday, 05 December 2009 https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/default.aspx DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has offered this prize to highlight social networking skills. Please, forward this request to your contacts via LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter, etc and extend the knowledge about the SCGIS efforts. Community, Knowledge, Support, Conservation The Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) works to build community, provide knowledge, and support individuals using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and science for the conservation of natural resources and cultural heritage. The SCGIS assists conservationists worldwide in using GIS through communication, networking, scholarships, and training. Membership is open to any individual seeking assistance in the achievement of personal or organizational conservation goals. Learn more about the Society and how to get involved www.scgis.org Rules/information of Challenge: . Balloons will go up at 10:00am (ET) (7:00am PT) and be taken down at 4:00 pm local time - yes this means they will be visible for 6 hrs on the east coast and 9 hrs on the west coast. . All balloon locations will be visible from a roadway and all areas will be accessible to the public by pedestrian access. Officials will be stationed with the balloons and participants should ask officials for the balloon number and to verify that it is a DARPA Challenge balloon. . Balloons will be visible on 05 Dec ONLY, but we have until noon on 14 Dec to collect the information from our participants. . Federal government employees are restricted from entering the challenge BUT NOT participating, in other words, they can provide us with the information. . The balloons coordinates should be collected in degree-minute-second (DD-MM-SS) format (latitude/longitude). IF you do not have a GPS unit, we have staff available to convert available information (street intersections,...nearby lakes) for you..gather as much information as possible, and be as detailed as possible. See below form Reporting procedures are described in full on the project web site www.edc.uri.edu/scgis. Email submissions should be sent to the SCGIS at [email protected] Phone, text, or web submissions are described on the web site. * Anyone reporting a balloon should provide us with the below information: Participants Info: Participants Name: Telephone Number: Email Address: Participants State: Participants County: Participants Town/City: KEY Info: Balloon Number (Balloon number is available from the DARPA staff at the balloon site): Street Intersection and City of sighting. Lat/Long of the Balloon (If feasible but not necessary) How the coordinate was derived A photo (if possible) Brief (few sentences) of the setting of the balloon (any details are valuable) Brief summary of who they heard about this contest from (their network lineage) *** All money will be granted to SCGIS' International Scholarship Fund. No moneys will be granted to participants or any other entities. Our participation in this event is strictly for fund-raising purposes. ******************************************************* SCGIS:The LISTSERV for the Society for Conservation GIS www.scgis.org To unsubscribe send the following email message to [email protected]: SIGNOFF SCGIS ******************************************************** -- -- Rhonda Friberg, GIS Specialist, GreenInfo Network 564 Market Street, Suite 510 San Francisco, California 94104 PH: 415.979.0343 x315 | FX: 415.979.0371 Web: www.greeninfo.org | www.mapsportal.org Subscribe to MapLines, our e-newsletter at www.greeninfo.org -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jennifer Strahan, GIS Specialist GreenInfo Network, St Paul, MN Field Office 1541 Laurel Ave, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55104 phone: 651.917.0191 fax: 651.917.0191 www.greeninfo.org | www.mapsportal.org Subscribe to MapLines, our e-enewsletter at www.GreenInfo.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GreenInfo Network, San Francisco 564 Market Street, Suite 510, San Francisco, California 94104 phone: 415.979.0343 fax: 415.797.0371 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
