[OSGeo Africa] Africa Digest, Vol 70, Issue 2

Allan Oware lumtegis at gmail.com
Fri Nov 2 15:50:11 PDT 2012 

Hi all,
GIS practitioners in Nairobi, Kenya are invited to join Jomo Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and Technology in  commemorating GIS day on
14th November.
Venue is the JKUAT Juja campus.


Regards.



On 11/2/12, africa-request at lists.osgeo.org
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> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 16:24:29 +0200
> From: "wherbst" <wherbst at mussels.co.za>
> To: "'Africa local chapter discussions'" <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
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> Hi All
>
>
>
> I might be totally ill informed here, but....
>
>
>
> In GISSA a decision was made a few year ago to have the SA GIS day on a
> different day for the simple reason that the American GIS day is in the
> middle of our kids end year exams.  Therefore GISSA have a different GIS
> day
> , which has always been very actively supported by GISSA Western Cape and
> actually runs into a week not only a day.  I suggest that you support that
> effort, since you will struggle to get any students in Nov.
>
>
>
> On the other hand if you want to do something I am sure it can do no harm.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Wilhelm Herbst
>
>
>
> From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
> On Behalf Of Gavin Fleming
> Sent: 02 November 2012 03:55
> To: africa at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
>
>
>
> Why not organise something?
>
> And spread the word through this list...
>
> On 02/11/2012 14:09, Lore Sereetsi wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> So I had a look at the link...
>
> Are there any events in Cape Town or the Western Cape for GIS Day?
>
>
>
> Lore
>
>
>
>
>   _____
>
>
> From: Chris  <mailto:chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
> <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
> To: Africa local chapter discussions  <mailto:africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 9:13 AM
> Subject: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
>
>
>
>     Anybody got anything planned for this ?
>
>     GIS Day 14th November
>
>     http://www.gisday.com
>
>
>     CM
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> Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:08:44 +0200
> From: "Antony Cooper" <ACooper at csir.co.za>
> To: "'Africa local chapter discussions'" <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
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> Hi All
>
> As Wilhelm has pointed out, November is a very bad time of year for an event
> such as GIS Day in the southern hemisphere, because all of the target
> audience (scholars, students and teachers) are busy with exams.  As with
> Halloween, GIS Day was scheduled (by ESRI, as you should all be aware) to
> suite the northern hemisphere calendar.
>
> The result was that GISSA decided to have GIS Week during April/May.  This
> has been running very successfully in the Western Cape, for example, for
> many years, catering for many school children and teachers.
>
> So, might I suggest that those of us in the southern hemisphere do the
> appropriate thing, and schedule events for when they suite conditions in the
> southern hemisphere, and not for when they suite those in the northern
> hemisphere?  Obviously, this mailing list covers countries in the northern
> hemisphere and those that straddle both hemispheres, so your local
> conditions will be different.
>
> So, if you are in South Africa, contact your provincial GISSA committee and
> become involved in their GIS Week activities in our autumn - or spur them to
> have them.  See: http://www.gissa.org.za/
>
> By the way, for those who are not aware of it, Halloween is primarily a
> post-harvest festival (which is why it is in autumn and features autumnal
> things), though it has been appropriated as a Christian festival for the eve
> of All Saints' Day.
>
> Regards
> Antony
>
>>>> On 02 November 2012 at 16:24, in message
> <031a01cdb905$c73fe1c0$55bfa540$@co.za>, "wherbst" <wherbst at mussels.co.za>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I might be totally ill informed here, but....
>>
>> In GISSA a decision was made a few year ago to have the SA GIS day on a
>> different day for the simple reason that the American GIS day is in the
>> middle of our kids end year exams.  Therefore GISSA have a different GIS
>> day
>> , which has always been very actively supported by GISSA Western Cape and
>> actually runs into a week not only a day.  I suggest that you support
>> that
>> effort, since you will struggle to get any students in Nov.
>>
>> On the other hand if you want to do something I am sure it can do no
>> harm.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Wilhelm Herbst
>>
>> From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
>> On Behalf Of Gavin Fleming
>> Sent: 02 November 2012 03:55
>> To: africa at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
>>
>> Why not organise something?
>>
>> And spread the word through this list...
>>
>> On 02/11/2012 14:09, Lore Sereetsi wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> So I had a look at the link...
>>
>> Are there any events in Cape Town or the Western Cape for GIS Day?
>>
>> Lore
>>
>>   _____
>>
>> From: Chris  <mailto:chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
>> <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
>> To: Africa local chapter discussions  <mailto:africa at lists.osgeo.org>
>> <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 9:13 AM
>> Subject: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
>>
>>     Anybody got anything planned for this ?
>>
>>     GIS Day 14th November
>>
>>     http://www.gisday.com
>>
>>
>>     CM
>
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> Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:20:47 -0300
> From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> To: africa at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
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> Hi Antony,
>
> Hope all is well with you.
>
> Although GIS Day was created by ESRI, I really think it is important to
> use this day (like you said, whenever the day works with Southern
> hemisphere schedules) to promote our spatial passion, to the young kids,
> our future.  Sometimes I see events at the University level but they
> failed to invite teachers and students from the local high schools: it's
> imperative that we involve the kids at the earlier education levels to
> spread the importance of geography (nothing to do with software
> whatsoever).
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Your friend from Canada,
>
> -jeff
>
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> On 12-11-02 12:08 PM, Antony Cooper wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> As Wilhelm has pointed out, November is a very bad time of year for an
>> event such as GIS Day in the southern hemisphere, because all of the
>> target audience (scholars, students and teachers) are busy with exams.  As
>> with Halloween, GIS Day was scheduled (by ESRI, as you should all be
>> aware) to suite the northern hemisphere calendar.
>>
>> The result was that GISSA decided to have GIS Week during April/May.  This
>> has been running very successfully in the Western Cape, for example, for
>> many years, catering for many school children and teachers.
>>
>> So, might I suggest that those of us in the southern hemisphere do the
>> appropriate thing, and schedule events for when they suite conditions in
>> the southern hemisphere, and not for when they suite those in the northern
>> hemisphere?  Obviously, this mailing list covers countries in the northern
>> hemisphere and those that straddle both hemispheres, so your local
>> conditions will be different.
>>
>> So, if you are in South Africa, contact your provincial GISSA committee
>> and become involved in their GIS Week activities in our autumn - or spur
>> them to have them.  See: http://www.gissa.org.za/
>>
>> By the way, for those who are not aware of it, Halloween is primarily a
>> post-harvest festival (which is why it is in autumn and features autumnal
>> things), though it has been appropriated as a Christian festival for the
>> eve of All Saints' Day.
>>
>> Regards
>> Antony
>>
>>>>> On 02 November 2012 at 16:24, in message
>> <031a01cdb905$c73fe1c0$55bfa540$@co.za>, "wherbst"
>> <wherbst at mussels.co.za>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> I might be totally ill informed here, but....
>>>
>>> In GISSA a decision was made a few year ago to have the SA GIS day on a
>>> different day for the simple reason that the American GIS day is in the
>>> middle of our kids end year exams.  Therefore GISSA have a different GIS
>>> day
>>> , which has always been very actively supported by GISSA Western Cape
>>> and
>>> actually runs into a week not only a day.  I suggest that you support
>>> that
>>> effort, since you will struggle to get any students in Nov.
>>>
>>> On the other hand if you want to do something I am sure it can do no
>>> harm.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Wilhelm Herbst
>>>
>>> From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>> [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Gavin Fleming
>>> Sent: 02 November 2012 03:55
>>> To: africa at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
>>>
>>> Why not organise something?
>>>
>>> And spread the word through this list...
>>>
>>> On 02/11/2012 14:09, Lore Sereetsi wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> So I had a look at the link...
>>>
>>> Are there any events in Cape Town or the Western Cape for GIS Day?
>>>
>>> Lore
>>>
>>>   _____
>>>
>>> From: Chris  <mailto:chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
>>> <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>
>>> To: Africa local chapter discussions  <mailto:africa at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 9:13 AM
>>> Subject: [OSGeo Africa] GIS Day
>>>
>>>     Anybody got anything planned for this ?
>>>
>>>     GIS Day 14th November
>>>
>>>     http://www.gisday.com
>>>
>>>
>>>     CM
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Jeff McKenna
> MapServer Consulting and Training Services
> http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
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