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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cameron, good point. I have added the Actions for the OSGeo Board to consider below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1. Updating OGC-OSGeo MoU :Strengthen OSGeo-OGC collaborations building upon the MoU and extending it to other areas of synergies (esp. In Geospatial Education).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Action</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> -Jeff (OSGeo) and Denise (OGC) to work on the details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2. Building up Geospatial Education Collaborations : OSGeo and OGC to work together in building geospatial education opportunities. We will work together to make available resources for geospatial standards education more accessible to educators worldwide. There is lot of synergies we can build upon the ICA-OSGeo labs initiative and network for further building up geospatial education opportunities for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Action</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> - OSGeo representatives (Anne, Helena, Charlie, Suchith and others interested) and OGC representatives (Luis, Denise and others) to work on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>3. Scheduling regular quarterly virtual meetings between representatives of our organizations <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Action</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> - Jeff to follow up this with Mark, Denise (OGC) and finalize telemeeting arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am ccing Denise and Luis (from OGC) so they can provide any suggestions/changes needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Suchith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PS: Unfortunately, i wont be able to attend the Board meeting tomorrow but Jeff, Anne will be able to update all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 15 October 2013 20:39<br><b>To:</b> Anne Ghisla; Suchith Anand<br><b>Cc:</b> board@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Board] next week's Board meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith,<br>I'll encourage you to suggest specific ACTIONS to the agenda which you would wish the board to make. Board meetings are more effective if we have had a chance to review ideas and material before the meeting, and then the focus of the meeting can be on making decisions and then moving onto the next item. Suchith, you are welcome to attend the meeting and contribute to the discussion.<br><br>On 16/10/13 01:57, Anne Ghisla wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:08:22 +0100<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Suchith Anand <a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk"><Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I have added an item on building more Educational collaboration with<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>OGC (building up discussions at FOSS4G 2013) to the Board meeting<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>wiki for you all to discuss at the next board meeting at<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-10-17">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-10-17</a> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Hi Suchith, all!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Jeff, Anne and others present at both the informal OGC-OSGeo dinner<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>meeting and OGC-OSGeo BoF meetings at Nottingham last month could<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>update all and lead this discussion. The aim is to build more<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>collaborations and synergies in geospatial education between OGC and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>OSGeo. Through the ICA-OSGeo labs Education initiative we will work<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>more closely with OGC in making open standards education materials in<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>GIS more accessible to the wider community. Luis Bermudez (OGC) has<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>done excellent work on OGC Schools at GitHub and we are looking<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>forward to working with him on extending this.<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Thanks for the input, I will collect the notes from these meetings and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>report to the Board. Many things are happening, the momentum is great,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>so let's support it fully.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>The OGC-OSGeo dinner meeting at FOSS4G 2013 was a good initiative and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>we should work together for more interaction with OGC and OSGeo. Mark<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Reichardt has suggested scheduling regular quarterly virtual<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>meetings between representatives of our organizations which i think<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>is an excellent idea and need to be followed up.<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>+1.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Jeff, myself will be attending teleconference with Denise (OGC) on<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Thursday to follow up the discussions at Nottingham.Thanks.<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Great. Please keep us updated about it!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Suchith<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Anne<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>From: <a href="mailto:board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>[<a href="mailto:board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sent: 09 October 2013 20:34 To: <a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Subject: Re: [Board] next week's Board meeting<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On 09/10/13 23:57, Jeff McKenna wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>I've done some reordering of next week's agenda items, seems like a <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>busy first meeting for this Board:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-10-17#Agenda">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-10-17#Agenda</a> This<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>will be a one hour meeting, no longer.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>Thanks Jeff.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I suggest that, where appropriate, a person to lead a discussion<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>point should put their name against the topic, as [First Last]. 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