<div dir="ltr"><div>Dears,</div><div><br></div><div>with some colleagues we noticed the following event organized at UN: <a href="http://www.gisfortheun.com">http://www.gisfortheun.com</a> called "GIS for the United Nations and the International Community Conference". At a closer look at the agenda (<a href="http://www.gisfortheun.com/agenda/index.html">http://www.gisfortheun.com/agenda/index.html</a>), it turned out that the only GIS mentioned is Esri. </div><div><br></div><div>At the beginning we thought that Esri was a sponsor, but apparently it does not seem to be the case <a href="http://www.gisfortheun.com/sponsors/index.html">http://www.gisfortheun.com/sponsors/index.html</a></div><div>However, although the very general title, turns out that the event is co-organized by Esri. Indeed in the home page, it reads:</div><div><br></div><div>"The event is jointly hosted by UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Application Programme (UNOSAT) and Esri."</div><div><br></div><div>I don't have anything against Esri but with such general title, it seems misleading that no other software representative is invited. For the sake of diversity, some OSGeo software might as well be part of this event. Just to be sure that people do not think that Esri is the only GIS on Earth. Otherwise, if it is an advertising event, it could just be clear in the title: instead of just GIS, it could as well be called "Esri GIS for the United Nations and the International Community Conference". </div><div><br></div><div>What do you think? Could OSGeo politely ask Esri to clarify the situation and either open up to the broader GIS community or just change the title of this event? Would the board take action in this sense?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666">Best regards,</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Dr. Margherita DI LEO </font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial;font-size:small">Scientific / technical project officer</span><br></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">European Commission - DG JRC </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Via Fermi, 2749</font></div><div><font color="#666666">I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261</font></div><div><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 </font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:margherita.di-leo@jrc.ec.europa.eu" target="_blank">margherita.di-leo@jrc.ec.europa.eu</a></font></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.</font></div></div></div>
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