<div dir="ltr">Jeff, Maxi,<div><br></div><div>good point on meeting with Menno-Jan regarding ICA-OSGeo MOU.</div><div><br></div><div>I was thinking about meeting with Menno-Jan in person as well - I will be in Netherlands in January 23-Feb4 and then most of April, so maybe I should coordinate with you before asking him for a meeting/visit at his institution. As I mentioned to George I would really like to see something like open source cartography challenge from the ICA community - I keep hearing complaints about rather limited capabilities in terms of cartographic templates, symbology, etc. for open source tools so this is an area where ICA could make a major contribution.</div><div><br></div><div>So let me know whether I should contact him individually or we could try for a meeting</div><div><br></div><div>Helena</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Maxi,<br>
<br>
Maybe we can plan for a meeting between Menno-Jan and their board members, with OSGeo representatives. It might be good to sit down (virtually, or in person) all together and see what makes sense for both organizations.<br>
<br>
In terms of this meeting, I called this meeting with Menno-Jan I believe last month, when I noticed a message on one of the mailing lists about the new ICA president. I feel it is important take the time to manage these relationships.<br>
<br>
I have no problem with planning a followup meeting to address all of your concerns.<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
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On 2015-10-30 1:29 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:<br>
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I think people are talking if g4a is a commitee of osegeo or not. But<br>
what ica think? Does ica think g4a is a committee of ica? How do they<br>
want to handle this partnership with osgeo?<br>
What id thei vision for the future? Improving numbers of labs, work on<br>
quality (sort of incubation for labs?)<br>
<br>
So what is the concrete ica point of view on g4a apart of sharing of<br>
principle of enabling gis to all the world?<br>
<br>
This is my question maybe you addressed in your meeting.<br>
<br>
Maxi<br>
<br>
Il 30/Ott/2015 16:24, "Jeff McKenna" <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>> ha scritto:<br>
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Hi Maxi,<br>
<br>
I think I did a good job of reporting the outcomes of that meeting,<br>
in my message. Was there a topic you wanted me to tackle?<br>
Something missing in that report that you hoped to see me handle?<br>
If yes, please let me know and I will ask Menno-Jan at our next meeting.<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2015-10-30 12:18 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:<br>
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Jeff<br>
Could you report what was the outcomes? We have a discussion<br>
running on<br>
geo4all initiative and the vision of ICA is relevant i think.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Maxi<br>
<br>
Il 30/Ott/2015 15:16, "Jeff McKenna"<br>
<<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>>> ha scritto:<br>
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Hi Board, all,<br>
<br>
This morning I had a video meeting with the new ICA<br>
president, Prof<br>
Menno-Jan Kraak[1]. We had planned this meeting, and we<br>
had a good<br>
long talk about the two foundations and how we can continue<br>
working<br>
together. We plan to do this every 2 months, even if we<br>
have no<br>
updates for each other (in talking, we found out we share<br>
so much in<br>
common being the president of a foundation, and it is great<br>
to speak<br>
of issues that really only presidents or ex-presidents can<br>
understand of). I had a good laugh when he spoke of his daily<br>
e-mail messages increasing by 90%, yes, welcome to the role ha.<br>
<br>
We have circled a few events for 2016 where we will<br>
hopefully sit<br>
down together and talk face to face.<br>
<br>
We of course spoke of the importance of GeoForAll to both<br>
organizations.<br>
<br>
I look forward to working with the ICA and Menno-Jan.<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
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[1] <a href="http://icaci.org/executive-committee/menno-jan-kraak/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://icaci.org/executive-committee/menno-jan-kraak/</a><br>
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