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<p>Dear Arturo,</p>
<p>I put your request on the agenda of the next board meeting on
30th of March ;-)</p>
<p>Till<br>
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<div>Greetings to all from Mexico,<br>
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<div>Recently, MIT, The Technological Institute of Monterrey and
the University of the Andes have co-sponsored a request for
proposals for education, training and innovation projects in
Latin America through MIT's SOLVE initiative. The challenge
submission deadline is March 31st; judging
closes on the 24th of April. More info about the challenge can
be found in [1].<br>
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<div>My solution's working title is Geo-Chiapas [2], and basically
consists of creating a
workshop series that teaches fundamental geospatial concepts to
economically
vulnerable and socially disadvantaged youths in this Mexican
state. I
have begun conversations with some local NGO's and academic
institutions regarding the possibility of partnering to offer
the workshop series.<br>
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<div>At this stage, the workshop's form would be decidedly
'low-tech' although we are considering the approximately
week-long process to culminate in use of something like
geoforage.io [3] to introduce geodesign concepts into the
learning modules as well.<br>
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<div>After a recent conversation with Vicky Vergara, I was
encouraged to reach out to the OSGeo board to seek some guidance
on the GeoChiapas project.
I'd like to formally solicit a person to be part of the
project's team
as well as the TPrize submission team in the role of "advisor" .</div>
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<div>The person preferably needs to have:<br>
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<div>- Experience in education<br>
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<div>- Geospatial training<br>
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<div>- Knowledge of the Latin American region's social and
economical problems<br>
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<div>Vicky expressed interest in being that person, but she also
mentioned making a formal request to the OSGeo board.<br>
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<div>I am grateful for the consideration of my appeal and I look
forward to answering any questions that you may have.<br>
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<div>Sincerely,<br>
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<div><span><span style="color:rgb(136, 136, 136)">Arturo
Moreno<br>
<span><span><span style="color:rgb(136, 136, 136)">San
Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexíco</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>Cell +52 (967) 152-77-18<br>
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<div>[1] <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
href="https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/TPrize"
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<div>[2] <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
href="https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/TPrize/solutions/17836"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/TPrize/solutions/17836</a><br>
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<div>[3] <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
href="https://www.geoforage.io/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.geoforage.io/</a><br>
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