<div dir="ltr">Dear Sergio,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your email. In addition to the contest budget, we also had discussion regarding the other issues in the <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-04-25#GeoLIBERO_clarifications">last board meeting</a>. We feel that the following steps could be beneficial for the collaborative participation of the Ibero-American section (as you mentioned some of them are OSGeo Charter Members) and the rest of the OSGeo. </div><div><ul style="margin:0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">If it is possible to form a local chapter for carrying out the initiatives in the section and if it does not exist already, then it is much welcomed. A local chapter would streamline the process for face-to-face meetings and also provide outreach to the amazing initiatives and contests. Moreover, the local chapters can present the updates of all the events and activities during the annual general meeting (AGM) planned during the FOSS4G conferences.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">It would be great to spread awareness about these events and contests using the OSGeo Announcements or <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/News_Queue">News</a> or Discuss lists. In general, a news item is posted on OSGeo website and on Twitter via the official OSGeo account, thus reaching out to the global FOSS4G and OSGeo community and contributors.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Also, some of these events align with the existing projects and initiatives, it would be great to join hands and collaborate. One such initiative is Google Summer of Code (for eg.) where new contributors can participate and the project members can mentor them. Unfortunately, GSoC timeline has also progressed for this year but it might be a great idea to include some coding initiatives for the upcoming years. Another such initiative is the <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/2021-osgeo-un-committee-educational-challenge/">United Nations OSGeo Educational Challenge</a> where the GeoLIBERO project could participate with an educational challenge.</li></ul><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Additionally, if you have any further suggestions then we cordially request to share it with the Board and we will try our best to act on them.</span></font></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Finally, heartiest congratulations for the success of the GeoLIBERO project, it is really commendable work even during the pandemic and strengthens the GeoForAll initiative.</span></font></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Thank you for your efforts!</span></font></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Kind regards,</span></font></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Rajat</span></font></div><div> <br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff">--</font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff">Rajat Shinde</font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff">Vice President - <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/" target="_blank">Board of Directors</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff">Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).</font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff"><a href="http://home.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde" target="_blank">http://home.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde</a></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:31 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <<a href="mailto:sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy">sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Great! Thanks you very much<br>
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Sergio Acosta y Lara<br>
Departamento de Geomática<br>
Dirección Nacional de Topografía<br>
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas<br>
URUGUAY<br>
(598)29157933 ints. 20329<br>
<a href="http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/" target="_blank">http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/</a><br>
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<div id="gmail-m_-8585510653921101963x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>De:</b> Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com" target="_blank">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Enviado:</b> sábado, 14 de mayo de 2022 4:23:36<br>
<b>Para:</b> SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA<br>
<b>Cc:</b> OSGeo Board Private; <a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>; <a href="mailto:michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Asunto:</b> Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica</font>
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<div>Dear Sergio,<br>
<br>
The OSGeo budget is approved:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2022" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2022</a><br>
The budget you requested is included, please contact the treasurer when <br>
you need to invoice.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Angelos<br>
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On 5/2/22 21:02, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA wrote:<br>
> Hi Angelos. I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the board meeting. I don't know if you need more clarification from me. I would also like to know if the budget we requested for the contest (within GeoForAll) among students, which this year will be international,
was finally approved.<br>
> Thank you<br>
><br>
><br>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara<br>
> Departamento de Geomática<br>
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía<br>
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas<br>
> URUGUAY<br>
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329<br>
> <a href="http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/" target="_blank">http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> ________________________________<br>
> De: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA<br>
> Enviado: miércoles, 20 de abril de 2022 15:38<br>
> Para: Angelos Tzotsos<br>
> Cc: OSGeo Board Private; <a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
> Asunto: Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thank you Angelos,<br>
><br>
> The concern arises as a result of this project that I previously mentioned called GeoLIBERO. It is a project whose intention was to invigorate GeoForAll, especially the Ibero-American section. It is turning out to be a success, despite the pandemic. We had
a face-to-face meeting last year here in Uruguay where several of us who participated had the opportunity to meet personally. Some of them are already OSGeo charter members. There are several open lines of research in the project, with education being the
most active. There are 3 initiatives under development: one, for the creation of a free geomatics course (diplomado) for Ibero-America; another, for the development of research on the use of Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIT) at the higher
level of education (university education prior to postgraduate); and a third, to extend to a regional level the Uruguayan experience of developing a course-contest of projects with students (high school) and gvSIG Batoví (open source GIS). We would like to
share all this experience more widely, with the entire OSGeo community. There is also the concern of these project members who are charter members to be able to collaborate more actively with OSGeo. They have asked me how to do it and honestly I did not know
what to answer. So I had this idea to transfer the question to the Board. I hope I have clarified the situation somewhat.<br>
><br>
> Again, thanks,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara<br>
> Departamento de Geomática<br>
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía<br>
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas<br>
> URUGUAY<br>
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329<br>
> <a href="http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/" target="_blank">http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/</a><br>
> ________________________________<br>
> De: Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com" target="_blank">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Enviado: miércoles, 20 de abril de 2022 4:18:08<br>
> Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA<br>
> Cc: OSGeo Board Private; <a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
> Asunto: Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica<br>
><br>
> Dear Sergio,<br>
><br>
> The board discussed this topic during the previous board meeting and we<br>
> would like to get some more feedback from you regarding the concerns to<br>
> make contributions from the geolibero project. Can you please elaborate<br>
> more on the concerns?<br>
> We would definitely like any help we can get to promote OSGeo more.<br>
> Perhaps you would like to join our next board meeting to discuss further?<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-04-25" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-04-25</a><br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Angelos<br>
><br>
> On 3/7/22 19:36, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA wrote:<br>
>> Thank you Angelos. We'll be looking forward to receiving that feedback soon.<br>
>><br>
>> Kind regards,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara<br>
>> Departamento de Geomática<br>
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía<br>
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas<br>
>> URUGUAY<br>
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329<br>
>> <a href="http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/" target="_blank">http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/</a><br>
>> ________________________________<br>
>> De: Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:tzotsos@gmail.com" target="_blank">tzotsos@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Enviado: lunes, 7 de marzo de 2022 12:55:33<br>
>> Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA<br>
>> Cc: OSGeo Board Private<br>
>> Asunto: Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica<br>
>><br>
>> Dear Sergio,<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you for your e-mail, I did not receive the previous one (wondering if osgeo e-mail was actually working this last week).<br>
>> I am forwarding your request to the board's private mailing list and we will provide feedback soon.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Angelos<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 4:58 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <<a href="mailto:sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy" target="_blank">sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy" target="_blank">sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Angelos. Last thursday I sent this email (see below) seeking to have your reaction. How can we contribute to OSGeo from our -humble- position? We'll be very pleased to hear your opinion.<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara<br>
>> Departamento de Geomática<br>
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía<br>
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas<br>
>> URUGUAY<br>
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329<br>
>> <a href="http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/" target="_blank">http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ________________________________<br>
>> De: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA<br>
>> Enviado: jueves, 3 de marzo de 2022 13:08<br>
>> Para: <a href="mailto:tzotsos@osgeo.org" target="_blank">tzotsos@osgeo.org</a><<a href="mailto:tzotsos@osgeo.org" target="_blank">mailto:tzotsos@osgeo.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:mmtobias@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">mmtobias@ucdavis.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:mmtobias@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">mmtobias@ucdavis.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:vicky@georepublic.de" target="_blank">vicky@georepublic.de</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:vicky@georepublic.de" target="_blank">vicky@georepublic.de</a>>; <a href="mailto:codrina@geo-spatial.org" target="_blank">codrina@geo-spatial.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:codrina@geo-spatial.org" target="_blank">codrina@geo-spatial.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Asunto: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> At GeoForAll IbA we have proposed to develop a project with external funding called GeoLIBERO (<a href="https://www.cyted.org/es/geolibero" target="_blank">https://www.cyted.org/es/geolibero</a>). The project (which was approved and is under development) spans 4 years (we
are starting the third now) and many professionals and academics from several Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal participate in it. There are several (new) Charter Members among these members with the concern of making contributions to OSGeo from
this project, beyond its completion. I particularly see that OSGeo has been losing dynamism and I would like to discuss with the Board the way to contribute to its reactivation since it is something that we would be interested in doing. Is there any way to
do this?<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara<br>
>> Departamento de Geomática<br>
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía<br>
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas<br>
>> URUGUAY<br>
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329<br>
>> <a href="http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/" target="_blank">http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
>> President, Board of Directors<br>
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
>> <a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" target="_blank">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br>
>><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
> President<br>
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
> <a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" target="_blank">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br>
><br>
><br>
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-- <br>
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
President<br>
Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
<a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" target="_blank">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br>
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