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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Board <board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Angelos Tzotsos via Board <board@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 31 October 2022 17:04<br>
<b>To:</b> Vicky Vergara <vicky@georepublic.de>; Nicole Oveisi <noveisi@americangeo.org>; Suchith Anand <suchithanand1976@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> board@lists.osgeo.org <board@lists.osgeo.org>; Christopher Tucker <tucker@americangeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Board] Locus Charter</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Dear Nicole,<br>
Dear Suchith,<br>
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The board has approved to sign the Locus Charter.<br>
<a href="https://www.loomio.com/d/NgZMqIJK/sign-the-locus-charter">https://www.loomio.com/d/NgZMqIJK/sign-the-locus-charter</a><br>
<a href="https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/127">https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/127</a><br>
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Best regards,<br>
Angelos<br>
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On 8/15/22 05:59, Vicky Vergara via Board wrote:<br>
> Thanks Nicole,<br>
> The board chat is on <a href="https://meet.jit.si/OSGeo">https://meet.jit.si/OSGeo</a><br>
> If you set a time for Saturday August 27, then I will add that time in the<br>
> agenda to make sure we are on the jitsi.<br>
> The board is meeting in Florence, Italy and we will start the meeting at<br>
> 7:00 UTC (I just fixed a typo on the board meeting agenda)<br>
> And for all its the most convenient day to make this meeting happen as soon<br>
> as possible.<br>
><br>
> Regards.<br>
> Vicky<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:13 PM Nicole Oveisi <noveisi@americangeo.org><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hello all,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks so much Suchith for making this connection and promoting the<br>
>> support of the Locus Charter. And thank you Vicky for adding this topic to<br>
>> your upcoming board meeting. We would love to have OSGEO on as a Locus<br>
>> Charter Supporter!<br>
>><br>
>> The Locus Charter <<a href="http://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter">http://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter</a>> is a set of<br>
>> international principles regarding the ethical and responsible use of<br>
>> location data, with the aims of improving standards of practice and<br>
>> ensuring the privacy and security of individuals and societies. At the<br>
>> moment, we have 16 organizations and companies around the world that have<br>
>> signed on to support the Charter. As a supporter, your organization would<br>
>> be committed to promoting and implementing the 10 Principles within your<br>
>> organization's efforts. However, this is not legally binding. Supporters<br>
>> are expected to join our quarterly meetings and help spread the Charter<br>
>> among their networks. We are also soliciting "use cases" from supporters<br>
>> who have been working to implement the Principles in real-time in order to<br>
>> better understand some of the issues and solutions faced when adhering to<br>
>> Charter Principles. I have attached the Charter and Engagement Letter for<br>
>> your review.<br>
>><br>
>> If you are interested, I would be happy to set up a 30 minute Zoom call<br>
>> with the Locus Charter co-author and AGS Chairman Dr. Chris Tucker to<br>
>> discuss more in depth what signing onto the Charter looks like. Please let<br>
>> me know if you have any other questions and if you'd like to set up a call.<br>
>> I look forward to hearing from you!<br>
>><br>
>> Sincerely,<br>
>> Nicole<br>
>> --<br>
>> Nicole Oveisi<br>
>> *Special Projects and Initiatives Coordinator*<br>
>> *American Geographical Society *<br>
>> 949-294-2326<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 11:50 AM Vicky Vergara <vicky@georepublic.de><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hello all,<br>
>>> Added this topic to the F2F meeting agenda<br>
>>> <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-08-27#Current_items">
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-08-27#Current_items</a><br>
>>> Regards<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 5:23 AM Suchith Anand <<br>
>>> Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Dear OSGeo Board<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I have added a slide on GeoEthics to the OSGeo AGM 2022 slides. Thanks<br>
>>>> to Vicky for inviting me to add GeoEthics slide. Please feel free to<br>
>>>> add/edit as needed.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> In October 2020 , I organised a Think Tank on Data Ethics to bring<br>
>>>> together over 20 organisations (including representatives from OSGeo) to<br>
>>>> explore ideas for building support for the Locus Charter [1] - an<br>
>>>> international charter on the ethical use of location data.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Following this Data Ethics ThinkTank, it was agreed by all participants<br>
>>>> to keep continuing the GeoEthics discussions through the mailing list at<br>
>>>> OGC.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I thank Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for making Geoethics list as an<br>
>>>> open, public archive <a href="http://lists.ogc.org/pipermail/geoethics/">http://lists.ogc.org/pipermail/geoethics/</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I would like to request OSGeo Board to sign Letter of Engagement with<br>
>>>> Locus Charter . I am attaching the letter for your kind consideration. I am<br>
>>>> ccing Nicole Oveisi from AGS who will be able to provide any information<br>
>>>> needed. Thank you.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Best wishes<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Suchith<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> [1] <a href="https://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter/">https://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter/</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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>>>><br>
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>>><br>
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>>><br>
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