<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thx Suchith,<div><br></div><div>However I struggle to see the opportunities for SME’s in particular. Especially, since these make up for the large part of the present OSGeo sponsors.</div><div>I think the argument to join the initiative needs to be SMART. Otherwise it is a plea in a virtual ocean of requests upon open source businesses.</div><div>Apologies, but I can not bolster the argument for joining. Perhaps others on the list can help you. <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Kind regards,<br><div>Marc Vloemans</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>Op 1 feb. 2018 om 12:33 heeft Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I do not have any expertise in this but seeing all the companies who have joined this already ( including many proprietary GIS companies), it is important that SMEs in the OSGeo ecosytem should be part of this to make
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<b>Sent:</b> 01 February 2018 11:24<br>
<b>To:</b> Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UNGGIM Private Sector</font>
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<div>What would be the business value of joining as an SME or other (commercial) company?<br>
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Op 1 feb. 2018 om 12:09 heeft Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br>
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I was looking at UNGGIM Private Sector website and I didn’t much presence of commercial sector in the OSGeo ecosystem in the UNGGIM Private Sector Network. <br>
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There are lot of SMEs in the OSGeo ecosystem and I think this will be a good opportunity for the commercial sector in the OSGeo ecosystem [2] to join this network at <a href="http://unggim-psn.org/psn-members.html" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk50318" previewremoved="true">http://unggim-psn.org/psn-members.html</a>
and proactively engage with UNGGIM Private Sector<br>
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Suchith<br>
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[1] <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/service-providers/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk32542" previewremoved="true">
https://www.osgeo.org/service-providers/</a> <br>
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