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    <p>Dear Suchith,<br>
      <br>
      I agree with you on the matter, that publishing a book in context
      of United Nations initiative by esri is bad. I would also support
      to offiicialy articulate this somehow. <br>
      But the case you address was solved. As I understand, esri is no
      longer considered as the publisher for the book?<br>
      I also think, that there might be a big conflict of interest, if
      esri publishes a UN SDG book. But intil that is proven by some
      wrong doing from esri during the editing and publication process,
      we are talking not about facts. And as far as I know they didn't
      published an UN related book yet? Maybe ICA and Prof. Kraak
      understood this problem, after you raised your concerns about this
      issue last year. So, thank you very much for your caring about
      this issue a year ago, and as it seems you already won the battle!<br>
      <br>
      What I see now, is at most a policy issue within ICA, that they
      may need to open up the process for deciding for a publisher of a
      book project, but I am not even sure about that, because they seem
      to have already a policy for that case in place?<br>
      <br>
      Best regards,<br>
      Christian<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 24.07.2018 um 22:51 schrieb Suchith
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            Christian,</span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Thank you
            for you mail and inputs. This letter is draft and I welcome
            inputs from you and everyone to refine it.</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
            fully agree with you that we just need more transparency in
            science and also in the whole process of editing/reviewing
            and publishing a book.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
            0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I am happy
            to make the edits/changes needed that you suggested and I
            will request your help on this. I have provided all
            information that I have on this book project that I am aware
            of. I just do not know the details (what was the process of
            selecting the publisher, criteria etc).</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">If
            you are able to get details on this and share with the
            community, it will be very helpful. I did my best to get
            more information on the publisher decision process etc . For</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">some
            strange</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
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          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">reason,
            there was no openness in the whole process which is the main
            concern. So if there is no openness and transparency even in
            this then how do you think we can expect transparency in
            editing/reviewing process. I respectfully disagree with you
            that any GIS vendor if they are also running their</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">publication
            press, then they have no conflict of interest.</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">It is the duty
            of scientific association to ensure there is transparency in
            science. Even ICA’s publication policy for conference
            proceedings</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
            font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">does
            not mention any GIS vendor press . Why?  Please see</span></p>
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            moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
              font-size: 11pt;">https://icaci.org/ica-publications-and-publication-policy-first-publication-volume-is-online/</span></a><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">All
            scholarly publications (edited books, journals, conference
            proceedings) should follow similar guidelines.</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">So
            I am very confused why and how a GIS vendor press was
            planned for this community book project.</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
            highlighted the global problem of increase in low quality
            submissions</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
            font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">and
            it is not an ICA problem or any Vendor problem or any single
            organisation problem.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
            0); font-size: 11pt;">   </span><span
            style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
            font-size: 11pt;">
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Hence
            it is important that we are all very vigilant and take steps
            to protect the integrity of independent peer review
            frameworks</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
            font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">for
            Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations. If any</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Scientific
            Associations themselves are not open and transparent in
            their decision making, then how can they</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">ensure
            independent peer review frameworks</span><span style="color:
            rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">for
            Scholarly publications!</span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I want to
            make it clear that I am not an author or coauthor on any
            articles submitted to this book project. So I do not have
            any personal conflict of interest in this. GeoForAll
            colleagues contributed for this book project in good faith.
            I did work to get GeoForAll colleagues to support and
            contribute for this book project. So I have a moral
            responsibility to make sure they are provided as much
            information and updates on this.</span><span style="color:
            rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
            have no issue if the GIS vendor publication press for this
            community book was selected by an open, transparent process.</span><span
            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I want us
            to look at the future not focus on mistakes made in past .
            Some mistakes have been made and I understand that this is
            corrected. We are all human , so we all make mistakes  So
            let us not focus on past mistakes but look at ideas on how
            we can strengthen the independent peer review frameworks 
            for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations in the
            future.</span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I have
            worked with many properitary</span><span style="color:
            rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">GIS
            vendors and I have great respect for all of them and always
            welcomed them.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
            font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
            have raised my concern with some</span><span style="color:
            rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> 
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">open
            source vendors also if I find any thing that undermines
            openness.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
            11pt;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;
            color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
          </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
            am the view that both open and properitary systems have an
            important place and need to work together  . We are all part
            of a big ecosystem all working for Geo.   I  believe in 
            open discussions to help find better understanding.  For
            me,  Openness means being open to different perspectives
            ,ideas, viewpoints, cultures  and learning and improving to
            be a better human every day...</span></p>
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          <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Best
            wishes,</span></p>
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              behalf of Christian Willmes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:c.willmes@uni-koeln.de"><c.willmes@uni-koeln.de></a><br>
              <b>Sent:</b> 24 July 2018 17:43<br>
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              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the
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            <p>Dear Suchith,<br>
              <br>
              I understand your point, and I also support your views on
              this, but this is from my perspective a too
              personal/particular issue, as to have it as an "OSGeo open
              letter". Also, because this is more of an ICA and not so
              much an OSGeo issue, I think.
              <br>
              <br>
              First, I would keep it more general. You address a
              particular issue (UN SDG book published by esri), and also
              some personal background (this should not matter to the
              addressed subject). I would recommend you keep it from
              being personal and denouncing proprietary GIS vendors. If
              a company plays by the rules of science, there is nothing
              wrong about that company publishing a scientific book.
              I.e. almost all book publishers are commercial companies
              with interests somehow and somewhere.<br>
              <br>
              You need to “attack” scientific “wrong doing” by that
              particular company in conducting the editing and
              publication of that book. Publishing books if done
              correctly is not wrong, even by a vendor with vested
              interests. But if you witness, for example, that
              submissions using open source GIS solutions are
              disadvantaged against the submissions using products of
              the proprietary GIS vendor publishing the book, that would
              be the point to raise and attack.<br>
              <br>
              Second, better write about how it should be done to avoid
              this negative “Fake Science” things from happening. Here
              the idea of Open Science and Reproducible Science is key,
              i.e. the most openness and transparency possible. We just
              need more transparency in science and also in the whole
              process of editing/reviewing and publishing a book. And
              this is where OSGeo can contribute. Basically, real
              reproducible and open science is not possible without open
              source software. If you can’t see how something is
              implemented, you can not really reproduce the results.<br>
              <br>
              Third, if you accuse someone of “Fake Science” please make
              sure to offer evidence about this particular misconduct.
              If you fail to do so, you are creating “fake news”
              yourself. Sorry, no offense at you personally, but I think
              its not a good idea to publish this letter in OSGeo's or
              GeoForAll's name. At least not with these accusations or
              even notion of "Fake Science" in it.<br>
            </p>
            <p><br>
            </p>
            <p>To be clear, I share your view that it is bad, if esri
              would publish a book written by scientists in the context
              of a United Nations initiative to maybe only advertise its
              own product, but until any misconduct is proven, you can't
              accuse esri or ICA of "Fake Science".</p>
            <p><br>
              Best regards,<br>
              Christian<br>
            </p>
            <br>
            <div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">Am 24.07.2018 um 11:53
              schrieb Suchith Anand:<br>
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                  line-height:normal"><span style=""><span
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                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I have
                      prepared a draft letter with my ideas/suggestions </span><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">.I am just
                      a volunteer and I feel sad that</span></span><span
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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                    font-size:11pt">that I have to raise this issue
                    through an open letter.</span><font face="Helvetica
                    Neue"><span style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  But if I
                      remain silent on this , I will be indirectly
                      supporting the degrading of </span></font><span
                    style="font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> independent
                    peer review frameworks  for Scholarly publications
                    of Scientific Associations.</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">It is the
                    fundamental duty of all Officers of Scientific
                    Associations/Organisations</span><span
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">to always
                      take steps to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">guard and
                      protect independent peer review frameworks</span></span><span
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                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
                    Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations. I
                    am hopeful and confident that that they all will do
                    this for the future.</span><br>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am not a
                    native English speaker, so please help refine this</span><span
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">letter
                    correctly. I want us to look at the future not focus
                    on mistakes made in past . Some mistakes have been
                    made and I understand that this is corrected. We are
                    all human , so we all make mistakes</span><span
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. So let us
                    not focus on past mistakes but look at ideas on how
                    we can strengthen the independent peer review
                    frameworks</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
                    Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations in
                    the future.</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The
                    International Cartographic Association (ICA) is my
                    organisation for which</span><span
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                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I have
                    volunteered for the last 15 years and continuing . I
                    have great respect for everyone in this great global
                    community . The SDG book is a community effort (not
                    any individual’s book project) . I have requested
                    from the start (as soon as I came to know) for
                    openness and transparency in decision making for
                    selecting the publisher. esp. as this book is on UN
                    SDG . I understand that ICA has now corrected the
                    mistake . Everyone makes mistakes and it takes
                    courage to acknowledge and correct the mistakes
                    .Compassion and forgiveness are important values .</span><span
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am
                    very grateful that ICA has listened to my concerns
                    and rectified this . So I don’t have any issues with
                    ICA or any colleagues in ICA. We might have
                    difference in opinions on some issues and having
                    free and open discussions is in my humble opinion
                    the best way to learn each others perspectives and
                    find best solutions to move forward.</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please send
                    any updates/modifications needed to the draft by
                    30th July 2018. I am on family holidays ( with no
                    internet ) in first week of August, so I will aim to
                    send this before I go on holidays.</span><br>
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                  <b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Draft of
                      Open Letter on the importance to protecting
                      independent peer review frameworks</span><span
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                    </span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
                        Scholarly publications of Scientific
                        Associations</span></b></span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Scholarly
                      publications (edited books, journals etc) from
                      scientific associations</span><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">/</span><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">organisations
                      has</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                    font-size:11pt;
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">credibility
                    and reputation because of strong independent peer
                    review frameworks </span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. We are
                    very fortunate in the Geospatial domain to have many
                    reputed Scientific Associations and organisations
                    (ICA, IGU, ISPRS, IEEE-GRSS, IAG etc) who have over
                    many decades provided strong leadership in
                    advancement of geo science.</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">In times of
                    fake news, science is usually one of those areas
                    that can give us orientation and we can rely on.</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Independent
                    peer review frameworks</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
                    Scholarly publications is among the foundations of
                    good science. However, this is</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">obviously at
                    risk now.
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">If a
                    professional association takes</span><span
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">agrees to
                    publish scholarly publications (edited books etc)</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">through a
                    GIS vendor’s press then there is potential issues
                    with independent peer review and ensuring scientific
                    quality. It is only natural that any GIS vendor
                    publication press to have vested interests in
                    promoting their products and</span><span
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">agenda. It
                    also makes it easy for the vendor to get endorsement
                    for their</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">products
                      from scientific and professional organisations
                      using this route. </span><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Independent
                      peer review is the fundamental aspect of science
                      and we need to ensure all steps to protect this.</span></span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We are also
                    now seeing a very disturbing trend with</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">some vendors
                    even starting to trademark “ science” for
                    marketing/sales of their</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">products and
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">“science” is
                    being misused for vendor marketing/sales! . I have
                    raised this issue through an open letter [1] .</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Science is
                    not a commodity to be marketed or sold by any vendor
                    owners! I am very sad and disappointed to see this
                    degrading of science happening. Scientific
                    organisations should not endorse any specific vendor
                    products etc as “Science” and take strong moral
                    stand against</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                    font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">marketing of
                    products as “Science’ by any vendor owners!</span></p>
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                <p style="margin-right:0px; margin-left:0px;
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am a
                    volunteer for the ICA for the last 15 years and
                    always done my best in my small way to support ICA .
                    Around one year back, i</span><i><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">n the
                      light of the </span></i><a
                    href="http://mapyear.org/" id="LPlnk430064"
                    class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#e4af0a"><i><span
                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                          font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">International
                          Map Year (IMY)</span></i></span></a><i><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, the
                    </span></i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                    font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The
                    International Cartographic Association (ICA) started
                    an excellent initiative
                  </span><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for</span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">highlighting
                      the value of cartography by “mapping” the
                    </span></i><a
                    href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/"
                    id="LPlnk307766" class="x_OWAAutoLink"
                    previewremoved="true" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="color:#e4af0a"><i><span
                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                          font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">UN
                          sustainable development goals</span></i></span></a><i><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></i><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Building
                    upon this, The ICA community started work on a book
                    on UN SDG Mapping</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">building
                    upon the posters of the various commissions on this
                    [2]. This is a great community initiative developed
                    with inputs from all colleagues in commissions of
                    the ICA. The Open Source Geospatial Commission
                    colleagues also contributed our inputs for this.
                    When the book project was announced, I did my best
                    to contact colleagues to contribute to this in good
                    faith. I didn’t have the faintest idea that it was
                    being planned to be published through a properitary
                    GIS vendor publication press! </span>
                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">As soon as I
                    came to know about this, I did contact Menno -Jan
                    with my concerns and requested him that as this is a
                    community book project to please allow open
                    discussions and keep the community updated [3] . I
                    was very surprised that there was no open and
                    transparent discussions on selecting the book
                    publisher was done.</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">From an
                    email from Anthony Robinson on 16th July 2018, I
                    understand now that ICA is not proceeding with the
                    vendor GIS publication press (Esri press)</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for the SDG
                    book and I welcome this. But it is</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">important</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">we need to
                    be learn lessons from this mistake and not repeat
                    this in future</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. </span><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We are all
                      humans and make mistakes.</span></span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I fully
                    respect the right of individuals publishing their
                    personal work [1] in any publication house that they
                    wish. But as officers of Scientific Organisations,
                    esp. in times of some vendor owners
                    doing  marketing/sales  on “Science” , I request all
                    colleagues to be careful not to do anything that
                    will undermine independent peer review process.</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am
                    suggesting some initial ideas that we all can take
                    as a community to help reduce this problem in the
                    future</span></p>
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                </p>
                <ul style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">
                  <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">All
                        Scientific </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Associations
                        and organisations should </span><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ensure
                        that there is full open and transparent
                        discussions allowed before choosing any
                        publishers of scholarly publications (Edited
                        Books etc). </span></span><br>
                  </li>
                </ul>
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                </p>
                <ul style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">
                  <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">It is
                      important that GIS scientific
                      associations/organisations take strong moral stand
                      against taking sponsorship/royalty etc 
                    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
                      scholarly publications from all GIS vendors .
                      Independent peer review system is the fundamental
                      aspect of science. So I am humbly requesting all
                      Scientific organisations to</span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">not use
                    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">any GIS
                      vendor controlled press for publishing scholarly
                      outputs (edited books etc).</span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">GIS
                      scientific organisations should not</span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">tak</span><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">e</span><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> any
                        sponsorship or royalty for scholarly
                        publications (</span><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">books,
                        journals etc) from any GIS vendors . If a
                        scientific association takes</span></span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">agrees to
                      publish scholarly publications (edited books etc)</span><span
                      style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 
                        through the vendor’s press then there is
                        potential issues with independent peer review
                        and ensuring scientific quality. It is only
                        natural that any GIS vendor publication press to
                        have vested interests in promoting their
                        products and  agenda. It also makes it easy for
                        the vendor to get endorsement for their 
                        products from scientific and professional
                        organisations using this route. </span><span
                        style="font-size:11pt;
                        font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Independent
                        peer review is the fundamental aspect of science
                        and we need to ensure all steps to protect this.</span></span><br>
                  </li>
                </ul>
                <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span>
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                  <br>
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                </p>
                <ul style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">
                  <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Officers
                      of Scientific Organisations and Editors of all GIS
                      journals </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
                      font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">declare
                      any conflict of interest with any vendors
                      (funding/sponsorship/royalties  etc received from
                      any GIS vendors currently or in the past) to
                      ensure transparency and good practices.They should
                      not support any vendors interest directly or
                      indirectly. Scientific organisations should not
                      endorse any specific vendor products etc as
                      “Science” and take strong moral stand against 
                      marketing of products as “Science’ by any vendor
                      owners!</span><br>
                  </li>
                </ul>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
                    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am
                    concerned with the wider degradation of science and
                    education happening in different sectors. This is a
                    moral issue and needs all organisations globally in
                    science and education working together.</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
                  </span></p>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
                  </span></p>
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                  <span style=""><span style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">It is the
                      fundamental </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">duty of
                      all </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
                      font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Officers
                      of Scientific Organisations</span></span><span
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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                  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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                    font-size:11pt">to guard and protect independent
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                      Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations.
                      I am hopeful and confident that that they will do
                      this for the future.</span></font><br>
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