[OSGeo-Edu] Academic Event

[Ari Jolma]

On 10/27/2011 12:50 AM, Jorge Gustavo wrote:
> Hi C,
>
> Maybe you can create a pool on doodle.com, and each of us will go 
> there to state our preferences. Please mention the time zone in use :-)

I think this is the only sensible way to go as the time zones make it 
very difficult. Pick a few one or two hour slots. I'm mostly available 
on that week.

Ari

>
> Regards,
>
> Jorge
>
> Em 26-10-2011 22:11, cschweik at gmail.com escreveu:
>> Hi,
>> I'd like to organize a virtual meeting for week of Nov 1st. To discuss
>> these workshop proposals. Anyone have ideas on how to settle on a 
>> day/time?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Lluís Vicens" <lluis at sigte.udg.es>
>> To: "edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org" <edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] Academic Event
>> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 4:13 am
>>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Rosa has been looking for different funding options to host the
>> Academic/Edu meeting here in Girona next March and it seems that it's
>> not easy.
>>
>> Here it goes a short summary:
>>
>> *1/ COST provides financial support for cooperation efforts of
>> scientific groups across Europe and the coordination of these research
>> networks called “Actions”. The support will cover the costs of
>> networking activities such as meetings (e.g. travel, subsistence, local
>> organiser support), conferences, workshops, short-term scientific
>> exchanges, training schools, publications and dissemination activities.
>> COST does not fund the research itself.
>>
>> As Ari suggested, the proposal submission is a two steps process: a)
>> Submit a short proposal before March 30th 2012, and then a long proposal
>> before July 27h.
>>
>> Final resolution will be December 5th 2012
>>
>> *2/ LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAM (KA3 ICT MULTILATERAL NETWORKS): Page129
>> on http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call12/fiches_en.pdf and
>> http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/ka3/ict_multilateral_networks_en.php
>>
>> As you can see, the deadline is March 1st 2012, and the resolution is
>> June 2012.
>>
>> The problem with this two different funding programs (COST & LifeLong
>> Learning...) is that they are good to organize a meeting in 2013, but
>> not for 2012. :|
>>
>> I don't know if there are any other options for funding a meeting in
>> 2012. Anybody knows? If we don't have funds I believe that it's not so
>> easy to move persons across Europe, coming from different universities
>> and research institutions.
>>
>> Otherwise, maybe we can plan a «working meeting» in Girona (March 2012)
>> in order to share ideas and experiences and to work together to choose a
>> funding program, and start to work to organize a Edu-meeting in 2013
>> (scope, needs, actions, attendants, workshops, ...) and to get the real
>> interest for a meeting like that, and to know who really wants to be
>> involved... Even without a funding program, universities and
>> institutions can be able to send a delegate for one or two days in
>> Girona in order to attend a « preparatory working meeting». Then we can
>> share and present this project during the Spanish foss4g meeting
>> (Jornadas de SIG Libre).
>>
>> This are just some ideas :)
>>
>> What do you think? Please, let me know your thoughts...
>>
>> Lluís
>>
>>
>> El dj 20 de 10 de 2011 a les 15:15 -0400, en/na Charles Schweik va
>> escriure:
>>> 1) I have created a new entry on our wiki page to help us organize our
>>> 2011-2012 initiatives. I've tried to build "interest party" lists from
>>> the emails. I'm sure I missed some or couldn't remember exact
>>> institutional affiliations.
>>>
>>>
>>> See
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Educational_Content_Inventory#2011-2012_Initiatives 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please add your name if it is missing, or update if I have something
>>> wrong or email me if you can't edit the wiki.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) Tyler's question of nailing down a date.
>>>
>>>
>>> +1 for doing the events in sequence (EU-March, US-May) rather than in
>>> parallel.
>>>
>>>
>>> See if we can get funds for some cross-participation and we figure out
>>> how to build from the March event in May.
>>>
>>>
>>> 3) More relatively soon on a virtual meeting to plan. I think Phil is
>>> crunching on a his proposal which may have the idea of a May workshop
>>> in it but Phil, when you are ready let's discuss the virtual meeting
>>> logistics and plan for early November.
>>>
>>>
>>> 4) Our next step is maybe to try and work on virtual meeting topics.
>>> I've tried to start this on the wiki page above. Please add ideas,
>>> colleagues!
>>>
>>>
>>> Great to see this energy. One goal I know we have is to have some kind
>>> of educational deliverable for FOSS4G next year to compliment the
>>> LiveDVD.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>>
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