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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks Landon for your reactions to my proposed
list of group tasks for 2008-09.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If others have comments/reactions to what
I sent please send them (either to the group or to me specifically) and I will aggregate
and send out to the group.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Charlie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Landon
Blake [mailto:lblake@ksninc.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 13, 2008
11:41 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Charlie Schweik; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">edu_discuss@lists.osgeo.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [OSGeo-Edu] New list
of OSGeo education (potential) groupinitiatives for 2008-09</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Charlie,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think the list you put
together is very comprehensive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m more than
willing to write additional English chapters of the Free GIS Book, but I
won’t be much use when it comes to translating existing Spanish chapters.
:] Do we have a list of new English chapters that are needed? Did the Spanish
team ever get my metadata chapter translated to English?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I also hope to continue
my contributions to the multi-language dictionary. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The curriculum project
also sounds interesting, but I’m hesitant to commit time to it. I wonder
if our role in this area would be better-suited to the development of courses
that focus on using FOSS GIS or on demonstrating GIS principles using FOSS,
than it would be on GIS curriculum in general.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m also wondering
if we might benefit from having a couple of our members form an
“unofficial” sub-committee to tackle technical challenges related
to organizing, storing, and delivering educational material. This group could
tackle challenges like “search” of OSGeo educational material
and Docbook conversion. Perhaps we could fill this sub-committee from
volunteers from local chapters with some tech-savvy?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Landon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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edu_discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:edu_discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Charlie Schweik<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, October 12, 2008
5:23 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">edu_discuss@lists.osgeo.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OSGeo-Edu] New list of
OSGeo education (potential) groupinitiatives for 2008-09</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi OSGeo education folks-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’ve revised our group’s
task page based on the Bird’s of a Feather and other discussions I had
with people at FOSS4Geo South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please read the 2008-09 section of
this page: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Education_Committee_Work_Program">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Education_Committee_Work_Program</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What I’d like us to do is
figure out whether this list represents our group’s interests (is some
kind of vote in order?) and then solicit volunteers for people to lead each
initiative. Or we could schedule an IRC to discuss this list and where we go
from here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cheers and thanks for all people did
last year to get us to where we are currently!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Charlie Schweik<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Associate Professor, Dept of
Natural Resources Conservation (<a href="http://nrc.umass.edu">http://nrc.umass.edu</a>) and
Center for Public Policy and Administration (</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.masspolicy.org"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.masspolicy.org</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Associate Director, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Digital Government (<a
href="http://www.ncdg.org">www.ncdg.org</a>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Personal website: <a
href="http://people.umass.edu/cschweik">http://people.umass.edu/cschweik</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Selected research available at: <a
href="http://works.bepress.com/charles_schweik/">http://works.bepress.com/charles_schweik/</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Office phone: 413 545-1824</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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