Hi all,<div><br></div><div>My apologies for not yet scheduling our virtual call. It's been on my to-do list. I think this shows that it is probably time for me to step down as chair. I am being asked to do too much other service at my university and just can't find the time. This group is important and needs more consistent leadership than I've been able to provide this year. I enjoy trying to help us as a group move forward so it is hard for me to say this, but clearly I'm not finding the time to do what this job needs. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Later today or tomorrow I'm going to post a doodle poll with some potential dates/times for next week for a virtual call. </div><div><br></div><div>I don't believe there is a formal rule for how to name a new chair of the group. Should we do nominations and then I'll tally votes? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Finally, might we consider a couple designated more formal positions (e.g., co-chairs?)? In my university we get some "points" in our annual reviews for external service to the discipline. It probably is true for many others on this list too. I wonder if by establishing a couple more formal positions for the education group that faculty on this list could put down as disciplinary leadership on their CVs that might help some of us put more regular time in our activities. Reactions?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ari Jolma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ari.jolma@gmail.com">ari.jolma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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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).
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The link to the Spanish foss4g meeting is <br>
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More info (in Spanish):<br>
<a href="http://sigserver4.udg.edu/wiki_jornadas/index.php/Anuncio_3" target="_blank">http://sigserver4.udg.edu/wiki_jornadas/index.php/Anuncio_3</a><br>
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The deadline for abstracts is next Monday (21st). I have an idea for
an abstract for a thing that I'd like to present and a student of
mine would also be interested. However, the most important thing
would be the working meeting for OSGeo edu. In addition, I would be
very interested in a workshop/code sprint to look into developing
and packaging edu-oriented materials for the OSGeo live DVD/virtual
machine.<br>
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The biggest question is, would we get a reasonable crowd to Girona
in March? Girona is good for us since flights to Barcelona are cheap
(current cheapest prices are 131 euros for the dates of the
conference).<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Aalto University
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