[Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" education mission is now launched

[maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it]

November is perfect, in my opinion. On the oposite in August (previous  
proposal) there is nobody in Italian Universities.
Maria



  Def. Quota Lluís Vicens <lluis at sigte.udg.es>:

> On 01/10/13 12:18, Suchith Anand wrote:
>> Jorge and all,
>>
>> Can you please suggest some  best days which has some OSGeo  
>> connection as well as good for maximum of people. We can then  
>> decide which date.
> Why not on GIS Day as Jorge has suggested in a previous email?
>
> According to wikipedia: "*GIS Day* is a grassroots educational event  
> that enables geographic information systems  
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_systems> (GIS)  
> users and vendors to open their doors to schools, businesses, and  
> the general public to showcase real-world applications of GIS." :)
>
> November could be a date that fits well for almost the entire planet earth...
>
> lluís
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xurxosanz at gmail.com [mailto:xurxosanz at gmail.com] On Behalf Of  
>> Jorge Sanz
>> Sent: 01 October 2013 11:12
>> To: Suchith Anand
>> Cc: Luca Delucchi; Lene Fischer; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" education mission is  
>> now launched
>>
>> 2013/10/1 Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>:
>>> Thanks Jorge. Whichever day we select it will be holiday every 2  
>>> days in seven years cycle (Saturday, Sunday) or holidays in some  
>>> parts of the world. The aim is to find a day which is relevant of  
>>> OSGeo and best for maximum people.
>>>
>>> We are also going to slowly dominate GIS day to push our education  
>>> mission - so that is another opportunity for us to further get  
>>> OSGeo Education mission.
>>>
>>> So my suggestion is that 4th of February being the OSGeo Formation  
>>> day  is a good day to plan our "Geo for All" day. Being the OSGeo  
>>> Formation date it has a strong significance and connection with  
>>> the whole OSGeo community. We will also be using GIS day for  
>>> activily promoting OSGeo (distributing OSGeo LiveDVDs etc) . So we  
>>> have 2 days to actively promote our education mission which means  
>>> that we have double impact (plus atleast one day will be working  
>>> day for all parts of the world) . Thanks.
>>>
>>> Suchith
>>>
>> Selecting February because it's not holidays in Europe/USA  
>> universities, when it is in South-america, most of Africa,  
>> Australia and many other places seems not fair to me, nor aligned  
>> with what I understood was the meaning of the activity. It's not  
>> the same than a weekend.
>>
>> IMHO selecting a date that can reach the maximum of people (who  
>> doesn't know about OSGeo probably) is more important than selecting  
>> one that is meaningful for the OSGeo community.
>>
>> For example, and we discussed that briefly at FOSS4G, having a  
>> release of OSGeo Live in the mid of August was really hard to get  
>> translations done because many of us were on holidays.
>>
>> Best
>> --
>> Jorge Sanz
>> http://www.osgeo.org
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz
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