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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Suchith, Maria and everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for nomination and acceptance into Advisory Board. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I am ready to do my best to contribute to this group and effort. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I feel humbled and honored to be in the company of this great group of people. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rafael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>_______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rafael Moreno, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Department of Geography and Environmental Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Colorado Denver<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Office: North Classroom 3524, Auraria Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Campus Box 172<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1200 Larimer Street NC 3524<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Denver, CO 173364<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phone: 303-352-3762<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fax 303-556-6197<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Suchith Anand<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ica-osgeo-labs] Advisory Board of Geo for All Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thank you for your nominations and i am pleased to inform that Jeff and Georg as the ICA and OSGeo Presidents have accepted all 14 nominations received as it brought together excellent range of expertise and geographical distribution (we have nearly all continents covered). Also it brought together members from other key communities ISPRS, AGILE, INSPIRE, UNIGIS etc which will make sure that it is not just OSGeo and ICA initiative but fully inclusive global initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The Advisory Board for the ICA-OSGeo labs initiative are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Professor Georg Gartner (ICA President & co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Jeff McKenna (OSGeo President & Co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Professor Josef Strobl (Austria)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Professor Marguerite Madden (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Professor Mike Jackson (UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Sven Schade (Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Gavin Fleming (South Africa)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Dr Chris Pettit (Australia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Professor Venkatesh Raghavan (India/Japan)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Geoff Zeiss (Canada)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Jeroen Ticheler (Italy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Phillip Davis (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Arnulf Christl (Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Professor Maria Brovelli (Italy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>• Dr Rafael Moreno (USA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>We will have over 500 labs established worldwide in the next few years and we need a good team of people to guide us for the future. Welcome to all members of the Advisory Board and thank you for accepting the nominations and we are looking forward for your advice and ideas for expanding ICA-OSGeo initiative <a href="http://www.geoforall.org/">http://www.geoforall.org/</a> expanding globally. Just in this week alone, we got emails that new labs being established in USA, Bolivia , China, South Korea and the latest now in Croatia <a href="http://www.geof.unizg.hr/moodletest/mod/book/view.php?id=690&chapterid=11&lang=en">http://www.geof.unizg.hr/moodletest/mod/book/view.php?id=690&chapterid=11&lang=en</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The ICA and OSGeo Presidents will be the co-chairs and permanent members of the Advisory Board. Others will have 3 year term starting date of the Advisory Board being constituted (1 Dec 2013). The Advisory Board will meet once every six months by telemeeting (exact dates will be arranged by doodle poll to suit everyone’s convenience) and AB members should keep an eye on the developments and provide strategic advice to the initiative through various forums. As current nodal representatives of the ICA-OSGeo labs initiative Charlie (South America), Anne (Asia and Australia), Helena (North America) and myself (Europe and Africa) will provide full support for the AB and we will report with the latest developments to the AB meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Georg has asked me come up with a first draft for setting up a Terms for Reference for the Advisory Board. Once it is ready, i will circulate to the AB for their ideas/inputs and help finalize this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks again to all of you for these excellent nominations and i am sure this will help guide us and take this initiative to the next level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Suchith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>PS: Jason – could you please add a new page in the website listing all the Advisory Board members. We will then be sending out a press release on the Advisory Board establishment through ICA and OSGeo. 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