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<div>--<br>Serena Coetzee<br><br>Geography Building 3-5<br>Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa<br>email: <a href="mailto:serena.coetzee@up.ac.za">serena.coetzee@up.ac.za</a> Web: <a href="http://www.up.ac.za/cgis">www.up.ac.za/cgis</a> <br>Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823 · Fax: +27 12 420 6385<br><br></div>
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<br><div><div>On Aug 21, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Posta Maria <<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div>On ISPRS side, I'll do. Please I offer myself willingly to be part of the Committee. </div><div>Maria<br><br>----------------------------------------------------<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli<br>Vice Rector for Como Campus <br>Politecnico di Milano</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NASA World Wind Virtual Globe Technology Webinar</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://mundogeo.com/webinar/opengeoscienceandapplications/nasa-world-wind/">http://mundogeo.com/webinar/opengeoscienceandapplications/nasa-world-wind/</a> </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><br>ISPRS WG IV/5 "<a href="http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wgs.html#wg_IV/5">Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and Applications</a>" Co-chair<br>OSGeo Charter Member<br>ICA - OSGeo Lab Network Advisory Board Member<br>SIFET Scientific Commitee Member<br><br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0/0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/0">Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO</a> (ITALY)<br>Tel. <a href="tel:+39-031-3327336" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/1">+39-031-3327336</a><br>Cel. <a href="tel:+39-328-0023867" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/2">+39-328-0023867</a><br>fax. <a href="tel:+39-031-3327321" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/3">+39-031-3327321</a><br>e-mail1: <a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/4">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a><br>e-mail2: <a href="mailto:prorettrice@como.polimi.it" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">prorettrice@como.polimi.it</a></span><br><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>Il giorno 21/ago/2014, alle ore 05:43, Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> ha scritto:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi All,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Excellent ideas and we can get this started as there is already $5000 that OSGeo have earmarked for ICA/OSGeo Labs Student Travel. See <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2014">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2014</a> </span><br><span></span><br><span>We need to come up with a procedure and selection mechanism so that the competition is widely promoted and a judging panel is setup . Could i request a volunteer to chair this judging panel on behalf of ICA-OSGeo labs and come up with ideas and procedures to make this possible.The winning student will be then able present thier work at the global FOSS4G event. Once the scholarship system is in place we can get other organisations to also contribute to the fund.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I will also contact Georg Gartner and ICA to request that ICA allocate one travel grant from ICA travel awards for ICC conference to be the best student paper in Open Geospatial Science for presenting thier work at ICC conference.</span><br><span></span><br><span>We can request Maria to explore how we can work with ISPRS to get student travel grant for ISPRS sponsored/endorsed events.</span><br><span></span><br><span>All ideas welcome and let us now work to make this happen.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best wishes,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Suchith</span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> [<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Serena Coetzee</span><br><span>Sent: 21 August 2014 05:49</span><br><span>To: Helena Mitasova</span><br><span>Cc: ICA-OSGeo Lab Network</span><br><span>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Scholarships</span><br><span></span><br><span>+1</span><br><span></span><br><span>ISPRS has travel grants for ISPRS sponsored/endorsed events, see <a href="http://www.isprs.org/foundation/grants.aspx">http://www.isprs.org/foundation/grants.aspx</a>. </span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards,</span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Serena Coetzee</span><br><span></span><br><span>Geography Building 3-5</span><br><span>Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa</span><br><span>email: <a href="mailto:serena.coetzee@up.ac.za">serena.coetzee@up.ac.za</a> Web: <a href="http://www.up.ac.za/cgis">www.up.ac.za/cgis</a> </span><br><span>Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823 · Fax: +27 12 420 6385</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:29 AM, Helena Mitasova <<a href="mailto:hmitaso@ncsu.edu">hmitaso@ncsu.edu</a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I very much agree with Ivana that providing awards to students to travel to conferences, especially FOSS4G,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>would be the most practical and highly visible way to recognize outstanding student work - which they can then</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>present at the conference. Portland FOSS4G is trying to move in this direction and if OSGeo could provide </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>some resources for the awards, that would help a lot.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Helena</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Helena Mitasova</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Professor at the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2800 Faucette Drive, Rm. 1125 Jordan Hall</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>North Carolina State University</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Raleigh, NC 27695-8208</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:hmitaso@ncsu.edu">hmitaso@ncsu.edu</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/">http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties." </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Aug 20, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Ivana Ivánová wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hello everyone,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I agree with Jeff's idea to stimulate students (and their professors) promoting OSGeo in their research and I also see why even a small scholarship could be challenging for institutions to administer.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>How about an idea of sponsoring students' trip to an event where they plan to present their research done in their OSGeo lab? For instance (and I'm not sure if this already exists) ICA, ISPRS and OSGeo could at least waive the registration fee at their events for such students, or even sponsor their trip with more money (something like ICA's travel award).</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Regards,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ivana Ivánová</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>prof at FCT/UNESP, SP - Brazil</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>----- Mensagem original -----</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>De: "Alex Mandel" <<a href="mailto:aimandel@ucdavis.edu">aimandel@ucdavis.edu</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Para: "Jeff McKenna" <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2014 18:01:58</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Assunto: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Scholarships</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 08/20/2014 01:53 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi everyone,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I saw a news item[1] that made me wonder if we (Geo for All) could</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>create scholarships for students; is it a far stretched dream to imagine</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>one scholarship (a one-time payment, plus a plaque) to a single graduate</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>student at each of our ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS labs around the world each year?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The award would be given to a student who promotes Open Geospatial in</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>their education and research, and would be done in the name of the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>supporting organizations (ICA, ISPRS, OSGeo).</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>What do you think? Or has this topic been discussed already?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The idea is reasonable, but generally the process would need to be</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>discussed and a fund created in order to provide the scholarship. Note,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>that small scholarships are not always worth the time and effort for</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>students to apply. Usually students apply and a board votes on the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>distribution of funds based on some criteria. Rarely do they come with a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>plaque.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>For example my friend got a $1000 scholarship once with a requirement to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>present findings at the yearly conference. Traveling and attending the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>conference would have cost more than the $1000.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Could this in fact be made into a 'requirement' for becoming an</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>That would be a burden that excludes many of our existing labs,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>especially the ones that aren't at research/educational institutions.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>-jeff</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The funding should come from outside sources not the Institutions (who</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>probably can't allocate money that want anyways). Ideally a fund could</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>be set up by OSGeo, take donations into the fund specifically and then</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>the interest from the fund could be used to provide the scholarship on a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>yearly basis. Thats the only reasonably sustainable way to to do it.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I'd say the role of the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab in this is to govern (supply</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>professors who read and decide on the allocation) and encourage the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>applications of students.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>-- </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Alex Mandel</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Geography Graduate Group</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://ggg.ucdavis.edu/">http://ggg.ucdavis.edu</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Information Center for the Environment (ICE)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://ice.ucdavis.edu/">http://ice.ucdavis.edu</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>University of California, Davis</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>ica-osgeo-labs mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Esse email esta protegido por lei</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>ica-osgeo-labs mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ica-osgeo-labs mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>ica-osgeo-labs mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a></span><br><span>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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