<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Chris, definitely we are interested! Keep me on this track, please.</div><div>Maria<br><br><div><br></div><div><div id="Signature"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><b>----------------------------------------------------</b></font></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli<br>Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor<br>Politecnico di Milano</span></div></div><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><br></font></span></div><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><br></font></span></div><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="margin: 0px;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FOSS4G EUROPE - Don't miss it! </b><a href="http://europe.foss4g.org/2015" style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Home</font></a></div><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="margin: 0px;"><div><div style="padding: 30px 30px 40px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 578px; 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OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/0">Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO</a> (ITALY)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Tel. <a href="tel:+39-031-3327336" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/1">+39-031-3327336</a> - Mob. <a href="tel:+39-328-0023867" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/2">+39-328-0023867</a> - fax. <a href="tel:+39-031-3327321" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/3">+39-031-3327321</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">e-mail1: <a id="NoLP" href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" tabindex="0"></a><a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/4">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a id="NoLP" tabindex="0">e-mail2</a>: <a href="mailto:prorettrice@como.polimi.it" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">prorettrice@como.polimi.it</a></p></font></font></span></div></div></div></div><div><br>Il giorno 14/feb/2015, alle ore 02:56, Chris Pettit <<a href="mailto:cpettit@unimelb.edu.au">cpettit@unimelb.edu.au</a>> ha scritto:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi All,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I am keen to know which other labs might be interested and have a focus in</span><br><span>the area of urban science / city analytics and might be interested in</span><br><span>establishing such a thematic?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cheers</span><br><span></span><br><span>Chris</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 14/02/2015 3:44 am, "Suchith Anand" <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span><br><span>wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sergio, this is good idea to build thematic networks within the Geo4All</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>initiative to support different needs such as language etc.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I suggest you take the lead to establish Spanish thematic and setup</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>separate maillists etc in Spanish (in the osgeo maillist like</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:geoforall-spanish@lists.osgeo.org">geoforall-spanish@lists.osgeo.org</a> ) but feedback the important ideas</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>back to all of us also to build synergies.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Also any others who wish to setup other thematic networks, please take</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the initiative and establish it.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA [<a href="mailto:sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy">sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:57 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Antoni Pérez Navarro; <a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>; <a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi. I would like to bring -again- attention to something related to this</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>thread and is my concern with translation efforts (in both ways) that are</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>needed to achieve a true efficient global lab network. I also suggested</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>some time ago (related to this also) the need to build thematic networks</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>within the Geo4all initiative, for example regional networks that share a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>language and/or similar economic, cultural or social characteristics. In</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>my opinion this can strengthen the initiative by widening the possibility</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of joining the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab network. It will be easier and more</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>effective for instance if Spanish speaking members discuss these and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>other topics between each other and give their point of view. If any in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the list agrees with this please let me know.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sergio Acosta y Lara</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sección Sistemas de Información Geográfica</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dirección Nacional de Topografía</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>URUGUAY</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>De: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>> en nombre de Antoni Pérez</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Navarro <<a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Enviado: lunes, 09 de febrero de 2015 14:59</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Para: <a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Asunto: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you Suchit.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Therefore, the template would be:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Title in english</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Language</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Original title.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ ECTS credits/Hours</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Number of editions</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Kind: Virtual, face-to-face, blended</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Target (professionals, technical students, children, teenager, embedded</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in a wider program, etc.)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Medium number of students per edition</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Goal (maximu 150 words): what is the goal of this course in its</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>socio-economical context and why the course was created?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Contents</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Links to course, materials, contents, etc.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Licenses of every single material</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Antoni Pérez Navarro</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació [Responsable de les</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>assignatures de Física i Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>@tonipereznavarr</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[<a href="https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif">https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--- Missatge original de Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>per a "<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>" <<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>>,Antoni Pérez</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Navarro (<a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a>),"<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>> amb còpia a "<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="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>> enviat el 09.02.2015 13:32</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks Antoni. This is a good template for sending nominations to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Charlie. Only thing i will add is also info if the teaching materials are</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>available in Open Licences (Creative Commons) for others to use/reuse as</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>needed .If there is url/weblinks it will help a lot to get some overview</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of the course irrespective of the language/regions.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Antoni Pérez Navarro [<a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 10:21 AM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>O.K. thank you, very much.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Maybe a template for the nomination can be created. A first approximation:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Title in english</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Language</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Original title.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ ECTS credits/Hours</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Number of editions</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Kind: Virtual, face-to-face, blended</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Target (professionals, technical students, children, teenager, embedded</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in a wider program, etc.)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Medium number of students per edition</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Goal (maximu 150 words): what is the goal of this course in its</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>socio-economical context and why the course was created?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Contents</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+ Links to course, materials, contents, etc.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Antoni Pérez Navarro</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació [Responsable de les</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>assignatures de Física i Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>@tonipereznavarr</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[<a href="https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif">https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--- Missatge original de Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>per a "<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>" <<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>>,Antoni Pérez</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Navarro (<a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a>),"<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>> amb còpia a "<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="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>> enviat el 09.02.2015 11:11</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Antoni,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you for these two good points. We greatly welcome nominations for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>educators who have created GIS courses from different languages and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>regions in developing and developed world. The nominator can send the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>summary details in English along with the nomination which will help the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>committee members to understand its impact. For example, you will have</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>more ideas on the various Spanish GIS courses and its impact . So please</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>nominate them with their details.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>All ideas/inputs welcome.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Best wishes,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Antoni Pérez Navarro [<a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 9:00 AM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear all,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am sorry if I say something that you probably have taken into account.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I find a very good iniciative the award, but how can be taken into</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>account the different languages of several courses? I know many GIS</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>courses in Spain, but most of them are in Spanish.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On the other hand, I think that the basis have to be very well</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>established and considering the social environment to which the course</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>belongs and its target. It is not the same a course in a country with low</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>GIS penetration, than in a country where GIS is a common tool in several</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>companies and administration.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Well, these are only two items I was thinking about.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Best regards,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Antoni Pérez Navarro</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació [Responsable de les</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>assignatures de Física i Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu">aperezn@uoc.edu</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>@tonipereznavarr</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[<a href="https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif">https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--- Missatge original de "Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>> per a Suchith Anand</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>>,Polimi <<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>> amb</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>còpia a "<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>enviat el 08.02.2015 01:22</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks! Go FOSS4G 2015 Como!!!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/">http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>OSGEO is a lightning rod for OS leading the world by example!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>And if any of you OSGEO leaders are not eligible,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>which doesn't seem fair, but oh well. . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>i.e., <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award">http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Please get your 'stuff' to a GIS teacher who is! Or a super TA!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Let's begin the constructive collaborating now!!!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Maybe even post your stuff, and advertise so others can plagiarize,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the highest form of flattery!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>:-)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Suchith Anand [<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 3:52 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: RE: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Patrick,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Great points and i couldn't agree more...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you for this kind offer. I will ensure that if no one match funds</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>your offer, i will do that.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I really hope OSGeo Board will take positive decision on the Student</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Awards proposal that we submitted on behalf of Geo for All. We will be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>happy to provide any further info needed. Once this is done and OSGeo</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Treasurer agrees to be in charge of the Student Award accounts, we can</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>easily get many organisations to contribute.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Time is the essence. For example, we were able to take quick action to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>support this Open Education week because of the funding we had within the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>5k USD from OSGeo budget for ICA-OSGeo lab activities. Investing in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>education for the future generations is the best investment we make and i</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>am sure OSGeo Board will strongly support our Education investment.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Best wishes,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:26 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Suchith Anand; Polimi</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: RE: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear Open GeoSpace, Open Minds and Open Source Folks,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>A challenge. . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Please note, this FOSS4G crystal bull is a ^matching grant^ that is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>challenging others to donate as well, at whatever level. So, this one</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>comes forward as long as another ?200 comes in from others, whether alone</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>or combined. Alternatively, if it is recommended to receive cash instead</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of a trophy, I am glad to do that instead. A ?20 here-and-there adds up.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Let?s recognize the best with a boost!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Please help us find organizations to donate!!! We want Charlie Schweik to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have a real kitty to work with. Maria Brovelli needs help too! She is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>trying to make generous accommodations for students and others at the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>best FOSS4G yet! The website is a gorgeous start! Como should be very</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>proud to host such an auspicious event!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>A thought. . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>There is no more important profession on the planet than welcoming our</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>children to this world we find ourselves in, and that welcome should be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>with the best education possible. Rewarding those who do this well,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>especially when they share their ?how-to? talents with the rest of us, is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>an honor we must strongly commit to.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>A concern. . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>These are especially challenging times of a rapidly warming world that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>will continue to impact our ability to survive, as does the increasing</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>concentration of wealth that wants to accelerate consumption and greatly</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>limit democratic choices for a more sustainable future.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-Patrick</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Suchith Anand [<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 12:44 AM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi; <a href="mailto:ica-opensource@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">ica-opensource@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Patrick,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Many thanks for this kind contribution to the "Open Education Award" we</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>will give to honour and thank the greatest contributions to Open</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Education principles in the Geo domain. I will speak with Maria and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>should be able to arrange free conference registration for the winner to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>attend FOSS4G-Europe. As Jeff will be there at FOSS4G-E , he as the OSGeo</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>President can directly give the award to the winner.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Best wishes,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>______________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:07 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Polimi; Suchith Anand</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>; <a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Maria and Suchith and Charlie and OSGEO Community,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If anyone else will donate to this ?Teacher Award?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>maybe to help cover their travel expenses, I am willing to ?match? that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>with one NASA crystal bull</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(~?200 Euros out of my own pocket)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>See it here:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/">http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But it will have different text, maybe:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> ?YOUR NAME?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> GeoforAll Educator of the Year</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-Patrick</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>______________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Polimi [<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 2:16 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Suchith Anand</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); <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="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Call for Participation - Spread the News and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Participate</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Yes!! Great idea!!!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Maria</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>----------------------------------------------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor Politecnico di Milano</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>FOSS4G EUROPE - Don't miss it! Home<<a href="http://europe.foss4g.org/2015">http://europe.foss4g.org/2015</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>______________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Il giorno 06/feb/2015, alle ore 21:51,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ha scritto:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Patrick,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This is great idea that will help to further make impact in Openness in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>GeoEducation .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Out of the 5k USD we have got allocated for ICA-OSGeo labs from OSGeo</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>budget we have earmarked 3500 USD for website development requirements (</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to be finalized with more inputs from all and OSGeo Board) and 1000 USD</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for NASA WW Challenge student winner teams, so we still have 500 USD to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>plan some activity to further our aims.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>So i suggest that we plan an award for the Course leader/Lecturer of the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>best Geospatial course ( online or class based) based on Open Principles</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>. That will be a great way to honour and recognise the educators who made</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>it possible and will be an inspiration to others to build upon for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>future years. We will use the same Award Committee that we set up for the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS student awards to decide the best course based on</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>nominations received to Charlie Schweik (chair of the Award Committee)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a> before 28th Feb 2015. Please note that all</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>members of the Award Committee</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award">http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award</a> will not be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>eligible even if they are running excellent programs - sorry folks :)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Award will be announce on 9th March (start of Open Education Week)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and given at FOSS4G Europe conference in Como. We will send a formal call</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>on this Course leader Award soon.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>We have some courses run by many universities in our list itself, so feel</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>free to nominate those courses and we now have opportunity to recognise</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>both the students and educators.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Best wishes,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:59 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Suchith Anand; <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Call for Participation - Spread the News and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Participate</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suchith,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>How about an award for the best GIS course! Teachers need GIS love too!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>1. This can be the complete syllabus for the class, as open source! This</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>would allow other teachers to benefit and improve the course (still open</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>source). The next year's award might go to who has improved that course</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the most! This is the beauty of open source, we continually rise to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>collectively-stand on each other's shoulders. And ^all^ of our students</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>are the beneficiaries.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2. And maybe another category for best ^online^ GIS course (open source</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of course).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>3. And maybe an award for the best student-produced GIS app (open</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>source). To make this a more reasonable exercise for the 'judges,' each</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>GIS teacher would be able to submit just one of their student-team's</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>projects, or maybe one for each class taught. That would help improve and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>narrow the field of candidates.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-Patrick</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><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and may contain confidential information. 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