<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dear Prof.Maria</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I would also congratulate you and your Team for starting the first GeoAcademy QGIS for UN Open GIS initiative.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">All the Best to all who contribute in this initiative.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">With Best Regards </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Darshana Rawal<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 19-Sep-2016, at 8:37 AM, Ki-Joune Li <<a href="mailto:lik@pnu.edu">lik@pnu.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D">Dear Maria,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D">I would congratulate you for starting the first GeoAcademy QGIS for UN Open GIS,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D">and also appreciate all who have contributed to this wonderful CB program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D">Ki-Joune<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-hangul"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Maria Antonia Brovelli [<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 19, 2016 1:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:geoforall@lists.osgeo.org">geoforall@lists.osgeo.org</a>; discuss osgeo <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Diego Gonzalez Ferreiro <<a href="mailto:gonzalezferreiro@un.org">gonzalezferreiro@un.org</a>>; Ki-Joune Li <<a href="mailto:lik@pnu.edu">lik@pnu.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:eom@un.org">eom@un.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> UN Open GIS Capacity Building Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear All <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">tomorrow we will start a first GeoAcademy QGIS Course in the frame of UN Open GIS Capacity Building.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We will have four editions (one every month) for the UN Staff of Operational Field (Peacekeeping Missions).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">GeoAcademy will be strongly involved as well as some colleagues of Universities and I want to thank Rick Smith, Tom Mueller and Youngok Kang, who are the first tutors. I want also to let you know that many other educators have given generously their availability and they will help in next editions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Diego Gonzales of UN also deserves a very big thank for the wonderful co-chairing of this capacity building working group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In my opinion the general UN Open GIS initiative aiming at approaching UN to Open Source is relevant for our communities (both OSGeo and G4A). It means that UN will start using open source GIS and this gives new opportunities to all people involved in open source development, documenting, teaching and training. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">It is true that few pieces of software have been taken into account so far. But, please, consider that this initiative started in March and all this process requires time to be implemented. And the time for attending courses of UN Operational Field staff is limited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I will keep you informed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Have a pleasant and fruitful week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Maria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="Signature"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">----------------------------------------------------<br></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor<br>Politecnico di Milano</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"; OSGeo; ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sol Katz Award 2015</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITAL</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Y</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob. +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">e-mail1: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" id="LPNoLP">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">e-mail2: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="mailto:prorettrice@como.polimi.it">prorettrice@como.polimi.it</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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