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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Suchith,<o:p></o:p></span></font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am a pledge for the pledge.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Some suggested edits attached (and here just below).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I believe Science is a public good and quality education opportunities should be open and accessible for everyone.
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I will work to eliminate the digital divide and contribute to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, with special effort to enlighten future generations.<br>
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I contribute my service for the betterment of all humanity using the guiding principles of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in building a better world for everyone.<br>
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I will work to advance and increase Open Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity with special consideration of those less fortunate.<br>
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I will be a voice for Open Principles in Science and Education and promote this pledge through my networks.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> GeoForAll-ab
[mailto:geoforall-ab-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Suchith Anand<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 18, 2017 9:04 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> geoforall@lists.osgeo.org; geoforall-ab@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [geoforall-ab] The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dear colleagues,<br>
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Please find below the draft of the pledge for supporting Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone. Please add/modify as needed and send your ideas/inputs and we should aim to have the pledge wording confirmed by July
1st 2017.<br>
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I would also like to request those working on the new OSGeo website to to help us setup a webform for the following pledge that we will be doing .<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Suchith<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for building a better world for everyone</span></b><br>
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“I believe Science is a public good and quality education opportunities should be open for everyone forever.
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I will work to eliminate the digital divide and empower all as full citizens and contribute to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations.<br>
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I will contribute my service for the betterment of humanity as the key guiding principle and work towards the vision of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for building a better world for everyone.<br>
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I will contribute to build up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations.<br>
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I will be the voice for Open Principles in Science and Education in my institution/country and promote this pledge through my networks”<br>
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Name: <br>
Organisation:<br>
City:<br>
Country:<br>
Email:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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