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    <p>Both proposals suits me. <br>
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    <p>I can't log in to edit the page my account is ```<span
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for the organization.</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Cheers <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">nils <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/01/2019 08:32, Bruce Bannerman
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      <div dir="ltr">Proposal 2 suits me best.</div>
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      <div dir="ltr">Proposal 1 is at 1am my time. I won’t be able to
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      <div dir="ltr">Cheers,</div>
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      <div dir="ltr">Bruce</div>
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        On 20 Jan 2019, at 06:58, Maria Antonia Brovelli <<a
          href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" moz-do-not-send="true">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>>
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              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Dear All</p>
              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">thank you a lot
                for your great comments and suggestions. </p>
              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">I suggest doing
                in this way.  As OSGeo is a partner of the UN Open GIS
                Initiative, given the fact that the Challenges of last
                year have given OSGeo good visibility - and many people
                have contributed to this success, I propose to go ahead
                with them. </p>
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              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Hae-Kyong, you
                proposed a new challenge based on Spiral 3. In order to
                submit the proposal to OSGeo, I need to provide
                a description of the challenge. Can you send me it by
                Monday my morning? I want to submit the proposal of the
                budget on Monday at my lunchtime and therefore I need
                you to send the proposal before.  I give for granted
                that you want to volunteer as the mentor of the
                challenge (as you did in 2018), do you?</p>
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              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Moreover, Nils,
                Bruce, Cameron, and everybody who is now interested in
                contributing to the activities of the UN Committee with
                new projects: I propose to have a meeting for discussing
                the initiatives that you want to propose. </p>
              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">With Serena, we
                defined two possible time slots. Please find details on
                the wiki page of the OSGeo UN Committee under <span
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              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Thanks to
                everybody. I'm looking forward to meeting you at the end
                of January.</p>
              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Best regards,</p>
              <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Maria</p>
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                    <span style="font-size:14pt"><b>Prof. Maria Antonia
                        Brovelli</b></span><br>
                    <div><font size="3" face="'Trebuchet MS',
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                        Politecnico di Milano</font></div>
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                        Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133
                        Milano (Italy)</span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span>Tel.
                        +39-02-23996242 - Mob.</span><span>
                        +39-328-0023867, </span><span
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                color="#000000"><b>Da:</b> UN <<a
                  href="mailto:un-bounces@lists.osgeo.org"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">un-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
                per conto di Bruce Bannerman <<a
                  href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com"
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                <b>Inviato:</b> giovedì 17 gennaio 2019 21:33:51<br>
                <b>A:</b> Nils Hempelmann<br>
                <b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:un@lists.osgeo.org"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">un@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                <b>Oggetto:</b> Re: [UN] Budget proposal 2019</font>
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              <div dir="ltr">Hi Nils,</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">OK by me.</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">However, I will need to insist that we use
                Chatham House Rule [1].</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">Cheers,</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">Bruce</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">[1] <a
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                On 17 Jan 2019, at 23:13, Nils Hempelmann <<a
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                  <div>Dear all </div>
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                  <div>Its nice to read this discussion. Would it make
                    sence and be possible to have a video/telefon
                    converence for a profund exchange? </div>
                  <div>Dealing with very big organisations like UN needs
                    multiple strategies. Its good that we are coming up
                    with concrete proposals and alternative ideas. </div>
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                  <div>Cheers nils </div>
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                    <div style="font-size:85%; color:#575757">Envoyé
                      depuis mon smartphone. </div>
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                    <div>-------- Message d'origine --------</div>
                    <div>De : Cameron Shorter <<a
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                    <div>Date : 17/01/2019 12:34 (GMT+01:00) </div>
                    <div>À : <a href="mailto:un@lists.osgeo.org"
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                        un@lists.osgeo.org</a> </div>
                    <div>Objet : Re: [UN] Budget proposal 2019 </div>
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                  <p>Hi Serena, which I acknowledge the value of your
                    points, I'm inclined to agree with Bruce's points
                    that the OSGeo volunteer organisation shouldn't be
                    subsidising a funded organisations such as the UN
                    (who I've heard are able to find money to purchase
                    ESRI licenses).</p>
                  <p>It is hard to teach an organisation like the UN
                    that they should pay to gain the value of Open
                    Source if we keep diverting our budget toward giving
                    them a free ride.<br>
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                  <p>Warm regards, Cameron<br>
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                  <div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">On 17/1/19 7:48 am,
                    Bruce Bannerman wrote:<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Thanks for the more detailed
                      information Serena.</div>
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                    <div dir="ltr">I understand the issue of supporting
                      young and not so young OSGeo volunteers. This is
                      also behind the point that I was trying to make.</div>
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                    <div dir="ltr">There is a principle here, that as a
                      volunteer organisation OSGeo can’t afford to be
                      subsidising other organisations’ use of open
                      source. These organisations need to b<span
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                        encouraged to contribute back to the community,
                        whether through funding, or in kind
                        contributions of staff time and effort, etc.</span></div>
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                    <div dir="ltr">However, I will not pursue my
                      intervention further at this stage. I appreciate
                      the work that this team is doing and do not wish
                      to derail that effort and good work.</div>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Kind regards,</div>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Bruce</div>
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                      On 16 Jan 2019, at 22:48, Serena Coetzee <<a
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                            <div>Dear Bruce, <br>
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                            <div>thanks for the constructive comments. <br>
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                            <div>OSGeo is a partner in the UN Open GIS
                              initiative and, as partner, OSGeo has to
                              support the project. Participation in the
                              initiative is done by volunteers (from
                              OSGeo) and we can't ask the volunteers to
                              pay with their money. This is the reason
                              for the first request. OSGeo partnering in
                              the UN Open GIS initiative should benefit
                              you and all other OSGeo members. Let us
                              know if there anything that the person
                              travelling to Sudan can do to also improve
                              your case.<br>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>About the development of training
                                material, this raises awareness of open
                                source software for geospatial and
                                contributes to capacity building in
                                OSGeo. It is a way to support young
                                OSGeo members. Such challenges are
                                common place in industry. The mentors
                                are working for OSGeo as volunteers,
                                increasing the visibility of OSGeo
                                within the UN and beyond. 
                                <br>
                              </div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>Regards,</div>
                              <div>Serena<br>
                              </div>
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                                Serena Coetzee (GPr GISc 1245)<br>
                                <br>
                                University of Pretoria<br>
                                Director: Centre for Geoinformation
                                Science<br>
                                Professor and Head of Department
                                Geography, Geoinformatics and
                                Meteorology<br>
                                Geography Building 3-5, Hatfield Campus,
                                Lynnwood Road, Hatfield, 0083, South
                                Africa<br>
                                email: <a
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                                  www.up.ac.za/ggm</a> · Mobile: +27 82
                                464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Wed,
                            Jan 16, 2019 at 2:16 AM Bruce Bannerman <<a
href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com" id="LPlnk921524"
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                            wrote:<br>
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                            <div style="">Hello Maria,
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>I do appreciate your passion towards
                                this initiative and the outreach work
                                that you do. </div>
                              <div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>However, I am very uncomfortable
                                  with the approach outlined in the
                                  proposal below.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>The UN should appreciate the value
                                  of open source spatial software by now
                                  and be willing to contribute back to
                                  the open source community.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Therefore, I believe that the
                                  activities suggested below should be
                                  funded by the UN and not OSGeo.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Regarding the items in the proposal
                                  below:</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Item 1)   If this is for a UN
                                  Project and they value OSGeo
                                  representation, then that should be a
                                  UN Project cost and not an OSGeo cost.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Item 2)   I’m not sure what this
                                  is, but I interpret it to be for the
                                  preparation of QGIS training material
                                  specific for UN staff. If so, then
                                  again this should be a UN funded
                                  activity. The UN may wish to view this
                                  as a voluntary contribution that they
                                  make to the QGIS Community in part
                                  recognition of the benefit that they
                                  are receiving from the use of the QGIS
                                  Open Source software. This is also an
                                  activity that could be undertaken by
                                  an commercial organisation that
                                  specialises in working with this type
                                  of open source software.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Item 3)  I’m not sure what this is,
                                  but it also sounds like an activity
                                  that would be for UN benefit. If so,
                                  then again, they should be paying.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>IMO, we need to push back against
                                  the expectation that open source is
                                  free (as in free beer). There is
                                  always a cost to produce and maintain
                                  open source and I would like to see
                                  those who benefit from using the
                                  software to be encouraged to
                                  contribute back to the open source
                                  communities.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>I have been working actively for
                                  many years within one of the UN
                                  Agencies and am making some real
                                  headway towards this agency accepting
                                  the value of an open source approach
                                  to a specific problem that they have. 
                                  I can’t discuss this publicly yet. I’m
                                  sure that you’ll appreciate that the
                                  wheels can move quite slowly at times
                                  as people become comfortable with what
                                  is in reality a new approach for them
                                  and they have internal processes that
                                  need to be followed.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>If I have misunderstood the intent
                                  of the proposed items in your email,
                                  then I apologise in advance.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Kind regards,</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Bruce</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div><br>
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                                      <div>On 16 Jan 2019, at 06:03,
                                        Maria Antonia Brovelli <<a
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                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
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                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">it is
                                            time to make the proposal to
                                            OSGeo Board for the
                                            activities of the UN
                                            Committee in 2019.</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">We have
                                            the UN Open GIS Initiative
                                            entering in its third year
                                            of activities; many people
                                            of the UN staff have been
                                            trained in QGIS and PostGIS
                                            (more than 100) thanks to
                                            volunteers of GeoForAll. </div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">Currently,
                                            there is the third edition
                                            of QGIS (Victoria Rautenbach
                                            chairing the initiative;
                                            Thomas Mueller and Cameron
                                            Green mentoring)and the
                                            second one of PostGIS (Ivana
                                            Ivanova chairing, Paolo
                                            Corti, Oliva Martin Sanchez,
                                            and Gregory Giuliani
                                            mentoring). </div>
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                                          </div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">About UN
                                            Open GIS Initiative the
                                            request will be:</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">1)
                                            support for attending a
                                            couple of project meeting
                                            and training - (one will be
                                            probably in South Sudan)
                                            5000$</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">2) one UN
                                            OSGeo Challenge (similar to
                                            what we organized last year)
                                            to prepare a new training
                                            material course on PostGIS
                                            (the one we are using, which
                                            is a Boundless one, has to
                                            be updated and re-built
                                            considering the experience
                                            of the trainees and
                                            trainers). The budget for
                                            this initiative will be 3000
                                            $, the same as the
                                            initiatives of last year. In
                                            case we got financed, Ivana
                                            Ivanova and I can be the
                                            mentor of the winner of the
                                            Challenge.</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">3)
                                            Moreover, we can ask some
                                            budget for another training
                                            course about SDGs and open
                                            data/open software. Last
                                            year Codrina Maria Ilie was
                                            the winner and the training
                                            material is almost ready and
                                            will be released soon (it is
                                            about the computation of SDG
                                            indicator 9.1.1 using QGIS).
                                            The budget can be 3000 $,
                                            the same as last year and
                                            Serena Coetzee and I can be
                                            the mentor.</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">Obviously
                                            if you there is somebody who
                                            wants to offer her/himself
                                            as a mentor, they are more
                                            than welcome!</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">Please
                                            let me know if you have
                                            comments. If none, I will
                                            proceed with the proposal.</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
                                            margin-bottom:0px">Bets
                                            regards,</div>
                                          <div style="margin-top:0px;
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                                                A new IJGI Special Issue
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                                                  in Spatial Information
                                                  Science"<br>
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                                                <span
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                                                    Maria Antonia
                                                    Brovelli</b></span><br>
                                                <div><font size="3"
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                                                    of GIS and Digital
                                                    Mapping<br>
                                                    Politecnico di
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Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant

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