From jsanz at osgeo.org Fri Jul 18 03:13:16 2014 From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:13:16 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo Charter Member Elections 2014 Message-ID: OSGeo Charter Member Elections 2014 Related URL: Elections page with instructions and schedule[1] OSGeo Membership[2] OSGeo Charter Member list[3] Details: As in every year, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation will have an election process to allow anyone in the community to become active in the growth of the foundation, by becoming a Charter Member; new people bring new energy, points of view, and diversity. Do you know somebody who is involved with Open Source geospatial software, education or geospatial open data and could contribute to OSGeo's mission and goals? Anybody can nominate anybody, there is no requirement for a prior formal involvement with OSGeo. Please consider making a nomination for Charter Membership. Find out more about positive attributes expected from new Charter Members. OSGeo Charter Members maintain the integrity of the Foundation. They "own" the Foundation, they elect new Charter Members and the Board of Directors. OSGeo uses the term "Charter" Member to explicitly indicate that these members are responsible for upholding the "Charter" of the Foundation. We emphasize that the only real difference between any regular member and a Charter Member is the responsibility to vote at the Foundation level. It is not our intent to make the Charter Members some "privileged" class. All mailing lists, projects, committees, and other Foundation activities are uniformly open and available to all friends of the Foundation. Charter Members are eligible to serve on the Board of Directors which is responsible for regular day to day operations of the Foundation. Part of the Board of Directors is renewed each year. Nominations and election of new board members take place in August. Read more about the Foundation Membership. The 2014 Charter Member nomination period runs for two weeks starting from 2014-07-19 and ending on 2014-08-01. Find all details here[1]. Jorge Sanz (CRO) [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2014 [2] http://www.osgeo.org/membership [3] http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/members/voting_members.html From a.ghisla at gmail.com Sat Jul 19 05:56:19 2014 From: a.ghisla at gmail.com (Anne Ghisla) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:56:19 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] ISPRS joins "Geo for All" Message-ID: <20140719145619.4b41c6b9@galadriel.localdomain> The "Geo for All" Advisory Board is pleased to welcome the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) joining our initiative. We are looking forward to working together in our common aim to expand geospatial education and opportunities to all. Professor Chen Jun (ISPRS President), Jeff McKenna (OSGeo President) and Professor Georg Gartner (ICA President) met during AfricaGEO in Cape Town in July 2014 to discuss future collaboration for GeoforAll and we thank all of them for their vision to expand the initiative for the benefit of the wider community globally and also to make it inclusive as possible. Prof. Maria Brovelli will be the coordinator for ISPRS and Geo4All activities. From 14th July 2014, Geo4All http://www.geoforall.org will be ICA, OSGeo and ISPRS initiative. Jeff McKenna formally announced this important development in our expansion at his keynote presentation at FOSS4G-Europe http://foss4g-e.org For universities, educational institutions, Open Geospatial Science & Applications is especially important as it helps in empowerment of staff and students, capacity building, create openness in Geo Education for developing creative and open minds in students which is critical for building open innovation and contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations. We look forward to working with you all for making geospatial education, software and opportunities accessible to all. Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data. International Cartographic Association (ICA) is the world authoritative body for cartography and GIScience. ISPRS is a non-governmental organisation devoted to the development of international cooperation for the advancement of photogrammetry and remote sensing and their applications. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: not available URL: From a.ghisla at gmail.com Fri Jul 25 02:27:36 2014 From: a.ghisla at gmail.com (Anne Ghisla) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:27:36 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] FOSS4G 2014: Program details, Keynote speakers, Call for maps, FOSS4G turns ten, and Birds of a feather Message-ID: <20140725112736.15475829@galadriel.localdomain> July 22, 2014 Portland, Oregon, USA Excitement builds as FOSS4G 2014 approaches! Join us in Portland, Oregon this September 8th - 13th. Half a dozen workshops have already filled up -- register now [1] to secure your seat in pre-conference workshops and your place at the conference. ** Call for maps ------------------------------------------------------------ We invite contributions to the FOSS4G Map Gallery to build an exciting and vibrant exhibit of the very best in mapping. This map gallery will not only demonstrate the work of delegates but also act as a reference point for the current state of mapping. We encourage all delegates to share one example of their work and help us create a cartographic record of the FOSS4G 2014 conference. Read the full call for maps [2] and enter your map [3]. ** Workshops and general sessions program ------------------------------------------------------------ This year FOSS4G features more than 40 workshops [4], providing excellent training opportunities on relevant, leading technologies -- and that?s all before the conference even begins. With eight tracks [5] of sessions, plus invited talks and a great selection of Keynote Speakers, it will be a FOSS4G packed week to remember. ** Keynote biographies ------------------------------------------------------------ See exciting keynotes by Mike Bostock of D3.js fame and the New York Times, Sarah Novotny of NGINX and a program chair for O'Reilly Media's OSCON, and Al Shaw whose work at ProPublica has been honored with several awards. ** FOSS4G turns ten! ------------------------------------------------------------ 2014 marks a decade of FOSS4G! The tenth anniversary is a great time to organize birds of a feather (BOFs) to reflect back and look forward. BOFs can be organized in advance on the wiki or on the spot during the event. Having a bird (Her name is Helen [6]) as a logo is a good reason to organize a BOF too! ** About FOSS4G ------------------------------------------------------------ The annual FOSS4G conference is the largest global gathering focused on open source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, and cooperation, FOSS4G participants create effective and relevant geospatial products, standards, and protocols. FOSS4G has been held all over the world and draws attendees from over 40 countries. Nottingham, England hosted the conference in 2013. In 2014, Portland, Oregon, USA will host FOSS4G?s tenth year. ** Important Conference Dates ------------------------------------------------------------ See the full calendar for more details. * Sep 8th-9th: Workshops * Sep 10th-12th: Main Conference * Sep 13th: Code Sprint ** Links ------------------------------------------------------------ * [1] Registration: http://foss4g2014.eventbrite.com/ * [2] Call for Maps: https://2014.foss4g.org/foss4g-call-for-maps/ * [3] Map Submissions: https://2014.foss4g.org/gallery-submissions/ * [4] Workshops: https://2014.foss4g.org/schedule/workshops/ * [5] Sessions: http://2014.foss4g.org/schedule/sessions/ * [6] Helen: https://2014.foss4g.org/2014-logo-unveiled/ * [7] Calendar: https://2014.foss4g.org/about/calendar/ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: not available URL: