[Belgium] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GeoForAll-Africa] FOSS4G Africa
Maelle Vercauteren
mavercau at ulb.ac.be
Wed Aug 3 01:40:06 PDT 2016
Yes, I agree, maybe I was misunderstood, I just wanted to suggest a vote by
the board to find out if OSGeo would support the initiative and discuss
about the decision and how we can help out during the AG...
+1 for the MOT
2016-08-02 10:27 GMT+02:00 Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>:
> Maelle,
>
> As Moritz suggested, I also think we should have a formal board decision
> before we can send this mail.
>
> A Board decision can be organised by sending out a mail by a board
> member, formulating a motion, that is secunded by another board member
> and on which all the board members can vote with +1; +0; -0; -1
> If you vote with -1 you should formulate a motivation with eventual an
> alternative.
>
> So I want to formulate following motion:
>
> MOT: "OSGeo.be is willing to support the initiative to organise a
> FOSS4GAfrica and we want to look as a Belgium LOC how we can help out
> with the organisation or practical support"
>
> My2c
> Dirk
>
> On 02-08-16 08:37, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thanks for your feedback!
> >
> > I will send a support message from IGEAT/ULB and I proposed to vote at
> > the FOSS4G.be during our AG " we support the initiative and want to look
> > how we can help FOSS4GAfrica" (your sentence is really better)...
> >
> > Kind Regards, Maë//e
> >
> >
> > 2016-08-01 23:18 GMT+02:00 Johan Van de Wauw <johan.vandewauw at gmail.com
> > <mailto:johan.vandewauw at gmail.com>>:
> >
> > I support the idea, but we must take care that we don't create
> > expectations that we can not deliver.
> >
> > Rather than saying that we will support "as much as we can" it is
> > may be better to say that we support the initiative and that we want
> > to look how we can help them.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Johan
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Maelle Vercauteren
> > <mavercau at ulb.ac.be <mailto:mavercau at ulb.ac.be>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > It 's an trainee formed by our internship in ULB/IGEAT who want
> > to lauched this :-)
> >
> > Are you ok that we say that OSGeo.be will support as much as we
> > can the FOSS4GAfrica ?
> >
> > I think it could be nice that we send a message to tell that we
> > support officialy this initiative...
> >
> > Tell me if it's not ok for you ? Or do you have another
> > suggestion ?
> >
> > Cheers, Maë//e
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: *Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)* <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov
> > <mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>>
> > Date: 2016-07-29 6:18 GMT+02:00
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GeoForAll-Africa] FOSS4G Africa
> > To: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
> > <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>, "Gildas Jr. Boko"
> > <eddygordo at gmail.com <mailto:eddygordo at gmail.com>>,
> > "geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org
> > <mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org>"
> > <geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org
> > <mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org>>,
> > "discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>"
> > <discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> >
> >
> > Gildas,
> >
> > To compliment the encouragement and good guidance of Suchith,
> > here is a starter app for you, the WorldWind Explorer 'reference
> > app' that's all yours!
> > Demo: http://explorer.worldwind.earth/
> > Code: https://github.com/emxsys/WorldWindExplorer
> >
> > And here is a fun sandbox to play in and to teach with
> > http://jsbin.com/nomafey/edit?output
> >
> > And an example of encouragement you can also establish for Africa
> > http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/
> >
> > And if we want the world to work together from the ground up
> > (speaking city-wise),
> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart
> >
> > -Patrick
> >
> > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf Of Suchith
> Anand
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 6:38 PM
> > To: Gildas Jr. Boko; geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org
> > <mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org>;
> > discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GeoForAll-Africa] FOSS4G Africa
> >
> > Hi Gildas,
> >
> > Thank you for your mail and interest. Your idea to organise
> > FOSS4G Africa and to create a network of capacity-building and
> > knowledge and experience-sharing in Africa is excellent. I am
> > CC'ing our wider community so that we will be able to bring in
> > more ideas to support you.
> >
> > btw i could not get the link of your centre RECTAS
> > www.rectas.org <http://www.rectas.org> (maybe the site is
> > currently down) that you emailed but i did find another link
> > with info at
> >
> >
> http://www.un-spider.org/links-and-resources/institutions/regional-centre-training-aerospace-surveys-rectas
> >
> > Thanks again for your initiative.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Suchith
> > ________________________________________
> > From: GeoForAll-Africa <geoforall-africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > <mailto:geoforall-africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of
> > Gildas Jr. Boko <eddygordo at gmail.com <mailto:eddygordo at gmail.com
> >>
> > Sent: 27 July 2016 8:07 PM
> > To: geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org
> > <mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Subject: [GeoForAll-Africa] FOSS4G Africa
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I've a user or OSGEO products for almost ten years now. And
> > while i notice a growing interest all over the world for these
> > products and the creation of FOSS4G chapters in different
> > countries, in Africa there nothing like that.
> >
> > My idea is to organise a FOSS4G conference for OSGEO products
> > users in order to create a network of capacity-building and
> > knowledge and experience-sharing in all the possible fields.
> >
> > I've been thinking about this for a while now and i think a
> > centre like RECTAS (www.rectas.org
> > <http://www.rectas.org><http://www.rectas.org>), where I've
> > worked for the past two years can host such event thanks to
> > their experience in the GIS field and also their hosting
> capacity.
> >
> > Well that is an aspect on which everybody can discuss.
> >
> > But i believe it is high time for a FOSS4G chapter in Africa.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your opinion on this idea
> >
> > --
> > Gildas Jr BOKO (PhD)
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
> > Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES
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> > Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
> > Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES
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Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES
Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
Campus du Solbosch
Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
B-1050 Bruxelles
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