[Board-nl] OSGeo is supporting the Geospatial World Forum - opportunity for OSGeo advocates

Wo Mrt 16 08:33:31 PDT 2016

Dirk, Johan

Good to see you managed to make good agreements with the GWF 
organisation!
Especially knowing that in 2012 and 2013 we hard some hard times to get 
things going...
And the reduced attendence fee of 25 euro's in something we in Holland 
of course like as well!

Through our Dutch channels we'll (such as the osgeo.nl website, and 
www.meetup.com/osgeonl we'll keep the Dutch informed of the program.

Probably I won't attend the conference myself, because of obligations at 
a different congress (Provero) which happens to be at the same day.
However, I might join at the drinks afterwards ;-)

Kind regards,

Gert-Jan

till.adams op fossgis.de schreef op 16-03-2016 11:08:
> Hi Dirk,
> 
> as we just discussed via Skype. I am happy to contribute with an
> invitation to FOSs4g 2016 in Bonn. I also could talk a little about
> our ideas, our focus and stuff like this. As i'll be there anyhow, you
> mgith count me in for other activities as well, in case just drop me a
> note early enough, so that I have time to prepare.
> 
> Till
> 
> 
> Am 2016-03-13 19:44, schrieb Dirk Frigne:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> As OSGeo celebrates his 10th anniversary, and outreach to the external
>> world is one of our strategic goals for the next 10 years, OSGeo 
>> decided
>> to become supporting organisation for the Geospatial World Forum in
>> Rotterdam, 2016 May 23-26. We will host an "OSGeo" track on May 24,
>> 2016. As this is an opportunity where the whole GIS industry and the
>> public sector is coming together from all over the globe to exchange
>> information, it is a great opportunity for OSGeo to outreach to the
>> greater public.
>> 
>> Please have a look at the draft agenda and add your name where you may
>> help. I am looking for advocates that want to promote their project,
>> their community, why they are involved, and how people interested 
>> could
>> benefit or help out. It is a good moment to celebrate and to show the
>> advantages of OSGeo software.
>> 
>> [1] is the wiki page with a schedule for an agenda. The idea is to
>> present OSGeo as an organisation from volunteers to anybody interested
>> in open software, where OSGeo will present our new vision and mission,
>> Geo4All, the live-Demo and the Champion OSGeo projects. The template 
>> is
>> copied into the GWF program [2], where GWF is asking to provide 
>> pictures
>> of people presenting to send a photo.
>> 
>> There are 2 workshops: INSPIRE for OSGeo / OSGeo for INSPIRE where we
>> will discuss how both communities can support each other, and there is 
>> a
>> workshop about the next steps for the European Local Chapter.
>> 
>> 
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geospatial_World_Forum_2016
>> [2] http://geospatialworldforum.org/OSGeo-programme.html
>> [3] http://geospatialworldforum.org/
>> 
>> 
>> Dirk
>> 
>> P.S.
>> I also included the contact persons of the nearby local chapters
>> (Netherlands, Germany and Belgium) to distribute the message in their
>> respective local chapters.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Yours sincerely,
>> 
>> 
>> ir. Dirk Frigne
>> CEO @geosparc
>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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