[Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]
Michael P. Gerlek
mpg at lizardtech.com
Mon Aug 21 08:19:21 PDT 2006
Professor Chen:
Thank you for the kind invitation.
By way of introduction, I am the manager of the engineering department for LizardTech; we produce technology for compression and management of geographic image data, using MrSID and JPEG 2000. I'm also involved in some OGC-related standards actitivies having to do with JPEG 2000. I am one of the founding members of OSGeo and I serve as the Vice President in charge of the Promotion and Visibility Committee ("VisCom").
I can certainly give a speech; if you have a specific topic in mind, just let me know. (I am assuming of course you will be providing a translator as needed.) And of course, if there is any other way I can help out getting the new chapter started, I will be happy to help.
My understanding is that OSGeo China will be covering my expenses, is that correct? Shall I make my own travel arrangments, or will you be handling that for me? (I'm asking because, if possible, I would like bring my wife with me (at my own expense) and spend a few days visiting Beijing.)
Thanks again, I am looking forward to this --
-mpg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chenrg at lreis.ac.cn [mailto:chenrg at lreis.ac.cn]
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:31 AM
> To: Michael P. Gerlek
> Cc: raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp; board at board.osgeo.org;
> xfsong at gucas.ac.cn; Frank Warmerdam (External); Kevin Zhu;
> chenrg at igsnrr.ac.cn; Gary Lang; song7537338 at 163.com
> Subject: Re: Re: [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]
>
> Dear Michael,
>
> We sincerely invite you to attend the openning meeting of
> OSGeo China on Sept., 19th, 2006 in Beijing, China. We would
> like you to deliver a speech on this meeting. Your acceptence
> will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Rongguo Chen
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Rongguo Chen, Prof., Ph.D
> State Key Laboratory of Resources & Environmental Information
> System (LREIS, http://www.lreis.ac.cn)
> Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources
> Research (IGSNRR, http://www.igsnrr.ac.cn)
> Chinese Academy of Sciences.
>
> Email: chenrg at lreis.ac.cn, chenrg at igsnrr.ac.cn
> Tel: (86-10)64888963, 13911825587
> Fax: (86-10)64889630
>
>
> From: "Gary Lang" <gary.lang at autodesk.com>
> To: <chenrg at lreis.ac.cn>; <song7537338 at 163.com>
> Cc: <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>; <board at board.osgeo.org>;
> <xfsong at gucas.ac.cn>; "Frank Warmerdam (External)"
> <warmerdam at pobox.com>; <mpg at lizardtech.com>; "Kevin Zhu"
> <kevin.zhu at autodesk.com>; <chenrg at igsnrr.ac.cn>
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 8:06 PM
> Subject: RE: Re: [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]
>
>
> Professor Chen,
>
> I would love to be there. Thank you for the kind words.
> Michael is a good friend of ours and can represent OSGeo well.
>
> You can reach me at any time, and on my next trip to China (I
> come at least every 6 monoths) I will be sure to make a stop
> in Beijing to visit with you.
>
> Welcome to OSGeo!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chenrg at lreis.ac.cn [mailto:chenrg at lreis.ac.cn]
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:49 PM
> To: song7537338 at 163.com
> Cc: raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp; Gary Lang;
> board at board.osgeo.org; xfsong at gucas.ac.cn; Frank Warmerdam
> (External); mpg at lizardtech.com; Kevin Zhu; chenrg at igsnrr.ac.cn
> Subject: Re: Re: [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]
> Importance: High
>
> <I wonder the mail sent before failed. sorry for delay.>
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Either of them are warmly welcome. Gary may be more suitable
> for since Autodesk(China) is here contributing to China OSGeo
> as song said and the meeting with Gary in Beijing last month
> was very dedelighted. For this time, we will make Gary an old friend.
> I also agree with song at his suggestion that Venka as our
> advisor. We appreciate his great help for the founding our
> chapter in China.
>
> Best Regards.
>
> Chen
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <song <song7537338 at 163.com>
> To: <Kevin Zhu <kevin.zhu at autodesk.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]
> Sent: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:54:36 +0800
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Either of them are welcome, but Gary may be suitable for since
> Autodesk(China) is here contributing to China OSGeo.
> What is more, I suggest Venka as our advisor, so that China
> OSGeo can cooperate closely with OSGeo and other Asian
> branches (India,Thailand,Japan). I believe he will help us
> more in future as he did during founding our chapter.
>
> How do you think my opinion? Prof. Chen and Kevin?
> The board mailing list is pending for our decision!
> Once deciding candidate we should confirm as soon as possible.
>
> Regards,
> Song
>
>
> Kevin Zhu write:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Either Michael and Gary are welcome. However we need to get
> confirmed as soon as possible.
> >
> > Prof.Chen, your comments?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kevin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: song [mailto:song7537338 at 163.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 5:52 PM
> > To: Venkatesh Raghavan
> > Cc: Kevin Zhu; chenrg at lreis.ac.cn
> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]
> >
> >
> > Venka,
> >
> > I did not received those mails when sending a carbon of
> copy to gucas.
> > It is possible that the gucas mail server blocks the mails
> from dot com, since it did filter out Kevin's message before.
> > Otherwise I did not need to send a query to markus this morning.
> > Anyway thank you for your efforts. Thank you for your
> reminding email.
> > I will talk about it with Kevin and Chen.
> >
> > Best,
> > Song
> >
> > Venkatesh Raghavan write:
> >
> >> Hi Song,
> >>
> >> Hope you got this mail yesterday.
> >>
> >> Venka
> >>
> >>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> -
> >> --
> >>
> >> Ö÷Ìâ:
> >> RE: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India
> >> ·¢¼þÈË:
> >> "Gary Lang" <gary.lang at autodesk.com>
> >> ÈÕÆÚ:
> >> Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:15:54 -0700
> >> ÊÕ¼þÈË:
> >> "Venkatesh Raghavan" <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>, "Michael P.
> >> Gerlek" <mpg at lizardtech.com>
> >>
> >> ÊÕ¼þÈË:
> >> "Venkatesh Raghavan" <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>, "Michael P.
> >> Gerlek" <mpg at lizardtech.com>
> >> ³ËÍ:
> >> <board at board.osgeo.org>, <xfsong at gucas.ac.cn>, "Frank Warmerdam
> >> (External)" <warmerdam at pobox.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> I had the first meeting with these folks in Beijing, and
> so would be
> >> more than happy to come, calendar allowing.
> >>
> >> Gary
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Venkatesh Raghavan [mailto:raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:41 PM
> >> To: Michael P. Gerlek
> >> Cc: board at board.osgeo.org; xfsong at gucas.ac.cn; Frank Warmerdam
> >> (External)
> >> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India
> >>
> >> Hi Michael,
> >>
> >> Would be great if you could be at the Beijing meeting in your
> >> capacity as VP, OSGeo, Promotion and Visibility Project.
> >>
> >> In fact, our colleagues in China would warmly welcome officers or
> >> board member of OSGeo, I think.
> >>
> >> Wish I could be there in China too.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Venka
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Wow, this sounds like an incrediblly strong vote of
> support for us
> >>> -- worthy of an article or something, once it all gets rolling.
> >>>
> >>> Wish I was on the board, sounds like a fun trip. :-)
> >>>
> >>> -mpg
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Venkatesh Raghavan [mailto:raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp]
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:54 PM
> >>>> To: board at board.osgeo.org
> >>>> Cc: xfsong at gucas.ac.cn; warmerdam at pobox.com
> >>>> Subject: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear Board,
> >>>>
> >>>> The proposal for the China OSGeo Chapter is pending
> approval of the
> >>>> board (See http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/China).
> >>>>
> >>>> China OSGeo Chapter is planning a meeting to announce the
> >>>> establishment on 19 Sept 2006 in Beijing. Members of OSGeo China
> >>>> include top professors in gis and software domain. They are from
> >>>> national remote sensing center of china, chinese association of
> >>>> gis, chinese academy of sciences (headquarter, remote sensing
> >>>> institute, software engineering institute, geography institute
> >>>> etc.). OSGeo
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >> China
> >>
> >>
> >>>> is strongly backed by government department and Members
> are treat
> >>>> OSGeo very earnestly and solemnly.
> >>>>
> >>>> I was requested to take part in the Opening meeting in
> Beijing but
> >>>> am unable to, because I have pressing engagements on the
> 20 Sept,
> >>>> 2006.
> >>>> China OSGeo
> >>>> has also informed me to find out if any other board member could
> >>>> possibly attend. The Chinese side can cover all the
> expenditures in
> >>>> china including flight ticket.
> >>>>
> >>>> I strongly feel that the presence of a Board member
> would not only
> >>>> encourage OSGeo China members but also be a boost for promoting
> >>>> OSGeo in Asia.
> >>>>
> >>>> I would also suggest that the Board member also consider
> a visit to
> >>>> India after China. I can join and also organize India
> trip if it is
> >>>> after 20th Sept 2006. BTW, India OSGeo Chapter is also moving on
> >>>> the draft proposal available at
> >>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/India
> >>>> will be finalized in the near future and presented to the board
> >>>> soon.
> >>>>
> >>>> Kind regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Venka
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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