[Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]

chenrg at lreis.ac.cn chenrg at lreis.ac.cn
Mon Aug 21 22:56:02 PDT 2006 

Dear Michael,

Thank you for your introduction. As for me, I am a header of GRID GIS project. I've loved open source for more than 10 years (since 1993). It's a great thing for me to join OSGeo.  We might have lot to communicate. Your helping out getting the new chapter started will be greatly thankful.

For the topic of your speech, anything related to open source will be warmly welcome.We will provide a tranlator for you. 

Warmly welcome to you and your wife. OSGeo China will cover your expenses, of course, including your travelling. Is it the first time you and your wife come to Beijing? I am sure you might have somewhere in mind to visit, for example, the Great Wall and ect. We will provide a ciceroni if needed at our expense.

Looking forward to your visit.

Kind regards.

Chen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael P. Gerlek" <mpg at lizardtech.com>
To: <chenrg at lreis.ac.cn>
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>; "Kevin Zhu" <kevin.zhu at autodesk.com>; <chenrg at igsnrr.ac.cn>; "Gary Lang" <gary.lang at autodesk.com>; <song7537338 at 163.com>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:19 PM
Subject: RE: Re: [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] OSGeo China & India]


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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