[Board] Re: F2F meeting

[Ravi]

Hi Arnulf,
very encouraging indeed. We at OSGeo India are discussing this out
and will get back soon.
Ravi

I have set my Dreams in motion


--- On Tue, 10/11/09, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) <arnulf at osgeo.org> wrote:

> From: Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) <arnulf at osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Board] Re: F2F meeting
> To: board at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 3:57 PM
> > Hi Arnulf,
> > the developing world including India can benefit from
> FOSS GIS
> > in many ways, reducing corruption, saving exchequers
> money, guiding
> > the farmer.. many more.
> > But the catch22 prevents true penetration of FOSS GIS.
> Unless jobs are
> > there few students are interested, and unless students
> with knowledge of
> > FOSS GIS are there jobs cannot be created. Unless jobs
> are there no
> > educational institute wants to embark on a FOSS GIS
> project.. and Unless
> > proven projects are there, no one wants to launch a
> new project.
> >
> > It is only awareness building that can change it for
> us, through
> > workshops, seminars for teachers and students alike.
> >
> > So if a priority has to be set, with the meager
> resources  it must focus
> > on creating awareness as top priority.
> >
> > Would be very happy if the board can meet F2F in
> India. That will give us
> > a great boost, as we will invite the concerned Indian
> departments to see
> > some demos/ talks by OSGeo board. In India 90% GIS
> work is government
> > controlled.
> >
> > Love to be at Barselona, to proudly announce OSGeo
> India's bid for FOSS4G.
> > 'Thousands of dream like expectations,  But each
> one saps my breath'
> > (Urdu shair: Hazaron Quaishen nikle, magar, har Quaish
> me dum nikla)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ravi
> >
> > ThanQ Venkatesh, and the Urdu Shair must sum up the
> situation.
> 
> Ravi,
> I understand. Let us work on something in that direction.
> 
> Aiming high; Could you imagine that an executive summit on
> Open Source
> Geospatial with an invitation of the OSGeo board to India
> would be a good
> idea? We could organize it as a two day micro conference
> with the first
> running high level workshops for more technically oriented
> folks (CTOs)
> and the second with introductions to Free Software
> licensing and Open
> Source development models followed by presentations
> showcasing productive
> and successful use cases of the public administration using
> FOSSS4G. I can
> contribute three high level use cases using OSGeo software
> at municipal,
> federal and European level.
> 
> I guess even if not all directors can make it we could get
> together a
> fairly high profile group of people for such an event. The
> board (or at
> least those members who can make it) can have an f2f
> following this micro
> conference.
> 
> With enough advance planning we might even find a high
> level sponsor form
> the Indian government to fund such an event - or is that
> already dreaming?
> 
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
> 
> > --- On Sun, 8/11/09, Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> From: Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> >> Subject: Re: [Board] Re: F2F meeting
> >> To: board at lists.osgeo.org
> >> Date: Sunday, 8 November, 2009, 6:03 PM
> >> Hi Arnulf, Ravi,
> >>
> >> Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:
> >> ...
> >> > Ravi,
> >> > I can follow you for the first part. I do
> not
> >> understand "The philosophy
> >> > of OSGeo translating into priorities will
> make a local
> >> chapter spend their
> >> > meager resources in organising awareness."
> though. Can
> >> you please explain?
> >>
> >> I guess, what Ravi means is the he might as well
> spend his
> >> (OSGeo-India Chapter's) meager resources to
> organize an
> >> OSGeo awareness campaign
> >> (workshop's, seminars etc.) in India.
> >>
> >> Could be worth considering to have an F2F in
> Ravi's home
> >> turf.
> >> That would kill two birds with one stone.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Venka
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