[Board] [Fwd: Re: Map World Forum 2011]
Jeff McKenna
jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Thu Apr 1 09:38:19 PDT 2010
Hi Board,
I'm just doing my homework for the next meeting, and I came across this
topic. I am very interested in assisting OSGeo in India, so this caught
my eye. But I do have a question: this is the first time that I have
heard of "Institutional Partner" - could someone explain this OSGeo term
to me? Thanks.
-jeff
Arnulf Christl wrote:
> Board,
> the next meeting will take place on April first. Please read the agenda
> [1] and get yourself updated beforehand. If you have a topic that needs
> a motion please add it at least two days before the meeting so that we
> can arrange for a phone connection and make sure we have quorum.
>
> Find attached an exchange between Annu Negi from GIS-Development Tyler
> and me regarding an invitation extended to OSGeo for co-organizing the
> Open Source seminar at World Map Forum 2011 in Hyderabad. This might be
> worth a motion, please speak up if you feel the need for more information.
>
> Best regards,
> Arnulf
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2010-04-01
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> Re: Map World Forum 2011
> From:
> "Annu Negi" <annu.negi at gisdevelopment.net>
> Date:
> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:03:37 +0530
> To:
> "Arnulf Christl" <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
>
> To:
> "Arnulf Christl" <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
> CC:
> <arnulf at osgeo.org>, "Tyler Mitchell \(OSGeo\)" <tmitchell at osgeo.org>,
> "Geoff Zeiss" <geoff.zeiss at autodesk.com>, "Anamika Das"
> <anamika.das at gisdevelopment.net>
>
>
> Dear Mr. Christl,
>
> Great to read from you. We are thankful to OSGeo for accepting our
> invitation to co-organise the seminar on Open Source at Map World Forum
> and help us advertise and mobilise renowned speaker.
>
> I will eagerly wait for your confirmation on Institution partner (till
> then I will keep my fingers crossed :) In terms of formalities there is
> not much but would appreciate if we can get a line of confirmation on
> your official letterhead, so that we can go ahead with the endorsement
> and use OSGeo logo on the conference website.
>
> Once again, thank you for your support.
>
> with best regards,
>
> Annu Negi
> Director - Conferences
> GIS Development
> A-145, Sector -63, Noida-201301,
> UP, India
> Phone: +91-120-4612504 (D)
> Fax: +91-120-4612555/666
> Mobile: +91-9810790723
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Arnulf Christl <mailto:arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
> *To:* Annu Negi <mailto:annu.negi at gisdevelopment.net>
> *Cc:* arnulf at osgeo.org <mailto:arnulf at osgeo.org> ; Tyler Mitchell
> (OSGeo) <mailto:tmitchell at osgeo.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Map World Forum 2011
>
> Dear Annu Negi,
> sorry for not having responded earlier. I am in the transition out of my
> old company WhereGroup and starting to work on my new consultancy
> Metaspatial [1] and there has been some confusion with my mail accounts.
> Additionally I am on travel first at the OGC Technical Committee Meeting
> in Italy[2], then at the IV Jornadas SIG conference in Girona[3] and now
> in Barcelona to meet with the local organizing committee of the FOSS4G
> 2010[4].
>
> Thank you for inviting OSGeo to World Map Forum 2011. I can immediately
> confirm that we will happily co-organize the Seminar on Open Source
> Initiatives, help to advertise the event and contact and ask renowned
> speakers to appear at the event.
>
> In order to formally appear as Institutional Partner the board of
> directors will have to pass a motion. We have monthly meetings and I
> will put this on the agenda for our next scheduled meeting on April 1st.
> Could you let us know whether any more formalities are needed from our
> or from your side?
>
> Please include our Executive Director Tyler Mitchell in all further
> communication so that we are all up-to-date at all times.
>
> Please again accept my apologies for not having answered earlier.
>
> With best regards,
> Arnulf Christl.
>
> (OSGeo President)
>
> [1] http://www.metaspatial.net
> [2] http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1003tc
> [3] http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/index.php?page=jornadas
> [4] http://2010.foss4g.org/
>
> On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 17:44 +0530, Annu Negi wrote:
> > Dear Mr. Christl,
> >
> > I will appreciate your response on our invitation.
> >
> > with best regards,
> >
> > Annu Negi
> > Director - Conferences
> > GIS Development
> > A-145, Sector -63, Noida-201301,
> > UP, India
> > Phone: +91-120-4612504 (D)
> > Fax: +91-120-4612555/666
> > Mobile: +91-9810790723
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Annu Negi
> > To: arnulf at osgeo.org <mailto:arnulf at osgeo.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:37 AM
> > Subject: Map World Forum 2011
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Mr. Arnulf Christl,
> >
> > I thank you and OSGeo for having been associated with GIS
> > Development to create awareness and provide an effective
> > platform for geospatial community at national, regional and
> > global levels.
> >
> > Pursuing our mission, we are very pleased to announce Map
> > World Forum 2011 which is scheduled to be held at 17-21
> > January 2011 at Hyderabad, India. Theme of Map World Forum
> > shall be ‘Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial Industry’,
> > which shall deliberate upon various dimensions of this
> > technology and provide directions to this industry with
> > respect to emerging prospects and trends.
> >
> > At Map World our intent is to provide an opportunity to
> > facilitate meaningful discussion and dialogue between various
> > stakeholders associated with geospatial industry including
> > GIS, Surveying and remote sensing agencies, geospatial
> > companies, academic institutions, policy makers and most
> > importantly large user organisations. We propose to invite
> > heads of mapping agencies, companies, associations, users and
> > policy making agencies from worldwide and expect to have
> > fairly large representation of all the continents worldwide.
> > We have initiated our campaign and with the help of some
> > organisations we are able to secure participation from at
> > least 30 to 40 countries at senior levels.
> >
> > I believe that OSGeo has contributed significantly towards
> > promoting the collaborative development of open geospatial
> > technologies and data. Its contribution towards advocacy for
> > the open geospatial community and efforts to provide a common
> > forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project
> > collaboration is credible. In view of the significant
> > contribution of OSGeo, we would like to invite the Foundation
> > to join hands with GIS Development and participate at Map
> > World Forum as an Institutional Partner. We do believe that
> > Map World Forum is an appropriate platform for OSGeo to
> create
> > strong message to promote the use of open source within the
> > geospatial community, encourage the implementation of open
> > standards and standard-based interoperability in foundation
> > projects.
> >
> > As an institutional partner, we invite OSGeo to be the
> > co-organiser of a Seminar on “Open Source Initiatives” to be
> > held at Map World Forum.
> >
> > GIS Development shall be happy to provide conference halls,
> > audio-visual support and promotion of the seminar through Map
> > World Forum brochure and promotional material. We expect
> OSGeo
> > to support and mobilise few international speakers who can
> > demonstrate and showcase benefits of Open Source. I would
> > appreciate if OSGeo can provide adequate promotion and
> > advocacy to Map World Forum through its own network and
> > website.
> >
> > I would like to invite you to Chair and Moderate the above
> > proposed Symposium and GIS Development shall be able provide
> > local hospitality including hotel accommodation and local
> > transport towards your participation.
> >
> > with best regards,
> >
> > Annu Negi
> > GIS Development
> > Director - Conferences
> > A-145, Sector -63, Noida-201301,
> > UP, India
> > Phone: +91-120-4612504 (D)
> > Fax: +91-120-4612555/666
> > Mobile: +91-9810790723
>
>
>
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