[Board] News item for announcing OSGeo as supporting organisation GWF 2016

Mon Feb 8 08:12:46 PST 2016

Hi Board,

Since the GWF is in Holland this year a small note:
Both in 2012 (Amsterdam) and in 2013 (Rotterdam) the Dutch local chapter 
was heavily involved in the organization of the open source track.
As discussed by Jeroen and myself with Dirk during our meet&greet in 
Bennekom, it took a lot of effort from our side: communication with GWF 
was very difficult, agreements hard to make etc.

Therefore, the enthusiasm on the Dutch side for GWF20916 isn't that 
great ;-)
However; I'll discuss this week with my fellow board members if anybody 
wants to be involved in this project. (and see how it will fit in our 
own osgeo.nl 2016 agenda)

Kind regards,

Gert-Jan

Venkatesh Raghavan schreef op 08-02-2016 13:15:
> Dirk,
> 
> I also suggest you to start a GWF 2016 wiki page
> and put basic info, you contact and list where
> volunteers can add their names and also give
> their ideas about OSGeo session at GWF 2016.
> Perhaps you could put the wiki link on the press
> release too.
> 
> Best
> 
> Venka
> 
> You can see a sample page at [1] [12]
> 
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geospatial_World_Forum_2012
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geospatial_World_Forum_2013
> 
> On 2016/02/08 2:37, Dirk Frigne wrote:
>> Thank you Venka,
>> 
>> This is really an improvement of the tekst.
>> @all: Any other remarks or additions?
>> Without reaction, I 'll wait to post this message to OSGeo/news until
>> 2016 02 08 : 17:00 CET
>> 
>> Dirk
>> 
>> 
>> On 07-02-16 17:47, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
>>> Dirk and all,
>>> 
>>> I made some edits and additions
>>> to the News about OSGeo Support for GWF.
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> Venka
>>> 
>>> -----------------------Draft Version 2 -------------------------
>>> 
>>> *OSGeo Joins Geospatial World Forum (GWF) as Supporting Organization*
>>> 
>>> In line with OSGeo's renewed vision to "Empower everyone with open 
>>> source
>>> geospatial", we seek to promote our activity not only though the 
>>> hosting of
>>> events such as the FOSS4G [2], but also proactively engage with the 
>>> broader
>>> Geospatial Community in various forums.
>>> 
>>> Our mission is foster global adoption of open geospatial technology 
>>> by
>>> being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy 
>>> and
>>> participatory community driven development.
>>> 
>>> Our partnership with GWF goes back to 2007 when OSGeo organized a 
>>> well
>>> attended OSGeo session at Map World Forum (former avatar of GWF) in
>>> Hyderabad, India. OSGeo was an Institutional Partner at the first GWF
>>> held in
>>> Hyderabad, India in 2011 and also at GWF 2012 in Amsterdam, The
>>> Netherlands.
>>> It is a great pleasure to renew our partnership as Supporting
>>> Organization for GWF 2016 [3] and organize a special OSGeo Session at
>>> the event.
>>> 
>>> The conference will take place in Rotterdam 23 - 26, May 2016. As 
>>> OSGeo
>>> we will have the chance to present our multifaceted activities and
>>> initiatives we support. We are very exited to have this opportunity
>>> showcase OSGeo projects to the participants of GWF. As an inclusive
>>> software foundation, we attach great important to be present at tech
>>> events like GWF and enhance our global impact and reach.
>>> 
>>> OSGeo will organise a full day event on May 24 and wishes to initiate 
>>> a
>>> call for presenters promote our products and core values. Volunteers 
>>> can
>>> contact Dirk Frigne, Vice-President, OSGeo Foundation [4] to help
>>> organise the session. OSGeo will also be have a booth at the 
>>> exhibition
>>> special 1 day pass for access to the exhibition area and OSGeo 
>>> Session
>>> will be 25Euros.
>>> 
>>> Look forward to meeting you all at GWF and wish the event a great 
>>> success.
>>> 
>>> Dirk Fringe
>>> VP, OSGeo Foundation
>>> 
>>> [1] http://geospatialworldforum.org/
>>> [2] http://www.foss4g.org/
>>> [3] http://geospatialworldforum.org/
>>> [4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf
>>> 
>>> *About the Open Source Geospatial Foundation*
>>> 
>>> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit
>>> organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open
>>> geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation 
>>> devoted
>>> to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development.
>>> The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support 
>>> to
>>> the broader open source geospatial community. It provides an 
>>> independent
>>> legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding 
>>> and
>>> other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions 
>>> will
>>> be maintained for public benefit.
>>> 
>>> OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the 
>>> open
>>> source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared
>>> infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The
>>> Foundation's projects are all freely available and useable under an
>>> OSI-certified open source license.
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2016/02/08 0:16, Dirk Frigne wrote:
>>>> Dear board,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I prepared a news item for the OSGeo news section on the website as 
>>>> an
>>>> action for the decision to act as supporting organisation for GWF 
>>>> 2016.
>>>> Please change and update where appropriate.
>>>> Any tips or advise how I should proceed to organise the site event 
>>>> is
>>>> more than welcome.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> *OSGeo news* *OSGeo supporting organisation of the Geospatial World
>>>> Forum in Rotterdam May 23 - 26*
>>>> 
>>>> According to the new OSGeo Vision "Empower everyone with open source
>>>> geospatial", OSGeo decided to step forward, not only towards the 
>>>> calssic
>>>> community activities, but also to the broader Geospatial Community 
>>>> in
>>>> general.
>>>> 
>>>> One of the goals for the next ten years is to foster the use of open
>>>> source geospatial software.
>>>> 
>>>> It is in this role that OSGeo is happy to be invited as a supporting
>>>> organisation for the Geospatial World Forum conference [1]. The
>>>> conference will take place in Rotterdam May 2016, 23 - 26.
>>>> As Osgeo we will have the chance to present the different activities 
>>>> we
>>>> are standing for, and the different initiatives we support.
>>>> It is a great forum to present some of the great projects OSGeo 
>>>> hosts to
>>>> a broader geospatial community. We think as an inclusive software
>>>> foundation, it is very important to be present at all sort of Geo
>>>> events, enlarging our impact on the Globe.
>>>> 
>>>> OSGeo will organise a full day event on May 24 and want to initiate 
>>>> for
>>>> this reason a call for papers from OSGeo projects to promote our 
>>>> core
>>>> values and products. Volunteers can contact Dirk Frigne to help
>>>> organising the event.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Dirk
>>>> 
>>>> [1] http://geospatialworldforum.org/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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