[Board] R: About presentation at GWF-2017

[Jeff McKenna]

Almost forgot Venka: "dial it up"!

-jeff


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Jeff McKenna
President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna




On 2017-01-23 9:58 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Venka,
>
> Wishing you a great visit to your homeland and to share the FOSS4G
> spirit at the Hyderabad event.  I can feel the passion already.
>
> Also, would you mind briefly mentioning the upcoming Google Summer of
> Code program in your keynote?  As you know, OSGeo will be again applying
> as a mentor organization (we're starting that application draft now);
> but it can't hurt to briefly mention this in your keynote, as OSGeo will
> likely be accepted again.  Some highlights for you to mention:
>
>  - OSGeo's 2017 GSoC main page:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017
>  - this will be our 11th year of involvement!
>  - OSGeo has helped 167 students throughout the years, to grow and
> kick-start their careers as future FOSS4G leaders
>  - we're now calling for ideas from OSGeo projects for the 2017 program
>
>
> -jeff
>
>
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