[Board] Fw: IGU-OSGeo MoU

Fri Jun 2 16:05:41 PDT 2017

Looks like I was responsible for the change
<https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=MOU_IGU&type=revision&diff=106496&oldid=106482>
on
May 10th. I think we are getting better at including open source as a
primary goal in these agreements. No further changes to add.

--
Jody Garnett

On 2 June 2017 at 14:50, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Suchith,
>
> board has discussed this MoU but there was a small change in the text -
> addition of open source software in this sentence:
> "Both parties to this MOU share the goal of helping share global
> geo-information and open source software with all communities."
> and the discussion was moved to the email list. So it looks like we need
> the following steps:
>
> - board members (cc-d here) please review the updated text
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_IGU
> - please email any further changes before June 7 to this list
> - if there are no further changes we need a motion on Loomio to approve
> the updated MoU
> - then it goes back to IGU - they decide whether they need a new approval
> based on the changes
> - find an opportunity for the presidents of both organizations to sign it.
>
> sorry for the delay - I hoped that we would approve it in May,
>
> Helena
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Suchith Anand <
> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Helena,
>>
>> Apologies I lost track of this . Could you please update on the status of
>> this. Thanks.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Anand Suchith
>> Sent: 10 May 2017 8:17 PM
>> To: himiyama.yukio at a.hokkyodai.ac.jp
>> Cc: hmitaso at ncsu.edu; 'Michael Meadows'
>> Subject: Re: IGU-OSGeo MoU
>>
>> Dear Yukio,
>>
>> Thank you for this. Prof. Helena  will forward this to the OSGeo Board
>> and will get back to you. We are looking forward to expanding our
>> collaborations with IGU.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Yukio Himiyama <yukiohimiyama at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 10 May 2017 1:12 PM
>> To: Anand Suchith; yukiohimiyama at gmail.com
>> Cc: hmitaso at ncsu.edu; 'Michael Meadows'
>> Subject: RE: IGU-OSGeo MoU
>>
>> Dear Suchith,
>>
>> Please find attached the MoU signed by me as IGU President.
>> Is it OK?
>>
>> Sincerely Yours,
>> Yukio
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------
>> Yukio Himiyama, Ph.D.
>>  Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University of Education
>>  President,  International Geographical Union
>>  Council Member, Science Council of Japan
>> mobile phone: +81 (0)80 5599 2930
>> home phone:  +81 (0)166 53 2322
>> e-mail: himiyamay at kkd.biglobe.ne.jp
>>      yukiohimiyama at gmail.com
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Suchith Anand [mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
>> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2017 2:17 AM
>> To: himiyama.yukio at a.hokkyodai.ac.jp; yukiohimiyama at gmail.com
>> Cc: hmitaso at ncsu.edu; Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: IGU-OSGeo MoU
>>
>> Dear Yukio,
>>
>> I would like to connect you to Prof. Helena Mitasova (Vice-President, Open
>> Source Geospatial Foundation), so we can follow up on the MoU and expand
>> our
>> collaborations.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Yukio Himiyama <yukiohimiyama at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 24 March 2017 6:47 AM
>> To: Anand Suchith;
>> Subject: RE: Let us work together for expanding Geoeducation opportunities
>> for all
>>
>> Dear Suchith,
>>
>> Thank you for your proposal. The IGU Executive Committee will discuss the
>> proposal in its next meeting in Quebec in early May.
>>
>> Sincerely Yours,
>> Yukio
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------
>> Yukio Himiyama, Ph.D.
>> Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University of Education President,
>> International Geographical Union<http://igu-online.org/> Council Member,
>> Science Council of Japan mobile phone: +81 (0)80 5599 2930 home phone:
>> +81
>> (0)166 53 2322
>> e-mail: himiyamay at kkd.biglobe.ne.jp<mailto:himiyamay at kkd.biglobe.ne.jp>
>>      yukiohimiyama at gmail.com<mailto:yukiohimiyama at gmail.com>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>>
>> From: Suchith Anand [mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 1:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: Let us work together for expanding Geoeducation opportunities
>> for all
>>
>> Dear Yukio,
>>
>> Thank you and we are looking forward to expand our collaborations with
>> IGU.
>> It will be great to share these ideas at IGU conferences and newsletters
>> so
>> more colleagues and students can make use of these opportunities.
>>
>> It will be great to have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to
>> establish
>> a collaborative relationship between the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org  and the International Geographical Union,
>> similar to ones with International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
>> Sensing (ISPRS), International Cartographic Association (ICA) etc.
>>
>> Details of the MoUs below
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ISPRS
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ICA
>>
>> I will connect you with the OSGeo Board separately so we can follow up
>> this.
>> Looking forward to expand our collaborations.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>>
>>
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