[Board] Fw: [geoforall-ab] GeoForAll expanding collaborations with IGU colleagues

[Jody Garnett]

That is great; thanks for building relationships.

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Jody Garnett

On 22 March 2017 at 09:48, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have now got email from Yukio Himiyama (President, International
> Geographical Union) exploring ideas for expanding our collaborations for
> the future. I have emailed that i will get him in contact with OSGeo Board
> so we can plan a MoU (similar to ISPRS, ICA).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
> Sent: 13 March 2017 5:07 PM
> To: Anand Suchith; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; geoforall-ab at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [geoforall-ab] GeoForAll expanding collaborations with IGU
> colleagues
>
> Sounds very promising. congratulations Suchith for your tireless work!
>
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>
> ________________________________
> De: GeoForAll-ab <geoforall-ab-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de
> Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Enviado: lunes, 13 de marzo de 2017 13:52
> Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; geoforall-ab at lists.osgeo.org
> Asunto: [geoforall-ab] GeoForAll expanding collaborations with IGU
> colleagues
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I was invited to deliver a keynote for the  EuroGeo 2017 conference "Key
> Challenges in Geographical Education"[1] in Amsterdam last week and had the
> opportunity to meet and discuss ideas with some amazing colleagues from the
> International Geographical Union (IGU) in the sidelines.
>
> IGU is an international , non-governmental, professional organization
> devoted to the development of the discipline of Geography. Their details
> are at http://igu-online.org
>
>
> They are a very active community doing many important work and closely
> following GeoForAll developments. They missed the early move advantage that
> ICA, ISPRS and others did on Open Principles in Education but i believe
> they are a key community to collaborate for the future. So i have now
> reached out to IGU colleagues globally and we will start ideas for
> expanding our collaborating with them. I will keep you all updated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1] http://www.eurogeography.eu/conference-2017-presentations/
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