[Board] EGU has cancelled the physical General Assembly 2020 in Vienna

["Peter Löwe"]

Hi Astrid, hi Board,

apologies but due to extra work due to the Corvid-19 issue I can just now give an update about EGU 2020 and the Data Help Desk format.

Since physical attendance in Vienna for EGU 2020 won't be possible, this year there will be a massive virtual event for attendees all around the globe. Details here: 
https://www.egu2020.eu/  
https://egu2020.eu/sharing_geoscience_online/sharing_geoscience_online.html   

The Data Help Desk will take place in parallel to EGU 2020. It will also be a virtual event, running for five days in a row. The current idea is that each day will have a particular topic. So there should be a open source software day for which volunteers are needed.

In my opinion, it would be awesome if Board members could participate by giving a presentation about OSGeo and answering questions. As time zones will be an issue, it this could be done in multiple time slots mirroring the global distribution of the Board.

Details about the call for volunteers:

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Volunteer by 4/15 to be a Data Expert for the next Virtual Data Help Desk, to be hosted during the week of EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online (May 4th-May 8th, 2020). Just like the in-person events, this Virtual Data Help Desk, which is a program of EGU, the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), will connect researchers with informatics experts familiar with their scientific domain to share skills and techniques that will help further research and make data and software open and FAIR.

YOU can volunteer to be a Data Expert who contributes in one or both of the following ways:
1.	Answer Data Questions Virtually (monitor question forums, likely Twitter and Slack, and answer where you can for the week of May 4th) 
2.	Share a short recorded demo of a tool or resource
To volunteer, please complete this brief form, as soon as possible by April 15th.

The Data Help Desk is happening virtually for the first time after several successful in-person events at professional meetings over the last few years at the AGU Fall Meeting, the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, the Ocean Sciences Meeting, and more. Don't miss this chance to help others with data-related questions and to demo your tool or platform!

Questions? Please contact megancarter at esipfed.org. 

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I suggest that we try to coordinate all OSGeo related Data Help Desk efforts via a wiki page.

Best regards & stay healthy,
Peter

<peter.loewe at gmx.de>


> Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. März 2020 um 17:30 Uhr
> Von: "Astrid Emde (OSGeo)" <astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
> An: "Peter Löwe" <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> Cc: board at lists.osgeo.org
> Betreff: Re: [Board] EGU has cancelled the physical General Assembly 2020 in Vienna
>
> Hello Peter,
> 
> thanks you for the update about EGU.
> 
> Great to hear that a virtual event is planned. Please keep us informed 
> about it.
> 
> All the best and stay healthy
> 
> Astrid
> 
> 
> 
> Am 20.03.2020 13:14 schrieb Peter Löwe:
> > Dear list, (cc: Board)
> > 
> > I am sorry to inform you that this years EGU General Assembly has been
> > cancelled due to the coronavirus issue.
> > 
> > Details here:
> > https://www.egu2020.eu/
> > 
> > Preparations are under way to have a virtual event instead of the real
> > world gathering in Vienna:
> > 
> > EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online will allow abstract authors to
> > share presentation materials and open these for live discussion as
> > well as participate in a selection of online networking events. We are
> > also planning additional activities that will extend into the rest of
> > the year and will provide more information about all of these events
> > in the coming weeks.
> > 
> > Because the cancellation, the EGU Lunchbag event
> > (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Lunchbag_2020) will be postponed. The
> > budget can be used for other OSGeo activities.
> > 
> > Please note that the new Data Help Desk event might become part of the
> > virtual activities during May 3 to 8.
> > More news on this event will be shared soon.
> > 
> > Draft wiki page about the Data Help Desk (which will cover all Open
> > Science related topics, including both Open Source and Open Data):
> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_DataHelpDesk_2020
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Peter
> > 
> > 
> > <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> > 
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> Astrid Emde
> 
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> Astrid Emde
> OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/
> astrid_emde at osgeo.org
> 
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