[Board] GeoChiapas project and TPrize Challenge

[Till Adams]

Dear Arturo,

I put your request on the agenda of the next board meeting on 30th of
March ;-)

Till


Am 20.03.20 um 00:08 schrieb osaka_ali at protonmail.ch:
> Greetings to all from Mexico,
>  
> Recently, MIT, The Technological Institute of Monterrey and the
> University of the Andes have co-sponsored a request for proposals for
> education, training and innovation projects in Latin America through
> MIT's SOLVE initiative. The challenge submission deadline is March
> 31st; judging closes on the 24th of April. More info about the
> challenge  can be found in [1].
>
> My solution's working title is Geo-Chiapas [2], and basically consists
> of creating a workshop series that teaches fundamental geospatial
> concepts to economically vulnerable and socially disadvantaged youths
> in this Mexican state. I have begun conversations with some local
> NGO's and academic institutions regarding the possibility of
> partnering to offer the workshop series.
>
> At this stage, the workshop's form would be decidedly 'low-tech'
> although we are considering the approximately week-long process to
> culminate in use of something like geoforage.io [3] to introduce
> geodesign concepts into the learning modules as well.
>
> After a recent conversation with Vicky Vergara, I was encouraged to
> reach out to the OSGeo board to seek some guidance on the GeoChiapas
> project. I'd like to formally solicit a person to be part of the
> project's team as well as the TPrize submission team in the role of
> "advisor" .
>
> The person preferably needs to have:
> - Experience in education
> - Geospatial training
> - Knowledge of the Latin American region's social and economical problems
>
> Vicky expressed interest in being that person, but she also mentioned
> making a formal request to the OSGeo board.
>
> I am grateful for the consideration of my appeal and I look forward to
> answering any questions that you may have.
>    
> Sincerely,
>
> Arturo Moreno
> San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexíco
> Cell +52 (967) 152-77-18
>
> [1] https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/TPrize
> [2] https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/TPrize/solutions/17836
> [3] https://www.geoforage.io/
>
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