[Board] GeoChiapas project and TPrize Challenge

[Vicky Vergara]

While we decide, I will be glad to help
.
I will am out of office since today, will be back on monday
Regards

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 1:40 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> 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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