[Board] GeoChiapas project and TPrize Challenge

[osaka_ali at protonmail.ch]

Hello Till,

I am much obliged. Thank you.

If you require any details, let me know.

Regards,

Arturo Moreno
San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexíco
Cell +52 (967) 152-77-18
[geoforage.io](http://www.geoforage.io/)
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On Friday, March 20, 2020 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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