[Board] offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica

Wed May 18 22:02:04 PDT 2022

Thank you very much. Looking forward to it!

Kind regards,
Rajat

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 10:39 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:

> Thank you Rajat. I'll discuss your suggestions with my colleagues and will
> come back to you asap.
> Best,
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
> ------------------------------
> *De:* Rajat Shinde <rajatshinde2303 at gmail.com>
> *Enviado:* martes, 17 de mayo de 2022 14:54:47
> *Para:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
> *Cc:* Angelos Tzotsos; OSGeo Board Private; board at lists.osgeo.org;
> michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com
> *Asunto:* Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica
>
> Dear Sergio,
>
> Thank you for your email. In addition to the contest budget, we also had
> discussion regarding the other issues in the last board meeting
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-04-25#GeoLIBERO_clarifications>.
> We feel that the following steps could be beneficial for the collaborative
> participation of the Ibero-American section (as you mentioned some of them
> are OSGeo Charter Members) and the rest of the OSGeo.
>
>    - If it is possible to form a local chapter for carrying out the
>    initiatives in the section and if it does not exist already, then it is
>    much welcomed. A local chapter would streamline the process for
>    face-to-face meetings and also provide outreach to the amazing initiatives
>    and contests. Moreover, the local chapters can present the updates of all
>    the events and activities during the annual general meeting (AGM) planned
>    during the FOSS4G conferences.
>    - It would be great to spread awareness about these events and
>    contests using the OSGeo Announcements or News
>    <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/News_Queue> or Discuss lists. In general,
>    a news item is posted on OSGeo website and on Twitter via the official
>    OSGeo account, thus reaching out to the global FOSS4G and OSGeo community
>    and contributors.
>    - Also, some of these events align with the existing projects and
>    initiatives, it would be great to join hands and collaborate. One such
>    initiative is Google Summer of Code (for eg.) where new contributors can
>    participate and the project members can mentor them. Unfortunately, GSoC
>    timeline has also progressed for this year but it might be a great idea to
>    include some coding initiatives for the upcoming years. Another such
>    initiative is the United Nations OSGeo Educational Challenge
>    <https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/2021-osgeo-un-committee-educational-challenge/> where
>    the GeoLIBERO project could participate with an educational challenge.
>
>
> Additionally, if you have any further suggestions then we cordially
> request to share it with the Board and we will try our best to act on them.
> Finally, heartiest congratulations for the success of the GeoLIBERO
> project, it is really commendable work even during the pandemic and
> strengthens the GeoForAll initiative.
>
> Thank you for your efforts!
> Kind regards,
> Rajat
>
>
> --
>
> Rajat Shinde
>
> Vice President - Board of Directors <https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/>
>
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
>
> http://home.iitb.ac.in/~rajatshinde
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:31 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
> sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:
>
>> Great! Thanks you very much
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Departamento de Geomática
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329
>> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>> ------------------------------
>> *De:* Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>> *Enviado:* sábado, 14 de mayo de 2022 4:23:36
>> *Para:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
>> *Cc:* OSGeo Board Private; board at lists.osgeo.org;
>> michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com
>> *Asunto:* Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica
>>
>> Dear Sergio,
>>
>> The OSGeo budget is approved:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2022
>> The budget you requested is included, please contact the treasurer when
>> you need to invoice.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 5/2/22 21:02, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA wrote:
>> > Hi Angelos. I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the board meeting. I don't
>> know if you need more clarification from me. I would also like to know if
>> the budget we requested for the contest (within GeoForAll) among students,
>> which this year will be international, was finally approved.
>> > Thank you
>> >
>> >
>> > Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> > Departamento de Geomática
>> > Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> > Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> > URUGUAY
>> > (598)29157933 ints. 20329
>> > http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > De: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
>> > Enviado: miércoles, 20 de abril de 2022 15:38
>> > Para: Angelos Tzotsos
>> > Cc: OSGeo Board Private; board at lists.osgeo.org
>> > Asunto: Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you Angelos,
>> >
>> > The concern arises as a result of this project that I previously
>> mentioned called GeoLIBERO. It is a project whose intention was to
>> invigorate GeoForAll, especially the Ibero-American section. It is turning
>> out to be a success, despite the pandemic. We had a face-to-face meeting
>> last year here in Uruguay where several of us who participated had the
>> opportunity to meet personally. Some of them are already OSGeo charter
>> members. There are several open lines of research in the project, with
>> education being the most active. There are 3 initiatives under development:
>> one, for the creation of a free geomatics course (diplomado) for
>> Ibero-America; another, for the development of research on the use of
>> Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIT) at the higher level of
>> education (university education prior to postgraduate); and a third, to
>> extend to a regional level the Uruguayan experience of developing a
>> course-contest of projects with students (high school) and gvSIG Batoví
>> (open source GIS). We would like to share all this experience more widely,
>> with the entire OSGeo community. There is also the concern of these project
>> members who are charter members to be able to collaborate more actively
>> with OSGeo. They have asked me how to do it and honestly I did not know
>> what to answer. So I had this idea to transfer the question to the Board. I
>> hope I have clarified the situation somewhat.
>> >
>> > Again, thanks,
>> >
>> >
>> > Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> > Departamento de Geomática
>> > Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> > Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> > URUGUAY
>> > (598)29157933 ints. 20329
>> > http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>> > ________________________________
>> > De: Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>> > Enviado: miércoles, 20 de abril de 2022 4:18:08
>> > Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
>> > Cc: OSGeo Board Private; board at lists.osgeo.org
>> > Asunto: Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica
>> >
>> > Dear Sergio,
>> >
>> > The board discussed this topic during the previous board meeting and we
>> > would like to get some more feedback from you regarding the concerns to
>> > make contributions from the geolibero project. Can you please elaborate
>> > more on the concerns?
>> > We would definitely like any help we can get to promote OSGeo more.
>> > Perhaps you would like to join our next board meeting to discuss
>> further?
>> >
>> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-04-25
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Angelos
>> >
>> > On 3/7/22 19:36, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA wrote:
>> >> Thank you Angelos. We'll be looking forward to receiving that feedback
>> soon.
>> >>
>> >> Kind regards,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> >> Departamento de Geomática
>> >> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> >> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> >> URUGUAY
>> >> (598)29157933 ints. 20329
>> >> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>> >> ________________________________
>> >> De: Angelos Tzotsos <tzotsos at gmail.com>
>> >> Enviado: lunes, 7 de marzo de 2022 12:55:33
>> >> Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
>> >> Cc: OSGeo Board Private
>> >> Asunto: Re: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica
>> >>
>> >> Dear Sergio,
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your e-mail, I did not receive the previous one
>> (wondering if osgeo e-mail was actually working this last week).
>> >> I am forwarding your request to the board's private mailing list and
>> we will provide feedback soon.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Angelos
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 4:58 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
>> sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Angelos. Last thursday I sent this email (see below) seeking to
>> have your reaction. How can we contribute to OSGeo from our -humble-
>> position? We'll be very pleased to hear your opinion.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> >> Departamento de Geomática
>> >> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> >> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> >> URUGUAY
>> >> (598)29157933 ints. 20329
>> >> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ________________________________
>> >> De: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
>> >> Enviado: jueves, 3 de marzo de 2022 13:08
>> >> Para: tzotsos at osgeo.org<mailto:tzotsos at osgeo.org <tzotsos at osgeo.org>>;
>> mmtobias at ucdavis.edu<mailto:mmtobias at ucdavis.edu>; vicky at georepublic.de
>> <mailto:vicky at georepublic.de>; codrina at geo-spatial.org<mailto:
>> codrina at geo-spatial.org>; michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com<mailto:
>> michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
>> >> Asunto: offer of support to OSGeo from GeoForAll Iberoamerica
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At GeoForAll IbA we have proposed to develop a project with external
>> funding called GeoLIBERO (https://www.cyted.org/es/geolibero). The
>> project (which was approved and is under development) spans 4 years (we are
>> starting the third now) and many professionals and academics from several
>> Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal participate in it. There are
>> several (new) Charter Members among these members with the concern of
>> making contributions to OSGeo from this project, beyond its completion. I
>> particularly see that OSGeo has been losing dynamism and I would like to
>> discuss with the Board the way to contribute to its reactivation since it
>> is something that we would be interested in doing. Is there any way to do
>> this?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> >> Departamento de Geomática
>> >> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> >> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> >> URUGUAY
>> >> (598)29157933 ints. 20329
>> >> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> >> President, Board of Directors
>> >> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> >> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>> >>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> > President
>> > Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>>
>>
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