[Board] Locus Charter

Fri Nov 4 06:33:41 PDT 2022

Hi all,

The letter has been signed and stored in nextcloud.

Best,
Angelos

On 11/1/22 21:27, Nicole Oveisi wrote:
> Hi Angelos,
>
> This is such great news. We are eager to have support from OSGeo. Once I
> receive the signed Engagement Letter, I can add OSGeo's logo to our website
> and begin onboarding. I am attaching the Engagement Letter here. Thank you
> for supporting the Locus Charter!
>
> Sincerely,
> Nicole
> --
> *Nicole Oveisi*
> *Special Projects and Initiatives Coordinator*
>
> *American Geographical Society *
> noveisi at americangeo.org
> 949-294-2326
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 10:04 AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Nicole,
>> Dear Suchith,
>>
>> The board has approved to sign the Locus Charter.
>> https://www.loomio.com/d/NgZMqIJK/sign-the-locus-charter
>> https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/127
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 8/15/22 05:59, Vicky Vergara via Board wrote:
>>> Thanks Nicole,
>>> The board chat is on https://meet.jit.si/OSGeo
>>> If you set a time for Saturday August 27, then I will add that time in
>> the
>>> agenda to make sure we are on the jitsi.
>>> The board is meeting in Florence, Italy and we will start the meeting at
>>> 7:00 UTC (I just fixed a typo on the board meeting agenda)
>>> And for all its the most convenient day to make this meeting happen as
>> soon
>>> as possible.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> Vicky
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:13 PM Nicole Oveisi <noveisi at americangeo.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks so much Suchith for making this connection and promoting the
>>>> support of the Locus Charter. And thank you Vicky for adding this topic
>> to
>>>> your upcoming board meeting. We would love to have OSGEO on as a Locus
>>>> Charter Supporter!
>>>>
>>>> The Locus Charter <http://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter> is a set of
>>>> international principles regarding the ethical and responsible use of
>>>> location data, with the aims of improving standards of practice and
>>>> ensuring the privacy and security of individuals and societies. At the
>>>> moment, we have 16 organizations and companies around the world that
>> have
>>>> signed on to support the Charter. As a supporter, your organization
>> would
>>>> be committed to promoting and implementing the 10 Principles within your
>>>> organization's efforts. However, this is not legally binding. Supporters
>>>> are expected to join our quarterly meetings and help spread the Charter
>>>> among their networks. We are also soliciting "use cases" from supporters
>>>> who have been working to implement the Principles in real-time in order
>> to
>>>> better understand some of the issues and solutions faced when adhering
>> to
>>>> Charter Principles. I have attached the Charter and Engagement Letter
>> for
>>>> your review.
>>>>
>>>> If you are interested, I would be happy to set up a 30 minute Zoom call
>>>> with the Locus Charter co-author and AGS Chairman Dr. Chris Tucker to
>>>> discuss more in depth what signing onto the Charter looks like. Please
>> let
>>>> me know if you have any other questions and if you'd like to set up a
>> call.
>>>> I look forward to hearing from you!
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Nicole
>>>> --
>>>> Nicole Oveisi
>>>> *Special Projects and Initiatives Coordinator*
>>>> *American Geographical Society *
>>>> 949-294-2326
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 11:50 AM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>> Added this topic to the F2F meeting agenda
>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-08-27#Current_items
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 5:23 AM Suchith Anand <
>>>>> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear OSGeo Board
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have added a slide on GeoEthics to the OSGeo AGM 2022 slides. Thanks
>>>>>> to Vicky for inviting me to add GeoEthics slide. Please feel free to
>>>>>> add/edit as needed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In October 2020 , I organised a Think Tank on Data Ethics to bring
>>>>>> together over 20 organisations (including representatives from OSGeo)
>> to
>>>>>> explore ideas for building support for the Locus Charter [1] - an
>>>>>> international charter on the ethical use of location data.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Following this Data Ethics ThinkTank, it was agreed by all
>> participants
>>>>>> to keep continuing the GeoEthics discussions through the mailing list
>> at
>>>>>> OGC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thank Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for making Geoethics list as
>> an
>>>>>> open, public archive http://lists.ogc.org/pipermail/geoethics/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to request OSGeo Board to sign Letter of Engagement with
>>>>>> Locus Charter . I am attaching the letter for your kind
>> consideration. I am
>>>>>> ccing Nicole Oveisi from AGS who will be able to provide any
>> information
>>>>>> needed. Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suchith
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] https://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter/
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President
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>>
>>

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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos