[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Live Disk grant nomination

[Landon Blake]

I posted my comment in support of the Live CD.

Landon
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[mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
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Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 2:38 PM
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Live Disk grant nomination

FYI...  comment on this nomination for helping support further  
development of an education-focused Live Disk for OSGeo:
> Our nomination: http://tinyurl.com/matc-osgeo

More below...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" <tmitchell at osgeo.org>
> Date: May 15, 2009 2:36:01 PM PDT (CA)
> To: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org, OSGeo-edu <edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Live Disk grant nomination
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just submitted a nomination for a potential funding award to  
> support further OSGeo Live Disk enhancements and I encourage you to  
> voice your support for it by leaving a comment.  More info below...
>
> I focused on items particularly related to the Education disk  
> theme.  The timelines were a bit tight for me so, unfortunately, I  
> was not able to work as closely with others as I would normally  
> like on describing it.  However, the description of the project and  
> future dreams for it fit our common goals.
>
> I had hoped to describe the history (and all the great folks who  
> helped with the various projects) a bit clearer but ran into their  
> word count limit, so please don't think I forgot those who have  
> done the main work on these projects.
>
> The nomination process allows public comments on the nomination, so  
> I encourage you to voice your support for it.  The deadline for  
> nominations has passed but I believe you will still be able to add  
> comments.  They should help to build the case for the importance of  
> the project.
>
> Also, as part of the process I have pointed to the Live GIS Disc  
> wiki page, so if you have other ideas to add, please do so there.   
> I'll be sure to update the wiki page for more details on the  
> education perspective.
>
> MATC award program in general: http://matc.mellon.org/
> Our nomination: http://tinyurl.com/matc-osgeo
> Our wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
>
> Note that Charlie (Education Committee Chair) has also nominated  
> some of the curriculum focused work that he, his group at his  
> university and the Education Committee have been working towards.   
> I encourage you to comment on that as well:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/matc-education-proposal
>
> Hope you find it encouraging, to say the least.
> Best wishes,
> Tyler

Tyler Mitchell
Executive Director
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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