[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor article team

Sun Apr 1 05:53:36 PDT 2018

Thank you Dirk. It is all thanks to the amazing volunteer  work of our Editor and co-editors.

Thank you for your offer to help promote and find people to contribute content. That is very gratefully accepted. We need wide range of skillsets (esp. those who can promote and try to find people who can contribute to the content ) for this to reach wider . This has been a great instrument for helping us spread Openness in Geo ideas to the wider geocommunity (not only the OSGeo community). We can highlight the amazing work done in the OSGeo community to wider world as the newsletter is send out to all key geo mail lists. For example, just last week by coincidence talking to one of the colleagues I heard about OSGeo tools powering FAO's website. This is a great example of OSGeo community's contribution to Global Food Security (and even I didn't know about this!). So we need more proactive approach to share these good works.

Details at http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home

Please get in touch directly with Nikos (Chief Editor) .

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>
Sent: 01 April 2018 10:21
To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor article team

Sushith,

This is a great magazine and I will certainly promote it during the
outreach activities we plan. I will/can not volunteer as an author, but
I will promote and try to find people who can contribute to the content
of the magazine. Hope this can help.

Good work!

Dirk

On 01-04-18 09:53, Suchith Anand wrote:
> May I use this opportunity to also request interested colleagues to come
> forward to volunteer for the GeoAmbassodor article team. We have given
> this call out few times including in the Editorial that Nikos published
> in Aug 2016 [1] but no-one came forward so far . It will be great to
> have few more volunteers, so we can make this better. Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1] <http://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter-Vol2_8.pdf>https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter-Vol2_8.pdf
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> *From:* Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Suchith
> Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* 01 April 2018 08:15
> *To:* Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); geoforall at lists.osgeo.org;
> discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>
>
> Thank you Patrick for sharing this  amazing cartographer Marie Tharp's
> story. I just listened to the recording , it is truly amazing work
> that she did.
>
>
> I request all colleagues to please send your nominations of our amazing
> colleagues globally (get theirpermission first!) to Nikos and myself. We
> need to proactively promote thier amazing work that make GeoForAll
> possible. From Luciene Delazari to Bridget Fleming,  Victoria
> Rautenbach, Nimalika Fernando to Daria Svidzinska... we have  excellent
>  GeoAmbassadors .We started the year with our great colleague Julia
> Wagemann [1] as our GeoAmbassador. I am very grateful to each and
> everyone of them.
>
>
> So please  remember to take some time and send us your nominations. Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
> [1] https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-julia-wagemann/
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> *From:* Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Hogan,
> Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>
> *Sent:* 01 April 2018 02:38
> *To:* Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>
>
> Dear GeoForAll,
>
>
>
> With congratulations and in honour of our freshly minted GeoAmbassador,
> Dr. Claus Rinner, the ultimate ‘cartographer’!
>
>
>
> We might take a moment to recall the penultimate cartographer to Earth’s
> dynamic nature, Marie Tharp,
>
> https://www.wnyc.org/story/woman-who-mapped-ocean-floor/
[https://media.wnyc.org/i/1200/627/l/80/1/tharp_map_LOC.jpg]<https://www.wnyc.org/story/woman-who-mapped-ocean-floor/>

The Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor - WNYC | New York ...<https://www.wnyc.org/story/woman-who-mapped-ocean-floor/>
www.wnyc.org
Having a master's degree in geology was rare for a woman in the 1950s, but that didn't stop Marie Tharp ...

>
> (a seven minute listen)
>
>
>
> In celebration of the extraordinary geo-map talent and history Claus
> brings, our dear wish for that much more to GeoForAll!
>
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-claus-rinner/
>
>
>
> -Patrick
>
>
>
> *From:*Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Suchith Anand
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:52 AM
> *To:* geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
>
> On behalf of the GeoForAll community, we are delighted to honour Dr.
> Claus Rinner as our GeoAmbassador. Dr. Claus Rinner is a Professor and
> currently serves as Chair of the Department of Geography and
> Environmental Studies at Ryerson University. He holds a Bachelor’s
> degree (1993) in Mathématiques appliquées et sciences sociales from
> Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France, a Master’s degree (1996)
> in Applied Systems Science from the University of Osnabrück, Germany,
> and a PhD (1999) in Geography from the University of Bonn. After a brief
> stint as a software developer, he taught at the Institute for
> Geoinformatics at the University of Münster (2001-2003) and the
> Department of Geography and Programme in Planning at the University of
> Toronto (2003-2006), prior to joining Ryerson.
>
>
>
> Within Geographic Information Science, Claus specializes in geographic
> visualization and multi-criteria decision analysis to support effective
> spatial decision-making. He develops map-centred, exploratory methods to
> evaluate phenomena such as public health and urban quality of life.
> Claus also works on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts to
> support participatory planning, and investigates the decision support
> capabilities of GIS technologies such as location-based services and
> spatial data infrastructures.
>
>
>
> Most recently, Claus developed a keen interested in the collaborative
> and educational uses of 3D-printed terrain and cityscapes. He is
> co-author of a 2015 Springer monograph on Multicriteria Decision
> Analysis in Geographic Information Science and published 30
> peer-reviewed articles, which summarize externally funded research. His
> h-index is currently at 24, with six publications exceeding 100
> citations each.
>
>
>
> Claus teaches cartographic design and geovisualization, GIS, and spatial
> decision support. As the graduate program director of the Master of
> Spatial Analysis (MSA) from 2007 to 2015, he was also responsible for
> mentoring numerous graduate students through their practicum placements
> and major research papers. More details at https://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/
>
>
>
> Claus’s contributions to open source go back to his student days. Please
> find below a summary of his excellent work and experiences that he
> kindly shared with us at
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoambassador-dr-claus-rinner/
>
>
>
> We are proud to honour Claus Rinner as our GeoAmbassador and we are
> extremely grateful for his contributions to expanding geoeducation
> opportunities for all.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
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