[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo UN Committee Educational Challenge

Tue Apr 3 01:58:37 PDT 2018

Dear Maria,

thank you for your answers. The first answer makes sense now, even if I 
think the UN could add some money to the prices, if we promote their 
things in our name. But its fine...

The second thing about Charter Members is still not clear. I know the 
membership process for OSGeo, I can claim for my own, that I fulfill all 
the listed criteria for being a member. But I never stood for election 
for Charter membership, because I do not like to ask someone for 
nominating me for an election and then for votes from the community to 
confirm me being a Charter member. This process had and has a "funny" 
taste to me (but this is maybe just my personal peculiarity).

Best,
Christian

Am 03.04.2018 um 10:35 schrieb Maria Antonia Brovelli:
>
> Dear Christian
>
> Thanks for your interest; here my answers.
>
> 1. Why is this call connected to the UN, if they do not sponsor it?
>
> /Because OSGeo is partner of an Initiative leaded by UN (UN Open GIS 
> Initiative, you find the link to the initiative in the call). /
>
>
> 2. And this is a more basic thing about OSGeo itself. The "Criteria 
> for evaluation" states as first criteria "Proposer is an OSGeo Charter 
> Member".
>
> May I ask how do you came to this criteria? Was it maybe an arbitrary 
> decision? Or did thought about this? If you thought about this, I 
> would be very interested in your arguments for having this criteria?
>
>
> /Charter members are "special" members of OSGeo and every year we 
> have, as Community, the nomination of the new Charter members./
>
> /They participate to the OSGeo elections (and therefore vote for OSGeo 
> governance) and /
>
> /
> /
>
> /Promote OSGeo through the use of FOSS4G tools
> Register as an OSGeo Member See Getting Started
> Take active part in OSGeo Mailing Lists
> Hack the OSGeo Wiki
> Help build a stronger OSGeo community through interactions with 
> academia, businesses and research organizations
> Help organize workshops, trainings, conferences related to FOSS4G/
> /Find an opportunity/reason to wear an OSGeo T-shirt
> Ask good questions and provide answers when possible/
> /
> /
>
> /(https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruction)/
>
>
> /Obviously this criteria was thought, exactly like the other parts of 
> the Call (it has taken a lot of time in thinking and discussing). We 
> want to award people with a recognisable role in our community but we 
> don't exclude the other people./
>
>
> For me personally this means, I can not take part in this challenge, 
> because I never saw a sense in becoming a charter member of OSGeo. 
> Also, I never saw / read the OSGeo Charter, and I am also not able to 
> find it via google, may you help me with a link here?
>
>
> /Here the Membership Process./
>
> /https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process . /
>
> /In any case, you can participate to the Challenge, because it is not 
> mandatory to be a Charter Member. Being a Charter Member gives you 10 
> scores, but everybody is free of participating./
>
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Christian
>
>
> Thank to you.
>
> Best regards
>
> Maria
>
>
>
> Have a good reading:
>
> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65633-5.pdf
>
>
> *----------------------------------------------------*
> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
> Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob.+39-328-0023867, maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Da:* Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Christian 
> Willmes <c.willmes at uni-koeln.de>
> *Inviato:* martedì 3 aprile 2018 09:57:34
> *A:* discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> *Oggetto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo UN Committee 
> Educational Challenge
>
> Dear all,
>
> this is a very nice initiative. But I have two remarks/questions about 
> this call:
>
> 1. Why is this call connected to the UN, if they do not sponsor it?
>
> 2. And this is a more basic thing about OSGeo itself. The "Criteria 
> for evaluation" states as first criteria "Proposer is an OSGeo Charter 
> Member".
>
> May I ask how do you came to this criteria? Was it maybe an arbitrary 
> decision? Or did thought about this? If you thought about this, I 
> would be very interested in your arguments for having this criteria?
>
> For me personally this means, I can not take part in this challenge, 
> because I never saw a sense in becoming a charter member of OSGeo. 
> Also, I never saw / read the OSGeo Charter, and I am also not able to 
> find it via google, may you help me with a link here?
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Christian
>
>
>
> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Betreff: 	[OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo UN Committee Educational Challenge
> Datum: 	Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:25:53 +0200
> Von: 	Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org> 
> <mailto:astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
> Antwort an: 	astrid_emde at osgeo.org <mailto:astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
> An: 	Announce <announce at lists.osgeo.org> 
> <mailto:announce at lists.osgeo.org>
>
>
>
> Link to the OSGeo Foundation News:
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-un-committee-educational-challenge/
>
> Proposals for developing open geospatial educational material for three
> challenges are invited. Prize money of USD 3,000 for each challenge is
> sponsored by OSGeo and Boundless.
>
> The OSGeo UN Committee promotes the development and use of open source
> software that meets UN needs and supports the aims of the UN. In the
> last few years, the Committee has mainly worked on the UN Open GIS
> Initiative (https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/un-initiative/), a project
>    "... to identify and develop an Open Source GIS bundle that meets the
> requirements of UN operations, taking full advantage of the expertise of
> mission partners (partner nations, technology contributing countries,
> international organizations, academia, NGOs, private sector). The
> strategic approach shall be developed with best and shared principles,
> standards and ownership, in a prioritized manner that addresses
> capability gaps and needs without duplicating efforts of other Member
> States or entities. The UN Open GIS Initiative strategy shall
> collaboratively and cooperatively develop, validate, assess, migrate,
> and implement sound technical capabilities with all the appropriate
> documentation and training that in the end provides a united effort to
> improve the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing Open Source GIS
> around the world." (more details at [1]).
>
> The first two challenges (one of them sponsored by Boundless) are
> related to the UN Open GIS Initiative. The third challenge is more
> general and relates to the use of high resolution and high quality
> global datasets available for environmental, social and economical
> analysis everywhere, especially in developing countries. This challenge
> is aimed at addressing the current lack of training material for using
> such data with open source software in support of UN Sustainable
> Development Goals (SDGs).
>
> Winners will be guided by mentors from Boundless [2], the UN Open GIS
> Initiative [3] and OSGeo [4] to ensure that the material meets the
> requirements of the target audience. Winning material will be included
> and distributed in OSGeoLive [5], a freely available and self-contained
> bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu,
> containing a wide variety of open source geospatial software that can be
> tried out without installing anything.
>
>
> Challenge 1: Spiral 1 of UN - GeoSHAPE platform for data collection
>
> Prize: USD 3,000 sponsored by Boundless
>
> Requirements: This call is for the development of education material
> that teaches the user how to apply the GeoSHAPE platform [6] to assist
> in a real-life scenario involving a relevant theme in today’s world.
> Themes could include humanitarian aid, disaster management, emergency
> management, or sustainable development.  The scenario could be an
> ongoing, recent, or historical event or could be created for the
> purposes of the challenge. If the scenario is created, it should be as
> realistic and relevant to today’s challenges as possible and use data
> relevant to a geographic location on the earth. The instructional
> materials should teach the user how to perform specific workflows
> relevant to the scenario.  The proposal should specify:
>
> 1. A description of the applied scenario.
> 2. A list of workflows to be included in the scenario. The list should
> be specific enough to highlight how the platform can be used in assist
> in the effort. For example, distributed editing could be used to track
> and share the location of resources in the field in real-time.
> 3. A list of the types of relevant datasets to be used with a short
> description. The datasets should include freely available and open
> geodatasets. Given the nature of the challenge, datasets may need to be
> created for the purposes of the scenario.
>
> Target audience: professionals at local, regional, national or
> international agencies, especially those in developing countries that
> may use in the platform in one of the above mentioned themes.
>
> Mentors: Christina Hupychupy at boundlessgeo.com <mailto:chupy at boundlessgeo.com>
>
>
> Challenge 2: Spiral 3 of UN - Functionalities for UN Operations
>
> Prize: USD 3,000 sponsored by OSGeo
>
> Requirements: Do you analyze geospatial data for your business/research?
> There are several geospatial-analysis-functions available in open source
> for geospatial community. GeoAnalysis library [7] is a java-based open
> source for geospatial analysis. This call is for development of an
> educational material using GeoAnalysis library
>
> Please assume that you would like to teach your students/folks how to
> use the GeoAnalysis library by using desktop SW like uDig or through
> Internet, and how to use geo-analysis functions for their
> business/research. Proposal should specify:
>
> 1. Description of a business (purpose of using GeoAnalysis, scenario,
> etcs)
> 2. Description of analysis model (analysis flow, analysis functions,
> input/output dataset) of the business described in 1)
> 3. List of datasets to be used for the analysis
> 4. Others
>
> Target audience: Researchers, educators and professionals at local,
> regional, national or international agencies, especially those in
> developing countries.
>
> Mentors: HaeKyong Kanghkkang at krihs.re.kr <mailto:hkkang at krihs.re.kr>, MinPa Lee
> minpa.lee at mangosystem.com <mailto:minpa.lee at mangosystem.com>  and DHN Chodhncho at gmail.com <mailto:dhncho at gmail.com>
>
>
> Challenge 3: Open geospatial data and software for UN sustainable
> development goals
>
> Prize: USD 3,000 sponsored by OSGeo
>
> Requirements: This call is for the development of educational material
> that teaches users how to work with with free and open source geospatial
> software and freely available global open datasets (higher interest in
> high resolution datasets) on tasks that contribute towards achieving at
> least one of the UN Sustainable Development Goal [8]. The proposal
> should specify
>
> 1. A description of the tasks and how they contribute to achieving one
> or more UN Sustainable Development Goals.
> 2. The list of freely available global open geodatasets that will be
> included in the educational material, with a short description of each
> dataset, its spatial and temporal resolution and a link (URL) to the
> dataset.
> 3. The list of free and open source geospatial software for which the
> educational material will be developed, with a short description for
> each software and a link (URL) to its website.
>
> Target audience: Researchers, educators and professionals at local,
> regional, national or international agencies, especially those in
> developing countries.
>
> Mentors: Maria Brovellimaria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>  and Serena Coetzee
> serena.coetzee at up.ac.za <mailto:serena.coetzee at up.ac.za>
>
>
> Inclusion of winning material in OSGeoLive
>
> Educational material for all three challenges can be included in
> OSGeoLive in one of two ways:
>
> 1. As a Quickstart Tutorial for a software project included in OSGeoLive
> (e.g. GeoServer, QGIS etc). Current Quickstart Tutorials are listed at
> [9]. Quickstart Tutorials are licensed under the Creative Commons
> Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License for Quickstarts.
> 2. As Workshop Material. Current Workshop Material is listed at [10].
> Workshop Material is licensed under the Creative Commons ByAttribution
> (CC-BY) License.
>
>
> Proposals
>
> Proposals (in English) of not more than 5 pages should describe the
> material that you plan to develop, comprising:
>
> 1. A title for the proposed open geospatial educational material.
> 2. Identification of the challenge (1, 2 or 3).
> 3. Name, address, e-mail address, CV of the proposer.
> 4. Full outline of the proposed geospatial educational material,
> including learning outcomes, prerequisite knowledge, educational
> approach and content.
> 5. Any additional information requested for the specific challenge (see
> above).
> 6. A signed statement agreeing that the winning educational material may
> be published in OSGeoLive. Your proposal should clearly indicate whether
> you propose to provide material for OSGeoLive as QuickStart Tutorial or
> Workshop Material or both, and that you agree to publish it with the
> respective Creative Commons license.
> 7. A schedule for the development of the training material, indicating
> important milestones. For start and end dates, see important dates
> below.
>
> See the following examples of related educational material: training
> material used by GeoForAll to support the United Nations in their
> migration to geospatial open source applications [11] and courses
> developed by the GeoAcademy [12].
>
> You can submit proposals for more than one challenge. However, one
> proposal should be for one challenge only. Only proposals by individuals
> will be accepted (no proposals by teams). Proposals should be submitted
> toun at osgeo.org <mailto:un at osgeo.org>.
>
>
> Evaluation
>
> Criteria for evaluation:
>
> 1. Proposer is an OSGeo Charter Member: 10 (max)
> 2. Proposer’s documented experience in education and training: 20 (max)
> 3. Proposer’s age (20 if < 40 years old; 0 if >40 years old): 20 (max)
> 4. Experience with respect to what is proposed by the specific
> challenge: 10 (max)
> 5. Proposal: 40 (max)
>
> Proposals will be evaluated by the OSGeo UN Committee Educational
> Challenge Judging Commission comprising representatives from OSGeo,
> Boundless and UN Open GIS. The proposal will be shortlisted and its
> content reviewed only if the sum of the first four criteria is at least
> 40. Evaluation criteria for the content include the suitability of the
> proposed material for the target audience and requirements, feasibility
> of the proposal, as well as the gender, relevant experience,
> qualifications and language proficiency of the proposer.
>
>
> Important dates
>
> * Announcement of the OSGeo Educational Challenge              30 March
> 2018
> * Deadline for submission of proposals:
>       30 April 2018
> * Announcement of the winners:
>          31 May 2018
> * Winners receive first third (USD 1,000) of the prize money:    15 June
> 2018
> * Submission of educational material by the winners:                 15
> August 2018
> * Evaluation of the educational material by mentors:
> 30 September 2018
>
> Subsequent to a positive evaluation, winners receive the remaining prize
> money (USD 2,000). Prize money will be transferred in one of two ways:
>
> 1. Winners provide their IBAN/Swift info and OSGeo/Boundless deposits
> the money directly into their bank account via Wire Transfer.
> 2. Winners provide their PayPal info and OSGeo/Boundless transfers the
> money into their PayPal account.
>
>
> Queries
>
> For queries on specific challenges, contact the mentors of respective
> challenges (see above). Any other queries can be addressed to
> un at osgeo.org <mailto:un at osgeo.org>.
>
>
> References
>
> [1]https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee
>
> [2]https://boundlessgeo.com/
>
> [3]http://unopengis.org/
>
> [4]https://www.osgeo.org/
>
> [5]https://live.osgeo.org
>
> [6]http://geoshape.org/
>
> [7]https://github.com/MapPlus/spatial_statistics_for_geotools_udig
>
> [8]
> http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
>
> [9]http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UNTraining
>
> [10]https://fossgeo.org/
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