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<p>Suchith, I agree with Marc's points.</p>
<p>I notice a similar discussion on the OSGeo Board thread about
joining GEO.</p>
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<p>I think there is little value in setting up "trophy" MOUs or
becoming members of communities unless we have specific community
members who are actively wanting to get involved. So steps I'd
suggest:</p>
<p>1. Find our community members who want involvement</p>
<p>2. If our community members feel that joining some external group
will help our community be more effective, then OSGeo supports
them in the activity.</p>
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<p>At the moment, I don't think we have passed step 1 yet.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/2/18 12:03 am, Suchith Anand
wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thanks Marc. <span
style="font-size: 12pt;">I am trying to think ideas to make
sure that OSGeo is involved in all levels at all different
forums for maximising impact. We are very active in the
UNGGIM Academic Network (thanks to Maria).</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">We need to be
more active in regional networks in UNGGIM and spread our
ideas.<span style="font-size: 12pt;">We need champions to
spread ideas in UNGGIM Private Sector and the main way to do
this is to join these networks . As far as I am aware they
are free to join at </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a
href="http://unggim-psn.org/psn-members.html"
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Best wishes,</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Suchith</p>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
Marc Vloemans <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:marcvloemans1@gmail.com"><marcvloemans1@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 February 2018 11:43<br>
<b>To:</b> Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UNGGIM Private Sector</font>
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<div dir="auto">Thx Suchith,
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<div>However I struggle to see the opportunities for SME’s
in particular. Especially, since these make up for the
large part of the present OSGeo sponsors.</div>
<div>I think the argument to join the initiative needs to be
SMART. Otherwise it is a plea in a virtual ocean of
requests upon open source businesses.</div>
<div>Apologies, but I can not bolster the argument for
joining. Perhaps others on the list can help you. <br>
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<div id="x_AppleMailSignature">Kind regards,<br>
<div>Marc Vloemans</div>
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Op 1 feb. 2018 om 12:33 heeft Suchith Anand <<a
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Hi Marc,</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">I do not
have any expertise in this but seeing all the
companies who have joined this already (
including many proprietary GIS companies), it is
important that SMEs in the OSGeo ecosytem should
be part of this to make sure there is balance of
opportunities for everyone.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span
style="font-size:12pt">Best wishes,</span><br>
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sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Marc
Vloemans <<a
href="mailto:marcvloemans1@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">marcvloemans1@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 February 2018 11:24<br>
<b>To:</b> Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a
href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UNGGIM
Private Sector</font>
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<div dir="auto">Hi Suchith,
<div><br>
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<div>What would be the business value of joining
as an SME or other (commercial) company?<br>
<br>
<div id="x_x_AppleMailSignature">Kind regards,<br>
<div>Marc Vloemans</div>
<div><br>
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Op 1 feb. 2018 om 12:09 heeft Suchith Anand
<<a
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het volgende geschreven:<br>
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I was looking at UNGGIM Private Sector
website and I didn’t much presence of
commercial sector in the OSGeo ecosystem
in the UNGGIM Private Sector Network. <br>
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There are lot of SMEs in the OSGeo
ecosystem and I think this will be a
good opportunity for the commercial
sector in the OSGeo ecosystem [2] to
join this network at <a
href="http://unggim-psn.org/psn-members.html"
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and proactively engage with UNGGIM
Private Sector<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Suchith<br>
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https://www.osgeo.org/service-providers/</a> <br>
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