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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;
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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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          <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt"
              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,
            <div><br>
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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>
              <br>
              <div id="x_AppleMailSignature">Kind regards,<br>
                <div>Marc Vloemans</div>
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              <div><br>
                Op 1 feb. 2018 om 12:33 heeft Suchith Anand <<a
                  href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>>
                het volgende geschreven:<br>
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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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                        style="font-size:12pt">Best wishes,</span><br>
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                    <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Suchith</p>
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                          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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                          <div><br>
                            Op 1 feb. 2018 om 12:09 heeft Suchith Anand
                            <<a
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                            het volgende geschreven:<br>
                            <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>
                                <br>
                                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
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                                and proactively engage with UNGGIM
                                Private Sector<br>
                                <br>
                                Best wishes,<br>
                                <br>
                                Suchith<br>
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https://www.osgeo.org/service-providers/</a> <br>
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