<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Suchith! <div><br></div><div>Not sure how you heard about World Commons Week Suchith, but wonderful to see. I'm the organizer of this global event in my separate role from GeoForAll with the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC; <a href="http://iasc-commons.org">http://iasc-commons.org</a>). As you say, open source software as a form of digital commons. I've been trying to connect GeoForAll and OSGeo to this international community for many people in IASC (academics, practitioners) are users of geospatial technologies who study or manage forests, water systems or other natural resource "commons". In 2017, Rafael Moreno and I gave a presentation on OSGeo and GeoForAll at the IASC international conference in The Netherlands.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to draw everyone's attention to what may be a first-time ever done event: <b>24 hours of noon-time webinars as the world turns, on October 12.</b> </div><div><br></div><div><b>Our very own Cameron Shorter is giving one of the talks, at 12:00 noon, UTC +11. </b></div><div><b>See <a href="https://www.worldcommonsweek.org/cameron-shorter">https://www.worldcommonsweek.org/cameron-shorter</a></b></div><div><br></div><div>Use <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20181012T010000&p1=3913&p2=240&p3=43">this link</a> to figure out what time it will be in your timezone, and there is information on how to join his webinar on <a href="https://www.worldcommonsweek.org/cameron-shorter">his webpage</a>. Hope to see some of you there. I'll be moderating.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If this 24-hours of talks works -- which I'm certain it will -- we might think about doing something similar with GeoForAll\OSGeo down the road.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie Schweik</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 7:19 AM Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Greetings to all colleagues on the World Commons Week. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">During the entire week, there will be also a multitude of local events organized in different parts of the world, and particularly
in Europe, all dedicated to raising awareness about the scholarship and practice of the Commons in many thematic areas, including water, forests, fisheries and marine settings; the global atmosphere; infrastructure, urban and rural areas; technology and software;
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please see details at</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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<a href="https://www.iasc-commons.org/world-commons-week-kicks-starts-today-on-october-4-2018-possibilities-to-join/" id="m_982826327239927580LPlnk774119" class="m_982826327239927580OWAAutoLink" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">https://www.iasc-commons.org/world-commons-week-kicks-starts-today-on-october-4-2018-possibilities-to-join/</span></a></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">It is very good that OGRS Community is also meeting
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">to focus the discussion on this topic to promote, discuss and find pathways to put Open Science in Action. Details at
</span><span style="color:rgb(228,175,10)"><a href="http://2018.ogrs-community.org" id="m_982826327239927580LPlnk3894" class="m_982826327239927580OWAAutoLink" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">http://2018.ogrs-community.org</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">It is important that we think of protecting global commons for the benefit of everyone and our future generations. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Service for the benefit and betterment of humanity is a key fundamental
principle of “Geo for All” movement. I would to like to thank all colleagues worldwide who have made contributions to open education efforts and being good global citizens by helping spread the benefits of education to all.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I want to join all our colleagues in wishing everyone a very productive week of celebrating the commons scholarship and practice.</span></p>
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