[OSGeo-Edu] proposed meeting Apr 11

[Ari Jolma]

Is this correct? I'm confused but relieved if it is since I can sleep 
two hours more.

Ari

Ned Horning wrote:
> Puneet,
>
> Here is a link to the meeting time for varied time zones:
> edu.osgeo meeting time around the world
> <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=11&year=20
> 06&hour=5&min=0&sec=0&p1=0> 
>
> From your note I'm assuming the meeting time is Wednesday the 12th at 5:00
> GMT. 
>
> Ned 
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Puneet Kishor [mailto:punkish at eidesis.org]
>> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 1:17 AM
>> To: discuss at edu.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] proposed meeting Apr 11
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I am proposing a meeting for Tue Apr 11, at 11p GMT-6 (figure out your
>> respective times). This will be an "getting our feet wet" meeting.
>> Markus won't be around, and I am not sure who else will not be around.
>> But, some of us have confirmed our availability.
>>
>> We will use IRC. Markus has put together a helpful cheat-sheet at
>> http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/GRASS/HowToIRC. I myself am
>> new to IRC, but have installed Chatzilla, and that seems to work quite
>> well. There are a few other open source IRC clients out there. Just
>> Google for 'em.
>>
>> The agenda of the meeting will be --
>>
>> 1. To introduce ourselves and our interests (sort of a repeat of what
>> is there on the wiki already, but it will help get everyone know each
>> other).
>>
>> 2. To try and identify a few key threads in the variety of interests
>> that we want to pursue.
>>
>> 3. To attempt to aggregate ourselves into sub-committees that would
>> pursue the various threads separately. We can't all be everything to
>> everyone, so we have to break up our goals into sub-goals, and try and
>> accomplish those -- from higher research, to curriculum, to
>> pre-packaged tools, to evangelism... lets begin to identify them
>> consensually.
>>
>> If too many of us are not going to be available Apr 11, I will be happy
>> to reconvene after Apr 17 when Markus is also around, else lets get
>> things started sooner rather than later.
>>
>> One caveat -- I too will be on the road (am already on the road -- hate
>> it). In fact, Apr 11, I will be in a hotel where I know the internet
>> works quite well. In all probability everything will be fine from my
>> side, but in case something goes kaput, you know I will blame the
>> hotel.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Puneet Kishor
>> www.eidesis.org/punkish/
>>
>>
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Prof. Ari Jolma
Kartografia ja Geoinformatiikka / Cartography and Geoinformatics
Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
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