[OSGeo-Edu] Bird of a Feather today; out of towners - send points you'd like us to discuss

[Charlie Schweik]

Not too late - thanks for the ideas Tyler. 

All - we had a good BOF today -- a little smaller group than last year --
maybe 12 people present, but very motivated and energized -- including
(hopefully I have these right, and am not listing all - just ones from my
memory). 

- Marco Ciolli, (Italy)
- Paolo Zatelli (Italy)
- Clara Tattoni (Italy)
- Marcus Netler (Italy)
- Victor Olaya (Spain)
- Maria Brovelli (Italy)
- Venka Raghavan (Japan)
- Vasile Crăciunescu (Romania)
- Ari Jolma (Finland)
- Myself... (USA)

There were others and I forgot to send out an attendance sheet (my bad!) My
apologies to who I am forgetting to list ... it's late. But we are meeting
again tomorrow and already we have some ideas on goals for 2008-09. FOSS4Geo
is always a re-energizer... so get ready folks - soon I will be back with
our list of todos and we will need help!

Cheers
Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:tmitchell.osgeo at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tyler
Mitchell (OSGeo)
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:26 AM
To: Charlie Schweik
Cc: 'OSGeo-edu'
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Bird of a Feather today; out of towners - send
points you'd like us to discuss

Probably too late for you, but thought I'd suggest discussing  
education outreach opportunities.  For example, how to help educators  
meet with other educators to learn about our geospatial  
technologies.  Aside from creating comprehensive teaching material, I  
believe having peers talking with each other could be beneficial for  
all.
Please discuss any potential opportunities to leverage this ability -  
local seminars, high level workshops, and other loosely coupled ways  
of getting together and spreading the word.

Have fun!
Tyler



On 29-Sep-08, at 9:19 PM, Charlie Schweik wrote:

> Hi OSGeo education colleagues,
>
>
>
> 1) Reminder - for those in Cape Town the OSGeo Education Group's  
> Bird's of a Feather scheduled for 17:15-18:30 in room 1.60.
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>
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> 2) For those who are not here:
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>
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> -  I'd like to try and establish goals and priorities for the group  
> over the next year, if we can. Send me your ideas and I'll raise  
> them to the group.
>
>
>
> - Is it worth us trying to set up an IRC during this session for  
> anyone not in town? I'm not sure how we communicate what is being  
> said in the room but we can try to figure this out if there are  
> people who would like us to try. If someone is in Cape Town and has  
> an idea how we do this let me know. I'll be checking email during  
> the day.
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>
> Thanks
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> Charlie
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