[OSGeo-Edu] Academic Event

[Jorge Gustavo]

Hi C,

Maybe you can create a pool on doodle.com, and each of us will go there 
to state our preferences. Please mention the time zone in use :-)

Regards,

Jorge

Em 26-10-2011 22:11, cschweik at gmail.com escreveu:
> Hi,
> I'd like to organize a virtual meeting for week of Nov 1st. To discuss
> these workshop proposals. Anyone have ideas on how to settle on a day/time?
>
> Charlie
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Lluís Vicens" <lluis at sigte.udg.es>
> To: "edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org" <edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] Academic Event
> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 4:13 am
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Rosa has been looking for different funding options to host the
> Academic/Edu meeting here in Girona next March and it seems that it's
> not easy.
>
> Here it goes a short summary:
>
> *1/ COST provides financial support for cooperation efforts of
> scientific groups across Europe and the coordination of these research
> networks called “Actions”. The support will cover the costs of
> networking activities such as meetings (e.g. travel, subsistence, local
> organiser support), conferences, workshops, short-term scientific
> exchanges, training schools, publications and dissemination activities.
> COST does not fund the research itself.
>
> As Ari suggested, the proposal submission is a two steps process: a)
> Submit a short proposal before March 30th 2012, and then a long proposal
> before July 27h.
>
> Final resolution will be December 5th 2012
>
> *2/ LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAM (KA3 ICT MULTILATERAL NETWORKS): Page129
> on http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call12/fiches_en.pdf and
> http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/ka3/ict_multilateral_networks_en.php
>
> As you can see, the deadline is March 1st 2012, and the resolution is
> June 2012.
>
> The problem with this two different funding programs (COST & LifeLong
> Learning...) is that they are good to organize a meeting in 2013, but
> not for 2012. :|
>
> I don't know if there are any other options for funding a meeting in
> 2012. Anybody knows? If we don't have funds I believe that it's not so
> easy to move persons across Europe, coming from different universities
> and research institutions.
>
> Otherwise, maybe we can plan a «working meeting» in Girona (March 2012)
> in order to share ideas and experiences and to work together to choose a
> funding program, and start to work to organize a Edu-meeting in 2013
> (scope, needs, actions, attendants, workshops, ...) and to get the real
> interest for a meeting like that, and to know who really wants to be
> involved... Even without a funding program, universities and
> institutions can be able to send a delegate for one or two days in
> Girona in order to attend a « preparatory working meeting». Then we can
> share and present this project during the Spanish foss4g meeting
> (Jornadas de SIG Libre).
>
> This are just some ideas :)
>
> What do you think? Please, let me know your thoughts...
>
> Lluís
>
>
> El dj 20 de 10 de 2011 a les 15:15 -0400, en/na Charles Schweik va
> escriure:
>> 1) I have created a new entry on our wiki page to help us organize our
>> 2011-2012 initiatives. I've tried to build "interest party" lists from
>> the emails. I'm sure I missed some or couldn't remember exact
>> institutional affiliations.
>>
>>
>> See
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Educational_Content_Inventory#2011-2012_Initiatives
>>
>>
>> Please add your name if it is missing, or update if I have something
>> wrong or email me if you can't edit the wiki.
>>
>>
>> 2) Tyler's question of nailing down a date.
>>
>>
>> +1 for doing the events in sequence (EU-March, US-May) rather than in
>> parallel.
>>
>>
>> See if we can get funds for some cross-participation and we figure out
>> how to build from the March event in May.
>>
>>
>> 3) More relatively soon on a virtual meeting to plan. I think Phil is
>> crunching on a his proposal which may have the idea of a May workshop
>> in it but Phil, when you are ready let's discuss the virtual meeting
>> logistics and plan for early November.
>>
>>
>> 4) Our next step is maybe to try and work on virtual meeting topics.
>> I've tried to start this on the wiki page above. Please add ideas,
>> colleagues!
>>
>>
>> Great to see this energy. One goal I know we have is to have some kind
>> of educational deliverable for FOSS4G next year to compliment the
>> LiveDVD.
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>>
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