[Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" education mission is now launched

[Dr. Franz-Josef Behr]

I'd like to second Jeremy's hint. At least in Germany I expect all 
Universities to be "closed".

Franz-Josef


Am 30.09.2013 17:45, schrieb Jeremy Morley:
> Jeff,
>
> I love the idea of using his birthday - however my one concern is that
> this time of year, August, is not as good for impact because of it being
> the middle of the northern hemisphere summer and a big vacation period, at
> least in Europe. We could go with it anyway, because of the significance,
> of course, but is there any other particular, relevant date?
>
> Jeremy
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> On 30/09/2013 16:38, "Jeff McKenna" <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Suchith,
>>
>> Regarding the "Geo for All" education mission, during FOSS4G 2013 we
>> spoke in person about possibly having a "Geo for All" day, one day a
>> year, to celebrate/promote FOSS4G in education.  We discussed using Sol
>> Katz's birthday as a possible day for this.  This morning I heard back
> >from one of Sol's daughters (response below).  I think this is a great
>> idea, to promote FOSS on his birthday!
>>
>> (we might want to incorporate the hawaiian shirts and silly hats idea
>> into our Geo for All theme, in his honor as well)
>>
>> -jeff
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>>
>> ****
>> His birthday was August 3rd, 1947.
>>
>> As a side note, he also loved Hawaiian shirts and silly hats if you'd
>> ever want to tie that in.
>>
>> Thanks so much for all you do and for thinking of him!
>>
>> Shanna
>> ****
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