[Ica-osgeo-labs] Idea: GeoForAll Sprint

[Bridget Fleming]

Hi Jeff

Great idea! I am happy to get some educators in SA together to participate
in such an event. We won¹t be able to meet in Nottingham but we can work
remotely?

Count me in. I head back to the classroom next year to use GIS to teach
the curriculum. Know that kids love QGIS!

Bridget

On 2015/08/26, 9:54 AM, "Suchith Anand"
<ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

>Hi Jeff,
>
>This is excellent idea to bring together OSGeo, ICA and ISPRS communities
>for an education materials development focussed sprint. I suggest the
>following
>
>1. Any lab interested to host the event please inform the list (if
>possible with the best timings for them).
>
>2. We can then help the the lead person to put a request for funding for
>the Education materials focussed sprint. It will also be a good
>opportunity to make use of for planning grant sprints (H2020 etc) on the
>sidelines (similar to the one Charlie did at FOSS4G Europe). That will
>then help have regular Edu sprints in the future.
>
>
>So please everyone who are interested to be the lead host for the
>GeoForAll Sprint event , please let us know. Also those who are
>interested to participate in this sprint , please do also let us know
>your ideas/suggestions. Thanks.
>
>Suchith
>
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>[ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Jeff McKenna
>[jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 9:09 PM
>To: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Idea: GeoForAll Sprint
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I'd like to pose an idea to the OSGeo-ICA-ISPRS community: a "GeoForAll
>Sprint" event.  The goal of the event would be to get the OSGeo, and
>ICA, and ISPRS communities together over a few days to work together on
>developing Open curriculum materials.  What do you think??
>
>Those of you familiar with code sprints, know them as getting developers
>from around the world to work together, usually in a big room with good
>wifi, and working on OSGeo software projects.
>
>Now, the GeoForAll Sprint would be a little different, as code may not
>be written for the OSGeo projects, but materials would be developed that
>could be used by the project communities, and educators.
>
>If you choose to do this, there are already steps available if you want
>to request for funding to the OSGeo Board for a sprint (see the steps at
>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines).
>
>I wonder if someone in GeoForAll would like to take this on and champion
>it.  If so, it could be a great event for the 3 communities.
>
>
>-jeff
>
>
>
>
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