[Geo4All] G4A website updates: mailing lists issue
Jason Sadler
jds at geodata.soton.ac.uk
Wed Apr 27 01:46:26 PDT 2016
H Helena, all,
Sorry, I did get the map/script emails and this is on my list for today!
Hopefully Roberto can sort other issues without problems.
Best,
Jason
On 26/04/16 20:19, Helena Mitasova wrote:
> Suchith, Roberto,
>
> another issue that popped up as I am preparing my talk for FOSS4G NA
> is in the instructions on How to join
> http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/
> - at the beginning of the page everybody is invited to join the main
> mailing list
> - but in "How to apply section" the new members are instructed to
> join the regional mailing lists and the main list is not mentioned.
> I am not sure whether the regional lists are used at all (I am not
> subscribed to NA list) and the regional wikis are not really
> maintained either.
> So I suggest to keep the regional mailing lists and wiki for any
> potential regional activities, but we should clearly state that to
> join the new members should subscribe to the main mailing list and add
> and maintain their information in the wiki table at the beginning of
> Section 2 or 3
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#Current_members_of_the_ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS_Labs_Network
>
> Looking at the title of that wiki section, the "Current members of the
> ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS labs network should be changed to Geo for All network,
> similarly also in the last section on research and teaching areas.
>
> Jason, regarding the map - were you able to find the script that is
> generating the map or should I try to contact Luca Delucchi to get it
> (I believe he has writtn the latest version unless you have further
> modified it)?
>
> Thank you all, Helena
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Suchith Anand
> <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Many thanks Roberto.
>
> May i request all to have a look at the website and inform Roberto
> if any other updates needed.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
> ________________________________________
> From: Roberto Santos [Roberto.Santos at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Roberto.Santos at nottingham.ac.uk>]
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 10:33 AM
> To: Venkatesh Raghavan; Suchith Anand
> Cc: jds at geodata.soton.ac.uk <mailto:jds at geodata.soton.ac.uk>;
> hmitaso at ncsu.edu <mailto:hmitaso at ncsu.edu>;
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> Subject: RE: G4A website updates
>
> Dear Venka,
>
> Sorry about the delay! The advisory board text is updated now, as
> well as the training and how to join pages. We are working on the
> banner and zoom.
>
> Thanks,
> Roberto
> ________________________________________
> From: Venkatesh Raghavan [raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp
> <mailto:raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>]
> Sent: 03 April 2016 10:23
> To: Suchith Anand; Roberto.Santos at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Roberto.Santos at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Cc: jds at geodata.soton.ac.uk <mailto:jds at geodata.soton.ac.uk>;
> hmitaso at ncsu.edu <mailto:hmitaso at ncsu.edu>;
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> Subject: Re: G4A website updates
>
> Hi All,
>
> First of all, I would request the display of tag tine,
> below "Geo for All" indicating as below;
>
> "Educational Outreach of the OSGeo Foundation" in
> all the banners of the Geo for All website.
>
> More comments inline below;
>
> On 2016/04/03 16:56, Suchith Anand wrote:
> > s. Could i please request your help in updating the G4A website
> with details below
> >
> > 1. Please update the Advisory Board page
> http://www.geoforall.org/advisory_board/ with details below
> >
> >
> > Advisory board
> >
> > The Advisory Board for the Geo for All initiative are as follows:
>
> I suggest to remove title for all names or add
> Professor for Chris Pettit and Phillip Davis and
> appropriate titles for others.
> > あProfessor Venkatesh Raghavan (President, OSGeo)
> > Professor Menno-Jan Kraak (President, ICA)
> > Professor Chen Jun (President, ISPRS)
> > Professor Georg Gartner (Austria)
> > Jeroen Ticheler (Netherlands)
> > Jeff McKenna (Canada)
> > Professor Josef Strobl (Austria)
> > Professor Marguerite Madden (USA)
> > Professor Mike Jackson (UK)
> > Sven Schade (Germany)
> > Gavin Fleming (South Africa)
> > Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay)
> > Dr Chris Pettit (Australia)
> > Geoff Zeiss (Canada)
> > Phillip Davis (USA)
> > Arnulf Christl (Germany)
> > Professor Maria Brovelli (Italy)
> > Dr Rafael Moreno (USA)
>
> The zoom level at [1] needs to be reset to display the entire earth.
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
> [1] http://www.geoforall.org/locations/
> >
> > 2. Also it will be good to have details of our Regional and
> Thematic chairs in a seperate page.
> >
> >
> > 3. We will need to change "ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab" references in
> the webpage to Geo for All to maintain consistency.
> >
> > For example in the page http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/
> all reference to "ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab"s in the webpage should be
> changed to "Geo for All"
> >
> > How to join
> >
> > Interested in joining the Geo for All network?
> >
> > Feel free to join the mailing list to follow the discussions
> among the participants of this initiative.
> >
> > Joining details are provided below and further information,
> including criteira for maintaining active status, can be found on
> the wiki.
> > 1. Criteria for admission to "Geo for All" Network
> >
> > ...........................................................
> >
> >
> > I am ccing in Maria, Venka and Helena as they will be also be
> also send any changes/updates needed to you directly. I am
> available to meet this week anytime convinient to you (Thursday is
> best for me), so we can discuss more ideas. We will need to setup
> a new mailling list in OSGeo for all the main contacts of the labs
> . This will help us put in structures for efficient and
> participatory decision making for the initiative esp. in selecting
> new Advisory Board (every 4 years), Regional chairs etc for the
> future etc.Please let me know your best time.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help with our website.
> >
> > Suchith
> >
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> >
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