[Geo4All] welocome to U of Wisconsin Cartography Lab joining Geo For All

[Charlie Schweik]

Thanks for doing that Helena and Carl -- AWESOME to have your lab join the
GeoForAll community.

Charlie Schweik
Univeristy of Massachusetts, Amherst

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Carl,
>
> it was great to meet you at AutoCarto and welcome to the Global GeoForAll
> lab network.
>
> You are doing great work at your lab -
> perhaps you can post a brief description of your lab and a link to the
> presentation at AutoCarto
> on the geoforall mailing list so that others can learn more about your
> course and other initiatives.
>
> I have added University of Wisconsin, Cartography Lab
>
> to the GeoForAll laboratories network table with a warm welcome from our
> community.
> We hope you will participate in promoting the vision of GeoForAll
> and share the goal of developing global collaboration
> opportunities for education and research with open source GIS software and
> data.
> You are welcome to contact other GeoForAll Labs to exchange experiences
> and collaborate in teaching and research programs based on open source GIS
> software.
> You can find contact information in the table at
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives
> You are also welcome to follow our monthly newsletters
> and contribute any news that you may have
> http://www.geoforall.org/newsletters/
>
> I assume that you are already subscribed to our mailing list,
> if not, here is the link, to make sure you get updated on the latest
> developments
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geoforall
>
> I have added your lab to the network table as #113.
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#
> University.2FHigher_Education.2FSchools_members
> Please create a login on the OSGeo wiki (unless you already have one),
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount
> and edit the table with your lab information (coordinates
> longitude/latitude, brief description
> of you activities/competencies and link to your website when you have it
> ready).
> Please also add your lab in the relevant sections of these pages:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Teaching_areas
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Research_areas
>
> Finally, if you do not have it yet, you should set up a webpage page on
> your website that
> provides information about your open source geospatial activities
> and a list of active participants among your staff.
>
> We look forward to your participation in the network!
> Let me know if you have any further questions,
> or need any help with the wiki.
>
> best regards, Helena
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2016, at 12:46 PM, Carl Sack <cmsack at wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello Helena, Charles, and Phillip,
>
> I am writing to request the University of Wisconsin Cartography Lab be
> admitted to the Geo For All labs network. I will be the liaison for our lab
> until August, 2017. I met Helena at AutoCarto back in September and talked
> to her there about joining, but our internal process to get it approved
> took some time. We are now ready to join the network. Please let me know
> how to proceed.
>
> Thanks,
> -Carl
>
>
> Helena Mitasova
> Professor at the Department of Marine,
> Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> and Center for Geospatial Analytics
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
> hmitaso at ncsu.edu
> http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.html
>
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>


-- 
Charlie Schweik

Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation &
Interim Director of the School of Public Policy,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Make positive change in your sphere of influence." -- CMS
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