[Geo4All] CFP: First NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute

Thu Dec 14 07:45:50 PST 2017

Many thanks Cameron & Suchith. Look forward to ideas and submissions from the geoforall community.

Best,
-Shaowen

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From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 9:07 AM
To: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com<mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>, Shaowen Wang <shaowen at illinois.edu<mailto:shaowen at illinois.edu>>, "geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>" <geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>
Subject: Re: [Geo4All] CFP: First NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute

Thank you Cameron for these excellent materials which will provide strong background.

May I request  GeoForAll colleagues in USA  to please send position papers by 21st Dec and proactively contribute ideas for this initiative. Many thanks.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com<mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>
Sent: 12 December 2017 19:23
To: Wang, Shaowen; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Geo4All] CFP: First NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute

Hi Shaowen,

I'm not in a position to pitch to the NSF as:

* I'm Australian, not from the US

* I'm not an academic

However, I have material which I'm very hopeful someone else might want to make use of to justify why a pitch should be for Open Source GIS. I'd be happy to work with someone doing such a pitch to customise their material.

Here is some source material:

* Pitch to the UN to justify using Open Source for GIS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Di-WxImfPq5oF2jeBblxNjY0JYJoXegLc5jaTPjufM/edit#<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_document_d_19Di-2DWxImfPq5oF2jeBblxNjY0JYJoXegLc5jaTPjufM_edit-23&d=DwMFAw&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=YjxOBMQgcaifzkYDsExgQYt_yTdbFp29oAhFm7bM3-I&m=MaMX-FvKy9fD1eiZlOLBvea-g6kMc3LC6_DIiag4DQw&s=RuYVNIZKeOjhFG2ApTLNg18K5T-NOU12ec29RbbvnPo&e=>

* Generic pitch for "Why Open Source over Proprietary": http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2017/11/open-source-pitch-for-your-boss.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au_2017_11_open-2Dsource-2Dpitch-2Dfor-2Dyour-2Dboss.html&d=DwMFAw&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=YjxOBMQgcaifzkYDsExgQYt_yTdbFp29oAhFm7bM3-I&m=MaMX-FvKy9fD1eiZlOLBvea-g6kMc3LC6_DIiag4DQw&s=mZdZ4SLZkWLSiV7f5XprCdPSuqTgxAIjtSDopNOnwy0&e=>

* "Why Open Source GIS over Proprietary": http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/the-elusive-open-business.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au_2016_11_the-2Delusive-2Dopen-2Dbusiness.html&d=DwMFAw&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=YjxOBMQgcaifzkYDsExgQYt_yTdbFp29oAhFm7bM3-I&m=MaMX-FvKy9fD1eiZlOLBvea-g6kMc3LC6_DIiag4DQw&s=9R1c81MEvmvJPrNhdYd3Gc5d2XLRPl8fcpKNZYqCqLA&e=>

Cheers, Cameron

On 12/12/17 3:47 pm, Wang, Shaowen wrote:
Dear colleagues,

The National Science Foundation has recently funded a project (http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/software/gsi<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ncsa.illinois.edu_enabling_software_gsi&d=DwMFAw&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=YjxOBMQgcaifzkYDsExgQYt_yTdbFp29oAhFm7bM3-I&m=MaMX-FvKy9fD1eiZlOLBvea-g6kMc3LC6_DIiag4DQw&s=jDl-D-D-hTdsvu-Svb5bf7qPqh3A6lWaweb2yIq6alU&e=>) to conceptualize a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) as a long-term hub of excellence in software infrastructure that can serve diverse research and education communities. A suite of community workshops will be convened to design the GSI. The first workshop aims to bring together thought leaders from diverse science communities to gain in-depth understanding of geospatial software challenges and opportunities with regard to requirements for the GSI by various science communities.

We are inviting position papers due on December 21, 2017, and look forward to your submissions. Your help for spreading the word of the attached call for position papers is greatly appreciated.

Thanks & best,
-Shaowen

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