[Geo4All] FOSS4G Argentina

[Suchith Anand]

Thanks to FOSS4G Argentina LOC for their efforts to promote Open Principles in geoeducation. I really hope the Board will support Maria's travel to give keynote on behalf of OSGeo for wider outreach to South America. OSGeo needs to support and expand our activities in the developing world

Malena and the Argentinian colleagues - Please let the GeoforAll community know how we can support you for the  session you are planning? 

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Shin, Sanghee <shshin at gaia3d.com>
Sent: 30 May 2017 6:59 AM
To: Maria Antonia Brovelli; board at lists.osgeo.org
Cc: Mauricio Miranda
Subject: Re: [Board] FOSS4G Argentina

I’m in favour of supporting Maria’s air fare and accommodations, since her visiting and activities are clearly in line with OSGeo’s outreach goal.

Kind regards,
신상희 드림
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Shin, Sanghee
Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
http://www.gaia3d.com

보낸 사람: Maria Antonia Brovelli<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
보낸 날짜: 2017년 5월 30일 화요일 오후 1:13
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참조: Mauricio Miranda<mailto:maurimiranda at gmail.com>
제목: [Board] FOSS4G Argentina


Dear All



I was invited as key note speaker for Geo4All (and OSGeo) at the FOSS4G Argentina [1].


Malena, the chair of the Conference, wrote:
...
Geo4All: I said before that we have a lot of users. Most of them are government employees that have started to work with FOSS just because of money issues in their agencies or institutions. Argentina is not different from any other country, we have the same problems: all Universities only teach with proprietary software so every professional that cames out to the market only knows about some specific tools. Definitively we want, and we must, to change that. Our plan is to organize a specific activity related with Geo4All where we put together people from different Universities with people that already have good experience working and teaching with FOSS4G. We think this would be a "mind change" event, we need to evangelize people to make them know that FOSS is the way to go, not because of money, because of freedom. I, and some others here, can talk a lot about this but no one will pay as much attention as they will to someone like María. She's not only the Queen of FOSS4G, she is a great leader and an awesome speaker. We need her here to convince those all professors and decision takers from Universities to move into the FOSS4G world.

....

 Besides these specific activities,  I will have a keynote about OSGeo and our activity.


I'm able to organize my first semester teachings in such a way to have one free week  and therefore I'm able to go. Argentina is far, the travel will be tiring  but the Latino American people are wonderful and I will have great time there. And definitey we need to strenghten our presence there.



I want to ask the Board if I can be provided economic support because the LOC is not able to pay my travel and I have great difficulties in covering it.

In any case, many many thanks to Malena and the Argentinian friends for their sweet words and their kind offer.



Best regards,

Maria



[1] http://www.foss4g-ar.org/



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