[Geo4All] GeoForAll workshop on basic GIS at IASC 2019

Thu Jun 20 05:52:47 PDT 2019

Hi Suchith, GoeForAll colleagues,

I think we might have two options here (and perhaps do both?):

1) *GeoForAll labs propose local training events for that week in their
local communities*

Maybe consider as a network would be to have a number of GeoForAll nodes
all sign up to do some kind of training or promotional event at their lab
during the week of October 6-12, 2019 -- promoting OSGeo-related products
in their local communities.

2)* A coordinated web-based "miniconference" across GeoForAll labs on some
half day during the week of Oct 6-12, 2019?*

As an example: In last year's World Commons Week, an international group
led by Professor Tim Randhir led a web-based "mini-conference" where, using
Zoom, Tim coordinated webinars where each global participant presented some
of their work.

What could potentially be done, under this WCW 2019 banner, would be a
similar half-day event where a set of GeoForAll labs present via Zoom or
perhaps Rafael Moreno's webinar platform about what their lab is doing
related to OSGeo-related research and education. If, for example, *5 or so
GeoForAll labs stepped up to do a 30 minute presentation to report some
activity that might be of interest to the community, and we run these
back-to-back-to-back, it would be a GeoForAll community web miniconference*.
All participating labs could encourage their people to attend and we'd have
5-10 coordinated local events from the GeoForAll network. I think this
would be a way to highlight GeoForAll and OSGeo to a community of possible
users (typical commons research and practice involve people who study
forests, fisheries, rivers, and other natural resources that have
geospatial properties).

Reactions? I wonder if 5 or more labs would be willing to give 30 minute
webinars that week about activities they are doing in some coordinated
webinar sometime during the week of Oct 6-12?

Just brainstorming. Thanks for your interest!

Cheers
Charlie

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 11:43 PM Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Charlie, Sergio,
>
>
> Thank you for this excellent updates on IASC 2019 and this is a great
> opportunity to further expand synergies and collaborations with the IASC
> community.
>
>
> I think it is a great idea to organize collective action in the GeoForAll
> community to run local events around OSGeospatial technologies and
> education during that week. I will be happy to do a webinar for this. I
> will also help share your call for participation with the wider
> geocommunity, so we get more participation for this.
>
>
> Nikos, may I request you to please share this call in the GeoForAll
> newsletter.
>
>
> Victoria, may I request you to please share this call in the OSGeo
> website. Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of
> Charlie Schweik <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>
> *Sent:* 18 June 2019 19:44
> *To:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
> *Cc:* geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Geo4All] GeoForAll workshop on basic GIS at IASC 2019
>
> Hi Sergio,
>
> (I had to say this publicly to the GeoForAll list).
>
> I deserve no thanks at all -- *you and your team are AWESOME*. Thanks for
> doing this and making this important connection to the International
> Association for the Study of the Commons <https://iasc-commons.org/>
> (IASC).
>
> GeoForAll colleagues across the globe:
>
> Open source software (and open educational resources) are forms of
> Internet-based "commons" -- and that's what the IASC organization is trying
> to promote. A link between GeoForAll and OSGeo and the IASC community is a
> natural one. I'm currently organizing *the second annual global World
> Commons Week (October 6-12, 2019)*. Last year's website is at (
> http://worldcommonsweek.org) if you want to see what happened in last
> year's event.
>
> An important element of World Commons Week 2019 are establishing
> coordinated local events all over the world on commons related issues and
> practice. It would be really great if we could organize collective action
> in the GeoForAll community to run local events around OSGeospatial
> technologies and education during that week.
> I would LOVE to promote GeoForAll and OSGeo in this global event. But I
> need help. So....
>
> ..if you'd like to propose your own GeoForAll/OSGeo related local event
> (e.g., a workshop on a FOSS4G topic, or a lecture, or a community mapping
> project, etc., etc.) for the week of October 6-12, 2019 at your own
> location please complete this online survey: *https://forms.gle/tWnzrXjZmdJn7A687
> <https://forms.gle/tWnzrXjZmdJn7A687>*
>
> Cheers,
> Charlie Schweik
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 1:55 PM SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
> sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:
>
> GeoForAll <https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/geo-for-all/> is an open
> geospatial science promotion network that promotes mutual exchange and
> cooperation among its members, through training activities, academic
> exchange, dissemination, availability of teaching materials, development of
> joint projects, among others. Its fundamental principles include: free and
> open software, open standards, open data, open educational resources, and
> free access to research publications.
>
> It is in this context that we will hold a workshop on basic GIS with gvSIG
> <https://www.iasc2019.org/product/pre-conference-workshops/> as one of
> the activities of IASC 2019 <https://www.iasc2019.org/> ( XVII Biennial
> IASC Conference, entitled ‘In Defense of the Commons: Challenges,
> Innovation, and Action’) to be held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica
> of Peru (Lima, Peru) from 01 to 05 July 2019. The workshop will be held
> prior to the conference on *Friday, June 28* between 8 and 17 (Peru time,
> -5 UTC) in video-conference mode (remote instructor and assistants in the
> classroom, with on-site instructor support). After it we will put all the
> materials available to recreate what was done in the workshop at any time
> and place.
>
> I would like to thank the organizers for allowing the opportunity to share
> this instance of training. Also thank Marino Carhuapoma who will officiate
> as a support instructor in the place. And especially my thanks to Charlie
> Schweik (University of Massachusetts Amherst) who made this possible to
> happen.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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