[Geo4All] GeoForAll online miniconference during World Commons Week 2019 (and a message to Rafael Moreno)

Sat Jun 29 17:10:55 PDT 2019

Dear GeoForAll colleagues,

Thanks to Victor Sunday of the UniqueMappersTeam in Port Harcourt Nigeria
who signed his group up to attend a GeoForAll "miniconference" event during
the World Commons Week (Oct 6-12, 2019). Other GeoForAll labs - if you are
interested in participating, please complete this Google Form
<https://forms.gle/BTgZFY95Sahhc61S8>. Choose Option 7 for Question 7.
Thanks!

*@Rafael Moreno*: Is it possible that we run some kind of 1/2-day GeoForAll
web-based miniconference on one of those days (Oct 6-12, 2019) using your
webinar platform? Would you at all be willing to run this or is that asking
too much? If yes, what day of that week and time range would be best?

Cheers
Charlie Schweik

Thanks!
Charlie

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 3:59 AM Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> This is excellent ideas. I think for the coordinated web-based half day "miniconference"
> across GeoForAll labs during the week of Oct 6-12, 2019, it will be good to
> make use of  Rafael Moreno's webinar platform as he can then add the
> recordings also to the GeoForAll channel.
>
>
> Rafael, please let us know your ideas/suggestions on this. It will be
> very helpful if you can suggest  a day/time for this in advance , so
> everyone can plan accordingly .Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of SERGIO
> ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
> *Sent:* 20 June 2019 16:53
> *To:* Charlie Schweik; Suchith Anand
> *Cc:* geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Geo4All] GeoForAll workshop on basic GIS at IASC 2019
>
>
> Charlie,
>
> Both ideas seem to be great. I think they are both possible and of great
> impact. Count on us for helping this to happen.
>
> Best,
>
>
> 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/
>
> ------------------------------
> *De:* Charlie Schweik <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>
> *Enviado:* jueves, 20 de junio de 2019 9:52
> *Para:* Suchith Anand
> *Cc:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
> *Asunto:* Re: [Geo4All] GeoForAll workshop on basic GIS at IASC 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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> University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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