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<br class=""><div><div class="">On 07 Sep 2015, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" class="">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Dear Rory,Mark,<br class=""><br class="">We are looking forward to welcome Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University , South Africa to Geo4All. <br class=""><br class="">Our Africa chairs and wider Geo4All community (cc in) will be pleased to provide any inputs and support your initiatives. Please join our maillists and start contributing<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs" class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a> [global list] <br class=""><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-africa" class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-africa</a> [Africa list]<br class=""><br class="">Africa is a key region for us and we need colleagues like you to collaborate and expand ideas for our HealthGIS research theme and further provide more education opportunities for students across Africa<br class=""><br class="">Best wishes,<br class=""><br class="">Suchith<br class=""><br class="">________________________________________<br class="">From: Bridget Fleming [<a href="mailto:bridget@afrispatial.co.za" class="">bridget@afrispatial.co.za</a>]<br class="">Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 12:46 PM<br class="">To: Dunbar, RORY <<a href="mailto:rdun@sun.ac.za" class="">rdun@sun.ac.za</a>><br class="">Cc: <a href="mailto:mtheart@sun.ac.za" class="">mtheart@sun.ac.za</a>; <a href="mailto:serenacoetzee@gmail.com" class="">serenacoetzee@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:ranyaalsayed@gmail.com" class="">ranyaalsayed@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:Didier.Leibovici@nottingham.ac.uk" class="">Didier.Leibovici@nottingham.ac.uk</a>; <a href="mailto:mike.jackson@nottingham.ac.uk" class="">mike.jackson@nottingham.ac.uk</a>; Suchith Anand; Gavin Fleming; Tim Sutton<br class="">Subject: Re: OSGeo lab@ Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University<br class=""><br class="">Dear Rory<br class=""><br class="">May I refer you to Gavin Fleming <<a href="mailto:gavin@kartoza.com" class="">gavin@kartoza.com</a>> who has a<br class="">microbiology background and Tim Sutton <<a href="mailto:tim@kartoza.com" class="">tim@kartoza.com</a>>. They have<br class="">offices around the corner from you at Stellenbosch Technopark. Many of<br class="">their projects may have an overlap with yours, especially in the field of<br class="">disaster management and OS GIS.<br class=""><br class="">I develop GIS material for schools and your area of study would be a<br class="">fascinating local case study to engage learners.<br class=""><br class="">Kind regards<br class="">Bridget<br class=""><br class="">On 2015/06/04, 1:11 PM, "Suchith Anand" <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" class="">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear Rory,<br class=""><br class="">Thank you for your email . It is great to hear your interest in GIS in<br class="">health related research. I can see great opportunities for building<br class="">research collaborations. In fact, i and colleagues at University of<br class="">Nottingham have been working on Health GIS . Dr Didier Leibovici (cc in)<br class="">is leading this this HealthGIS research theme at the University of<br class="">Nottingham. Through the Health GIS theme , we are currently focussing<br class="">on the following areas : Health informatics and Open Source Geospatial<br class="">software, Geospatial health, Geohazards and health, Volunteered<br class="">Geographical Information (VGI) and Public health/epidemiology and the<br class="">environment.<br class=""><br class="">I am ccing all the cochairs of Africa region Dr Serena Coetzee (South<br class="">Africa) and Bridget Fleming (South Africa) ,Rania Elsayed Ibrahim (Egypt)<br class="">for "Geo for All" who will be happy to provide any details you need and<br class="">please coordinate with them.<br class=""><br class="">The criteria for membership for ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Labs are at<br class=""><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoforall_criteria" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoforall_criteria</a><br class=""><br class="">Could i request that you now follow the following steps:<br class=""><br class="">1. Please confirm you are happy with our criteria and principles at<br class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoforall_criteria and demonstrate activity<br class="">that supports the Geo4all vision<br class=""><br class="">2. Please also join the two mail list below so you and your colleagues<br class="">get updated on the various developments both global and regional.<br class=""><br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs [global<br class="">list] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-africa<br class="">[Africa list]<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">3. Please add your lab details as (no 97) to the wiki table list at<br class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives . It will then get<br class="">updated in our website etc.<br class=""><br class="">4. Please confirm who will be the liaison officer to the initiative<br class="">representing your university or if this is someone else from your<br class="">university please add their details (email etc in this table)<br class=""><br class="">5. Please take steps to setup a dedicated website for your Open Source<br class="">Geospatial Laboratory listing current research, people, and training<br class="">information. This web presence will allow other nodes in the network and<br class="">the general public to understand and promote your local efforts around<br class="">research and teaching of open source geospatial technologies open data<br class="">and open education approaches. The website should be established within a<br class="">year of the lab announcement and has to be maintained at least annually.<br class=""><br class="">We look forward to welcoming you and working with you for expanding Open<br class="">Principles in Geo Education. We will be pleased to provide any details<br class="">you need and please contact us for any information needed.<br class=""><br class="">Best wishes,<br class=""><br class="">Suchith<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">________________________________________<br class="">From: Dunbar, RORY <rdun@sun.ac.za> [rdun@sun.ac.za]<br class="">Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 8:36 AM<br class="">To: Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk<br class="">Cc: Theart, ALM, Mnr <mtheart@sun.ac.za><br class="">Subject: RE: Open Geospatial Science<br class=""><br class="">Dear Suchith<br class=""><br class="">I am a Data Manager/Epidemiologist at Desmond Tutu TB Centre,<br class="">Stellenbosch University. Together with my colleague Mark Theart, our GIS<br class="">Specialist, we work on various applications of GIS in our community based<br class="">research.<br class="">We would like to expand the use of GIS and knowledge/benefit of GIS in<br class="">health related research.<br class=""><br class="">Would it be possible to find out more regarding the Open Geospatial Labs<br class="">and if it would be applicable in our context?<br class=""><br class="">Kind regards<br class=""><br class="">Rory<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Rory Dunbar<br class="">Desmond Tutu TB Centre<br class="">Department of Paediatrics and Child Health<br class="">Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences<br class="">Stellenbosch University<br class="">South Africa<br class="">Phone (27) 21 938 9707<br class="">Fax (27) 21 938 9719<br class="">Email: rdun@sun.ac.za<mailto:#######@###.##.><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">[cid:image001.jpg@01D09DC3.EA16A300]<http://www.sun.ac.za/tb><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee<br class="">and may contain confidential information. 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