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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hi Tom,</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you for this excellent National Level Student Competition. I remember two years ago, I asked (and</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">you did - thank you) to give a prize
for the best open source poster. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I think it will great to have GeoForAll Student awards and certificates for the best three free and open source posters given for this competition in 2018, if you can arrange judging for this etc. I have made request for
GeoForAll awards</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for four events in 2018 (each</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">event has 500 USD ) to the OSGeo Board [1].</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">with criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing ceremony and awards given to winners.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Once you confirm that you are happy to arrange the logistics for this, we can discuss ideas in the community on how to make this happen.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Thanks.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Suchith</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[1] <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2017-December/011001.html" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk845155" previewremoved="true">
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06 December 2017 07:06<br>
<b>To:</b> geoforall@lists.osgeo.org; geotechteam@googlegroups.com; youthmappers@lyris.ttu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: 2018 Geospatial Technology Skills Competition - Save the Date: Due April 20th at 1pm eastern</font>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Thanks for this information. This is an excellent opportunity for students in USA to present their work. On behalf of GeoForAll, I would like to thank all the organisers for this Geospatial Technology Skills Competition. </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">I am requesting our colleagues in USA to pass this competition info to their students and encourage participation.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Best wishes,</p>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Mueller, Thomas <Mueller@calu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06 December 2017 03:26<br>
<b>To:</b> T3G-GROUP@ATLANTIS.ESRI.COM; av_members@americaview.org; passhegis@googlegroups.com; geoforall@lists.osgeo.org; geotechteam@googlegroups.com; HIGHERED-L@atlantis.esri.com; youthmappers@lyris.ttu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Geo4All] 2018 Geospatial Technology Skills Competition - Save the Date: Due April 20th at 1pm eastern</font>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sorry for cross postings…</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">More information in early 2018. Check out our website:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333333; background:white"> The </span><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.geotechcenter.org/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#2C75B4; background:white; text-decoration:none">GeoTech</span><span style="color:#2C75B4; background:white; text-decoration:none">
Center</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333333; background:white"> is pleased to announce the 2018 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills Competition! The intent of the competition is to
<span style="">showcase</span> the geospatial technology skills of U.S. undergraduate students. Competing students will create a project that utilizes geospatial technology to address a real-world problem. The student will then present the project and the resulting
deliverables as a </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#F90000; background:white">Poster</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333333; background:white"> that not only highlights their use of
geospatial technology, but also demonstrates their communication and presentation skills.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333333"><br>
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<span style="background:white">The competition is software neutral.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333333; background:white">Applicants must meet all of the requirements below to qualify for the competition (questions regarding eligibility can be directed to either Tom Mueller (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:Mueller@calu.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#2C75B4; background:white; text-decoration:none">Mueller@calu.edu</span></a><span style=""><span style="color:#333333; background:white">):</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Applicants <em><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">must</span></u></em> be the age of 18 or older;</span></li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; list-style-position:outside; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Applicants <em><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">must</span></u></em> be enrolled during the Spring 2018 term in a geospatial technology course (e.g., geographic information systems, remote sensing, GPS/GNSS, etc.)
or geospatial technology program at an accredited 2-year or 4-year U.S. institution (undergraduate status);</span></li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; list-style-position:outside; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Applicants <em><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">must</span></u></em> reside in the U.S.;</span></li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; list-style-position:outside; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">All work and cartographic output <em><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">must</span></u></em> be the original work of the applicant;</span></li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; list-style-position:outside; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Only <em><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">one</span></u></em> entry allowed per student; and</span></li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; list-style-position:outside; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Only <em><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">individual</span></u></em> student submissions allowed (no group projects).</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333333; background:white">The winners <span style="">
will be awarded</span> registration, travel and accommodations to the 2018 <span style="">
GeoEd</span> Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The winners will also present their posters at this conference.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:white"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Due April </span>
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">20th</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> at 1pm eastern</span></b>.</span></span></p>
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