[Industry] Fwd: I: Two initiatives potentially worth your attention

Sat Sep 15 09:06:09 PDT 2018

don't joke, the honour is mine.

fine for me to write it together, thanks.

Il 09/15/2018 06:03 PM, Jeff McKenna ha scritto:
> How about we both as a team tackle this together, draft an email to
> the board, and sign it together (sort of like co-chairs of a new
> initiative).  It actually would be my honour to work together with you
> on this.   -jeff
>
>
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> On 2018-09-15 12:59 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>> thanks Jeff for clarifying.
>>
>> I'm available to work on this if that helps.
>>
>> All the best.
>>
>>
>> Il 09/15/2018 05:50 PM, Jeff McKenna ha scritto:
>>> Hi Paolo,
>>>
>>> You have hinted offlist that I am not interested or OSGeo is not
>>> interested; I am a keynote at FOSS4G-Brazil right now, so I can't be
>>> as online as I should be, but, if I am not responding please do not
>>> take it that "OSGeo" is not interested in this initiative.  Like
>>> anything, it needs a champion/volunteer, to push and make sure that
>>> OSGeo is represented.
>>>
>>> I think the next step is for someone to make a request on the OSGeo
>>> Board list to have the OSGeo foundation provide funding for a WGIC
>>> membership.  I personally think this is definitely within OSGeo's
>>> mission (to help make sure all OSGeo service providers are
>>> represented).
>>>
>>> Best wishes from Sao Paulo aiport,
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2018-09-12 2:23 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for this. I'm not saying Osgeo should manage this, it just
>>>> seems
>>>> natural that it is the umbrella organization who participates. Of
>>>> course
>>>> we (QGIS project) ara available and interested to cooperate.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not interested, please let us know, and we'll evaluate
>>>> how to
>>>> proceed.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again.
>>>>
>>>> All the best.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Il 09/11/2018 06:21 PM, Jeff McKenna ha scritto:
>>>>> Hi Paolo,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have seen some offline messages about this from you, but in the
>>>>> interest of being open (and hopefully involving other OSGeo service
>>>>> providers) can you share your ideas and thoughts here on the Industry
>>>>> list?
>>>>>
>>>>> You had mentioned that you think that the OSGeo Board should handle
>>>>> this, but I'd like to hear your reasons for this (and share your
>>>>> reasons here with the other service providers).
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> -jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2018-09-07 2:19 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From:     Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear All, I want to draw your attention to two initiatives that
>>>>>> in my
>>>>>> opinion could be worth for the industry component of OSGeo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) I don't know if you are aware that, during the UN-GGIM Forum in
>>>>>> New York, Jack Dangermond announced the birth of WGIC, which is a
>>>>>> Council of industries (https://wgicouncil.org/) operating in the
>>>>>> geospatial sector.   At the moment there are no FOSS4G members and
>>>>>> the members are all giants of the geospatial world. I wonder if it
>>>>>> could be worth your presence there or you believe that it is useless
>>>>>> or unfeasible. My comment is that this is something that has to be
>>>>>> discussed, independently of the result of the discussion (if being
>>>>>> involved or not; if being involved as a single company or as a
>>>>>> network of companies).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) ISPRS Congress 2020 (http://www.isprs2020-nice.com/). I was asked
>>>>>> by the Director of the Congress (Nicolas Paparotidis, who was the
>>>>>> co-chair of FOSS4G Europe last year with Gerald Fenoy) if we want to
>>>>>> organize within the exposition an area with open source booths. The
>>>>>> cost for the booths has to be discussed but he told me that we can
>>>>>> agree about something similar to the cost at FOSS4G. The
>>>>>> advantage is
>>>>>> in terms of visibility. ISPRS Congress is held every 4 years and it
>>>>>> gathers around 3000 people, in the different fields of survey,
>>>>>> photogrammetry, remote sensing and GIS.
>>>>>> Ordinary members of ISPRS are those that you can see in the list:
>>>>>> http://www.isprs.org/members/ordinary.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm happy to help to discuss with Nicolas, whom I have known very
>>>>>> well, but I want to have one person from the "OSGeo Industry
>>>>>> Network"
>>>>>> leading this contact.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the sake of completeness, we were requested also to organize a
>>>>>> forum about FOSS4 and luckily with respect to that I found
>>>>>> volunteers
>>>>>> of GeoForAll willing to help the organization. But this is easier
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> me and I can lead it without problems. On the opposite, the business
>>>>>> part with booths and exposition is not my speed and then I need to
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> 1) if there is an interest
>>>>>> 2) who can be the reference for that part.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks a lot for your attention.
>>>>>> As I'm not in the mailing list (thanks Jeff for forwarding), in case
>>>>>> you want to send me comments, please add to your replies also my
>>>>>> email contact.
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Maria
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
QGIS.ORG Chair:
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