[OTT_OSGEO] Fwd: GIS Day Speaker

[Jeff McKenna]

Ok I'll talk to Mike.

Yes DMSG was at Carleton last year, I believe Jason Fournier and Dean 
Gadoury represented us (and they are apparently going again this year).

jeff


Scott W Mitchell wrote:
> Sounds great, I'd be happy if you could bring it up with Mike.
> 
> I don't remember DMSG at Carleton last year, was someone there?  Heather 
> McAdam did a great job at getting external involvement, GIS day has 
> really expanded here in the last few years.  Now I just need to get some 
> more faculty involved, so I can split my time between the department's 
> and OSGEO's presence :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Scott
> 
> On 10 Oct 2006, at 16:56, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> 
>> I really like your idea of an OSGeo presence at GIS Day.  I have 
>> worked DMSG booths for GIS Day at Ottawa U in the past, so I would 
>> volunteer to contact Prof Mike Sawada about an OSGeo booth at OttawaU 
>> for this year's event.
>>
>> Let me know if I should contact him about this.
>>
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>> jeff
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>> Scott W Mitchell wrote:
>>> Does anybody have suggestions for an "inspirational speaker" for 
>>> Carleton's GIS Day events (see below) ?
>>> Also, should we try for an OSGEO presence?  I don't think there's any 
>>> problem with me requesting that OSGEO Ottawa could have some space, 
>>> but we'd need to figure out what form the presence could/should take.
>>> I'll forward details about the event when I get it in case anyone 
>>> wants to just attend/pass on the info, too.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Scott
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>> From: Steve Prashker <steve_prashker at carleton.ca>
>>>> Date: October 10, 2006 13:20:51 EDT (CA)
>>>> To: doug_king at carleton.ca, dpatters at connect.carleton.ca, 
>>>> smitch at connect.carleton.ca, cearl at ccs.carleton.ca
>>>> Cc: michael_brklacich at carleton.ca
>>>> Subject: GIS Day Speaker
>>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>> Do you have any ideas on who we can contact to give an address to 
>>>> inspire young people for GIS Day this November 15? We struck out on 
>>>> Marc Garneau and David Phillips - so any other high profile speaker 
>>>> suggestion would be appreciated. Cheers...Steve
>>>>
>>>> <(©¿©)>  <(©¿©)>  <(©¿©)>  <(©¿©)>  <(©¿©)>  <(©¿©)>
>>>> Steve Prashker
>>>> Instructor/GIS Lab Manager/Practicum Coordinator
>>>> Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
>>>> Carleton University, Room A239 Loeb Building
>>>> 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario  K1S 5B6 CANADA
>>>>
>>>> Phone:  (613) 520-2600 ext. 2709
>>>> Fax:            (613) 520-4301
>>>> Email:          steve_prashker at carleton.ca
>>>> URL:            www.carleton.ca/geography
>>>>
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