[UN] Welcome and next steps

[Werner Leyh]

Hi Jeff

Sure, OSGEO is well suited for the first team, TT-1.

It will not too difficult to organize a remote conference with 30 people ?!
I don´t have a better idea, but,
may be we could prepare some points beforehand ?

Best
Werner




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On Thu, 11/5/15, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

 Subject: [UN] Welcome and next steps
 To: un at lists.osgeo.org
 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015, 5:07 PM
 
 Hello everyone,
 
 We're already around 30 members on this mailing list, thank
 you for your 
 interest in helping promote Open Source geospatial through
 the UN.
 
 Working Group
 -------------
 
 As mentioned on the Discuss list, we/OSGeo need to continue
 with the 
 momentum created from meetings with the UN-GIS team at
 FOSS4G Seoul. 
 OSGeo has been invited to become involved in the "UN-GGIM
 Working Group 
 on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters" 
 (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UN-GGIM-Working-Group). 
 I have already 
 committed to help represent OSGeo at the table for that
 working group 
 (the list of global "member states" involved is very
 impressive, 
 including of course the OGC, Esri, and other big
 vendors).  But clearly 
 we need to organize our effort on our side.
 
 Related to that working group on disasters: the working
 group is forming 
 two task teams apparently:
 
 Task Team 1 (TT-1) will work on this goal:
 
 **
 Engage with the main stakeholders and partners from the
 humanitarian and 
 response communities as well as
   the key governmental institutions involved in the
 provision of 
 geospatial information and services to review,
   complement and improve the draft framework and
 flowcharts presented 
 during the UN-GGIM Committee of Experts in
   August 2015;
 **
 
 Task Team 2 (TT-2) will work on this goal:
 
 **
 Conducted a review of frameworks, laws, rules and
 regulations already 
 existing among the Member States
   when it comes to the provision of geospatial
 information and services 
 in times of disasters;
 **
 
 I believe OSGeo would be well suited for the first team,
 TT-1, and 
 having OSGeo engage the humanitarian response groups and
 governments 
 would help us promote OSGeo and Open Source geospatial to
 these groups.
 
 Actually I notice that I must submit a response to the
 working group by 
 the end of tomorrow, on what "task team" OSGeo wants to
 join.  Does 
 anyone object to us joining TT-1 ?
 
 Next Meeting
 ------------
 
 I realize that we must formalize this new OSGeo UN Committee
 (sorry for 
 pushing those specific questions on you already). 
 Let's plan to meet, 
 probably through IRC chat, for one hour to discuss this new
 committee.
 
 I propose we meet on 2015-11-17 at 16:00 UTC 
 (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2015&month=11&day=17&hour=16&min=0&sec=0)
 
 in the #osgeo channel of IRC (on freenode.net).
 
 I have placed the meeting details on the wiki as well 
 (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee#Meetings).
 
 Let me know if this plan works.  Thanks everyone,
 
 -jeff
 
 
 -- 
 Jeff McKenna
 President, OSGeo
 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
 
 
 
 
 
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