[UN] R: Budget 2017 UN committee

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Agree, please go on and correct proposed budget to the board on wiki page.

Maxi

Il 15 dic 2016 4:43 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
ha scritto:

> Dear All
> I agree with the proposal.
> Maria
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>
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> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
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> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> Data: 15/12/16 16:32 (GMT+01:00)
> A: un at lists.osgeo.org
> Oggetto: Re: [UN] Budget 2017 UN committee
>
> Please also note that this would not an official request for 20k from
> the OSGeo Board, this is to let the OSGeo Board know that this is the
> amount that we foresee the OSGeo UN committee possibly requesting, in
> 2017, for the first of its kind, an "OSGeo-UN Hackathon", attended by
> OSGeo's project leads and UN partners.
>
> -jeff
>
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>
> On 2016-12-15 10:18 AM, Serena Coetzee wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I support the idea of the hackathon to get things going. It shows
> commitment.
> >
> > I would be hesitant about funding travel because it may set a precedent
> and create expectations, but since this is an important initiative in its
> early stages, I think there is much value in face-to-face meetings.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Serena
> >
> > On 15 Dec 2016, at 15:06, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Maxi,
> >
> > I support sending an OSGeo representative to 2 meetings of the OpenGIS
> initiative, for 2017.
> >
> > I would also suggest that we request funding to host an "OSGeo-UN
> Hackathon" event in 2017, where we would host a 3 day coding event and
> invite lead developers from several OSGeo projects, to work specifically
> with UN partners face-to-face over 3 days.  OSGeo representatives would be
> funded for their time (yes, this is bold and shocking, but, this is long
> overdue).  The amount we would request would be approximately 20k (not the
> usual "3k to slide under the OSGeo Board radar", but an amount that says to
> the OSGeo Board "we are serious about helping the UN and its member nations
> leverage Open, and OSGeo is ready to step into that role and invest".
> >
> > The actual event would be a combination of workshops and hackathons,
> depending on the needs of the UN partners.  As we found out in the initial
> meetings with the UN GIS team in Seoul in 2015, various UN partners are
> already examining OSGeo software, and this event in 2017 would really gets
> things moving in this "relationship".
> >
> > If we wait for the UN to make all of this happen (and wait for their
> funding) well it likely will never happen; so let us, OSGeo, give this UN
> relationship a big kick into high gear, for 2017.
> >
> > PS. yes I would volunteer to lead this event, create a wiki page with
> more details, budget, research venues, set up program, gather OSGeo
> experts, etc.
> >
> > -jeff
> >
> >
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