[Viscom-dev] [Fwd: Invitation to Propose a Workshop or Tutorial for GSDI 10]

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

It does sound promising - can anyone provide some experience from  
previous events?  What happens, how does it work, what angle can we  
best present?

Tyler

On 24-May-07, at 11:40 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:

>
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 11:48, Chris Holmes wrote:
>> Anyone planning on going to GSDI-10?  I'm pretty confident we  
>> could get
>> a workshop there.  I didn't go last year, but had a group of  
>> people who
>> were going to go, so we organized it together.  There's a lot of
>> government decision makers who go to this, it may not be a bad  
>> place to
>> have some osgeo presence.  It's just way too far away for me to  
>> know if
>> I'll personally be attending.
>
> Hey,
> same for me. But nonetheless we should apply for a workshop. I am very
> sure that someone knowledgeable from around OSGeo will be there.  
> And if
> not I have the perfect excuse that I must go myself... ;-)
>
> So my VisCom opinion is to apply and see later how to fill in the  
> blanks.
>
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: 	Invitation to Propose a Workshop or Tutorial for GSDI 10
>> Date: 	Wed, 23 May 2007 17:35:02 -0400
>> From: 	Harlan Onsrud <onsrud at spatial.maine.edu>
>> To: 	cholmes at openplans.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Chris,
>>
>> GSDI 10 will be held in Trinidad 25-29 February 2008. See
>> http://gsdi.org/gsdi10
>>
>> We are once again inviting proposals for the presentation of  
>> workshops
>> on the first day of the conference. See
>> http://gsdi.org/gsdi10/workshops.html
>>
>> Workshops this time will be offered under a slightly different
>> arrangement that we hope will attract strong attendance. We are
>> requesting workshop proposals by the end of this month so that people
>> registering for the conference will be able to sign up for specific
>> workshops in advance. In this manner instructors will know the  
>> number of
>> people attending their workshops and have the contact information for
>> their participants in advance.
>>
>> We highly encourage you to submit a workshop proposal. For reference,
>> the description of the workshop you presented in Santiago in 2006  
>> may be
>> found at http://www.gsdi.org/gsdiconf/gsdi9/english/ 
>> 09_Act_Work_Sched.htm.
>> Submit your proposal on or before 1 June 2007 to onsrud at gsdi.org  
>> with a
>> copy to astevens at gsdi.org. If you submit, you should have a  
>> decision by
>> the evaluation committee in early June.
>>
>> We look forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> *The GSDI 10 Local and Regional Organizing Committee*
>> _Co-Chairs:_
>> *Jacob Opadeyi*, Centre for GeoSpatial Studies, The University of the
>> West Indies, Trinidad
>> *Bheshem Ramlal*, Department of Surveying and Land Information, The
>> University of the West Indies, Trinidad
>> _Committee Members:*
>> *_*Carol Ann Albury*, National GIS Coordinator, Office of the Prime
>> Minister, Bahamas
>> *Cecille Blake*, National GIS Coordinator, Ministry of Agriculture  
>> and
>> Lands, Jamaica
>> *Santiago Borrero*, Secretary General, Pan American Institute of
>> Geography and History
>> *Tatiana Delgado Fernandez*, National Commission of the SDI of the
>> Republic of Cuba
>> *Desmond Dougall*, GISCAD, Trinidad
>> *Tyrone Leong*, Director of Surveys, Surveying and Mapping Division,
>> Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad
>> *Adolphus Ollivierre*, Lands and Surveys Department, St. Vincent  
>> and the
>> Grenadines
>> *Harold Wall*, GIS Officer, Ministry of Planning and Development,  
>> Trinidad
>>
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>>
>> --
>> Chris Holmes
>> The Open Planning Project
>> http://topp.openplans.org
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>
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> Arnulf Christl
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