[VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam

[venka.osgeo]

Hi Michael.

Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> Venka-
>
> We can do 10 T-shirts easily -- please let me know sizes, shipping address, and due date and I'll get them to you.
>   
Thanks. The T-shirts can be mailed to
5-Size and 5-Medium Size (with collar would be better)
Due date before 7th Nov, 2006.

Dr. Ho Dinh Duan,
Institute of Physics HCMC
1 Mac Dinh Chi Str.
Dist. 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Tel. 84-8-8222246
Fax. 84-8-8234133
> The $1000 aid for the show seems a worthy cause, but it it above my spending limit as VisCom chair.  I'll bring this up at our meeting on Thursday.  [Question for VisCom members to consider: we still don't have a formal budget; should we try again to make one, continue to react as events happen and hope for the best, or..?]
>   
I will try to make it to todays meeting. but 1:00AM Japan time is a
kind-of-late for me.

Kind regards

Venka
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Venkatesh Raghavan [mailto:raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp]
> Sent: Mon 10/23/2006 6:02 PM
> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam
>  
> Hi VisCom members,
>
> GIS-IDEAS 2006 (http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas06) where we 
> have more that 10 papers (can be viewed for the web-site) related to 
> OSGeosoftware. We are doing a pre-conference OSGeo workshop
> (See program below) and also plan to discuss about Vietnam OSGeo
>   Chapter. Atleast 10 volunteers are willing to walk-around with OSGeo 
> T-Shirts at the workshop and also during the conference. I await from 
> VisCom about possible support for this event. GIS-IDEAS is organized
>   on a shoe-string budget and sponsorship, exhibition booth cost a tiny 
> fraction of that in other conferences. About 200 particpants are
> expected (50 from overseas and 150 from Vietnam)
>
> It would be nice if Viscom could support the workshop/promotion
> (about US$1000 for printing OSGeo brochures, burning CD and
> display banner etc.).
>
> Some T-shirt donation for OSGeo volunteers would also be most
> welcome.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Venka
>
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>
> Title: Open Source Geoinformatics Workshop
> Venue: Institute of Information Technology HCMC,
>       1 Mac Dinh Chi Str., Dist. 1, HCMC
> Date: 8th November 2006
> Coordinators: Dr. Tran Van Lang, Director, Institute of Information
> Technology HCMC and Dr. Ho Dinh Duan, Institute of Physics HCMC
> Organized by: Japan-Vietnam Geoinformatics Consortium &
>                Institute of Information Technology &
>                Institute of Physics, VAST HCMC
>
> Number of participants: 30 (first come first serve)
> Fee: USD 10  (covering CD set, Documents, Coffee breaks and Lunch)
>
> Schedule:
>
> 09:00-09:30 Registration
> 09:30-10:00: Opening Speech
>                a) Prof. Mamoru Shibayama
>                   Kyoto University, Japan
>                   Joint Secretary, JVGC
>
>                b) Dr. Dao Van Tuyet
>                    Director
>                    Institute of Information Technology
>
> 10:15-11:15 a) Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G)
>                  Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
>                 Osaka City University, Japan
>                 Director, Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>
> 11:15-12:00 b) Open Source Geoinformatics in Vietnam -
>                 Present Status and Future prospects
>                 Dr. Ho Dinh Duan
>                   Institute of Physics, VAST-HCMC
>                   Mr. Do Long Van
>                  Institute of Information Technology, VAST-HCMC
>
> 14:00-14:45 a) Installing and using FOSS4G Toolkit CD
>                  Dr. Go Yonezawa
>                  Kyoto University, Japan
>
> 15:00-16:00 b) Demonstration for Open Source Web-GIS Applications
>                 Mr. Sarawut Ninsawat
>                  Osaka City University, Japan
>
> 16:00-16:30    Q&A and Round table discussion on Establishing
>                   the Vietnam OSGeo Chapter
>
> Particpants: Will be provided with FOSS4G Toolkit CD Developed
>               by the Osaka City University FOSS4G Team.
>
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