FOSS4G Europe 2015 GeoForAll Agenda

GeoForAll FOSS4G Como meetings, tentative agendas and who will be there. Please add your name to the sessions if you plan to attend, and feel free to add agenda items if you have something you want discussed. -- email me (cschweik AT Pubpol.umass.edu) if you have questions or concerns.

1. GeoForAll pre-conference meeting
When: Tuesday July 14th, 8:30-11:30 am

Where: Hall of Via Natta building. Note: The Via Natta building is in the city centre of Como (not in the main campus where the conference will take place). The building address is Via Natta 12/14: See here http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.808829&mlon=9.083251#map=18/45.80883/9.08325&layers=N This "Hall" is on the first floor and the building is very small, so you should have no problem in finding this room. We will start right at 8:30 am!

Agenda:

1.Welcome and quick introductions (Charlie) 8:30-8:45 - Need scribe volunteer

2. GeoForAll lab membership issues (Helena leads the discussion here) - 8:45-9:30
 * 2a.Quick update on the current Lab membership list [1] - inactive ones? What do we still need to do to get the list updated?
 * 2b.We want this list to reflect active labs. What criteria do we use for lab removal and can this be documented? Annual procedure for keeping this list updated? Can we do this here in Como and get the list updated?
 * 2c.Lab membership questions
 * i.Our current membership criteria text is here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoforall_criteria
 * ii.What kind of organization can be called a ‘lab’? Can firms, gov agencies, nonprofits also be ‘Labs’? (based on the discussion so far it appears that YES, ask everybody to put the type of organization into notes)
 * iii.Currently our membership table has some non-universities [1] (based on the discussion so far: keep non-universities as labs if they function according to the criteria, use the new Table "Partners" for organisations wishing to be listed as partners/supporters rather than labs)
 * iv.Discuss the idea of GeoForAll lab membership expansion to K-12 schools. (9:30-10:00)
 * v. Regional mailing lists-keep or delete? There is enough support for keeping them.
 * summary of key decisions or action items

3. Certification issues (Phil Davis leads) (10:00-10:30)
 * 3a. Phil opens with 5 minute summary/status
 * 3b. Tanzeel Khan presents his findings on 'An OS Certification Model.' 10 minutes
 * 3c. Discussion
 * 3d. summary of key decisions or action items

4.Educational content curation strategies (Charlie leads) (10:30-11:00)
 * summary of key decisions or action items
 * prepare links to samples of existing approaches that we can look at

5.Lightning round update on grant-getting efforts (Charlie leads) (11:00-11:20)
 * a.Charlie - NSF RCN
 * b.Antoni - H2020 efforts
 * c.Suchith - AgriGIS?

6.Decide on agenda item priorities for BOF 1 report back (11:20-11:30)

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#sortable_table_id_0

[2] http://www.geoforall.org/locations/

Attending? Add your name below.


 * Charlie Schweik, USA
 * Maria, Italy
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * Helena Mitasova
 * Daria Svidzinska
 * Vaclav Petras
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * Antoni Perez-Navarro
 * Ron Fortunato
 * Suchith Anand (attending by Skype - sanand1976)
 * others?

2. GeoForAll BOF meeting #1
When: Thursday July 16th, 8:00-9:00 AM

Where: room VS9, Valleggio building

Agenda:


 * Report back and discussion of items from our pre-conference meeting (see above).
 * Other new discussion items from the Group
 * Preparation and ideas for Seoul conference

Attending? Add your name to the BOF signup list here

3. GeoForAll Europe Meeting
When: Thursday July 16th, 5:30

Where: room 3.5 at Politecnico di Milano

(This is a good idea... any other regions have a group attending and want to meet up?)

Agenda:
 * collaborations between the European and US labs, students exchange and funding opportunities

Attending? Add your name below.


 * Charlie Schweik, USA
 * Maria, Italy
 * Anne, Italy/Germany
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska, Poland
 * Helena Mitasova
 * Daria Svidzinska, Ukraine
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * Antoni Perez-Navarro
 * Nadia Panchaud, Switzerland
 * Suchith Anand (attending by Skype)
 * others?

4. GeoForAll Bird's of a Feather 2
When: Friday July 17th, 12:00-13:00

Where: room 3.6, Castelnuovo building

Agenda:
 * 30 minute discussion of GeoForAll and connections with primary, seconday, high schools (Ela helps lead)
 * Who is doing what (responsibilities)?
 * Can we build a network of teachers and schools? And how to start?
 * Can we ask the teachers/students of the network via a questionnaire?
 * What can we do to make our tools better and useful to every teacher and child? (i.e. translation, new tools, new ideas, applications based on the age, etc)
 * 30 minutes on people reporting on their next steps and planning for Seoul -- who is going? Organizing there?

Attending? Add your name to the BOF signup list here

5. GeoForAll Grant Sprint
When: Saturday July 18th - 8:30-11:30

Where: Hall of Via Natta building

Agenda:


 * US NSF Smart City proposal (Charlie Schweik, others with GeoForAll city analytics group)
 * Hopefully some discussion by European participants on another grant effort to support GeoForAll efforts (anyone working on this? add your name and topic)

Attending? Add your name below.
 * Charlie Schweik, USA
 * Maria, Italy
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * Daria Svidzinska, Ukraine
 * Vaclav Petras
 * Antoni Perez-Navarro
 * Suchith Anand (attending by Skype)
 * others?

TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT AGENDA BUT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED
Add any ideas here please.

Questions? Contact Charlie Schweik - cschweik AT pubpol DOT UMass DOT edu