2021 GeoforAll planning meeting

Purpose
Plan the events for GeoforAll in 2021 and determine the budget needed.

Meeting time
Date: Thursday (14 January) at 15:00 UTC

Meeting link (via Zoom), https://zoom.us/j/98794958775

Possible activities

 * GeoforAll AGM (similar to the OSGeo AGM with updates from different labs)
 * 3 min thesis competition for students
 * Restart initiative for collaborative projects between labs
 * International Diploma (certification program) in GEOMATICS Based on Free and Open Source Software (in Spanish - for GeoForAll Iberoamerica)
 * Please add any other ideas

Agenda
Meeting link (via Zoom), https://zoom.us/j/98794958775


 * Welcome
 * Roll call and introductions
 * Discuss possible activities
 * Draft budget - Email request via projects mailing list
 * ISPRS Educational resource catalogue
 * Unite Maps Initiative
 * Any other business
 * Please add any other agenda topics

Minutes
Attendees: please add you name if I missed it (sorry about that)
 * Sergio Acosta y Lara
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * Peter Mooney
 * Nikos Lambrinos
 * Helena Mitasova
 * Zoltán Siki
 * Victoria Rautenbach
 * Azile Mdleleni
 * Cameron Green
 * Lucy Bastin

GeoforAll Annual General Meeting (AGM):
 * Best possible date - March 2021
 * Request webinar Zoom account from OSGeo Board
 * [Action] Victoria to create doodle and start slidedeck

3 min thesis:
 * Request $2000 for prize money
 * Run competition after AGM
 * Possible categories/themes:
 * Software/Apps Development
 * Education
 * Agriculture
 * Environment
 * Rights / justice (?)
 * [Action] Victoria to circulate draft guidelines in late Feb 2021

Collaborations:
 * A map of the collaborations would be nice
 * Try to collect information from AGM slides

ISPRS Educational resource catalogue
 * UN-GGIM Academic Network might be interested, but previous funding is finished
 * [Action] Victoria to add link to OSGeo website or wiki

Unite Maps Initiative
 * Advertise in network/mailing lists (incl. YouthMappers)
 * Possible collaborations with OSM via B2B meeting

International Diploma (certification program) in GEOMATICS Based on Free and Open Source Software:
 * Great initiative!
 * [Action] Sergio or Toni to present more at the AGM
 * Support can be requested from OSGeo via GeoforAll

Budget
After the GeoforAll planning meeting that took place on 14 January 2021, GeoforAll would like to request the following: