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== Meeting time ==
 
== Meeting time ==
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Date: Thursday (14 January) at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=2021+GeoforAll+planning+meeting&iso=20210114T15&p1=1440&ah=1 15:00 UTC]
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Meeting link (via Zoom), https://zoom.us/j/98794958775
 
Meeting link (via Zoom), https://zoom.us/j/98794958775
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Please complete the Doodle, so that we can select a date that would suit as many people as possible (please complete it by 8 January 2021), https://doodle.com/poll/hd799babpfd6nsds?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
 
  
 
== Possible activities ==
 
== Possible activities ==
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== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==
  
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== Action items ==
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Attendees:
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* Sergio Acosta y Lara
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* Dimitris Kotzinos
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* Peter Mooney
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* Nikos Lambrinos
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* Helena Mitasova
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* Zoltán Siki
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* Victoria Rautenbach
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* Azile Mdleleni
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* Cameron Green
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* Lucy Bastin
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''please add you name if I missed it (sorry about that)'' <br>
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GeoforAll Annual General Meeting (AGM):
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* Best possible date - March 2021
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* Request webinar Zoom account from OSGeo Board
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* [Action] Victoria to create doodle and start slidedeck <br>
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3 min thesis:
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* Request $2000 for prize money
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* Run competition after AGM
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* Possible categories/themes:
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** Software/Apps Development
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** Education
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** Agriculture
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** Environment
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** Rights / justice (?)
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* [Action] Victoria to circulate draft guidelines in late Feb 2021 <br>
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Collaborations:
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* A map of the collaborations would be nice
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* Try to collect information from AGM slides <br>
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ISPRS Educational resource catalogue
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* UN-GGIM Academic Network might be interested, but previous funding is finished
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* [Action] Victoria to add link to OSGeo website or wiki <br>
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Unite Maps Initiative
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* Advertise in network/mailing lists (incl. YouthMappers)
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* Possible collaborations with OSM via B2B meeting <br>
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International Diploma (certification program) in GEOMATICS Based on Free and Open Source Software:
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* Great initiative!
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* [Action] Sergio or Toni to present more at the AGM
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* Support can be requested from OSGeo via GeoforAll
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== Budget ==
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After the GeoforAll planning meeting that took place on 14 January 2021, GeoforAll would like to request the following:
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Item !! Description !! Amount
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|-
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| Student competition || In 2021, we would like to run a 3 minute thesis competition for students in the GeoforAll network. The budgeted amount will be used to award small prizes to the students.  || $2 000
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|-
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| Conference Student awards || An amount of max $500 can be requested by a conference or other GeoforAll labs as student prizes. || $1 000
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| Zoom account for AGM || For the AGM, planned in March 2021, we would like to request a Zoom Webinar account for 500 participants.  || $140
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|-
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|}

Latest revision as of 22:54, 16 January 2021

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

Minutes

Attendees:

  • Sergio Acosta y Lara
  • Dimitris Kotzinos
  • Peter Mooney
  • Nikos Lambrinos
  • Helena Mitasova
  • Zoltán Siki
  • Victoria Rautenbach
  • Azile Mdleleni
  • Cameron Green
  • Lucy Bastin

please add you name if I missed it (sorry about that)


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:

Item Description Amount
Student competition In 2021, we would like to run a 3 minute thesis competition for students in the GeoforAll network. The budgeted amount will be used to award small prizes to the students. $2 000
Conference Student awards An amount of max $500 can be requested by a conference or other GeoforAll labs as student prizes. $1 000
Zoom account for AGM For the AGM, planned in March 2021, we would like to request a Zoom Webinar account for 500 participants. $140
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