Hi all, We partnered with OSGeo some months ago to allow them to receive funding for a conference they were organising in India - the partnership was a great success, everything went well, they got the money we needed and have made great strides in their project since. I asked Rajan of OSGeo-India to draft a press release about the collaboration, and here's the first draft. Could I get comments on this, please, and suggestions for ways it might be improved? I actually think it's pretty good as-is, except that it doesn't go into the exact nature of the collaboration. Cheers, Dave. K. S. Rajan wrote: > I have made a first draft of the announcement/ press release, though I > am not completely aware of the exact nature of the collaboration that > was formed between OSGeo and GNOME. I hope it helps provide some start > point that can be refined further. Also, if you feel like it is better > to add some pics to this report then do let me know. > Btw, Geoff has a small write up on his blog - > http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2007/01/index.html > > Also, find ATTACHED the Report on the OSGeo-India activities at Map > World Forum. > > The other activities in the last few months, after Map World Forum in > Jan 2007, have been as follows - > (1) OSGeo-India was represented and a presentation made at LINUX ASIA in > Delhi. Feb 1-2, 2007 > (2) OSGeo tools were showcased and hands on experience provided to > delegates at a Special Session at National Conference on Biodiversity > Conservation & Human Well-Being, at Osmania University, Hyderabad. Feb > 8-10, 2007. > (3) OSGeo-India will make 2 presentations at the GIS Session, organized > as part of 'National Convention on Free Software' by the Free Software > Foundation of India, at Hyderabad. Feb 3-4, 2007 > > ***** Version 1 of Press release - this is quite a general one and might > need additions/modifications, especially since I haven't written > anything about the concerned parties that released the funds like > Redhat, Michael > > [TITLE] OSGeo Collaborates with GNOME > OSGeo, a not-for-profit organization working towards providing support > and development of open source tools and applications related in the > field of Geospatial technologies, announces collaboration with GNOME > foundation. This partnership between these two major organizations that > aim to provide for free and open access to the software technologies > will help strengthen the ongoing efforts of similarly minded bodies. > Especially, it is an important milestone, since the current market for > geospatial technologies is still flooded primarily by proprietary > software systems. > An outcome of this collaboration was on display during the recently held > Map World Forum in India, where OSGeo-India, the Indian Chapter of > OSGeo, put up an exhibition booth and also arranged a Workshop. These > events helped to disseminate and educate the geospatial community of the > enormous opportunities that free and open source geospatial software > tools provide, the advances and the level of technology development in > order to provide effective geospatial solutions. During the workshop > different models of development and use of free and open source (FOSS) > tools and its potential in the domains of academia, government > (including organizations mandated with national development, and > e-governance), and business were presented. It was one of the best > attended sessions at the forum. > OSGeo and OSGeo-India extend their thanks to GNOME in supporting these > activities and also hopes that this collaboration will stand in good > stead for both the parties, while working towards their respective > organizational objectives. > ***** End ***** > > ***** Version 2 of Press release - Please Note that this has been > drafted keeping the Indian Media in mind. Look forward to your inputs on > it. > > [TITLE] Open Source and GIS (in India) > Recently, a national not for profit (NPO) society called OSGeo-India was > launched at Hyderabad during the recently held Map World Forum, 2007. > The society in India is an outcome of the efforts of a small group of > volunteer scientists and researchers in India who want to bring the GIS > technologies to public domain and help popularize the use of such > technologies for national development. It is the first independent > national Chapter created of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation > (OSGeo.org) that was launched worldwide in early 2006. The goal of this > society is to provide support and development of open source tools and > applications related to the field of GIS and its allied sciences. One of > its primary aims is to develop a community of both the users of such > products and the developers who can contribute in developing high > quality open source software. The society will work towards the goals of > the foundation, both in the context of software development, > e-governance, localisation (Indian language support for GIS tools) and > building of awareness & outreach of such software systems. OSGeo-India > collaborates with OSGeo.org and other similarly minded organizations > like the GNOME Foundation. OSGeo-India thanks these organizations for > the support that it has provided in giving shape to the Society here in > India. > OSGeo-India will have its headquarters at International Institute of > Information Technology > > GIS and its tools are increasingly becoming relevant in variety of > domains ranging from simple tools such as providing route maps to > complex decision making needs of large governmental bodies and > organizations. The GIS or geospatial community consists of not only the > technical developers of this technology but also the users, content > providers, and solution providers based on this technology. > ***** End ***** -- Dave Neary dneary free fr
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