Re: [Fwd: OSGeo-India activity report and draft press release]

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

Can we have some kind of conference report?  (or an article?)

sri

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:19:35PM +0100, Dave Neary wrote:
> 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
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