FW: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam

Treasurer Gary:

VisCom agreed this morning to spend up to US$1000 to aid in this
workshop as described below. This is over my $500 remit, so your
agreement is needed.

(FYI, we also worked this morning on our general policy as to how to
handle $ requests like this and allocate / prioritize shows and events.
You'll be hearing more about this anon.)

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg@lizardtech.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:34 AM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam

Venka-

We can do 10 T-shirts easily -- please let me know sizes, shipping
address, and due date and I'll get them to you.

The $1000 aid for the show seems a worthy cause, but it it above my
spending limit as VisCom chair. I'll bring this up at our meeting on
Thursday. [Question for VisCom members to consider: we still don't have
a formal budget; should we try again to make one, continue to react as
events happen and hope for the best, or..?]

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Venkatesh Raghavan [mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp]
Sent: Mon 10/23/2006 6:02 PM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam

Hi VisCom members,

GIS-IDEAS 2006 (http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas06) where we
have more that 10 papers (can be viewed for the web-site) related to
OSGeosoftware. We are doing a pre-conference OSGeo workshop
(See program below) and also plan to discuss about Vietnam OSGeo
  Chapter. Atleast 10 volunteers are willing to walk-around with OSGeo
T-Shirts at the workshop and also during the conference. I await from
VisCom about possible support for this event. GIS-IDEAS is organized
  on a shoe-string budget and sponsorship, exhibition booth cost a tiny
fraction of that in other conferences. About 200 particpants are
expected (50 from overseas and 150 from Vietnam)

It would be nice if Viscom could support the workshop/promotion
(about US$1000 for printing OSGeo brochures, burning CD and
display banner etc.).

Some T-shirt donation for OSGeo volunteers would also be most
welcome.

Kind regards

Venka

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Title: Open Source Geoinformatics Workshop
Venue: Institute of Information Technology HCMC,
      1 Mac Dinh Chi Str., Dist. 1, HCMC
Date: 8th November 2006
Coordinators: Dr. Tran Van Lang, Director, Institute of Information
Technology HCMC and Dr. Ho Dinh Duan, Institute of Physics HCMC
Organized by: Japan-Vietnam Geoinformatics Consortium &
               Institute of Information Technology &
               Institute of Physics, VAST HCMC

Number of participants: 30 (first come first serve)
Fee: USD 10 (covering CD set, Documents, Coffee breaks and Lunch)

Schedule:

09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:00: Opening Speech
               a) Prof. Mamoru Shibayama
                  Kyoto University, Japan
                  Joint Secretary, JVGC

               b) Dr. Dao Van Tuyet
                   Director
                   Institute of Information Technology

10:15-11:15 a) Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G)
                 Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
                Osaka City University, Japan
                Director, Open Source Geospatial Foundation

11:15-12:00 b) Open Source Geoinformatics in Vietnam -
                Present Status and Future prospects
                Dr. Ho Dinh Duan
                  Institute of Physics, VAST-HCMC
                  Mr. Do Long Van
                 Institute of Information Technology, VAST-HCMC

14:00-14:45 a) Installing and using FOSS4G Toolkit CD
                 Dr. Go Yonezawa
                 Kyoto University, Japan

15:00-16:00 b) Demonstration for Open Source Web-GIS Applications
                Mr. Sarawut Ninsawat
                 Osaka City University, Japan

16:00-16:30 Q&A and Round table discussion on Establishing
                  the Vietnam OSGeo Chapter

Particpants: Will be provided with FOSS4G Toolkit CD Developed
              by the Osaka City University FOSS4G Team.

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It's $1000 to print brochures, make cds and put up a banner?

Are we 'sponsoring' this event? Or are we just providing material to run a booth and get people t-shirts?

Sorry I didn't make the meeting, I guess I missed the reminder (and probably had another call at the same time anyways), are the minutes up?

Chris

Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

Treasurer Gary:

VisCom agreed this morning to spend up to US$1000 to aid in this
workshop as described below. This is over my $500 remit, so your
agreement is needed.

(FYI, we also worked this morning on our general policy as to how to
handle $ requests like this and allocate / prioritize shows and events.
You'll be hearing more about this anon.)

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg@lizardtech.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:34 AM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam

Venka-

We can do 10 T-shirts easily -- please let me know sizes, shipping
address, and due date and I'll get them to you.

The $1000 aid for the show seems a worthy cause, but it it above my
spending limit as VisCom chair. I'll bring this up at our meeting on
Thursday. [Question for VisCom members to consider: we still don't have
a formal budget; should we try again to make one, continue to react as
events happen and hope for the best, or..?]

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Venkatesh Raghavan [mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp]
Sent: Mon 10/23/2006 6:02 PM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam
Hi VisCom members,

GIS-IDEAS 2006 (http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas06) where we have more that 10 papers (can be viewed for the web-site) related to OSGeosoftware. We are doing a pre-conference OSGeo workshop
(See program below) and also plan to discuss about Vietnam OSGeo
  Chapter. Atleast 10 volunteers are willing to walk-around with OSGeo T-Shirts at the workshop and also during the conference. I await from VisCom about possible support for this event. GIS-IDEAS is organized
  on a shoe-string budget and sponsorship, exhibition booth cost a tiny fraction of that in other conferences. About 200 particpants are
expected (50 from overseas and 150 from Vietnam)

It would be nice if Viscom could support the workshop/promotion
(about US$1000 for printing OSGeo brochures, burning CD and
display banner etc.).

Some T-shirt donation for OSGeo volunteers would also be most
welcome.

Kind regards

Venka

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Title: Open Source Geoinformatics Workshop
Venue: Institute of Information Technology HCMC,
      1 Mac Dinh Chi Str., Dist. 1, HCMC
Date: 8th November 2006
Coordinators: Dr. Tran Van Lang, Director, Institute of Information
Technology HCMC and Dr. Ho Dinh Duan, Institute of Physics HCMC
Organized by: Japan-Vietnam Geoinformatics Consortium &
               Institute of Information Technology &
               Institute of Physics, VAST HCMC

Number of participants: 30 (first come first serve)
Fee: USD 10 (covering CD set, Documents, Coffee breaks and Lunch)

Schedule:

09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:00: Opening Speech
               a) Prof. Mamoru Shibayama
                  Kyoto University, Japan
                  Joint Secretary, JVGC

               b) Dr. Dao Van Tuyet
                   Director
                   Institute of Information Technology

10:15-11:15 a) Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G)
                 Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
                Osaka City University, Japan
                Director, Open Source Geospatial Foundation

11:15-12:00 b) Open Source Geoinformatics in Vietnam -
                Present Status and Future prospects
                Dr. Ho Dinh Duan
                  Institute of Physics, VAST-HCMC
                  Mr. Do Long Van
                 Institute of Information Technology, VAST-HCMC

14:00-14:45 a) Installing and using FOSS4G Toolkit CD
                 Dr. Go Yonezawa
                 Kyoto University, Japan

15:00-16:00 b) Demonstration for Open Source Web-GIS Applications
                Mr. Sarawut Ninsawat
                 Osaka City University, Japan

16:00-16:30 Q&A and Round table discussion on Establishing
                  the Vietnam OSGeo Chapter

Particpants: Will be provided with FOSS4G Toolkit CD Developed
              by the Osaka City University FOSS4G Team.

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Good points, my fault -- I said "up to $1000", because I assumed the
local contingent would tell us exactly what they need and are going to
use the funds for. I'd figured Venka's request was an informal
precursor to a formal request for funds.

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes@openplans.org]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:23 AM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Cc: Gary Lang; raghavan
Subject: Re: FW: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam

It's $1000 to print brochures, make cds and put up a banner?

Are we 'sponsoring' this event? Or are we just providing material to
run a booth and get people t-shirts?

Sorry I didn't make the meeting, I guess I missed the reminder (and
probably had another call at the same time anyways), are the
minutes up?

Chris

Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> Treasurer Gary:
>
> VisCom agreed this morning to spend up to US$1000 to aid in this
> workshop as described below. This is over my $500 remit, so your
> agreement is needed.
>
> (FYI, we also worked this morning on our general policy as to how to
> handle $ requests like this and allocate / prioritize shows
and events.
> You'll be hearing more about this anon.)
>
> -mpg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg@lizardtech.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:34 AM
> To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam
>
> Venka-
>
> We can do 10 T-shirts easily -- please let me know sizes, shipping
> address, and due date and I'll get them to you.
>
> The $1000 aid for the show seems a worthy cause, but it it above my
> spending limit as VisCom chair. I'll bring this up at our
meeting on
> Thursday. [Question for VisCom members to consider: we
still don't have
> a formal budget; should we try again to make one, continue
to react as
> events happen and hope for the best, or..?]
>
> -mpg
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Venkatesh Raghavan [mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp]
> Sent: Mon 10/23/2006 6:02 PM
> To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: [VisCom] OSGeo Promotions/Workshop in Vietnam
>
> Hi VisCom members,
>
> GIS-IDEAS 2006
(http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas06) where we
> have more that 10 papers (can be viewed for the web-site)
related to
> OSGeosoftware. We are doing a pre-conference OSGeo workshop
> (See program below) and also plan to discuss about Vietnam OSGeo
> Chapter. Atleast 10 volunteers are willing to walk-around
with OSGeo
> T-Shirts at the workshop and also during the conference. I
await from
> VisCom about possible support for this event. GIS-IDEAS is organized
> on a shoe-string budget and sponsorship, exhibition booth
cost a tiny
> fraction of that in other conferences. About 200 particpants are
> expected (50 from overseas and 150 from Vietnam)
>
> It would be nice if Viscom could support the workshop/promotion
> (about US$1000 for printing OSGeo brochures, burning CD and
> display banner etc.).
>
> Some T-shirt donation for OSGeo volunteers would also be most
> welcome.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Venka
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Title: Open Source Geoinformatics Workshop
> Venue: Institute of Information Technology HCMC,
> 1 Mac Dinh Chi Str., Dist. 1, HCMC
> Date: 8th November 2006
> Coordinators: Dr. Tran Van Lang, Director, Institute of Information
> Technology HCMC and Dr. Ho Dinh Duan, Institute of Physics HCMC
> Organized by: Japan-Vietnam Geoinformatics Consortium &
> Institute of Information Technology &
> Institute of Physics, VAST HCMC
>
> Number of participants: 30 (first come first serve)
> Fee: USD 10 (covering CD set, Documents, Coffee breaks and Lunch)
>
> Schedule:
>
> 09:00-09:30 Registration
> 09:30-10:00: Opening Speech
> a) Prof. Mamoru Shibayama
> Kyoto University, Japan
> Joint Secretary, JVGC
>
> b) Dr. Dao Van Tuyet
> Director
> Institute of Information Technology
>
> 10:15-11:15 a) Free and Open Source Software for
Geoinformatics (FOSS4G)
> Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
> Osaka City University, Japan
> Director, Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>
> 11:15-12:00 b) Open Source Geoinformatics in Vietnam -
> Present Status and Future prospects
> Dr. Ho Dinh Duan
> Institute of Physics, VAST-HCMC
> Mr. Do Long Van
> Institute of Information Technology, VAST-HCMC
>
> 14:00-14:45 a) Installing and using FOSS4G Toolkit CD
> Dr. Go Yonezawa
> Kyoto University, Japan
>
> 15:00-16:00 b) Demonstration for Open Source Web-GIS Applications
> Mr. Sarawut Ninsawat
> Osaka City University, Japan
>
> 16:00-16:30 Q&A and Round table discussion on Establishing
> the Vietnam OSGeo Chapter
>
> Particpants: Will be provided with FOSS4G Toolkit CD Developed
> by the Osaka City University FOSS4G Team.
>
>
>
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Hi Micheal and Viscom.

I informally asked to know if VisCom could
consider some support. Had asked the same
about 2 months ago too.

The Local Organizer (Dr. Duan, Vietnam Academy of
Science) will contact Michael giving details about
the purpose and ways the funds will be spent.

Gary, I had also asked Autodesk, Asia-Pacific if they
want to promote MapGuide etc at GIS-IDEAS 2006 but
have not received a response. Someone from
the Thai office said that they will submit
a paper of Mapguide but we have not received
it. I have been involved in organizing GIS-IDEAS
in Vietnam since 2002 and I think it is an
important event. Board Member Markus was also
at the last GIS-IDEAS in 2004 where we had a
GRASS workshop organized.

Regards

Venka

P.S. Micheal, I am giving your mail address to Dr. Duan
so that he can get in touch with you.

Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

Good points, my fault -- I said "up to $1000", because I assumed the
local contingent would tell us exactly what they need and are going to
use the funds for. I'd figured Venka's request was an informal
precursor to a formal request for funds.

-mpg

Chris Holmes wrote:

It's $1000 to print brochures, make cds and put up a banner?

I (we) were meaning something more serious that that.
If distribution brochures, CDs and putting up banners
was the only interntion, I could do it myself and
probably hand the banner on my back. As some of
you may know, they do this quite effectively to
advertise cabaret shows here in Japan.

We are not passing around a hat around looking
for alms. Trying to convince a bunch of
educators, government officials and
researchers in Vietnam to use and enhance OSGeo
software.

Are we 'sponsoring' this event? Or are we just providing material to run a booth and get people t-shirts?

"sponsorship" would cost and has to discussed
with the local organizers.

A lot was spent (by Autodesk) to "run a booth" and
"get people t-shirts" at the Map Asia 2006 to promote OSGeo.
Volunteers including (my students and colleagues) sweated
it out to convince 500 delegates that OSGeo was doing
great thing.

The China OSGeo Chapter (I am also an advisor there), bore all
expenses to invite VisCom Chair to attend the inaugural
event of China OSGeo Chapter.

The organization that I belong is bearing almost one third
of the expenses (in-kind excluded) for the symposium in
Vietnam. I just made an informal request to VisCom because
I think the organizers would treat OSGeo promotion as
a very important thing.

Sorry I didn't make the meeting, I guess I missed the reminder (and probably had another call at the same time anyways), are the minutes up?

Sorry, was unable to attend the meeting too. Will read the
minutes when I find more time

Venka