[talk-ph] [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map Travel Scholarships

[maning sambale]

Thanks rally!

But it's in July, there's just too much work around that time (will be
studying radar remote sensing  geekery).  But if you can sponsor me to
this conference:
http://2009.foss4g.org/  that would be awesome :)



On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Rally de Leon <ralleon at gmail.com> wrote:
> i would like to nominate Maning Sambale to represent the OSM-PH. :-)
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> We are mentioned here:
>> > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand.
>> Anybody willing to represent OSM-PH?  I guess it's worth trying to
>> nominate one from the group.
>>
>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM, maning sambale
>> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
>> > Date: Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
>> > Subject: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map Travel Scholarships
>> > To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to announce a program to cover
>> > full travel and accomodations costs for 15 mappers to attend State of
>> > the Map. We're seeking nominations from the community for potential
>> > mappers.
>> >
>> > Generally, we are seeking people from places where costs would
>> > prohibit attendance, developing countries, and places that are
>> > "interesting" geopolitically. The ideal candidates for funding are
>> > from countries with a small OSM community, perhaps just a few mappers
>> > in total. They have made a significant start at mapping their city,
>> > either through Yahoo imagery or with their own GPS, and are directly
>> > familiar with the process of OSM. They may have started communicating
>> > among themselves, and made plans and scoped out the process for their
>> > local district. But, the community is nowhere near critical mass, and
>> > they need the inspiration and support to take OSM to the next level.
>> >
>> > We need to act fast. State of the Map is just over two months away,
>> > tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order to allow enough time
>> > for all the arrangements, the nomination period will be short, one
>> > week only, ending next Wednesday, May 13. From the nominations
>> > received, we'll review the list and choose 15 mappers to approach with
>> > the offer. Depending on their availability to attend, we'll work our
>> > way through the list. We only recently secured funding for this
>> > program, so the process has to be quick.
>> >
>> > Please send your nominations to sotm.scholarship at gmail.com. For each
>> > nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user name, email address,
>> > location, and a paragraph or two on why they'd be great to have at
>> > SOTM.
>> >
>> > And also, please forward this message to other relevant local OSM lists.
>> >
>> > As for regions, here are a few regions that seem to fit the bill, but
>> > nominations are not limited to these places at all.
>> >
>> > * Eastern Europe: the Caucasus, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania.
>> > * Arab States: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt. Egypt is particularly
>> > interesting, as the ban on GPS units there was recently lifted.
>> > * South Asia: India, Pakistan. While both countries have seen
>> > significant activities, relative to size and population they are in
>> > the very early stages.
>> > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand.
>> > * South America: Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. Promising leads in
>> > government for the release of data for use in OSM.
>> > * East Africa: Kenya is a hotspot for mapping right now (Ushahidi,
>> > AgCommons, MapMaker..)
>> >
>> > Many thanks to the Open Society Institute for helping make this happen.
>> >
>> > -Mikel
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > cheers,
>> > maning
>> > ------------------------------------------------------
>> > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> maning
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cheers,
maning
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