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Dutch SVG Foundation and SVG in Europe

Dutch SVG Foundation and SVG in Europe. Barend Köbben <kobben@itc.nl>. Stichting SVG Nederland. non-profit foundation originated from organising SVGOpen 2005 . Stichting SVG Nederland. non-profit foundation originated from organising SVGOpen 2005 goals are:

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Dutch SVG Foundation and SVG in Europe

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  1. Dutch SVG Foundation andSVG in Europe Barend Köbben <kobben@itc.nl>

  2. Stichting SVG Nederland • non-profit foundation • originated from organising SVGOpen 2005 Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

  3. Stichting SVG Nederland • non-profit foundation • originated from organising SVGOpen 2005 • goals are: • encouraging and facilitating the use of SVG in the Netherlands • in education, (governmental) organisations and bussinesses Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

  4. Stichting SVG Nederland • non-profit foundation • originated from organising SVGOpen 2005 • goals are: • encouraging and facilitating the use of SVG in the Netherlands • in education, (governmental) organisations and bussinesses • means for achieving the goals: • revenue from SVG Open 2005 • institutional backup, subsidies, sponsors, …? Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

  5. Stichting SVG Nederland • strategy for achieving the goals: • awareness • initiating and supporting publications • gathering ‘SVG champions” • eg. Central Bureau of Statistics Statline http://statline.cbs.nl/statweb/start.asp?lp=carto&la=en • information dissemination • eg. websites http://svg.startpagina.nl Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

  6. Stichting SVG Nederland • strategy for achieving the goals: • awareness • initiating and supporting publications • gathering ‘SVG champions” • information dissemination • facilitation: student travel fund • to student thesis that employs SVG • travel grant for presenting it at a conference • preferably a ‘non-SVG’ conference Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

  7. Discussion open on… • if and how, there should be (european / worldwide?) cooperation on SVG ‘evangelism’… Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

  8. Discussion open on… • if and how, there should be (european / worldwide?) cooperation on SVG ‘evangelism’… • how (or even if?) the SVG Open conference series should be kept alive… Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

  9. Discussion open on… • if and how, there should be (european / worldwide?) cooperation on SVG ‘evangelism’… • how (or even if?) the SVG Open conference series should be kept alive… • some points: • under one ‘organisation’ (see 1?) • commercial or academic or both? • worldwide or regional? Stichting SVG Nederland – Barend Köbben

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