Dutch SVG Foundation and SVG in Europe

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Dutch SVG Foundation andSVG in Europe

• Barend Köbben
• ltkobben_at_itc.nlgt

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Stichting SVG Nederland

• non-profit foundation
• originated from organising SVGOpen 2005

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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

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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, ?

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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?lpcarto
  laen
• information dissemination
• eg. websites http//svg.startpagina.nl

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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

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Discussion open on

• if and how, there should be (european /
  worldwide?) cooperation on SVG evangelism

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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

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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?