On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Sachin Dole <sd...@genvega.com> wrote:
> Funding is not an issue. Its just that I am only starting to be an > individual contributor and don't know too many others who may be really > interested. So, I am unsure at the moment how I can drive this and to what > result - thats the part I would like to put some imagination into over a > couple days. Of course, if there are other folks in Chicagoland who are > willing to work together, then, it will become easier. > Running a meetup group, as you probably know, is a lot of work. I work with Chase (Seattlefyi) who really helps out. We are trying to build a core group. Seem strange considering we have well over 200 people in our meetup group. But most people never utter a sound and never attend a meetup. I am also active in CUGOS.org in Seattle. It is an open source gis group that is very active. Over 350 people on the mailing list with 30-50+ people attending monthly meetings. I get a lot of volunteers and support from cugos. I also work with a Code for America group in Seattle. Plus we just started our MaptimeSEA group. Open source GIS, whether it's software or data, is really getting big. It is a great time to be having fun with GIS. > > Great to know that you went from cold to wet! :-) just kidding :-) I have > never been to Seattle, but I have friends who live there, whom I hope to > visit someday soon. > It's WET. Man is it wet. We go from dry summers to wet fall, winter and spring. But it's a great place. I hope you can get out here someday. Look me up. We did make a bid to host the 2015 SOTM-US conference here. It may be your chance to visit us and talk about how you are using OSM. Take care, Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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