Hi Landon, Sounds good. I registered for the conference since the price goes up $50 (from $125 to $175) tomorrow.
Dan On Mon, 2007-15-10 at 10:32 -0700, Landon Blake wrote: > Dan, > > The website for the conference is here: > > http://www.calgis.org/ > > I'll get a hold of the management to see what the costs/requirements are > for setting up a booth. > > Landon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Putler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:23 AM > To: Landon Blake > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter - A Beginning > > Hi Landon, > > It turns out that for complicated dual career reasons, I'm in NorCal > about half of the time and Vancouver the other half (I guess making me > eligible to be both in the California and British Columbia Chapters). > I'm interested in helping out if I can. The CALGIS event seems > particularly interesting (I grew up in Modesto, and much of my family is > still there). What are the details on this event, and how can I > (potentially) help? > > Dan > > On Mon, 2007-15-10 at 09:37 -0700, Landon Blake wrote: > > I want to thank Allan, Brad, and Chris for their responses to my post > > about starting a California Chapter. > > > > Allan had an excellent suggestion about representing the OSGeo at the > > CALGIS 2008 Conference in Modesto. I think this would be a great short > > term goal for our chapter. Modesto is right down Highway 99 from > > Stockton, so if this idea has support from other OSGeo members I can > > plan on representing the OSGeo there in some fashion. Would any other > > members of our fledgling chapter be able to help with that? > > > > I think it would be prudent to request a mailing list for > > "almost-a-chapter" from Tyler. > > > > I think we then need to accomplish the following tasks to get our > > chapter off of the ground: > > > > [1] Determine what needs to be done to meet the requirements for an > > OSGeo chapter. I imagine we might have to elect some chapter > > representatives and come up with some type of charter. > > > > [2] Decide on one or two well defined goals for 2008. Perhaps these > will > > be software-related, perhaps they won't be. I'll send a subsequent > post > > on this topic. > > > > I can do some research on the requirements at a booth for the CALGIS > > 2008 Conference in Modesto. Can Allan, Chris or Brad work on > determining > > the requirements to become an OSGeo chapter? (Or, I can trade tasks > with > > someone.) > > > > Landon > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brad Douglas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 1:20 PM > > To: Landon Blake > > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter > > > > > Has there ever been any discussion of forming a California chapter > of > > > the OSGeo? I would think with all the geo guys in the Bay Area that > > > this would have been done already. > > > > I queried about it early in OSGeo history, but never received > interest. > > > > > I would be interested in helping out with this, although I don't > know > > > if I want to "run and administer" things on my own. Are there any > > > other interested OSGeo members in California? > > > > I also had similar concerns. > > > > > I was thinking we could form a chapter with one or two clear and > > > simple goals. This would help our group to be focused and have > > > something to actually "work together" on. I'm pretty flexible to > what > > > the goals might be, although I have a particular interest in a > couple > > > of areas. :] > > > > What did you have in mind? I'm a GRASS developer and reside in the > > South-east Bay (Fremont). It would be nice to work on something with > > someone who didn't drink the ESRI Koolaid for a change... > > > > -- Dan Putler Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
