Unfortunately, I will not be able to go to CalGIS.
The requirements for a new chapter are available at http://
www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html:
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In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
"OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki,
via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass
of interest exists to justify a chapter.
"OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating
the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for
instance).
"OSGeo Chapter" should propose an official representative to liaise
with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative
will be an officer of OSGeo.
"OSGeo Chapter" should submit an official expression of interest to
form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission,
representative, legal form (incorporated?) and other supporting
information.
The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the
chapter, and designating the liason officer.
In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will
consider issues including:
Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with
other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation?
Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify
official formation?
Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and
representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg.
if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it
would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one
country)
-- Chris Whitney
On Oct 15, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
I've contacted the administrative staff for the conference about
requirements and costs for a booth. I'll report to the list when I
have
learned more.
Landon
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Putler
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 1:59 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter - A Beginning
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
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