OSGeoBrussels seems a very good name for your event. Maybe even more appropriate then Foss4G in this stage.
As an FOSS4G conference is normally first announced, and then a call for papers is organized, which is evaluated by a organizational comity. OSGeoBrussels could be a good name to get an insight in the community in and around Brussels. I suggest we organize in 2015 a FOSS4G_BE together (French and Dutch speeking communities. We can involve OSGeo.fr and OSGeo.nl in this event and work on a stronger local community in the Belgium area. We are working on a proposal to have a devroom on FOSDEM2015. This good be a good place to discuss the organisation of the FOSS4G_BE 2015 event. I think we could announce both initiatives on the general assemble in Portland next week, so OSGeo knows about the local initiatives. Best Regards D. On 02-09-14 14:36, Maelle Vercauteren wrote: > Thank you for our comment. > > This conference is part of an ARES-CCD (French speaking academic > cooperation, former national CUD) training about GIS: we host 15 > trainees from French speaking African countries. Unfortunately they > are not bilingual. > > Nevertheless, flemish actors are also involved in our project: GIM > (Geographic Information Management- Heverlee) will present their work. > We also contacted AGIV for presenting INSPIRE issues a few weeks ago > but we didn't get any answer. Please let us know if have other > contacts in AGIV for presenting this topic. Indeed, our aim is to have > public actors from the three Belgian regions. > > However, if it better sounds to you, we could use the name > “OSGEOBrussels”. > > Regards, > Maë//e > > > 2014-09-02 12:10 GMT+02:00 Dirk Frigne <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > Hi Barend, > > I already replied to the mail yesterday [1] > As we live in a country with multiple languages spoken, I don't see a > problem with that. > > Of course, when we want to organise a Dutch speaking event for > Foss4G-Be > in the future, I expect we also can use the doamin name for that > event. > But last year, for OSGeoGenth [2], we also organized the event in > English, with as a result we had French speaking, English speaking, > Spanish speaking, German speaking and of course, the majority, Dutch > speaking attendees. > It was the geomajas community who provided the infrastructure for the > website and the agenda. [3] > > Regards, > D. > > [1] > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-September/013524.html > [2] http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 > [3] http://www/geomajas.org > > > On 02-09-14 00:40, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > Nasty question from a Dutch (Netherlands) member of OSGEO.nl: > Have you > > consulted the Flemish OSGEO community about claiming the .be > (=Belgium) > > suffix for a French/Wallonic speaking event...? > > > > Sorry, but I feel it has to be asked... > > > > Barend > > > > -- > > Barend Köbben > > Senior Lecturer ITC-University of Twente > > PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (Netherlands) > > @barendkobben > > > > > > > > > > > > On 01-09-2014 17:16, "Vincent Picavet" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> As far as OSGeo-fr is concerned, we have been consulted and are > happy to > >> see > >> that event taking shape. We will support the event as much as > we can. > >> > >> Vincent > >> > >> Le lundi 1 septembre 2014 17:57:58, Maelle Vercauteren a écrit : > >>> Dear, > >>> > >>> I am contacting you about the potential use of the name > ³FOSS4G-Be² and > >>> about the participation of OSGeo-fr for a future freeGIS day > in Belgium > >>> (Website and Event): > >>> > >>> We want to organize a French OSGeo event (the so called > FOSS4G-Be) in > >>> early > >>> November 2014, in relation with the GIS courses and > masterclass held at > >>> the > >>> Université Libre de Bruxelles, IGEAT research Unit: > >>> It will be a one day event. There will be a selection of plenary > >>> communication related to free SIG use in public or private > environment > >>> and > >>> 2 or 3 practical workshops. > >>> > >>> This event will cover the following 3 topics: > >>> > >>> 1) FOSS4G tools/software: Establishment/creation or storage of > >>> infrastructure and web sharing of spatial data > >>> 2) Data & Services: Presentation on the freely available data and > >>> services > >>> 3) Applications: use of Open GIS (also with guest speakers > from the > >>> South) > >>> > >>> > >>> Would you be willing to support us and work together on this > project and > >>> could we use the name ³FOSS4G-Be²? > >>> > >>> Could the event be co-organized by the ULB and OSGeo-fr? > >>> If so, it would be nice to have an OSGeo-fr stand with a > representative > >>> of > >>> the association and of its activities (as well as a plenary > >>> presentation if > >>> you are interested in). > >>> > >>> > >>> Feel free to contact me if you have questions or if you would > like to > >>> share > >>> your suggestions. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thank you in advance for your reply, > >>> > >>> > >>> Kind regards, > >>> Maë//e > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- > Yours sincerely, > > > ir. Dirk Frigne > CEO > > Geosparc n.v. > Brugsesteenweg 587 > B-9030 Ghent > Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 <tel:%2B32%209%20236%2060%2018> > GSM: +32 495 508 799 <tel:%2B32%20495%20508%20799> > > http://www.geomajas.org > http://www.geosparc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL > Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres CUD > > Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03) > Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50 > B-1050 Bruxelles > Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143 -- Yours sincerely, ir. Dirk Frigne CEO Geosparc n.v. Brugsesteenweg 587 B-9030 Ghent Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 GSM: +32 495 508 799 http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com
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