Hey Douglas, It's great to hear about the mapping event! Glad to hear it went well and thanks for sending links to all the content! Definitely let us know next time something like this is happening; I'm sure a lot of us would have loved to attend -- we also could have posted an announcement on our website :)
Also, thanks for the kind words about the website. I've been tinkering with it for a few days and there's still a lot more I'd like to do (which is why I hadn't said anything on the list about it). I hope to have most of the major changes done by the end of next week :) Regards, Kyle Spencer On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Douglas Musaazi <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi LUG? > > Information is new, as long as you never knew about it, that's why this > comes after the event was completed. The mapping day was held at Uganda > Christian University in Mukono on 10th September 2011 where we registered 20 > participants (http://mappingucu.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn), and we > introduced them to open source tools and resources, including those used in > mapping and mapping skills. > > They updated U.C.U Mukono on the Open Street World Map, and the results are > visible here: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0.35501&lon=32.74088&zoom=17&layers=M, > they will be updating more features themselves, as they contact us in-case > they need assistance. > They liked the event and wanted us to visit them again, so when the time > comes, i will inform the LUG earlier. On that day, we were also joined by a > team of 3 British students doing their research on mapping in the Ugunja > community in Kenya (http://www.ugunja.wordpress.com) > > The British students were contacted and brought in by Reinier who also > facilitated and let us take control in organising and running the event, > which turned out to be a success, some few photos are available here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/douglo2011//show, others will be sent by the > research team coz they took some and are following our activities on the > mapping day site: http://www.mappingday.com > > My first LUG Meeting i attended was at Jet Cafe (Namuwongo) in July 2011. > Kyle and Spencer clearly told us to inform the LUG whenever we had events to > organise, among other rules, and i "felt guilty, and would still be guilty" > if i had not informed the LUG. - Better late than Never. > > I can't leave without appreciating the revamped LUG site, and apologising > in-case this post has not been liked by any member on the list. > > > Yours Truly > > Douglas Ssebaggala > Mobile: +256-772-422524 > > http://www.mountbatten.net > http://www.pamoya.com/node/13275 > http://www.mappingday.com > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0.292113&lon=32.617623&zoom=18&layers=M<http://www.openstreetmap.org/> > http://www.linux.or.ug > > Keep In Touch > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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