Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo in Belgium
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17.03.2015 23:34, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Dirk Frigne dirk.fri...@geosparc.com wrote: 1. Do you agree with the fact that we investigate how we can join forces with the open knowledge foundation Belgium to start up the Belgium chapter of OSGeo We should definitely work together. I believe we should first set our goals with OSGeo Belgium and then choose whether it makes sense to be under their umbrella. Kind Regards, Johan ...sounds like a good plan. This mail is purposefully cross posted to the Local Chapters Mailing List [0] since that is the place where we try to collect information for folks interested in acting locally. Just a few notes from experience: Running a legal entity to organize things actually eats up a good chunk of volunteer resources which could be better used to actually promote Open Source, organize conferences and so on. The German language chapter as we call it, operates a legal entity, the FOSSGIS e.V. [1]. This did not prevent us from having the 2013 edition of the annual FOSSGIS conference take place in Rapperswil, Switzerland [2] (Note to foreigners: Swiss are *not* Germans and typically also speak French, Italian and Romansh). Same for Austria where we have an OSGeo Day at every AGIT [3] conference since 2006 and will have a full fledged German language FOSSGIS conference in 2016 (a few months prior to FOSS4G in Bonn). Next note to foreigners: Never ever even suggest to an Austrian that she is German :-) So we (the OSGeo tribe at large) try to cater for everybody who speaks the same language here and at the same time minimize the effort we need to put into operating a legal entity. Even OpenStreetMap likes us and uses the FOSSGIS e.V. as the legal body to manage their local budget, fund their servers, accounting, GPS rental and so on. This is just an example how things can work together even across cultural differences and that you do not need to have a legal entity in place to organize national or regional conferences and meetings. Have fun, Arnulf [0] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/local-chapters [1] http://www.fossgis.de/ [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FOSSGIS_2013 [3] http://www.agit.at/ - -- Arnulf Christl (Director) The metaspatial Institute Certification: Open Source - Open Data - Open Standards http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlUJPuAACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b12BACcCAj9zenrLPUhJvPDaf4+oZ0B excAniBBqUWczVGsEookCpgscq197zCS =jOJ6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] videos from the geospatial devroom @FOSDEM
Thank you for the distribution of the recorded presentations! Kind Regards, Maë//e 2015-03-17 23:38 GMT+01:00 Johan Van de Wauw johan.vandew...@gmail.com: On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:53 PM, P Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Johan Van de Wauw johan.vandew...@gmail.com wrote: We were all pleasantly suprised by the number and the quality of the proposals. All speakers have now confirmed, so I'm really happy I can share the schedule with all of you: https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ This is indeed a great lineup. Any chance it will be recorded? Hi all, For all of you interested: most presentations were recorded (some of the first are missing due to some technical issues). You can find them here: http://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-geospatial/ Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo in Belgium
Hi Dirk ! I'm very intersted, I would be glad to join you for this first meeting in Brussels ! See you soon, Maë//e 2015-03-17 23:34 GMT+01:00 Johan Van de Wauw johan.vandew...@gmail.com: On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Dirk Frigne dirk.fri...@geosparc.com wrote: 1. Do you agree with the fact that we investigate how we can join forces with the open knowledge foundation Belgium to start up the Belgium chapter of OSGeo We should definitely work together. I believe we should first set our goals with OSGeo Belgium and then choose whether it makes sense to be under their umbrella. Kind Regards, Johan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] [FOSS4G Seoul 2015] e-Newsletter No. 1
http://track.maillink.co.kr/procresponse?a=3I-12262376I-4933209I-4goaSoZE-8zPqrCF-118534116I-4ehhgE-8D-7D-72015D-6mCzz4ED-6CuED-7I-3 *FOSS4G e-Newsletter No. 1* MARK THE DATE! PROPOSALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOPS FOSS4G Seoul 2015 welcomes the online submission for *WORKSHOPS*. Proposals received by *March 23, 2015* via *Online Submission http://track.maillink.co.kr/procresponse?a=5I-12262376I-4933209I-4goaSoZE-8zPqrCF-118534117I-4ehhgE-8D-7D-72015D-6mCzz4ED-6CuED-7guCEuBbbPD-7DCuZzeCgD-7I-3* at the official website (2015.foss4g.org http://track.maillink.co.kr/procresponse?a=5I-12262376I-4933209I-4goaSoZE-8zPqrCF-118534118I-4ehhgE-8D-7D-72015D-6mCzz4ED-6CuED-7I-3) will be considered under the standard review process. Only accepted workshops can be run and the training leaders must register as conference participants. FOSS4G Seoul Committee will provide the training leader of each workshop (i.e. only one person per workshop) with 50% discount of main conference registration fee. EARLY BIRD SPONSORSHIP DEADLINE FOSS4G Seoul 2015 welcomes any organizers or companies wishing to support this event. We are offering a *10% discount *to all sponsors who sign up by *March 31, 2015*. PROGRAMS Important DatesSubmission for Workshop *February 23 ~ March 23, 2015* Workshop Selection Notice *March 31, 2015* Workshop Schedule Notice *April 9, 2015* Early Bird Registration Open *April 9, 2015* Submission for Academic Track *February 23 ~ April 24, 2015* Submission for Regular Track Presentation Preliminary Program Decision *June 4, 2015* Acceptance Notice All applicants for Workshop will be notified the outcome of their submission by *e-mail* or *My page* on the website, around *March 31, 2015*. All applicants for Academic Track or Regular Track Presentation will be notified the outcome of their submission by *e-mail* or *My page* on the website, no later than *June 4, 2015*. All authors presenting either oral or poster sessions are required to complete Early Advanced Registration online and remit the required registration fee by *June 22, 2015* in order to remain on the final program. *Call for Workshops* http://track.maillink.co.kr/procresponse?a=2I-12262376I-4933209I-4goaSoZE-8zPqrCF-118534119I-4ehhgE-8D-7D-72015D-6mCzz4ED-6CuED-7guCEuBbbPD-7DCuZzeCgD-7I-3 *Call for Presentations* http://track.maillink.co.kr/procresponse?a=5I-12262376I-4933209I-4goaSoZE-8zPqrCF-118534120I-4ehhgE-8D-7D-72015D-6mCzz4ED-6CuED-7guCEuBbbPD-7guPzPHhBhSCHzD-7I-3 *Call for Academic Track* http://track.maillink.co.kr/procresponse?a=6I-12262376I-4933209I-4goaSoZE-8zPqrCF-118534121I-4ehhgE-8D-7D-72015D-6mCzz4ED-6CuED-7guCEuBbbPD-7BoBJPbSoD-5huBoZD-7I-3 SPONSORS We would like to express our sincere gratitude to your support to the conference. Here are our current 18 sponsors. *No.* *Organisation Name* *Sponsorship Level* *1* *MapZen* *Gold* *2* *GAIA3D, Inc.(가이아쓰리디)* *Gold* *3* *GeoCat B.V.* *Silver* *4* *The Pennsylvania State University - WorldCampus* *Silver* *5* *MangoSystem Inc.(망고시스템)* *Silver* *6* *Boundless* *Bronze* *7* *Oslandia* *Bronze* *8* *SI Imaging Services Co., Ltd.(에스아이아이에스)* *Bronze* *9* *SPH(에스피에이취)* *Bronze* *10* *NAVER Corporation(네이버)* *Bronze* *11* *Camptocamp SA* *Supporter* *12* *CartoDB* *Supporter* *13* *OSGeo Japan Chapter* *Supporter* *14* *Titellus* *Supporter* *15* *ziinconsulting inc.(지인컨설팅)* *Supporter* *16* *GEOSERVICE., Ltd.(지오서비스)* *Supporter* *17* *Nature-Worker Co.,Ltd.(자연쟁이)* *Supporter* *18* *Ji-yoon Kim(김지윤)* *Individual* For further inquiries, please contact the Secretariat of FOSS4G Seoul 2015 at foss4g2015-i...@osgeo.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Legal entities for Local Chapters
On 18/03/2015 8:01 pm, Arnulf Christl wrote: Just a few notes from experience: Running a legal entity to organize things actually eats up a good chunk of volunteer resources which could be better used to actually promote Open Source, organize conferences and so on. +1 I'd argue that local chapters should do their best to avoid creating a legal entity where possible. Ask: * What do you gain by being a legal entity? * Can you make use of another legal entity instead (eg the OSGeo Foundation)? Acknowledge the extra effort required to: 1. Finance a legal entity, 2. Collect finances to feed the legal entity, 3. Expend effort filling all the official requirements of a legal entity. Of note, the OSGeo Australian/New Zealand chapter are not a legal entity, and have successfully run the international FOSS4G conference (with official requirements backed by the OSGeo Foundation) -- Cameron Shorter, Software and Data Solutions Manager LISAsoft Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
