Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance
All of your initial thoughts are correct Phil, follow MPG's advice and get something going: informal, wiki page (copy another chapter's structure), and mailing list (file a ticket on Trac), and start meeting once a month after work. I do see formal Chapters in OSGeo (I notice the Japan chapter just had a call for renewing their paid memberships), but it is really up to you and your local community, how formal you want to get. Most important: get together and share and have fun! :) -jeff On 2014-04-22, 11:00 PM, Phil Nugent wrote: Thanks for sharing your perspective and experience Michael. I've been thinking along the same lines for getting started by having an informal, after hours meeting with a talk and general discussionand food and beer never hurts. ;) I'm encouraged that I'm thinking along the same lines as someone who's been through it. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance
Thanks for the feedback Jeff. Like I told MPG, there seem to be alot of people here interested in areas that align with OSGeo's mission and beyond and it would just be nice to have informal meetings offline and aside from work, so that's how I'll approach it. Thanks again for your input! On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: All of your initial thoughts are correct Phil, follow MPG's advice and get something going: informal, wiki page (copy another chapter's structure), and mailing list (file a ticket on Trac), and start meeting once a month after work. I do see formal Chapters in OSGeo (I notice the Japan chapter just had a call for renewing their paid memberships), but it is really up to you and your local community, how formal you want to get. Most important: get together and share and have fun! :) -jeff On 2014-04-22, 11:00 PM, Phil Nugent wrote: Thanks for sharing your perspective and experience Michael. I've been thinking along the same lines for getting started by having an informal, after hours meeting with a talk and general discussionand food and beer never hurts. ;) I'm encouraged that I'm thinking along the same lines as someone who's been through it. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance
2014-04-23 15:10 GMT+02:00 Phil Nugent philip.j.nug...@gmail.com: Thanks for the feedback Jeff. Like I told MPG, there seem to be alot of people here interested in areas that align with OSGeo's mission and beyond and it would just be nice to have informal meetings offline and aside from work, so that's how I'll approach it. Thanks again for your input! Everything important is already said but maybe you can enjoy this talk I did last year at FOSS4G Buenos Aires about OSGeo Spanish LC and the Geoinquietos spread (kind of small city LCs). The slides are in Spanish but Google Translate does a good enough job. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=essl=autotl=enu=http%3A%2F%2Fjsanz.github.io%2Fslides-201304-foss4gba%2Fgeoinquietos%2F By the way, just as a side note, here in Valencia we did a full year of geobeers before starting to meet on a more serious place (University, no beer allowed). Good luck!! -- Jorge Sanz http://www.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGIS 2014 submissions extended by one week - 2nd May 2014
Dear All, Because of many requests for extension because initial deadline clashing with Easter holidays , we have decided to extend the submission deadline by one week (2nd May 2014) Building upon the momentum of a very successful FOSS4G 2013 in the UK http://2013.foss4g.org/ , we are pleased to inform that the Nottingham Geospatial Institute, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation's UK Chapter and the ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies are hosting the Fifth Open Source GIS UK Conference on 2nd-3rd September at the University of Nottingham. This conference series is based in the UK open source GIS community but has an international reach and holistic outlook bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academia, industry, software development, open source communities, geospatial research, and elsewhere. High profile speakers from around the globe will give presentations and hands-on workshops at the conference. Preliminary website at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/osgis/home.aspx for more info. The first day (2nd Sep 2014) will be workshops and second day (3rd Sep 2014) will be the main conference. We are also organising Building up Open Access, Open Education and Open Data for Open Science in September (2nd Sep 2014) in parallel to OSGIS 2014 for bringing together colleagues from Open Access , Open Data and Open Education for building synergies and collaboration opportunities with the Geo for All initiative. The key aims of this conference are: * To present papers from government, academia, industry and policy makers on open data, open standards and open source geospatial technologies * To provide a platform to network and develop ideas for future collaborations in open source GIS * To understand current developments in open source GIS * To act as a focus for open source, open standards and open data research Contributions are invited but are not limited to the following topic areas: * State of the art developments in Open Source GIS * Open Source GIS in Education * Interoperability and standards - OGC, ISO/TC 211 * Open Source GIS application use cases: e.g. Government, Participatory GIS, Location based services, Health, Energy, Water, Climate change * Web processing services * Open architectures, open content, open science * Case studies of open source implementations * Open Source GIS internationalisation and localisation * Using Open Source GIS with proprietary software * Transitioning to Open Source GIS * Open Source GIS business models * Open Source GIS implementation and deployment case studies * Sensor Web enablement * Hands-on workshops on using or developing open source GIS tools Abstracts (max 1500 words) for papers should be submitted to jeremy.mor...@nottingham.ac.ukmailto:jeremy.mor...@nottingham.ac.uk before 5pm GMT on 2nd May 2014. Workshop proposals submission to be send to ian.edwa...@metoffice.gov.ukmailto:ian.edwa...@metoffice.gov.uk Conference registration will be activated in May 2014. In order to reserve your place, please register online. Important Dates: Abstract submission deadline: 2 May 2014 Notification of acceptance: 29 May 2014 This year's OSGIS chairs will be Jeremy Morley and Ian Edwards (Met Office, UK and OSGeo UK Chair). We look forward to welcoming you to Nottingham for OSGIS 2014 and to building further research and development collaborations in this exciting and rapidly developing research theme. Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance
What I learned in Corvallis: Have a meeting scheduled for the same time slot EVERY month. Then be there, even if you don't know if anyone will show up. If no one else shows, you still have a committed time to study and learn with no distractions. Don't you want that anyway? If one or two people show, you work together. If 4-5 or more show then you start having presentations, formal or not. I think I got the most out of those informal sessions. In Corvallis meetings varied anywhere from 1 (me!) to 15-20. Formal format with topic and speaker does not guarantee attendance! I am sure the OSU calendar impacts it but the big mistake I made the first year was taking a summer break and then not restarting in the fall. Just ignore the calendar and keep going. Trying to get a speaker every month is sure to burn you out. Now that I am moving I assume the Corvallis group will just cease to exist. I also plan on starting a similar group in Santa Rosa as soon as I find a location for meetings. The first 2 or 3 meetings were stressful to me. (I'm a geek!) After that it's just fun. Brian (still in Corvallis) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance
Thanks for the input Jorge! I'm thinking geobeers will definitely be part of it :) On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Jorge Sanz js...@osgeo.org wrote: 2014-04-23 15:10 GMT+02:00 Phil Nugent philip.j.nug...@gmail.com: Thanks for the feedback Jeff. Like I told MPG, there seem to be alot of people here interested in areas that align with OSGeo's mission and beyond and it would just be nice to have informal meetings offline and aside from work, so that's how I'll approach it. Thanks again for your input! Everything important is already said but maybe you can enjoy this talk I did last year at FOSS4G Buenos Aires about OSGeo Spanish LC and the Geoinquietos spread (kind of small city LCs). The slides are in Spanish but Google Translate does a good enough job. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=essl=autotl=enu=http%3A%2F%2Fjsanz.github.io%2Fslides-201304-foss4gba%2Fgeoinquietos%2F By the way, just as a side note, here in Valencia we did a full year of geobeers before starting to meet on a more serious place (University, no beer allowed). Good luck!! -- Jorge Sanz http://www.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance
Thanks for sharing you experience Brian! That's a great point about consistency...I'll have to remember that when I get started. On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Brian Wilson br...@wildsong.biz wrote: What I learned in Corvallis: Have a meeting scheduled for the same time slot EVERY month. Then be there, even if you don't know if anyone will show up. If no one else shows, you still have a committed time to study and learn with no distractions. Don't you want that anyway? If one or two people show, you work together. If 4-5 or more show then you start having presentations, formal or not. I think I got the most out of those informal sessions. In Corvallis meetings varied anywhere from 1 (me!) to 15-20. Formal format with topic and speaker does not guarantee attendance! I am sure the OSU calendar impacts it but the big mistake I made the first year was taking a summer break and then not restarting in the fall. Just ignore the calendar and keep going. Trying to get a speaker every month is sure to burn you out. Now that I am moving I assume the Corvallis group will just cease to exist. I also plan on starting a similar group in Santa Rosa as soon as I find a location for meetings. The first 2 or 3 meetings were stressful to me. (I'm a geek!) After that it's just fun. Brian (still in Corvallis) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance
On 04/23/2014 10:01 AM, Brian Wilson wrote: Santa Rosa So moving into OSGeo California territory? FYI, the closest current thing is the GeoMeetup in SF area that Ragi runs. http://www.meetup.com/geomeetup/ For everyone else: In big states it's a little harder for a Chapter to hold meetings more than a few times a year. A core group of friendly acquaintances close enough to meet once a month seems to work well. FYI, Linux User Groups are one such model to look at. My town has managed to have one for 15 years with attendance from 3-100. All it takes is one person constantly organizing. Thanks, Alex ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
