[OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Now Accepting Open Geospatial Data Award Nominations
I want to let everyone know that the California Chapter is now accepting nominations for the Open Geospatial Data Award: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Geospatial_Data_Award You can submit your nominations on the California Chapte rmailing list, or by e-mail to sunburned.surve...@gmail.com. We'd prefer to nominate organizations in California, but please submit organizations outside of the state if you would like. If we don't get enough California nominations we can give the award to an organization out of state. You are allowed to nominate the organization you work or volunteer with. The nomination deadline for the 2012 award is Decebmer 28, 2012. Please contact me with any questions. Thanks. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Held First Annual Meeting
Arnulf, Thank you for your comments. You wrote: The list of chapter members who are willing to serve as outreach speakers could also be extended to the international level. Do you have any suggestions of how we could organize this? I don't have any immediate thoughts on this. Couldn't we have a wiki page at the international level as well? Or a wiki page that linked to the list of speakers at each of the chapters. One problem with organizing international speakers will be travel costs. One advantage of keeping a list of outreach speakers at local chapters is that travel costs for the speakers will likely be lower. Arnulf wrote: Some questions that come up to my mind are whether people would be required to have some formal relationship with OSGeo in order to do this? What level of official endorsement would this mean for OSGeo? How can we keep this both easy to manage (not do anything) but prevent having people talk nonsense in the name of OSGeo? An informal list of speakers who are at least recognized by some other OSGeo members would probably be a good start. This is a difficult issue that you bring up. I'm not sure what a good solution is. I'd imagine being involved with a local chapter would be sufficient endorsement by OSGeo. You may find that walking down this path leads to discussions of what is nonsense that aren't very productive. I understand your concerns, but I don't know how we address them in a constructive way. I don't know that this is going to be a real problem. I see I was the only victim willing to sign up as an outreach speaker at our chapter so far. :] Landon Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:55 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Held First Annual Meeting Landon, cool to see lots of activity in your local chapter. I think the idea of awarding good geo data stewardship is very good and hopefully some other local chapters are interested in picking up this idea. The list of chapter members who are willing to serve as outreach speakers could also be extended to the international level. Do you have any suggestions of how we could organize this? Some questions that come up to my mind are whether people would be required to have some formal relationship with OSGeo in order to do this? What level of official endorsement would this mean for OSGeo? How can we keep this both easy to manage (not do anything) but prevent having people talk nonsense in the name of OSGeo? An informal list of speakers who are at least recognized by some other OSGeo members would probably be a good start. Best regards, Arnulf. Landon Blake wrote: On Saturday, February 21, 2009 the California Chapter held its first annual meeting in Davis, California. We had 10 people in attendance. (I want to thank Alex Mandel and the other people at UC Davis for setting up the meeting and hosting it.) I wanted to share two (2) things that developed during the meeting with everyone on the discuss list, since the ideas might be used by other local chapters. We talked about putting together a list of chapter members that would be willing to serve as outreach speakers to other professional groups and societies. You can view this list (which is just starting) on this wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California/Outreach_Speakers We also decided the chapter would give an annual award to a public agency or other organization in California that we wanted to recognize for efforts to promote free and open access to California geodata. This idea is still taking shape, but I think the final award will be a framed certificate and letter. (Something that would look nice hanging on the wall.) I hope to start the design of the letter and certificate soon, so if others wanted to help, I'd appreciate that. The idea of the award is to reward and encourage good geo data stewardship in California. You can see the wiki page for the award here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California/Geodata_Access_Award Landon Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Arnulf Benno Christl http://www.osgeo.org (OSGeo Board Member) +50.7342N +7.0707E
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Held First Annual Meeting
Landon, cool to see lots of activity in your local chapter. I think the idea of awarding good geo data stewardship is very good and hopefully some other local chapters are interested in picking up this idea. The list of chapter members who are willing to serve as outreach speakers could also be extended to the international level. Do you have any suggestions of how we could organize this? Some questions that come up to my mind are whether people would be required to have some formal relationship with OSGeo in order to do this? What level of official endorsement would this mean for OSGeo? How can we keep this both easy to manage (not do anything) but prevent having people talk nonsense in the name of OSGeo? An informal list of speakers who are at least recognized by some other OSGeo members would probably be a good start. Best regards, Arnulf. Landon Blake wrote: On Saturday, February 21, 2009 the California Chapter held its first annual meeting in Davis, California. We had 10 people in attendance. (I want to thank Alex Mandel and the other people at UC Davis for setting up the meeting and hosting it.) I wanted to share two (2) things that developed during the meeting with everyone on the discuss list, since the ideas might be used by other local chapters. We talked about putting together a list of chapter members that would be willing to serve as outreach speakers to other professional groups and societies. You can view this list (which is just starting) on this wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California/Outreach_Speakers We also decided the chapter would give an annual award to a public agency or other organization in California that we wanted to recognize for efforts to promote free and open access to California geodata. This idea is still taking shape, but I think the final award will be a framed certificate and letter. (Something that would look nice hanging on the wall.) I hope to start the design of the letter and certificate soon, so if others wanted to help, I'd appreciate that. The idea of the award is to reward and encourage good geo data stewardship in California. You can see the wiki page for the award here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California/Geodata_Access_Award Landon Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Arnulf Benno Christl http://www.osgeo.org (OSGeo Board Member) +50.7342N +7.0707E ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Inaugural Meeting
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) California Chapter will be holding it's inaugural meeting this weekend in Davis. If you have an interest in Open Source GIS tools and want to meet with others to talk about how to further the open source model in California please come. This meeting will focus on chapter structure, goals and planning. There will be a social lunch afterwards at a local establishment for people to network and swap code. Saturday February 21st 9:30am-12noon 2124 Wickson Hall, One Shields Ave. University of California, Davis Proposed Agenda(feel free to edit) http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California/InauguralMeeting Map http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTFmsa=0msid=100074636993855183144.0004633cc500974dd20c6 Some referenced ideas are also on http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California We're still looking for a tele/web conference solution, hardlines for bandwith are not a problem. Please feel free to forward, Alex Mandel ___ California mailing list califor...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/california ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter
Bob, It is great to hear from you. I think we are moving in the right direction! I'll try to get more on top of this next week. Landon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Moskovitz, Bob Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:46 AM To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Hello List, I'm interested in joining a California Chapter of OSGEO. With me being in Sacramento, it looks like the Central valley is well represented. Btw, I added my name as well as a couple of links on the wiki. Hope this gets off the ground! Bob Bob Moskovitz Seismic Hazard Zonation Project California Geological Survey http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/shzp CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This message contains information from the State of California, California Geological Survey, which may be privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If the reader of this communication is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter Mailing List
I put the web page for the mailing list for the California Chapter on the wiki page: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/California Would it be possible to have Chris, Allan, Bob, and Alex subscribe to the list and post an introduction? Once I see that all four (4) people have subscribed, I can send California Chapter Related messages to that list instead of this one. I just don't want to loose anyone in the transfer to the new list. Landon P.S. - Perhaps in the introduction message you could tell us how you use GIS, how you use FOSS GIS, and what you might like to see a California Chapter accomplish. Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter - A Beginning
Thanks for that information Chris. It looks like we've got a good start on some of the requirements. I think the only thing we may be missing is critical mass. :] We had two or three people on the mailing list speak up, but I don't know if we have enough people to justify a chapter just yet. (I suppose this also depends on the level of interest in participation. I'm sure the time of other members is limited like mine.) Perhaps I will work on a mission and some objectives, and we will see what comes to pass... Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Whitney Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 7:21 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter - A Beginning 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: -- 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter - A Beginning
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... -- Brad Douglas rez touchofmadness comKB8UYR/6 Address: 37.493,-121.924 / WGS84National Map Corps #TNMC-3785 Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter - A Beginning
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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter - A Beginning
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: -- 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
[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 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 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. :] Any thoughts? Landon Blake (A.K.A. - The Sunburned Surveyor) Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter
At FOSS4G I was chatting a bit with Tyler Mitchell about the possibility of starting a California chapter, so that makes at least two of us. I think there are several other folks here at UC Davis who would be interested as well. I am quite open to what the goals of such a group would be, though I would like to see it foster regional get-togethers. Any other Californians here on this list? -- Allan Hollander Davis, California On Thursday 11 October 2007 13:00, Landon Blake wrote: 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 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 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. :] Any thoughts? Landon Blake (A.K.A. - The Sunburned Surveyor) Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter
In terms of initial web presence Tyler suggested setting up a California page on the OSGeo wiki, to be linked from the local chapters page at http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Local_Chapters. Also OSGeo hosts many of the local chapter mailing lists -- see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo. One good project might be to provide an OSGeo presence at the 2008 CalGIS conference (http://www.calgis.org/), which will be in April in Modesto. I've never been to one of their conferences but it has grown to be a big deal. (Unfortunately, I won't be able to make the 2008 meeting, already having made out-of-state travel plans for that date). Evidently at last year's meeting there was a good deal of interest in open source geospatial (e.g. http://base.bargc.org/?q=node/85): for one thing Paul Ramsey and the Refractions folks had an exhibit there -- see Paul's blog post at http://geotips.blogspot.com/2007/04/calgis-notes-day-1.html. If OSGeo were there in 2008 it might be very timely. -- Allan On Thursday 11 October 2007 15:08, Landon Blake wrote: Thanks for the feedback Allan. Physical meetings can be tough with my schedule, but David isn't too far from Stockton. :] If we decide to get something going, I could put up a simple website and mailing list. Still, I don't know if two people is enough to get things moving. While we are talking about goals, are there any pressing regional or local GIS and/or open source needs that you can think of? Landon -Original Message- From: Allan Hollander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:21 PM To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Cc: Landon Blake Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter At FOSS4G I was chatting a bit with Tyler Mitchell about the possibility of starting a California chapter, so that makes at least two of us. I think there are several other folks here at UC Davis who would be interested as well. I am quite open to what the goals of such a group would be, though I would like to see it foster regional get-togethers. Any other Californians here on this list? -- Allan Hollander Davis, California On Thursday 11 October 2007 13:00, Landon Blake wrote: 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 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 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. :] Any thoughts? Landon Blake (A.K.A. - The Sunburned Surveyor) Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ 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
