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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hello Tim,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Please let me know where discussions reached on your email of
earlier this month. We are keen to participate in this initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Kindest regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Byron A. Okubasu Anangwe</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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Product Development Officer – RCMRD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>+254-722-357528/735-981098<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sdi-africa-bounces@lists.gsdi.org
[mailto:sdi-africa-bounces@lists.gsdi.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kate Lance<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 04, 2010 4:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SDI-Africa<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SDI-Africa] Fw: [OSGeo Africa] African FOSSGIS meeting 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Forwarded Message ----<br>
<b>From:</b> Tim Sutton <tim@linfiniti.com><br>
<b>To:</b> Africa local chapter discussions <africa@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sun, January 3, 2010 9:28:05 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo Africa] African FOSSGIS meeting 2010<br>
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Hi all<br>
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Happy New Year all!<br>
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I would like to organise (with help from others I hope!) an African<br>
Free and Open Sources GIS (FOSSGIS) meeting for the third <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>quarter
of 2010. I know there is FOSS4G held yearly but the travel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>distances
are usually far and the topic matter not necessarily germane <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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an African audience. Having attended the german FOSSGIS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>conference last
year I can see the benifits of localised get together <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the attendees share a common geography and operational <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>environment.
This email is just an initial 'toe in the water' to see how <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>much
interest there is. My thought was to hold it over 3 days with tracks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>covering:<br>
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- general presentations (case studies, thought provoking ideas etc.)<br>
- academic papers (FOSS GIS applied in an African context)<br>
- panel discussions (how can we develop African FOSSGIS skills)<br>
- a B2B (business to business) help wanted / help offered pin board<br>
(each can advertise their wares or requirements on a 10x5 card that<br>
gets placed on a pin board) to help clients and solution providers<br>
find each other<br>
- workshops (practical hands on FOSSGIS training)<br>
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Of course to make this happen we need:<br>
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- a venue (somewhere in Africa that is easy to get to)<br>
- volunteers<br>
- a funding model that doesn't result in exorbitant entrance fees<br>
- promotion and advertising<br>
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There is also the possibility of dovetailing with the annual afrigis<br>
conference though I do wonder if we would have better success as a<br>
dedicated FOSSGIS conference.<br>
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Perhaps we could start off more simply and hold an 'unconference' (see<br>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference) and grow from that in<br>
future years.<br>
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If you are interested, think the idea sucks, or have any other ideas<br>
on the matter please lets discuss further here on this list....<br>
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Best regards<br>
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Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager)<br>
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