<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Gildas,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">there was a FOSS4G conference in Africa in 2008 <a href="http://foss4g2008.org/" class="">http://foss4g2008.org/</a>. It’s quite a while back and it would be great to have another one. I have CC’d the OSGeo-Africa list from where you may get more comments and suggestions on a conference.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">After FOSS4G2008, there was talk about starting a FOSS4G Africa chapter, but there were some complications regarding different regions and languages and we ended up with the <a href="mailto:africa@lists.osgeo.org" class="">africa@lists.osgeo.org</a> list instead. Gavin Fleming was involved and may remember the details...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Regards,<br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><div class="">On 27 Jul 2016, at 21:07, Gildas Jr. Boko <<a href="mailto:eddygordo@gmail.com" class="">eddygordo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear all,<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I've a user or OSGEO products for almost ten years now. And while i notice a growing interest all over the world for these products and the creation of FOSS4G chapters in different countries, in Africa there nothing like that.<br class=""></div><div class="">My idea is to organise a FOSS4G conference for OSGEO products users in order to create a network of capacity-building and knowledge and experience-sharing in all the possible fields.<br class=""></div><div class="">I've been thinking about this for a while now and i think a centre like RECTAS (<a href="http://www.rectas.org/" class="">www.rectas.org</a>), where i've worked for the past two years can host such event thanks to their experience in the GIS field and also their hosting capacity.<br class=""></div><div class="">Well that is an aspect on which everybody can discuss.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">But i believe it is high time for a FOSS4G chapter in Africa.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks in advance for your opinion on this idea<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Gildas Jr BOKO (PhD)<br class=""><br class=""></div>
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