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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi all<br>
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Pencil in 29 June - 2 July 2017 in Johannesburg for a FOSS4G SA /
Geo4All / QGIS User Group conference.<br>
<br>
Yes I started this list in 2005 with members from all over Africa.
It currently has ~800 members, predominantly South African I
guess, but certainly many from all over Africa. FOSS4G2008
attracted many people from all over Africa. <br>
<br>
In the absence of any country-level OSGeo activity in Africa at
the time (well, OSGeo was only just starting up) the aim was to be
an inclusive, umbrella list. It is still the only OSGeo list for
Africa, except for a Senegal one that had a couple of posts in
2010. There's nothing stopping anyone else in Africa from setting
up another list or Chapter with a geographic or linguistic
emphasis [1]<br>
<br>
We never formally registered an OSGeo chapter because of the
Africa vs South Africa debate. So to move forward, this Africa
list remains as an all-inclusive eponymous list but we'll probably
proceed with formalising a South African Chapter in the run-up to
the conference next year, unless I hear from you that we should
stick with the inclusive 'Africa'...<br>
<br>
warm regards and hope to see you at the conference next year!<br>
<br>
Gavin<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Starting">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Starting</a><br>
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On 28/07/2016 19:52, Serena Coetzee wrote:<br>
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<div class="">there was a FOSS4G conference in Africa in 2008 <a
moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:africa@lists.osgeo.org" class="">africa@lists.osgeo.org</a> list
instead. Gavin Fleming was involved and may remember the
details...</div>
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<div class="">Regards,<br class="">
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--<br class="">
Serena Coetzee<br class="">
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Geography Building 3-5<br class="">
Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department
Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of
Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa<br
class="">
email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="">On 27 Jul 2016, at 21:07, Gildas Jr. Boko <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:eddygordo@gmail.com"
class="">eddygordo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Dear all,<br class="" clear="all">
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<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="">
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<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="">
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<div class="">I've been thinking about this for a while
now and i think a centre like RECTAS (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" 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="">
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<div class="">Well that is an aspect on which everybody
can discuss.<br class="">
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But i believe it is high time for a FOSS4G chapter in
Africa.<br class="">
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<div class="">Thanks in advance for your opinion on this
idea<br class="">
<br class="">
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<div class="">-- <br class="">
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data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Gildas Jr BOKO
(PhD)<br class="">
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