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Hi List/Gavin,<br>
(Started a new thread so as not to hijack Gavin's :-) )<br>
<br>
Great on the QGIS UG conference plans, Gavin. :-)<br>
<br>
Regarding the OSGEO lists for Africa, and acknowledging the various
language issues, would it not be an idea to promote an OSGEO-Africa
list that is split on language? It would still give a feeling of
unity (Africa), as it could be promoted as a unified group with a
choice of languages.<br>
eg: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:africa-eng@lists.osgeo.org">africa-eng@lists.osgeo.org</a> and then of course africa-fra
(aliased also as 'fre') or africa-por - etc, and using the ISO639-2
codes.<br>
<br>
On this matter, how do Austria, Germany & Switzerland structure
their lists? (All being German (and more) speaking).<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Zoltan<br>
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<font color="#009900" size="-2"><b>On 2016-08-03 17:15, Gavin
Fleming wrote:</b><br>
> Hi all<br>
><br>
> 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</font><font color="#009900"><br>
</font><br>
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