<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">"<span style="font-family: monospace;"> </span>I'm not sure if there's a particular need for a sub chapter in order to handle the conference. "<br><br>I was thinking about a Central Coast sub chapter in general terms - not necessarily just for the CGS. I also find it hard to believe nobody from UCSB has gotten involved yet - myself, I'm a Cal Poly SLO alum & in other efforts am trying to get the Mustangs involved. <br><span style="font-family: monospace;"><br></span>" In terms of other contributions, we generally are trying to raise funds for the exhibition pack, and organize some meetings in various locals. "<br><br>Regarding sponsorship + potential membership .. I am meeting more & more GIS folks in Santa Barbara and I've recently met the folks at CIRGIS http://cirgis.org/ . Members of CIRGIS did mention interest in sponsorship opportunities at the
last meeting Jan 8th 2009 - I will consider mentioning OSGeo sponsorship at the next meeting March 5.<br><br>" Feel free to start a list on the wiki page and if you know some folks get them to join the list so we can at least discuss topics. "<br><br>Sounds good, will do * joe<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 1/12/09, Alex Mandel <i><tech_dev@wildintellect.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Alex Mandel <tech_dev@wildintellect.com><br>Subject: Re: [California] Planning for Exhibits, help needed<br>To: california@lists.osgeo.org<br>Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 10:01 PM<br><br><pre>Joe Larson wrote:<br>> I'd like to mention a couple things.<br>> <br>> I searched through the mailing list (~6mo of recent history), not sure if<br>there are any other ways to contribute to the Cal OSGeo Chapter, besides this<br>push for the AGS/CGS - I imagine some sort of
'todo list' would be<br>posted on the wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California ?<br>> <br>> Also, speaking of the CGS (The California Geography Society) annual<br>conference 2009, I noticed it was in Santa Ynez this year. I think it would be<br>appropriate to suggest a Central Coast Sub-Chapter for the California OSGeo<br>Chapter. This chapter could potentially range from Monterrey (or San Luis<br>Obispo) to Santa Barbara / Ventura - may be a bit large I realize.<br>> <br>> I already know some fellow OSGeo Central Coasters + there are some<br>significant universities in the area which may potentially contribute to the<br>cause. Feedback please! Cheers*joe<br>> <br>> <br>I'm not sure if there's a particular need for a sub chapter in order to<br>handle the conference. Once again the Davis crew will be traveling to<br>that conference already for academic reasons. We encourage more local<br>members to participate with us.<br><br>In terms
of other contributions, we generally are trying to raise funds<br>for the exhibition pack, and organize some meetings in various locals.<br>Other ideas, suggest other venues for outreach, or projects (coding,<br>documenting, teaching) that people might want to collaborate on.<br><br>Feel free to start a list on the wiki page and if you know some folks<br>get them to join the list so we can at least discuss topics. I find it<br>hard to believe no one at UCSB has gotten involved yet.<br><br>Alex<br>_______________________________________________<br>California mailing list<br>California@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/california<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>