<div dir="ltr">In the #GISTribe chat today I asked people what makes them want to attend meetings like ours. Feedback included workshops (especially python), workflow talks, student talks, and social opportunities. A former student of mine particularly asked if we could find a way to include more women and people of color. I also would like to see that happen. I think we can start by making sure we advertise the event to as wide an audience (including CSU and community college campuses) and we can and to approach potential speakers who will help diversify our audience. Diversity in gender, race, and field of employment is important.<div><br></div><div>In terms of a QGIS plugin development workshop or talk, I have done it (see my talk from last year) but I would rather not have to put a workshop together since my experience is limited. Who can we ask who's a pro?</div><div><br></div><div>Michele</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 12:52 PM, David Bianco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@davidbianco.net" target="_blank">me@davidbianco.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am enquiring about SF locations for our annual meeting. I can<br>
certainly help with that if we agree on a 2017 date. I'm still<br>
available for a November meeting, and Davis sounds like a great option<br>
to me. I just wouldn't be able to assist with an SF location in that<br>
time.<br>
<br>
As a chapter, are we required to have the meeting in 2016 vs 2017?<br>
<br>
Also, I do support work for the BayGeo board, so I can easily setup<br>
intros, etc for broadening the audience. This goes to Michele's<br>
question about what we want to accomplish. Having a 20-person meeting<br>
with talks is very much different than having a 60-120 person meetup.<br>
Both have their place, but understanding our intent will help answer<br>
other questions.<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
<br>
<br>
On Wed, Oct 5, 2016, at 08:33, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:<br>
> I'd be +1 to do something in the Bay Area in conjunction with<br>
> something like a BayGeo meetup in order to increase the overall<br>
> turnout. Certainly chapter business only takes a bit of time and we<br>
> could reach out to a larger community meeting with BayGeo or the like.<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately there is not that much 'community' here in SoCal, so not<br>
> sure meeting down here would be productive. Ill be trying to organize<br>
> local meetups in 2017, so perhaps in a year from now we can revisit<br>
> that.<br>
><br>
> +1 on a qgis plugin-development course. I've hacked a bit at existing<br>
> plugins, but havent ever developed one from scratch.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Landon Blake<br>
> <<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com">sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > These are all good comments. I may have waited too late in the year to get<br>
> > something properly organized (as Alex mentioned). I hate to run into next<br>
> > year again, but what do you folks think about a Saturday in February?<br>
> ><br>
> > This would give us more time to prepare.<br>
> ><br>
> > I appreciate that both Jeff and Alex are willing to host. I like meeting at<br>
> > Davis, but I wonder if there would be some benefit to moving it back to the<br>
> > Bay Area this time. Any thoughts on that?<br>
> ><br>
> > Once we pick a date, we can work on a program and I can design some<br>
> > announcements we can distribute to Bay Area techies and state government<br>
> > folks.<br>
> ><br>
> > I've been using QGis more lately. Is there anyone that would be willing to<br>
> > teach a QGIS plug-in development crash course at the annual meeting?<br>
> ><br>
> > Landon<br>
> ><br>
> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <<a href="mailto:ortelius@gmail.com">ortelius@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> Hi All,<br>
> >><br>
> >> I'll again be out of the country on this date, but would _really_ like<br>
> >> to attend. I'll do my best to attend virtually if nothing else.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Note: I am running for the OSGeo Board of directors [1][2], and the<br>
> >> voting closes today. If you are a charter member, I would really<br>
> >> appreciate your vote as a fellow Californian :)<br>
> >><br>
> >> Jeff<br>
> >><br>
> >> [1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2016_Candidate_Manifestos" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<wbr>Election_2016_Candidate_<wbr>Manifestos</a><br>
> >> [2] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<wbr>Board_Member_Nominations_2016</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Alex M <<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> > The Center for Spatial Sciences (UCDavis) would be happy to host any<br>
> >> > time we need.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > That said, I think we should take our time to be more organized than in<br>
> >> > the past to ensure a good turnout and participation. Any ideas on how to<br>
> >> > go about that our welcome. 1st idea from me is that we reach out to all<br>
> >> > those Bay Area OSGeo related geohipsters and get them involved.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Thanks,<br>
> >> > Alex<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > On 09/22/2016 11:21 AM, Moskovitz, Bob@DOC wrote:<br>
> >> >> I'll second a Davis meeting. We have several students working here<br>
> >> >> with QGIS that might be interested in going.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Bob<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> ______________________________<wbr>__<br>
> >> >> From: California <<a href="mailto:california-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">california-bounces@lists.<wbr>osgeo.org</a>> on behalf of<br>
> >> >> Michele Tobias <<a href="mailto:mmtobias@ucdavis.edu">mmtobias@ucdavis.edu</a>><br>
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 8:08 AM<br>
> >> >> To: Landon Blake<br>
> >> >> Cc: Hobbs, Jeff; <a href="mailto:california@lists.osgeo.org">california@lists.osgeo.org</a>; Gundel, Aaron; Blaauw,<br>
> >> >> Stan<br>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [California] Annual Meeting in November<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> November is a tricky month. I'm definitely interested in meeting.<br>
> >> >> Nov. 19th works for me, but the 5th doesn't. The 12th falls on Veteran's<br>
> >> >> Day weekend, so that's probably not going to work for most people either.<br>
> >> >> Davis is always an option if other places don't work out. When we settle on<br>
> >> >> a date, I can make sure the state government people hear about it and Alex<br>
> >> >> can send it out to campus I'm sure.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Michele<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Landon Blake<br>
> >> >> <<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com">sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a><<wbr>mailto:<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com">sunburned.surveyor@<wbr>gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> >> >> Thanks Jeff. I'll wait until we hear from a couple of other folks<br>
> >> >> before we firm things up. I appreciate your willingness to host.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Landon<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Hobbs, Jeff<br>
> >> >> <<a href="mailto:jeff.hobbs@sjwater.com">jeff.hobbs@sjwater.com</a><<wbr>mailto:<a href="mailto:jeff.hobbs@sjwater.com">jeff.hobbs@sjwater.com</a>><wbr>> wrote:<br>
> >> >> Landon,<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> We could probably host at San Jose Water Company if needed. That's<br>
> >> >> likely the start of Thanksgiving vacations. I'm guessing some people will<br>
> >> >> leave that Saturday and take the following week off. The 5th of November<br>
> >> >> might make more sense.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> We could do a presentation on a new intranet web application we've been<br>
> >> >> working on named "Merlin". It uses Leaflet, Elasticsearch, Oracle,<br>
> >> >> <a href="http://ASP.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ASP.NET</a><<a href="http://ASP.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ASP.NET</a>>, Angular, Bootstrap, and Geoserver.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> -Jeff<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> From: California<br>
> >> >> <<a href="mailto:california-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">california-bounces@lists.<wbr>osgeo.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:california-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">california-<wbr>bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>>><br>
> >> >> on behalf of Landon Blake<br>
> >> >> <<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com">sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a><<wbr>mailto:<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com">sunburned.surveyor@<wbr>gmail.com</a>>><br>
> >> >> Date: Friday, September 16, 2016 at 10:29 AM<br>
> >> >> To: "<a href="mailto:california@lists.osgeo.org">california@lists.osgeo.org</a><<wbr>mailto:<a href="mailto:california@lists.osgeo.org">california@lists.osgeo.<wbr>org</a>>"<br>
> >> >> <<a href="mailto:california@lists.osgeo.org">california@lists.osgeo.org</a><<wbr>mailto:<a href="mailto:california@lists.osgeo.org">california@lists.osgeo.<wbr>org</a>>><br>
> >> >> Subject: [California] Annual Meeting in November<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> I've set-up a wiki page for our 2016 annual meeting:<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_California_Chapter_2016_Annual_Meeting" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<wbr>OSGeo_California_Chapter_2016_<wbr>Annual_Meeting</a><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> What do you guys think about the date of Saturday, November 19th? Would<br>
> >> >> another Saturday in November work?<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Would anyone like to volunteer to host or to speak?<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Thanks!<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Landon<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
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