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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans";color:blue'>I’m not
really sure how much interest I will get in the GIS User Group just yet. It’s
still very much in its infancy stage. I’m in the process of setting up a
website and a mailing list. I think it might be a little premature to try and
form an OSGeo chapter. If there is some interest in the user group I would
definitely consider this after the group is set up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans";color:blue'>I have no
problem including <st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City>, but <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bakersfield</st1:place></st1:City> might be a
little to far south. I imagine most of the interaction between group members
will occur online, but I do want to have a meeting once or twice a year. I don’t
know if people would be willing to drive from that far South.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Gary Lang
[mailto:gary.lang@autodesk.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 06, 2006
10:18 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> discuss@mail.osgeo.org;
discuss@mail.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [OSGeo-Discuss]
Interested in OSGeo</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Landon,<br>
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Welcome to OSGeo.<br>
<br>
Would you be willing to help set up this chapter that covers the entire Central
Valley (Sacramento/Stockton to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bakersfield</st1:place></st1:City>)?<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gary</st1:place></st1:City><br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Landon Blake [<a href="mailto:lblake@ksninc.com">mailto:lblake@ksninc.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Wed 12/6/2006 4:27 PM<br>
To: discuss@mail.osgeo.org<br>
Cc: <br>
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Interested
in OSGeo<br>
<br>
I’ve just subscribed to the mailing list.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I work as a Land Surveyor in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stockton</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>. I also work as a
project administrator and developer for the SurveyOS Project and the JUMP Pilot
Project. Most of my volunteer work revolves around the open source GIS program
OpenJUMP. I’m an advocate of the open source development model, open technology
standards, and especially open source GIS.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I checked out the Volunteers Needed page, and think I might be able to help on
a limited basis with the Core Cirriculum Project. At any rate, it is an area
that I’m interested in. I’d love to explore the possibility of a basic
apprenticeship or certification program built from public data, “free”
materials/documentation, and open source GIS software.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I’m also planning a local GIS user group for GIS users in my region. The main
goal of the group will be to promote data sharing among members. I’ve got some
ideas about what you could call “community mapping” that I’d like to experiment
with. I want to see if it would be possible to apply the principles of open
source software projects to cooperative mapping efforts. It will take me a few
months to get this all the way off of the ground, but it might have potential
as an OSGeo chapter.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Landon Blake (A.K.A. – The Sunburned Surveyor)<br>
<br>
Project Surveyor<br>
<br>
KSN Inc. - Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors<br>
<br>
E-Mail Address: lblake@ksninc.com<br>
<br>
<br>
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