<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello everyone,<br><br></div>I'll try to give an answer or point of view on some pending questions<br><br></div>1-
As for AARSE, i'm afraid i won't be able to make it to AARSEE this
year, however if people attending are interested in discussing the
topic, why not? as long as we are finding a way to move forward, i'm ok
with that<br><br></div>2- regarding the South(ern) Africa aspect, I
believe it is the duty of each member of the Free and Open Source GIS
software to try to be more present and contribute in his own way to the
community. I think that there are people in SA who are very active in
the development of QGIS (for what i am aware of) and maybe other
software. It is kinda normal that they somehow catch most of the
attention<br><br></div>3- On the aspect of the language. Well i don't
personally consider it as an issue. Although it obvious that it will be
difficult to organise a conference only in one language. But then there
are translators, thus implying more costs. But if there should be an
african chapter of FOSS4G, there is definitely a choice to do on the
language aspect.<br></div>A possibility is to create regional nodes
(Mahgreb, Eastern, Central, Western and southern) with their own
specificities and choice of language. And all thoses nodes will be under
the African FOSS4G.<br><br></div>I am very happy to see that the idea
received all this consideration. So, if we all agree it is something
that should be done, maybe we should start trying to put things in place
gradually. Like duration, period of the year, hosting institution (i
suggested RECTAS, but it is still a suggestion), etc.<br><br></div><div>I am still expecting more contribution from participants from the 2008 experience if they are in the list.<br></div>Thanks everyone<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Gildas Jr<br><br></div>
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