[Local-chapters] osgeo-philippines local chapter initial questions

Tyler Mitchell tmitchell at osgeo.org
Mon May 16 13:21:41 EDT 2011


Oops, I just now saw Jorge's response - I'm glad we agree ;-)  
I speak from watching and helping from the sidelines, but he has lots of internal local chapter experience to share :)

Tyler

On 2011-05-16, at 1:50 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote:

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> El 16/05/11 10:32, maning sambale escribió:
>> Dear osgeo-lc list,
>> 
>> This is Maning Sambale from the Philippines and I am interested in
>> starting the local chapter for the Philippines.  The initial wikipage
>> is here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philippines
>> 
>> We will start adding more info in the coming weeks.  I was given
>> clearance by my current employer to devote some time to set things up.
>> Now for some initial questions.
>> 
>> 1.  Do we need to form a new legal org in behalf of the osgeo local
>> chapter?  I maybe be able to pool in several local orgs to start the
>> meetings/discussions but do we still need another formal org for the
>> local chapter?
> 
> Not at all, the Spanish LC is an official OSGeo LC but not a legal org
> anywhere at this time.
> 
> So, if there's any org. that can work as the OSGeo Philillines LC it's
> perfectly OK. Italy and German LCs are based on previous organizations,
> AFAIK.
> 
>> 2.  My current employer is primarily focused on using osgeo apps for
>> natural resources management, as a result, our local network is within
>> this field.  While we envision that the org should be inclusive of all
>> application domains,  our particular bias towards NRM field might
>> unconsciously exclude other application domains.   Is this OK?
>> 
> 
> Be explicit on your broad objectives (you can just use the OSGeo general
> objectives) and try to spread the word on as many targets as you can to
> let other fields folks feel comfortable with your initiative.
> 
> Good luck!!
> 
> - -- 
> Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas
> http://es.osgeo.org
> http://jorgesanz.net
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