<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi Tim,<br><br>why not just run it under the guise of the greater aust-nz chapter? <span id="misspell-2" class="">unneccessary </span><span id="misspell-3" class=""><span>bureaucratic</span></span> overhead takes time away from coding :)<br><br><br>regards,<br>Hamish<br><br></div> <div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tim-<span id="misspell-4" class="mark">Hinnerk</span> <span id="misspell-5" class="mark">Heuer</span>
<heuert@landcareresearch.co.nz><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Aust NZ Aus Geo List <aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:57 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Aust-NZ] Upcoming OSGeo Chapter in the Central North Island<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hi,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I'm Tim-<span id="misspell-10" class="mark">Hinnerk</span> <span id="misspell-11" class="mark">Heuer</span>, a geo web developer
working at <span id="misspell-13" class="mark">Landcare</span> Research in Palmerston North. The Informatics group at <span id="misspell-14" class="mark">Landcare</span> Research has been using open source geo-software for quite a while and we know there are other people in the local region with an interest in such software.
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We have come up with the idea of forming
an informal group in Palmerston North - or more specifically the lower North Island - to exchange ideas and encourage collaboration on <span id="misspell-16" class="mark">geospatial</span> data and <span id="misspell-17" class="mark">geospatial</span> open source software. One possibility is that this group becomes an OSGeo chapter (see
</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.osgeo.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://www.osgeo.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">).</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At the moment, this initiative is driven
by myself and my colleague Pierre <span id="misspell-19" class="mark">Roudier</span>, who is working on soil data using open source software (R, <span id="misspell-20" class="mark">GDAL</span>/<span id="misspell-21" class="mark">OGR</span>, <span id="misspell-22" class="mark">QGIS</span>, GRASS <span id="misspell-23" class="mark">GIS</span>). Anybody wanting to join the effort is obviously more than welcome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are planning a meeting to <span id="misspell-24" class="mark">gauge</span> interest
in forming such a group. It is set to take place at the Village Inn Kitchen in <span id="misspell-25" class="mark">Hokowhitu</span>, Palmerston North, from 5.30pm onwards, on Wednesday 28st August. (We chose this venue because it has high-speed Internet access and one idea we have is to invite people
from around New <span id="misspell-26" class="mark">Zealand</span> or even the world to join us via video conference to talk about their software and/or how they are using open source <span id="misspell-27" class="mark">geospatial</span> software).</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A couple of us are attending FOSS4G 2013
in the UK in mid September and, if there is support for the idea of forming a chapter, we would raise it with the OSGeo Board then.
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are looking forward to seeing you at the
Village Inn Kitchen in <span id="misspell-29" class="mark">Hokowhitu</span>, Palmerston North on the 28<span id="misspell-30" class="mark">th</span> August. Drop us an email if you think you will come so we can get an idea of numbers.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kind regards,</span></div>
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Tim-<span id="misspell-31" class="mark">Hinnerk</span> <span id="misspell-32" class="mark">Heuer</span>
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<div><span id="misspell-33" class="mark">Landcare</span> Research (http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz)</div>
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<div>Informatics (http://wiki.zen.landcareresearch.co.nz)</div>
<div><span id="misspell-34" class="mark">Ph</span>: +64 6 353 4872</div>
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