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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Dear OSGeo Board Members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>On November 15, 2007 from
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Pacific, a group of people converged at two locations simultaneously
and held a video conference in an attempt to form the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">British Columbia</st1:State></st1:place> chapter of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation. This action was taken after a call for interest was
officially made by posting a wiki topic on October 11, 2007. At the meeting, we
enjoyed the presence of 22 people and we discussed the structure and
organization of our proposed chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>An action item that arose
from the meeting was for the elected chair to formally request that the board
officially sanction the chapter. It is with this intent that I request on
behalf of those who attended that a formal recognition be made for “<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">OSGeo</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">BC</st1:State></st1:place>
– the British Columbia Chapter of the Open Source Geospatial
Consortium.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The group is currently comprised
of individuals from both the public sector and the private sector. We represent
interests as different as software developers to application end users, from
consultants to those representing business operations. Initially, we have
focused on the promotion of gatherings in Vancouver and Victoria; however, we
have the intent of accepting additional groups that may want to join us at our
meetings (e.g. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Prince George</st1:City></st1:place>
and beyond). Thus, the scope of <st1:City w:st="on">OSGeo</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">BC</st1:State> is to form a locus of interaction for the open source
geospatial community in <st1:State w:st="on">British Columbia</st1:State>, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
We are organized into Local Interest Groups which serve the operational role of
Organizing Committees for a quarterly event. The details of our formation can
further be found at: <a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/British_Columbia_Chapter">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/British_Columbia_Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>H. Martin Kyle, Chair<br>
Jason Birch, Co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Others showing support of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">OSGeo</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">BC</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/British_Columbia_Chapter_Membership">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/British_Columbia_Chapter_Membership</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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