<p>Hello guys,</p>
<p> With all the FOSS4G conferences sprouting out everywhere, it would be nice to have a small, local mini-something here in Ottawa. It would be nice to have a list of local companies that utilizes open source geospatial as a major part of their business model.</p>
<p>Regie<br></p>
<p>Regie<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 6, 2012 9:42 PM, "Fabien Ancelin" <<a href="mailto:fabien.ancelin@gmail.com">fabien.ancelin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks for this notes Richard. <br><br>I am taking some time off for a week and will try to come up with some ideas too.<br><br>Cheers.<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/8/29 sean powers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drownedfrog@gmail.com" target="_blank">drownedfrog@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi folks,<br>
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Just a few notes from last weeks meeting.<br>
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First big thanks to all those who came out. Really great to have some new folks coming out to see what we're about.<br>
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Notes:<br>
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1) I will be scheduling our meeting dates for a few months in advance as it makes it easier to reserve on our calendars.<br>
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2) Some positive feedback on themed meetup months for presentations etc I don't suspect people want these to be to rigid & they won't be. Will trial the fall schedule and solicit feedback on whether we should continue.<br>
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3) Some discussion about my call (thanks to Regie & Fabian for great ideas and discussion!) for a small working group to increase/improve turnout, more presentations & bigger events (code sprints/workshops)<br>
- we should improve our digital presence for people to know about the group. it is not about massive marketing to increase numbers, but rather to engage people who would come out perhaps if they knew about us. to that end i will be setting up a <a href="http://meetup.com" target="_blank">meetup.com</a> profile so folks in ottawa can find us easily.<br>
- targeting students was mentioned, especial those in gis programs<br>
- 1 presentation a month with a loose agenda seems to be the way to go<br>
- presenters should make avaible there slides for upload on a community site, perhaps slideshare<br>
- i discussed mailing list engagement as something i would like to improve, in terms of feedback for participation in attending meetups. please suggest ideas:)<br>
- osgeo image of being to technical was mentioned & perhaps deters some folks.<br>
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- in terms of workshops, there is great interest in holding a half day qgis intro sometime in the new year. fabian & regie are really up for this, as am i. we've decided that for the next few meetups (sept - nov) that the last 30--45min if someone wants to ask questions/be introduced to qgis we will have laptops setup with some test data & qgis in vm to show/walk them through. this seems to be a way to solicit feedback on what we should do for new year workshop. (we're looking for your ideas/participation)<br>
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4) andrew kindly offered access to his board room (thanks) for meetings/workshops.<br>
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5) andrew mentioned the open conference call of the eclipse location working group (<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/August30_2012" target="_blank">http://wiki.eclipse.org/<u></u>Location/August30_2012</a>)<br>
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if i've missed anything, please add to this.<br>
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have a great night & see you at sept's meetup!<br>
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cheers,<br>
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richard<br>
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