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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Bonjour All,<div>Amended Minutes attached.</div><div><br></div><div>Take Care</div><div>Javed<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:38:46 -0400<br>From: fabien.ancelin@gmail.com<br>To: ottawa_users@lists.osgeo.org<br>Subject: [Ottawa_users] Minutes of the meeting, Apr 25th<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear fellow members of<span><em> </em>the Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo, <br><br></span></div><span>Given the number of information and topics that were brought to the table on April 25th, I thought it would make sense to share the minutes of the meeting.<br>
<br></span></div><span><u><b>Talks about Open Data Initiative :</b></u><br></span><div><div><ul><li><span></span><span>The role of GIS experts in the Open Data Initiative and the usability of Open Data.How to provide developers with data that really empower citizens through quality and usability. </span></li>
<li><span></span>I would like to see if I can get us to connect at
least once with the open data Ottawa since my experience during Toronto
Hackathon pointed out a real need for spatial data. Out of 30 presented apps, between 5 and 10 were using geospatial information.</li></ul><br><BR><u><b>The </b></u><span><u><b>Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo would like to take part in two events :</b></u><br>
</span><BR><ul><li><span>Software Freedom Day in September 2013. <br></span></li><li><span>GIS Day in November 2013</span></li></ul></div><div>It means that we need two things :<br><ul><li>A place for those two event</li>
<li>Volunteers that would be up for a presentation. Up until know, we have 4 people up for that. (I messed up with my notes, so please feel free to modify that as you want.<br></li><ul><li>Javed : Optics</li><li>Regie : Balloon mapping</li>
<li>Richard : Open Street Map</li><li>Me : PostGIS 2.0 <br></li></ul></ul></div><div>Other volunteers are welcomed. Regarding the venues, we mentioned a couple of options that I will explore during this month. <br><ul><li>
Carleton University</li><li>Ottawa University</li><li>Find a place in collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation</li></ul>If anyone can help to make those events happen, I would love to hear from you. More updates next month :).<BR>
Cheers<br><BR><i>Fabien</i><br><BR><br><BR><br><BR></div></div></div>
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