<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Email sobre conversa no sentido de criar um capítulo europeu da OSGEO para promover FOSS4Ge e para pensar em candidaturas ao H2020 por exemplo.<br></div>Boa leitura,<br></div>VIctor<br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dirk Frigne</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dirk.frigne@geosparc.com">dirk.frigne@geosparc.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:21 PM<br>Subject: [Local-chapters] Follow up discussion: OSGeo Europe BOF [3]<br>To: <br>Cc: <a href="mailto:local-chapters@lists.osgeo.org">local-chapters@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><br><br>Dear list,<br>
<br>
I will shortly present myself as a new member of this list as the OSGeo<br>
contact person for the Belgian Local Chapter that was formed just a<br>
couple of weeks ago [1]. My name is Dirk Frigne and I am a member of<br>
OSGeo since 2007. More information can be found here[2]<br>
<br>
Wednesday, July 15 we had a BOF on the foss4ge conference in Como with<br>
the major topic OSGeo Europe. [3]<br>
There seemed to be a huge interest in the topic as there where more then<br>
20 people attending the meeting (of which only 10 subscribed to the wiki).<br>
<br>
The main topic discussed was if there is a need for a European legal<br>
entity representing OSGeo for European specific needs.<br>
<br>
The first question was if this should fit with the bylaws of the OSGeo<br>
foundation.<br>
Apparently, from a perspective of the OSGeo foundation, the European<br>
Legal structure could be seen as a local chapter, a body of the foundation.<br>
<br>
There are at least a couple of good reasons to start such an entity:<br>
- To operate an annual FOSS4Ge Conference, possibly in cooperation with<br>
related efforts such as the organising local Chapter.<br>
- To maintain the relationship with European bodies and European<br>
oriented organisations such as OGC-Europe, JRC, European commission,<br>
European member organisations active in environment, eHealth, open data,<br>
open knowledge, European industry, European startups, (not limited list)<br>
- To act as a body that will partner for H2020 projects, together with<br>
other relevant players such as OGC, Geo4all, SMESpire, and others<br>
- To act as a reference implementation partner for INSPIRE related<br>
communities, such as ELF, ARENA, Digital Agenda, EUROGeo,<br>
Agile,[not limited]<br>
- To help the specific European SME industry developing business models<br>
for open source.<br>
<br>
Last year in Bremen, the topic was also discussed, but after the<br>
conference the initiatives moved to a silent dead. I did a lot of<br>
thinking about the topic, and prepared a presentation [4]<br>
which I gave on the INSPIRE conference, and the derived presentation [5]<br>
adapted for the OSGeo audience.<br>
<br>
During the meeting we decided to discuss this topic in the local chapter<br>
list, which is the purpose of this mail.<br>
<br>
After the BOF I had te opportunity to talk to a lot of people in a<br>
personal way about this topic, and many encouraged me to go on with the<br>
initiative. I didn't had the chance to talk to everybody, so I am<br>
looking forward to your reactions to further refine our idea's.<br>
<br>
I would like to propose following timing for the discussion:<br>
- any reactions on this thread are welcome until end of July.<br>
- As I will be in holidays the first two weeks of August, please give me<br>
these two weeks, where I will often be offline to make a summary of the<br>
discussion so we can propose a European Local Chapter to the board for<br>
acceptance. I will then post the consensus in this list for approval to<br>
hand it over to the board.<br>
- I will also propose to create a OSGeo-Europe list (or we can use the<br>
Foss4G-Europe list for that).<br>
<br>
Please consult the members of your local chapters through the diverse<br>
lists, so we have a broad platform to discuss.<br>
<br>
Looking forward to your feedback and hope to speak to you personal on a<br>
next foss4g conference.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
D.<br>
<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium</a><br>
[3]<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#OSGeo_Europe_BOF" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#OSGeo_Europe_BOF</a><br>
[4]<br>
<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/2015-inspire-conference-tactical-weapon-for-industrial-growth-final" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/2015-inspire-conference-tactical-weapon-for-industrial-growth-final</a><br>
[5]<br>
<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/2015-foss4-g-europe-tactical-weapon-for-industrial-growth-slideshare" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/2015-foss4-g-europe-tactical-weapon-for-industrial-growth-slideshare</a><br>
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Thanks in advance for your comments!<br>
--<br>
Yours sincerely,<br>
<br>
<br>
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