<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div>OK cool, good to hear your news too. I will wait for the two Marcos to give us the green flag and then we will help with infrastructure if needed.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Tim</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Tim!<br>
<br>
Ha you made me laugh - yes a rowdy but very polite Canadian bunch indeed.<br>
<br>
Regarding the website ( <a href="https://qgis.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://qgis.ca</a> ) I am following your/Lova's <br>
activity in the Hugo template repo for user groups, but (because I <br>
wanted to set something up fast initially), I forked that old one-pager <br>
user group template (into <a href="https://github.com/QGIS-ca/qgis-ca-website" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/QGIS-ca/qgis-ca-website</a> ). <br>
It looks a little dated and basic, and I hinted at others in the Canada <br>
group that we should consider the Hugo template - so far no champions <br>
jumped up to volunteer for that next step, but I'll likely ping you both <br>
soon about that. We'll definitely need French/English translations, so <br>
maybe your Hugo way is better to manage this in the long run. (but I do <br>
like seeing the many user groups in the "Other User Groups" dropdown on <br>
our page, I had recently added India, Armenia, Algeria)<br>
<br>
Regarding logo, I quickly added a red leaf beside the QGIS svg, but <br>
we're planning on creating a new logo version (likely incorporating the <br>
Canadian flag into right into the "Q" like other user groups have).<br>
<br>
Just for the record, here are some other updates regarding the group:<br>
<br>
- our third meeting will be on 17 September<br>
- we are using Discourse for initial planning discussions (under the <br>
QGIS/OSGeo umbrella, with a new "QGIS-CA" category: <br>
<a href="https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/qgis/qgis-ca/77" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/qgis/qgis-ca/77</a> )<br>
- I hope to soon see some technical questions etc there, but <br>
initially it has just been user group planning<br>
- LinkedIn group: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/18131068/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/18131068/</a><br>
- the LinkedIn group seems to be more popular (I guess I'm old-school <br>
with email updates ha)<br>
- I sent a bio of the 5 founding members to MarcoS (it is a good mix of <br>
private + academic, so far), located across Canada<br>
- we've begun to setup a non-profit entity, at the Canada-wide <br>
("federal") level. As you know very well, it will require us to create <br>
by-laws, voting rules, hold an AGM, etc.<br>
- we have discussed a possible QGIS Canada event in November<br>
- PS. "a little birdie" has discussed with me a possible QGIS North <br>
America event someday, even just a virtual event, with Mexico, U.S., and <br>
Canada user groups hosting it (I like that idea!). We're interested for <br>
sure.<br>
<br>
Sorry for the long message, but we're excited! (yet lots to do still, ha)<br>
<br>
thanks Tim, MarcoS, Lova, all!<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
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On 2026-08-28 11:33 a.m., Tim Sutton wrote:<br>
> Dear Jeff<br>
> <br>
> This is a hard no from me. Canadians are known to be a rowdy bunch and I <br>
> even hear tell of some of them being heavily involved in a competing <br>
> project called MapServer which will not stand!<br>
> <br>
> Ok jokes aside (and please anyone looking on, the above was 100% a <br>
> joke), so pleased to support your formation of a Canadian User group and <br>
> seeing a maple leaf bedazzled QGIS logo emerge from your midst.<br>
> <br>
> On the technical side, Lova and I will be happy to help you get your web <br>
> presence up and running using our hugo template if you are interested.<br>
> <br>
> Regards<br>
> <br>
> Tim<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM Jeff McKenna via QGIS-PSC <qgis- <br>
> <a href="mailto:psc@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">psc@lists.osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hi QGIS PSC,<br>
> <br>
> This is just a short request, to add the agenda item "QGIS Canada user<br>
> group proposal" to your next PSC meeting (which I think might be on 2nd<br>
> September, according to what I saw on today's QGIS Open Day session<br>
> "What happened in QGIS this month?").<br>
> <br>
> We have been working with Marco Serusi regarding this, and I sent him<br>
> some remaining required pieces this morning.<br>
> <br>
> We are thrilled to possibly become an official QGIS user group, and<br>
> look<br>
> forward to helping <a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a> <<a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://QGIS.ORG</a>> grow.<br>
> <br>
> thanks<br>
> <br>
> -jeff<br>
> (on behalf of QGIS Canada user group)<br>
> <a href="https://qgis.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://qgis.ca</a> <<a href="https://qgis.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://qgis.ca</a>><br>
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