[Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a
mailing list for now.

https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson
<jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group
> going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on
> this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately
> about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user
> community.
>
> So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an
> inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State
> of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good
> opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded
> people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space
> in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that
> night.
>
> I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if
> there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a
> mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we
> should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us
> know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited
> about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the
> involved.
>
> Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this
> effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with
> a link here.
>
> Hoping to see some of you in DC in April!
>
> Jeff