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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Last week Perry asked for a summary of the discussion at
the last meeting about the “open geo apps” contest idea. Here is a
summary of what I heard, and a couple more updates of developments since then.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>In 2008, MetroGIS had a user forum
where ideas of services and apps were discussed. One need was for more WFS.
The workgroup that formed to work on WFS discussed how the usual means of
getting people/orgs to create, document and post web services was difficult
because often there was no immediate business incentive to do so. So, David
Fawcett brought forward the idea of a contest modeled after the Washington DC
Apps for Democracy contest (</span></font><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/">http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>). This
contest cost $50 and resulted in $2.6M worth of iPhone, Facebook, web etc.
apps.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The workgroup thought this was a
good idea, and took it back to the Coordinating Committee and Policy Board.
They loved the idea, but thought it was not fully baked. So now the next stage
is to form another workgroup to see if there is broader support for this idea.
Groups that were mentioned were: TCMUG, OSGeo, MnGeo, GIS/LIS … MetroGIS
has $15K in the budget for next year – but they want to move forward
together with other organizations to move this forward.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>At the TCMUG meeting, people
seemed to like the idea. It was mentioned that this would be a great *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>low risk</span></b>* way to evaluate new technology
applications using an organizations data; a good incentive to get services out
the door and documented; a good way to facilitate creation of new and
innovative web applications; and many more reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>A few people volunteered to be
part of the new workgroup – which was great!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Since that meeting last week,
Sally Wakefield & Alison Slaats met with the GIS/LIS board to discuss the
idea. They also liked it, and suggested a BOF meeting at GIS/LIS conference
about it. Perhaps this BOF could be aligned with the OSGeo BOF, or cover both
topics, since I think there is an overlap there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Here are a few links for background on the DC contest: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(The youtube one is pretty good.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://sunlightlabs.com/contests/appsforamerica2/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAFOABlev3w<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.vimeo.com/4450950<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Please let me know if you have questions about the idea<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I’d love to hear from those who like to be a part of
this workgroup and also if you think it would be good to have this as a BOF at
GISLIS either combined or separate from the OSGEO/TCMUG one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alison</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Alison Slaats</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1000 Friends of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:place></st1:State></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>651-312-1000</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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