[OSGeo-UK] Re: UK Digest, Vol 29, Issue 2
saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk
saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk
Fri Jul 2 05:06:47 EDT 2010
I suggest to have a date in our calendar every month, say last Monday of
each month at 13:00 on IRC. That's how we do our LUG.
Cheers
Saber
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> From: "Scott, Antony" <antony.scott at cranfield.ac.uk>
> Subject: RE: [OSGeo-UK] Re: OSGeo:UK
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> Thanks Jo and Mike for the useful round-up, and to Saber for offering to
> design the logo ;-)
>
> We also talked about having a call (personal preference) or IRC chat soon
> to keep the momentum going, and to maybe formalise some roles, follow up
> on the issues below etc. Probably worth doing that in July if we can
> before hols kick in, and to prepare for the AGI conference in September -
> how about 26th as a suggestion?
>
>
> Antony Scott
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> saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk
> [saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk]
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> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Re: UK Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10
>
>> 1) People felt that the name "local chapter" was not really appropriate
>> for a UK audience, so we're going with OSGeo:UK as the proper title. We
>> have permission to create a new logo (within certain limitations) so we
>> will discuss that shortly.
>
>
> What about our logo?
>
> Cheers
> Saber
>
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>> 1. OSGIS 2010 round up (Joanne Cook)
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:13:14 +0100 (BST)
>> From: Joanne Cook <j.cook at oxfordarch.co.uk>
>> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] OSGIS 2010 round up
>> To: uk <uk at lists.osgeo.org>
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>> Dear All,
>>
>> As you're no doubt aware, the 2nd OSGIS event was held at the University
>> of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences, and by all accounts it was
>> a
>> big success.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who attended both days, or who presented. Thanks also
>> to everyone who attended the 2nd AGM of the UK local chapter. Finally-
>> hi
>> to anyone who's new to the list.
>>
>> A brief summary of the AGM:
>
>> 2) We have a couple of new people looking to be more deeply involved in
>> the chapter- so welcome Matt Walker as our training coordinator and Mike
>> Saunt who's going to have a more strategic role. Along with our other
>> active members, we have a reasonable committee (which sounds very
>> formal,
>> but isn't)- and enough structure to consider setting up as a voluntary
>> association. More on that in a later email.
>> 3) We discussed the possibility of holding our own workshops, training
>> courses, and code sprint-type events, and a number of organisations,
>> including the Centre for Geospatial Sciences, have kindly offered their
>> premises for this.
>> 4) We have had an offer from the Association of Geographic Information
>> (AGI) to hold funds for us, rather than worry about our own bank
>> accounts.
>> This is something they already do for a number of other small
>> organisations, and would be extremely useful. I'm awaiting further
>> information on what would be required to set this up.
>> 5) Ideally we would like to have some sort of sponsorship of the AGI
>> conference, or at the very least a meetup of the chapter. We're looking
>> into how best to achieve this.
>> 6) There is growing interest in an open source implementation of
>> INSPIRE,
>> from a number of different organisations, and OSGeo:UK may be a good
>> place
>> to coordinate this- we'll see!
>>
>> This is not an exhaustive list- but it's already a long email so I'll
>> send
>> some more information out shortly- and feel free to chip in with
>> thoughts
>> or comments.
>>
>> I should make clear that OSGeo:UK does have a mission statement and
>> objectives that align closely with those of OSGeo internationally. We
>> may
>> look at changing our objectives as the chapter grows, but our aim is to
>> provide a neutral place for both companies and individuals to become
>> involved in open source geospatial software. There are likely to be some
>> concerns about competition, particularly for small businesses, but I
>> sincerely hope this will be a place where profiles get raised, and
>> bigger
>> opportunities come along as a result.
>>
>> Hopefully the additional interest generated at this year's event will
>> help
>> us move the chapter forward. I certainly hope so!
>>
>> All the very best
>>
>> Jo
>>
>> --
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Joanne Cook
>> Senior IT Support and Development
>> Oxford Archaeology (North)
>> 01524 880212
>> http://thehumanjourney.net
>>
>>
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> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:13:40 +0100
> From: Mike Saunt <mikesaunt at astuntechnology.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] Re: OSGeo:UK
> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
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> I'm on holiday from 23rd of July through to 3rd August. I can do any
> from 19th-22nd
>
>
> Mike Saunt
> Astun Technology Ltd
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> Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK
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> On 01/07/10 20:41, Scott, Antony wrote:
>> Thanks Jo and Mike for the useful round-up, and to Saber for offering to
>> design the logo ;-)
>>
>> We also talked about having a call (personal preference) or IRC chat
>> soon to keep the momentum going, and to maybe formalise some roles,
>> follow up on the issues below etc. Probably worth doing that in July if
>> we can before hols kick in, and to prepare for the AGI conference in
>> September - how about 26th as a suggestion?
>>
>>
>> Antony Scott
>>
>> Tel: +44/0 1934 838676
>> Mob: +44/0 7866 455515
>> ________________________________________
>> From: uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf
>> Of saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk
>> [saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk]
>> Sent: 01 July 2010 09:43
>> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Re: UK Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10
>>
>>
>>> 1) People felt that the name "local chapter" was not really appropriate
>>> for a UK audience, so we're going with OSGeo:UK as the proper title. We
>>> have permission to create a new logo (within certain limitations) so we
>>> will discuss that shortly.
>>>
>>
>> What about our logo?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Saber
>>
>>
>>
>>> Send UK mailing list submissions to
>>> uk at lists.osgeo.org
>>>
>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
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>>> uk-request at lists.osgeo.org
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>>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>>> uk-owner at lists.osgeo.org
>>>
>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>>> than "Re: Contents of UK digest..."
>>>
>>>
>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>> 1. OSGIS 2010 round up (Joanne Cook)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:13:14 +0100 (BST)
>>> From: Joanne Cook<j.cook at oxfordarch.co.uk>
>>> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] OSGIS 2010 round up
>>> To: uk<uk at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <234373539.69474.1277817194073.JavaMail.root at mail.thehumanjourney.net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> As you're no doubt aware, the 2nd OSGIS event was held at the
>>> University
>>> of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences, and by all accounts it
>>> was a
>>> big success.
>>>
>>> Thanks to everyone who attended both days, or who presented. Thanks
>>> also
>>> to everyone who attended the 2nd AGM of the UK local chapter. Finally-
>>> hi
>>> to anyone who's new to the list.
>>>
>>> A brief summary of the AGM:
>>>
>>
>>> 2) We have a couple of new people looking to be more deeply involved in
>>> the chapter- so welcome Matt Walker as our training coordinator and
>>> Mike
>>> Saunt who's going to have a more strategic role. Along with our other
>>> active members, we have a reasonable committee (which sounds very
>>> formal,
>>> but isn't)- and enough structure to consider setting up as a voluntary
>>> association. More on that in a later email.
>>> 3) We discussed the possibility of holding our own workshops, training
>>> courses, and code sprint-type events, and a number of organisations,
>>> including the Centre for Geospatial Sciences, have kindly offered their
>>> premises for this.
>>> 4) We have had an offer from the Association of Geographic Information
>>> (AGI) to hold funds for us, rather than worry about our own bank
>>> accounts.
>>> This is something they already do for a number of other small
>>> organisations, and would be extremely useful. I'm awaiting further
>>> information on what would be required to set this up.
>>> 5) Ideally we would like to have some sort of sponsorship of the AGI
>>> conference, or at the very least a meetup of the chapter. We're looking
>>> into how best to achieve this.
>>> 6) There is growing interest in an open source implementation of
>>> INSPIRE,
>>> from a number of different organisations, and OSGeo:UK may be a good
>>> place
>>> to coordinate this- we'll see!
>>>
>>> This is not an exhaustive list- but it's already a long email so I'll
>>> send
>>> some more information out shortly- and feel free to chip in with
>>> thoughts
>>> or comments.
>>>
>>> I should make clear that OSGeo:UK does have a mission statement and
>>> objectives that align closely with those of OSGeo internationally. We
>>> may
>>> look at changing our objectives as the chapter grows, but our aim is to
>>> provide a neutral place for both companies and individuals to become
>>> involved in open source geospatial software. There are likely to be
>>> some
>>> concerns about competition, particularly for small businesses, but I
>>> sincerely hope this will be a place where profiles get raised, and
>>> bigger
>>> opportunities come along as a result.
>>>
>>> Hopefully the additional interest generated at this year's event will
>>> help
>>> us move the chapter forward. I certainly hope so!
>>>
>>> All the very best
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
>>> --
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> Joanne Cook
>>> Senior IT Support and Development
>>> Oxford Archaeology (North)
>>> 01524 880212
>>> http://thehumanjourney.net
>>>
>>>
>>> ------
>>> Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open
>>> Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit
>>> http://iso26300.info for more information.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> UK at lists.osgeo.org
>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
>>>
>>>
>>> End of UK Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10
>>> **********************************
>>>
>>>
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> From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: RE: [OSGeo-UK] Re: OSGeo:UK
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> 19th - 22nd July is okay for me too.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
> Dr Suchith Anand
>
> Centre for Geospatial Science
> The Nottingham Geospatial Building
>
> University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU
> Tel: (0)115 82 32750
>
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suc
> hith%20Anand.htm
> http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ <http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/>
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> From: uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Saunt
> Sent: 01 July 2010 21:14
> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] Re: OSGeo:UK
>
>
>
> I'm on holiday from 23rd of July through to 3rd August. I can do any
> from 19th-22nd
>
>
>
> Mike Saunt
> Astun Technology Ltd
> The Coach House, 17 West Street
> Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK
> t:+44 1372 744 009 m:+44 788 7777 680 f: +44 5602 058736
> iShare - Data integration and publishing platform
> <http://www.isharemaps.com>
> *****************************************
>
> 3 Clients in the top 20 SOCITM Better Connected 2009
>
> 'South Tyneside Council' powered by iShare
> -- 'WINNER - Best Business Process Transformation through Avoidable
> Contact (NI14) ' - NLPG Exemplar Awards 2008
>
> Surrey Heath 'My Protected Trees'
> -- 'Innovation and Best Practice, Local Government' - AGI Awards 2007
> (highly commended)
>
>
> On 01/07/10 20:41, Scott, Antony wrote:
>
> Thanks Jo and Mike for the useful round-up, and to Saber for offering to
> design the logo ;-)
>
> We also talked about having a call (personal preference) or IRC chat
> soon to keep the momentum going, and to maybe formalise some roles,
> follow up on the issues below etc. Probably worth doing that in July if
> we can before hols kick in, and to prepare for the AGI conference in
> September - how about 26th as a suggestion?
>
>
> Antony Scott
>
> Tel: +44/0 1934 838676
> Mob: +44/0 7866 455515
> ________________________________________
> From: uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf
> Of saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk
> [saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk]
> Sent: 01 July 2010 09:43
> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Re: UK Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10
>
>
>
> 1) People felt that the name "local chapter" was not really
> appropriate
> for a UK audience, so we're going with OSGeo:UK as the proper
> title. We
> have permission to create a new logo (within certain
> limitations) so we
> will discuss that shortly.
>
>
>
>
> What about our logo?
>
> Cheers
> Saber
>
>
>
>
> Send UK mailing list submissions to
> uk at lists.osgeo.org
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> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
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> uk-request at lists.osgeo.org
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> You can reach the person managing the list at
> uk-owner at lists.osgeo.org
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more
> specific
> than "Re: Contents of UK digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. OSGIS 2010 round up (Joanne Cook)
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:13:14 +0100 (BST)
> From: Joanne Cook <j.cook at oxfordarch.co.uk>
> <mailto:j.cook at oxfordarch.co.uk>
> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] OSGIS 2010 round up
> To: uk <uk at lists.osgeo.org> <mailto:uk at lists.osgeo.org>
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>
> Dear All,
>
> As you're no doubt aware, the 2nd OSGIS event was held at the
> University
> of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences, and by all
> accounts it was a
> big success.
>
> Thanks to everyone who attended both days, or who presented.
> Thanks also
> to everyone who attended the 2nd AGM of the UK local chapter.
> Finally- hi
> to anyone who's new to the list.
>
> A brief summary of the AGM:
>
>
>
>
>
> 2) We have a couple of new people looking to be more deeply
> involved in
> the chapter- so welcome Matt Walker as our training coordinator
> and Mike
> Saunt who's going to have a more strategic role. Along with our
> other
> active members, we have a reasonable committee (which sounds
> very formal,
> but isn't)- and enough structure to consider setting up as a
> voluntary
> association. More on that in a later email.
> 3) We discussed the possibility of holding our own workshops,
> training
> courses, and code sprint-type events, and a number of
> organisations,
> including the Centre for Geospatial Sciences, have kindly
> offered their
> premises for this.
> 4) We have had an offer from the Association of Geographic
> Information
> (AGI) to hold funds for us, rather than worry about our own bank
> accounts.
> This is something they already do for a number of other small
> organisations, and would be extremely useful. I'm awaiting
> further
> information on what would be required to set this up.
> 5) Ideally we would like to have some sort of sponsorship of the
> AGI
> conference, or at the very least a meetup of the chapter. We're
> looking
> into how best to achieve this.
> 6) There is growing interest in an open source implementation of
> INSPIRE,
> from a number of different organisations, and OSGeo:UK may be a
> good place
> to coordinate this- we'll see!
>
> This is not an exhaustive list- but it's already a long email so
> I'll send
> some more information out shortly- and feel free to chip in with
> thoughts
> or comments.
>
> I should make clear that OSGeo:UK does have a mission statement
> and
> objectives that align closely with those of OSGeo
> internationally. We may
> look at changing our objectives as the chapter grows, but our
> aim is to
> provide a neutral place for both companies and individuals to
> become
> involved in open source geospatial software. There are likely to
> be some
> concerns about competition, particularly for small businesses,
> but I
> sincerely hope this will be a place where profiles get raised,
> and bigger
> opportunities come along as a result.
>
> Hopefully the additional interest generated at this year's event
> will help
> us move the chapter forward. I certainly hope so!
>
> All the very best
>
> Jo
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Joanne Cook
> Senior IT Support and Development
> Oxford Archaeology (North)
> 01524 880212
> http://thehumanjourney.net
>
>
> ------
> Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS
> Open
> Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please
> visit
> http://iso26300.info for more information.
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