[OSGeo-Announce] Francophone Local Chapter Formed

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On the 24th of September, the OSGeo Board accepted the formal  
creation of the Francophone Local Chapter. This is the first step  
toward a strong and stable Local Chapter and the next few months will  
see the creation of a legal association (OSGeo-fr) in order to  
increase its strength.

This Local Chapter aims to help address internationalization and  
localization issues in software and documentation, as well as  
consider specific Francophone problems while promoting OSGeo, GFOSS,  
open standards and free data.

The mailing list of the Francophone Local Chapter is a community of  
more than 115 subscribers from at least 8 different countries  
(including France, Switzerland, Canada, Belgium, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo,  
New-Caledonia, Italia), and the Francophone Local Chapter wiki  
category counts 54 articles.

Find more information about this Local Chapter on the wiki page or  
mailing list.

Links:
[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Francophone
[2] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/francophone