[AtlanticCanada] Shhhh -> Local Chapter meeting

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Bernie,

I also prefer meeting right after the beer tasting on the evening of the 
28th.

(29th is not great for me since I drive back home)

Anyone else with some comments/preferences?

-jeff



On 10-10-01 2:25 PM, Connors, Bernie (SNB) wrote:
> Here's my $0.02:
>
> Meeting time:  We only have 90 minutes for lunch so I think it would be tight for all of us to squeeze in lunch and a chapter meeting unless we can arrange a room and food delivery.  I think after the beer tasting would be a better time and we should all be in a talkative state at that point ;-)
>
> Meeting location:  I think we need to choose a time first
>
> Projector:  I should be able to provide a projector
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlanticcanada-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:atlanticcanada-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna
> Sent: Friday, 2010-10-01 12:24
> To: AtlanticCanada-OSGeo
> Subject: Re: [AtlanticCanada] Shhhh ->  Local Chapter meeting
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Sorry to be so quiet lately (I was in Barcelona for our wonderful FOSS4G
> event, where we had roughly 900 attendees!).
>
> Now that it's October 1st, I hope that we can start planning for our
> first chapter meeting, during the upcoming Geomatics Atlantic event.
> Here are some thoughts:
>
> Timing
> ======
>
> - I think an option would be during lunch on day1 of the event (Oct 28th)
> - or after the Exhibit Hall beer tasting event that night, at 7pm (Oct
> 28th).
>
> Location
> ========
>
> - a room at the Delta Hotel?
> - a room at UNB?
> - a local pub near the Delta?
>
> Agenda
> ======
>
> - select Chapter Officers
> - discuss next steps to become a formal chapter
> - discuss mission and objectives of chapter
> - discuss how often to meet
> - discuss next steps for Chapter outreach/activities in the Atlantic
> Canada community
>
> Meeting Requirements
> ====================
>
> - you!
> - projector, screen, and Internet are nice-to-haves but not necessary
> - chairs
>
> I'd like this meeting to be very informal.
>
> Please give us your thoughts on this everyone.  Thanks.
>
> -jeff
>
>
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