[OSGeo-Board] Greetings from Beijing

[Mark Lucas]

I know Gary will be unavailable today, but this is something that we  
should discuss at the board and try to prioritize while he is still  
over there.

Mark

On Jul 14, 2006, at 6:52 AM, Gary Lang wrote:

> Yesterday I met with some folks from a government institute that  
> are doing a lot of work with open source GIS and want to contribute  
> code back, and in addition want to set up a chapter of OSGeo for  
> China. Given their deep involvement with the software – they use  
> most of our projects – and reach across the country, I think these  
> people would be invaluable members of OSGeo and perfect  
> representatives of OSGeo in China.
>
> What is our process for this? I move we get these guys into  
> membership status right away and get them set up. They are willing  
> to translate, host data, and become contributors to our projects.
>
> I will be offline for a couple of days; I am going up into the  
> Yellow Mountains here, where net access is unlikely, so I will be  
> back on Monday.
>
>
> Gary
>

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