[Board] Re: Request for formal incorporation of OSGeo-Africa

[Ravi]

+1 to venka's opinion.
OSGeo-Africa Chapter would be a gathering
of local chapters that will be established based
on regional, linguistic and other needs.
Ravi Kumar

--- On Fri, 5/3/10, Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:

> From: Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> Subject: Re: [Board] Re: Request for formal incorporation of OSGeo-Africa
> To: 
> Cc: robert at linfiniti.com, "Graeme McFerren" <graeme.mcferren at gmail.com>, "Anne Ghisla" <anne at linfiniti.com>, "Serena Coetzee" <scoetzee at cs.up.ac.za>, "Antony Cooper" <ACooper at csir.co.za>, "Ashley Gunter" <ashley.gunter at arts.monash.edu>, "Tiller" <Tiller.Karl at nwsc.co.ug>, "Gavin Fleming" <gavinjfleming at gmail.com>, "William Kinghorn" <williamk at dut.ac.za>, "board at lists.osgeo.org" <board at lists.osgeo.org>
> Date: Friday, 5 March, 2010, 11:00 AM
> Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> > I am forwarding this e-mail to Gerald Fenoy
> > OSGeo Charter Member in France, who is working of
> > setting up a OSGeo Local Chapter in Senegal. I am
> > told that the Senegal Chapter will be
> > up and running soon and a launch event is
> > planned in April 2010.
> > 
> > to me OSGeo-Africa Chapter would be a gathering
> > of local chapters that will be established based
> > on regional, linguistic and other needs.
> > 
> > Best
> > 
> > Venka
> > 
> > Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> >> Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> >>> Dear board, Tim is making a request to become
> 'official' as a local
> >>> Africa chapter.  Their wiki page is:
> >>>
> >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Africa
> >>>
> >>> And this will help them during their forming
> of a local chapter
> >>> supported event.  Can we vote on this at
> tomorrow's meeting?
> >>
> >> Tim, Gavin and others,
> >>
> >> My primary concern with the OSGeo Africa chapter
> is it's area
> >> of responsibility.  It seems to me that
> having it be a branch of
> >> GISSA implies that it is really a South African
> OSGeo chapter.
> >>
> >> Can you update the chapter page to discuss the
> territorial ambit
> >> of the chapter, and how you can ensure broad
> participation from
> >> across the region?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> > 
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Board mailing list
> Board at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
> 


      Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/