[Board] Request for recognition

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi JeffH,

Thanks for sharing this excellent news about the new Yukon chapter; I 
think it would be great if you could give a little summary of this at 
the AGM tomorrow.

-JeffM

On 11-09-14 11:29 PM, jeff at geoprism.ca wrote:
> Following several years of discussion about the need for an organization
> to promote development and adoption of open source geospatial
> applications, standards compliant metadata and open data, it has come time
> to formalize the group as an OSGeo chapter. Although there are presently
> no organizations in Yukon with similar objectives, our group is not
> expected to be very large (we're a pretty small bunch of northerners to
> stubborn to go where its warmer).
>
> I have discussed the prospects for a local chapter with Jeff McKenna, who
> provided strong support, encouragement, and suggestions on how to proceed
> with formal recognition. Jeff Hamm has agreed to act as the initial
> liaison with the OSGeo board.
>
> Significant initiatives are already in place that use OSGeo projects, most
> notably the Yukon Planning Atlas (Mapserver/Chameleon). We intend to probe
> our existing network of local GIS users to identify other opportunities to
> promote adoption of open source geospatial software.