[Board] Request - formal recognition - OSGeo Slovenija as an official OSGeo Local Chapter
Alen Mangafić
amangaf at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 02:29:03 PDT 2025
Hi to all,
I am reforwarding my old mail, hopefully the last one got lost :)
Have a great weekend,
Alen
On 6 August 2025 10:39:51 CEST, "Alen Mangafić" <amangaf at gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear Board,
>
>I would kindly ask you for the guidelines of how to get on the official OSGeo
>Chapters list <https://www.osgeo.org/about/local-organizations/> and the
>page with the Local chapters <https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/>.
>Guidelines as - who to address about it and collaborate.
>All the information about us and the logos are here:
>
> - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia
> -
> https://github.com/OSGeo-si/osgeo-si/blob/main/marketing/logo/osgeo-si-logo.png
>
>All the best,
>Alen
>
>On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Motion has passed.
>> Congratulations to the Slovenija local chapter!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 5/20/25 12:30, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > The motion is now on Loomio:
>> >
>> https://www.loomio.com/p/9XwAzmaW/motion-to-formally-recognize-osgeo-slovenija-as-an-official-osgeo-local-chapter
>> >
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Angelos
>> >
>> > On 4/23/25 15:24, Alen Mangafić wrote:
>> >> Dear Angelos,
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >> I’ll do my best to attend, although I have a transatlantic flight a few
>> >> hours later. In any case, I’ll make sure to inform the other members
>> >> of our
>> >> local board.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Alen
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Dear Alen,
>> >>>
>> >>> Thank you for the request. We have added it to the next board meeting
>> >>> agenda:
>> >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2025-04-29#Current_items
>> >>>
>> >>> Feel free to attend if you are available.
>> >>>
>> >>> Best regards,
>> >>> Angelos
>> >>>
>> >>> On 4/15/25 14:30, Alen Mangafić via Board wrote:
>> >>>> Dear OSGeo Board,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We are writing to request formal recognition of *OSGeo Slovenija* as
>> >>>> an *official
>> >>>> OSGeo Local Chapter*.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Our community has been evolving organically over the past years,
>> >>>> shaped
>> >> by
>> >>>> contributions from a diverse group of researchers, students,
>> >> professionals,
>> >>>> and enthusiasts across disciplines - including GIS, geodesy, biology,
>> >>>> computer science, forestry, social sciences, etc. From the beginning,
>> >>>> inclusivity and openness have been core to how we operate and grow.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Over the last three years, we have been connecting with interested
>> >>>> individuals from all over our little country. Through shared
>> >>>> activities,
>> >>>> informal meetups, and regular presence at FOSS4G events, we’ve grown
>> >>>> together into a critical mass that decided to take this step
>> >> collectively.
>> >>>> While we are more focused on geeking out, building (and destroying)
>> >> things,
>> >>>> and fostering community than on formal structures or bureaucracy, we
>> >> felt
>> >>>> it was the right moment to make this official.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> A cornerstone of this journey has been our annual *Open Source
>> >> Geospatial
>> >>>> Slovenija* conference in Ljubljana, which has become a central
>> >>>> platform
>> >> for
>> >>>> collaboration, idea exchange, and showcasing open geospatial work
>> >>>> in our
>> >>>> region. Over the years, we’ve also had the pleasure of hosting members
>> >> of
>> >>>> the global OSGeo community at this event, strengthening our ties with
>> >> the
>> >>>> broader network. While many Local Chapters have served as valuable
>> >>>> references, it was especially the story of the Romanian Local
>> >>>> Chapter -
>> >>>> presented at FOSS4G 2022 Firenze and later again at our Slovenian
>> >>>> conference (2024) - that motivated us to move forward with formal
>> >>>> recognition.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Throughout this incubation period, we have:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -
>> >>>>
>> >>>> *Organized annual *(totally DIY, free-of-charge, 100+ attendees)
>> >> *Open
>> >>>> Source Geospatial Slovenija* conferences in *Ljubljana*
>> >>>> 2024
>> >>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/OpenSourceGeospatialSlovenija2024>
>> >>>> 2023
>> >>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/OpenSourceGeospatialSlovenija2023>
>> >>>> 2022
>> >>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/OpenSourceGeospatialSlovenija2022>
>> >>>> -
>> >>>>
>> >>>> *Launched a series of technical meetups under the name GeoDev
>> >>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/GeoDev>* — open, hands-on
>> gatherings
>> >>>> focused on geospatial development. We joined forces with other
>> >> IT-crazy
>> >>>> people to create a space where geo-developers can share tools,
>> >> workflows,
>> >>>> and experiments in a relaxed, community-driven setting with beer
>> >> and pizza
>> >>>> (the last one was yesterday),
>> >>>> -
>> >>>>
>> >>>> *Supported field-based use cases* like dragonfly tracking (in
>> >>>> collaboration with the local odonata society) and analyzing
>> >>>> beaver
>> >>>> population spread by tracking their poo - both carried out using
>> >> QField in
>> >>>> support of environmental and academic projects.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We are formally organized as a non-profit, with a statute aligned with
>> >>>> OSGeo values. Our current membership includes *50 active individuals*,
>> >> and
>> >>>> all core information is published on our wiki page:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> *https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia
>> >>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia>*
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Our logo is currently under development.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We feel ready to formally join the OSGeo family and continue
>> >> contributing -
>> >>>> as we already do - the global open geospatial movement. We hope we
>> >> didn’t
>> >>>> mess up the formal steps too badly along the way.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you for your time and consideration. Please let us know if there
>> >> are
>> >>>> any next steps or additional information needed to support this
>> >>>> request.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best Regards,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> *Alen Mangafić*
>> >>>> Secretary, OSGeo Slovenija
>> >>>> osgeoslovenija at gmail.com
>> >>>> https://osgeo.si
>> >>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>> Board mailing list
>> >>>> Board at lists.osgeo.org
>> >>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> >>> President, Board of Directors
>> >>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> >>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>> >>>
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President, Board of Directors
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>>
>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/attachments/20250823/56917c10/attachment-0001.htm>
More information about the Board
mailing list