[California] What Can We Accomplish in 2008 & 2009?

[Alex Mandel]

Landon Blake wrote:
> I figured it would be better to discuss the future of the proposed
> California OSGeo Chapter in a separate thread. 
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> I'm afraid I wasn't able to do as much as I had hoped with the Chapter
> this year. I'm sure this is a reason why the idea of a Chapter didn't
> build momentum as I had hoped. I'd like to make the following
> suggestions for things we could accomplish in the rest of 2008 & 2009:
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> -     Present and man a booth at the 2008 California Geographic Society
> Meeting in Chico this May. I will contact OSGeo marketing to see about
> materials. Alex said he could possibly make arrangements for the booth
> space. I told him that I could help watch the booth. Perhaps we could
> round up some more volunteers for this? It is only a few weeks away.
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> -     I think we missed the window of opportunity for the 2008 CalGIS
> Conference. Can we start to make arrangements for a booth next year?
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> -     Can we set up an outreach to assist sister organizations in
> California with GIS and open source issues? Can we arrange OSGeo
> ambassador's to the California Land Surveyors Association and the
> California Chapters of URISA? What about BAAMA?
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> -     Should we have further discussions about how to divide the State
> into sub-chapters? Could we do this by geographic region using County
> boundaries?
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> -     Can we find a place for our first meeting? Do we have a college or
> government agency that would be willing to host a small group?
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> I'm open to suggestions on all of these topics. I think our proposed
> Chapter can begin to take shape it we set some simple goals and choose
> one or two issues to champion.
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> Landon
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I know the deadline for paper submission to CGS is tomorrow, April 4th. 
Not sure when the deadline to get a booth is. The whole site for CSUN 
which hosts the url seems to be down right now.
As for people, I've got 3 from Davis already and I'll likely have more 
than that willing to table.


As for a chapter meeting, I'll be happy to make arrangements at UC Davis 
for one if we come up with a date and draft agenda.

I don't think dividing chapters by counties makes much sense, it's more 
of how far people are willing to go to meet. Seems right now there are 
people in the Bay Area and South Coast so maybe we should start with that.


Alex