[California] Becoming a Formal Chapter

[Brian Hamlin]

The Silicon Valley and SF people are vital.. but no strategy yet on how 
to pull them in
    - time is constrained in the fast lane I think

anyway, good news on a chapter

On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Landon Blake wrote:

> Alex,
>
> This is great news! I commend you on your leadership with the issues
> related to the California Chapter. I don't think much would be 
> happening
> on this front without your initiative.
>
> Alex wrote: "I suggest we call a meeting in early Feb to take care of A
> and C."
>
> I have no problem making the meeting in Davis, as long as I know a few
> weeks in advance what the day is. I'm not sure how things will be for
> other working professionals, but obviously something in the evening or
> on weekends would work best for me. If this doesn't work well for 
> others
> I can take some vacation time.
>
> Alex wrote: " Every effort will be made to offer remote participation
> for SoCal folks and I encourage them to also plan a meeting (maybe
> alternate NorCal, Socal every few months?)"
>
> Do we have a contact with any of the Socal folks so we could help them
> arrange a meeting and perhaps have a similar meeting agenda? It would 
> be
> good to have a point man (or woman) down south that we could coordinate
> with.
>
> Landon
> Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
> Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:32 AM
> To: california at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [California] Becoming a Formal Chapter
>
> All,
>
> Just got out of the Marketing meeting and have lots to share.
>
> 1. Some in OSGeo think we're ready to jump incubation and become a
> chapter. There are 2 small and 1 big thing we need to do for that to
> happen.
>  A. Clarify/Cleanup our Objectives/Mission and put it on the wiki page
>  B. Call a Chapter Meeting
>  C. Request to become a chapter (A simple email to the Board)
>
> I suggest we call a meeting in early Feb to take care of A and C.
> I will offer to host the event in Davis as that is central for
> Bay,Stockton and Sac where the majority of our current membership
> resides.
> Every effort will be made to offer remote participation for SoCal folks
> and I encourage them to also plan a meeting (maybe alternate NorCal,
> Socal every few months?)
>
> References:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapter_Guidelines
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/California
>
> Time to discuss,
> Alex
>
> PS: Anyone want to make the Chapter logo for use on our sponsorship
> letter. Contact me for base logo and guidelines.
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