[California] Annual Meeting in November

Wed Dec 14 21:18:04 PST 2016

Sorry guys. I'm getting back to this late. How may Central California/Bay
Area Folks could make it down for a Mid-February Meeting in San Diego?

If that can't work, I think we should take Jeff Hobbs up on his offer to
host us in San Jose.

Any thoughts?

Let's get a location pinned down, and then we can start working on a
program and our marketing plan. :]

Landon

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Joe Larson <joelarso at gmail.com> wrote:

> 👀 interested in the potential event with LocationTech in San Diego,
> Jeff…good to hear.
>
> I’m smack in the middle of y’all (San Luis Obispo)…following this thread
> and hoping/seeing if something can work.
>
> Best regards all,
>
> - Joe Larson
>
> On Oct 26, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Im just working on organizing an event with LocationTech here in San Diego
> for mid-feb. Happy to do something then as well.
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Landon Blake <
> sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks. Any more thoughts on the location for our annual meeting in
>> February? If not, do we want to have a quick straw poll?
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Landon Blake <
>> sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> OK. Thanks Jeff. I'll follow-up with you when we pin down a location.
>>>
>>> Landon
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Hobbs, Jeff <jeff.hobbs at sjwater.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Landon,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That date in February works for me. As I said, we can probably host in
>>>> San Jose, however if you can find another spot, all the better.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your recollection is correct in that we did develop a custom module for
>>>> QGIS. It wasn’t me, but another developer that works with me. I can ask him
>>>> if he’d like to do a workshop, but he typically does his own thing on the
>>>> weekends, so I’m guessing it’s not something that would interest him. I’d
>>>> prefer to settle on a venue before talking to our developer. He’d probably
>>>> want to do the workshop with me and Davis is about 3.5 hours from my house,
>>>> so I likely wouldn’t make the trek over.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *<image001.png>*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Jeff Hobbs *| Director of Web & Geographic Systems, AD | San Jose
>>>> Water Company | 1251 South Bascom Ave. | San Jose, CA 95128
>>>>
>>>> Email: Jeff.Hobbs at sjwater.com | Tel: +1 408 279-7833
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> *From:* California [mailto:california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Landon Blake
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 05, 2016 15:16
>>>> *To:* california at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [California] Annual Meeting in November
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David wrote: "I am enquiring about SF locations for our annual
>>>> meeting.   I can
>>>> certainly help with that if we agree on a 2017 date."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do you guys think about a date of Saturday, February 11th, 2017?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David wrote: "Also, I do support work for the BayGeo board, so I can
>>>> easily setup
>>>>
>>>> intros, etc for broadening the audience."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That would be great. I can help put together a 1 or 2 page PDF
>>>> announcement and a post on our web site once we have the details hammered
>>>> out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David wrote: "Having a 20-person meeting
>>>>
>>>> with talks is very much different than having a 60-120 person meetup.
>>>> Both have their place, but understanding our intent will help answer
>>>> other questions."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty flexible on this, but I get nervous about being super
>>>> ambitious. :]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michelle wrote: "A former student of mine particularly asked if we
>>>> could find a way to include more women and people of color.  I also would
>>>> like to see that happen.  I think we can start by making sure we advertise
>>>> the event to as wide an audience (including CSU and community college
>>>> campuses) and we can and to approach potential speakers who will help
>>>> diversify our audience.  Diversity in gender, race, and field of employment
>>>> is important."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Agreed. I'm tired of always having to eat lunch with Alex and Ragi. :P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michelle wrote: "In terms of a QGIS plugin development workshop or
>>>> talk, I have done it (see my talk from last year) but I would rather not
>>>> have to put a workshop together since my experience is limited.  Who can we
>>>> ask who's a pro?"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I seem to remember Jeff Hobbs being pretty handy with QGIS. I think he
>>>> set-up a custom little interface for the program for his out-of-state
>>>> office. What do you think about teaching some QGIS plug-in development for
>>>> us Jeff?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michelle wrote: "Normally we have talks and then some kind of group
>>>> learning - either an unconference or code/cartography sprint."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What about getting a group of volunteers together after lunch to tackle
>>>> a Humanitarian Open Street Map task?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Landon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Michele Tobias <mmtobias at ucdavis.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In the #GISTribe chat today I asked people what makes them want to
>>>> attend meetings like ours.  Feedback included workshops (especially
>>>> python), workflow talks, student talks, and social opportunities.  A former
>>>> student of mine particularly asked if we could find a way to include more
>>>> women and people of color.  I also would like to see that happen.  I think
>>>> we can start by making sure we advertise the event to as wide an audience
>>>> (including CSU and community college campuses) and we can and to approach
>>>> potential speakers who will help diversify our audience.  Diversity in
>>>> gender, race, and field of employment is important.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In terms of a QGIS plugin development workshop or talk, I have done it
>>>> (see my talk from last year) but I would rather not have to put a workshop
>>>> together since my experience is limited.  Who can we ask who's a pro?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michele
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 12:52 PM, David Bianco <me at davidbianco.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am enquiring about SF locations for our annual meeting.   I can
>>>> certainly help with that if we agree on a 2017 date.   I'm still
>>>> available for a November meeting, and Davis sounds like a great option
>>>> to me.  I just wouldn't be able to assist with an SF location in that
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> As a chapter, are we required to have the meeting in 2016 vs 2017?
>>>>
>>>> Also, I do support work for the BayGeo board, so I can easily setup
>>>> intros, etc for broadening the audience.  This goes to Michele's
>>>> question about what we want to accomplish.    Having a 20-person meeting
>>>> with talks is very much different than having a 60-120 person meetup.
>>>> Both have their place, but understanding our intent will help answer
>>>> other questions.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016, at 08:33, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>>> > I'd be +1 to do something in the Bay Area in conjunction with
>>>> > something like a BayGeo meetup in order to increase the overall
>>>> > turnout. Certainly chapter business only takes a bit of time and we
>>>> > could reach out to a larger community meeting with BayGeo or the like.
>>>> >
>>>> > Unfortunately there is not that much 'community' here in SoCal, so not
>>>> > sure meeting down here would be productive. Ill be trying to organize
>>>> > local meetups in 2017, so perhaps in a year from now we can revisit
>>>> > that.
>>>> >
>>>> > +1 on a qgis plugin-development course. I've hacked a bit at existing
>>>> > plugins, but havent ever developed one from scratch.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Landon Blake
>>>> > <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > > These are all good comments. I may have waited too late in the year
>>>> to get
>>>> > > something properly organized (as Alex mentioned). I hate to run
>>>> into next
>>>> > > year again, but what do you folks think about a Saturday in
>>>> February?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > This would give us more time to prepare.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I appreciate that both Jeff and Alex are willing to host. I like
>>>> meeting at
>>>> > > Davis, but I wonder if there would be some benefit to moving it
>>>> back to the
>>>> > > Bay Area this time. Any thoughts on that?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Once we pick a date, we can work on a program and I can design some
>>>> > > announcements we can distribute to Bay Area techies and state
>>>> government
>>>> > > folks.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I've been using QGis more lately. Is there anyone that would be
>>>> willing to
>>>> > > teach a QGIS plug-in development crash course at the annual meeting?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Landon
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Hi All,
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> I'll again be out of the country on this date, but would _really_
>>>> like
>>>> > >> to attend. I'll do my best to attend virtually if nothing else.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Note: I am running for the OSGeo Board of directors [1][2], and the
>>>> > >> voting closes today. If you are a charter member, I would really
>>>> > >> appreciate your vote as a fellow Californian :)
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Jeff
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2016_Candidate_Manifestos
>>>> > >> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2016
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Alex M <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > >> > The Center for Spatial Sciences (UCDavis) would be happy to host
>>>> any
>>>> > >> > time we need.
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> > That said, I think we should take our time to be more organized
>>>> than in
>>>> > >> > the past to ensure a good turnout and participation. Any ideas
>>>> on how to
>>>> > >> > go about that our welcome. 1st idea from me is that we reach out
>>>> to all
>>>> > >> > those Bay Area OSGeo related geohipsters and get them involved.
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> > Thanks,
>>>> > >> > Alex
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> > On 09/22/2016 11:21 AM, Moskovitz, Bob at DOC wrote:
>>>> > >> >> I'll second a Davis meeting.  We have several students working
>>>> here
>>>> > >> >> with QGIS that might be interested in going.
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> Bob
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> ________________________________
>>>> > >> >> From: California <california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
>>>> behalf of
>>>> > >> >> Michele Tobias <mmtobias at ucdavis.edu>
>>>> > >> >> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 8:08 AM
>>>> > >> >> To: Landon Blake
>>>> > >> >> Cc: Hobbs, Jeff; california at lists.osgeo.org; Gundel, Aaron;
>>>> Blaauw,
>>>> > >> >> Stan
>>>> > >> >> Subject: Re: [California] Annual Meeting in November
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> November is a tricky month.  I'm definitely interested in
>>>> meeting.
>>>> > >> >> Nov. 19th works for me, but the 5th doesn't.  The 12th falls on
>>>> Veteran's
>>>> > >> >> Day weekend, so that's probably not going to work for most
>>>> people either.
>>>> > >> >> Davis is always an option if other places don't work out.  When
>>>> we settle on
>>>> > >> >> a date, I can make sure the state government people hear about
>>>> it and Alex
>>>> > >> >> can send it out to campus I'm sure.
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> Michele
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Landon Blake
>>>> > >> >> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com<mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmai
>>>> l.com>> wrote:
>>>> > >> >> Thanks Jeff. I'll wait until we hear from a couple of other
>>>> folks
>>>> > >> >> before we firm things up. I appreciate your willingness to host.
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> Landon
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Hobbs, Jeff
>>>> > >> >> <jeff.hobbs at sjwater.com<mailto:jeff.hobbs at sjwater.com>> wrote:
>>>> > >> >> Landon,
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> We could probably host at San Jose Water Company if needed.
>>>> That's
>>>> > >> >> likely the start of Thanksgiving vacations. I'm guessing some
>>>> people will
>>>> > >> >> leave that Saturday and take the following week off. The 5th of
>>>> November
>>>> > >> >> might make more sense.
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> We could do a presentation on a new intranet web application
>>>> we've been
>>>> > >> >> working on named "Merlin". It uses Leaflet, Elasticsearch,
>>>> Oracle,
>>>> > >> >> ASP.NET <http://asp.net/><http://ASP.NET <http://asp.net/>>,
>>>> Angular, Bootstrap, and Geoserver.
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> -Jeff
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> From: California
>>>> > >> >> <california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:california-bounce
>>>> s at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>>> > >> >> on behalf of Landon Blake
>>>> > >> >> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com<mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmai
>>>> l.com>>
>>>> > >> >> Date: Friday, September 16, 2016 at 10:29 AM
>>>> > >> >> To: "california at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:
>>>> california at lists.osgeo.org>"
>>>> > >> >> <california at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:california at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>>> > >> >> Subject: [California] Annual Meeting in November
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> I've set-up a wiki page for our 2016 annual meeting:
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_California_Chapter_2016_An
>>>> nual_Meeting
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> What do you guys think about the date of Saturday, November
>>>> 19th? Would
>>>> > >> >> another Saturday in November work?
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> Would anyone like to volunteer to host or to speak?
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> Thanks!
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >> Landon
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >>
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> >
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