[California] Annual Meeting in November

Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Wed Dec 14 23:09:10 PST 2016 

I'm of the opposite opinion. I think getting a better idea of what we
want to do, and who is actually interested would be better.

I can get space just about any time at Davis, but I'd rather not have a
tiny turnout unless that's actually the plan.

We did a Humanitarian Mapathon in November that had 40+ attend.

So for me the question is how do we better reach the community and
what's the best format to bring people together.

Thanks,
Alex

PS: If you're concerned about meeting the "yearly" meeting we could
always do an electronic meeting...

On 12/14/2016 09:18 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
> 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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>>>>>
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