[California] Annual Meeting in November

Mon Oct 10 17:08:22 PDT 2016

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
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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
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> *Subject:* Re: [California] Annual Meeting in November
>
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> 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?
>
>
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> 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 gmail.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>, Angular, Bootstrap, and Geoserver.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> -Jeff
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> From: California
> > >> >> <california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:california-
> bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>
> > >> >> on behalf of Landon Blake
> > >> >> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com<mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
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> > >> >> 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_
> Annual_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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