[California] Annual Meeting in November

Landon Blake sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com
Wed Oct 26 12:24:18 PDT 2016 

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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Jeff Hobbs *| Director of Web & Geographic Systems, AD | San Jose Water
>> Company | 1251 South Bascom Ave. | San Jose, CA 95128
>>
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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 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-bounce
>> s 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
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>> > >> >> <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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