[California] RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Los Angeles

[David Bianco]

Ragi!   Good to see you online.   Are you independent now? e-me direct.
(we both did time at esri.  me: 11 years.)

The webmapsocial meetup group Ragi links to is exactly the kind of thing I'd
like to see happen in Los Angeles.  Monthly talks, free open-source desktop
seminars .... all that would be great, but I'm content with starting out at
the local pub.   I know Portland has a bustling community (
http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis 82 members!).   I found an LA
openstreetmap meetup group last week, hoping to meet some new faces there.

I'm all for helping to build the CA osgeo chapter, but more to the point,
I'm trying to get a local community brewing.   LA is a huge city, I can't be
the only evangelist.   Perhaps the esri kool-aid is thicker than I realize
since we are in their backyard after all.

David


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Ragi Y. Burhum <ragi at burhum.com> wrote:

> Man, Blake, I guess I get no love even though I work the CA OSGeo booths a
> lot lately ha ha ha. Oh well.
>
> Anyway, I am also interested in working in a CA-based project... put me
> down in your list.
>
> On another note I am doing a presentation @ Google on PostGIS and OSGeo for
> one of the local meetup on Oct 6th if any of you bay area people are
> interested check it out http://www.meetup.com/webmapsocial/
>
> David: long time no see... we should go visit Juan one of these days :)
>
> - Ragi
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:00 AM, <california-request at lists.osgeo.org>wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:02:42 -0700
>> From: "Landon Blake" <lblake at ksninc.com>
>> Subject: [California] RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Los Angeles
>> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Cc: california at lists.osgeo.org
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>> David,
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>>
>> Sorry for the delayed response.
>>
>>
>>
>> I believe we have a few lurkers in the Southern California area, but not
>> anyone really active that I can think of. I do remember someone from
>> Southern California that listened into one of our meetings. (His first
>> name was Joe?) Most of the activity in our chapter is coming out of the
>> UC Davis Campus. Alex Mandel is taking the lead there. We've also got
>> someone from the Sacramento area that works at the California Geological
>> Survey, if I am not mistaken.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian Hamlin is also quite active, and I believe he hangs his hat in the
>> Bay Area. I'm in the Central Valley.
>>
>>
>>
>> The size of our state is a challenge to organizing OSGeo activities.
>> We've talked about organizing smaller regional chapters in the state,
>> but I don't think we have the support for that yet. Personally, I would
>> like us to think about how we can draw more OSGeo enthusiasts from
>> California together via online means. Alex has focused a lot on getting
>> an OSGeo presence at California conferences, which is great, but I'm
>> personally interested in seeing what we can do as a group on the
>> software front. Our chapter is home to Silicon Valley, after all. :]
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been meaning to bring this up, but haven't had the time to put
>> together an intelligent e-mail. I will try to make time to do so this
>> week.
>>
>>
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
>>
>> Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of David Bianco
>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:57 PM
>> To: OSGeo Discussions
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Los Angeles
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm looking to meet up with fellow Los Angeles based osgeo people.    I
>> put a call out in the California chapter email list but did not get a
>> response.    Perhaps you all are lurking here on the main list?   I work
>> in downtown LA.    Let me know where you at!
>>
>> David Bianco
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/lax-osgis
>>
>>
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