[OSGeo-Discuss] [Board-fr] Free GIS Day November 6, 2014 OSGéo - IGEAT (ULB) ­ Brussels (Belgium)

[Maelle Vercauteren]

Thank you for all your comment.
I organized a meeting with the organizing committee yesterday and we
discussed all these topics:

-Regarding the limitation to French speaking presentations: again, one of
the main aim of our event is involving our African trainees in the freeGIS
environment and presenting them a (small part) of its capabilities. In this
context, this must be a French speaking event because they are not
bilingual.

-About the fact that there is no call of paper: it is our first experience
in free GIS event and we have very limited manpower and financial
resources. So, for now, it is easier to organize a closed event where we
invite the speakers by ourselves. However, we are pleased to hear and read
the interest raised by our freeGIS day. So we are open and enthusiastic to
discuss with you the organization of a broader (and multilingual) event
next year. If it suits you, maybe we should discuss it during our event?

-Finally, we discussed the name of the event: we chose to change it in “
Be-OpenGIS”

Kind regards,
Maë//e

N.B at Johan: Thanks a lot for your conatct Marleen VAN DAMME, she will be
there.


2014-09-03 9:31 GMT+02:00 Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>:

>  OSGeoBrussels seems a very good name for your event. Maybe even more
> appropriate then Foss4G in this stage.
>
> As an FOSS4G conference is normally first announced, and then a call for
> papers is organized, which is evaluated by a organizational comity.
> OSGeoBrussels could be a good name to get an insight in the community in
> and around Brussels.
>
> I suggest we organize in 2015 a FOSS4G_BE together (French and Dutch
> speeking communities.
> We can involve OSGeo.fr and OSGeo.nl in this event and work on a stronger
> local community in the Belgium area.
>
> We are working on a proposal to have a devroom on FOSDEM2015. This good be
> a good place to discuss the organisation of the FOSS4G_BE 2015 event.
>
> I think we could announce both initiatives on the general assemble in
> Portland next week, so OSGeo knows about the local initiatives.
>
> Best Regards
> D.
>
>
>
> On 02-09-14 14:36, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:
>
>  Thank you for our comment.
>
> This conference is part of an ARES-CCD (French speaking academic
> cooperation, former national CUD) training about GIS: we host 15 trainees
> from French speaking African countries. Unfortunately they are not
> bilingual.
>
> Nevertheless, flemish actors are also involved in our project: GIM
> (Geographic Information Management- Heverlee) will present their work. We
> also contacted AGIV for presenting INSPIRE issues a few weeks ago but we
> didn't get any answer. Please let us know if have other contacts in AGIV
> for presenting this topic. Indeed, our aim is to have public actors from
> the three Belgian regions.
>
> However, if it better sounds to you, we could use the name “OSGEOBrussels”.
>
> Regards,
>  Maë//e
>
>
> 2014-09-02 12:10 GMT+02:00 Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>:
>
>> Hi Barend,
>>
>> I already replied to the mail yesterday [1]
>> As we live in a country with multiple languages spoken, I don't see a
>> problem with that.
>>
>> Of course, when we want to organise a Dutch speaking event for Foss4G-Be
>> in the future, I expect we also can use the doamin name for that event.
>> But last year, for OSGeoGenth [2], we also organized the event in
>> English, with as a result we had French speaking, English speaking,
>> Spanish speaking, German speaking and of course, the majority, Dutch
>> speaking attendees.
>> It was the geomajas community who provided the infrastructure for the
>> website and the agenda. [3]
>>
>> Regards,
>> D.
>>
>> [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-September/013524.html
>> [2] http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013
>> [3] http://www/geomajas.org
>>
>>
>> On 02-09-14 00:40, b.j.kobben at utwente.nl wrote:
>> > Nasty question from a Dutch (Netherlands) member of OSGEO.nl: Have you
>> > consulted the Flemish OSGEO community about claiming the .be (=Belgium)
>> > suffix for a French/Wallonic speaking event...?
>> >
>> > Sorry, but I feel it has to be asked...
>> >
>> > Barend
>> >
>> > --
>> > Barend Köbben
>> > Senior Lecturer ­ ITC-University of Twente
>> > PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (Netherlands)
>> > @barendkobben
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 01-09-2014 17:16, "Vincent Picavet" <vincent.ml at oslandia.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello all,
>> >>
>> >> As far as OSGeo-fr is concerned, we have been consulted and are happy
>> to
>> >> see
>> >> that event taking shape. We will support the event as much as we can.
>> >>
>> >> Vincent
>> >>
>> >> Le lundi 1 septembre 2014 17:57:58, Maelle Vercauteren a écrit :
>> >>> Dear,
>> >>>
>> >>> I am contacting you about the potential use of the name ³FOSS4G-Be²
>> and
>> >>> about the participation of OSGeo-fr for a future freeGIS day in
>> Belgium
>> >>> (Website and Event):
>> >>>
>> >>> We want to organize a French OSGeo event (the so called FOSS4G-Be) in
>> >>> early
>> >>> November 2014, in relation with the GIS courses and masterclass held
>> at
>> >>> the
>> >>> Université Libre de Bruxelles, IGEAT research Unit:
>> >>> It will be a one day event. There will be a selection of plenary
>> >>> communication related to free SIG use in public or private environment
>> >>> and
>> >>> 2 or 3 practical workshops.
>> >>>
>> >>> This event will cover the following 3 topics:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1) FOSS4G tools/software: Establishment/creation or storage of
>> >>> infrastructure and web sharing of spatial data
>> >>> 2) Data & Services: Presentation on the freely available data and
>> >>> services
>> >>> 3) Applications: use of Open GIS (also with guest speakers from the
>> >>> South)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Would you be willing to support us and work together on this project
>> and
>> >>> could we use the name ³FOSS4G-Be²?
>> >>>
>> >>> Could the event be co-organized by the ULB and OSGeo-fr?
>> >>> If so, it would be nice to have an OSGeo-fr stand with a
>> representative
>> >>> of
>> >>> the association and of its activities (as well as a plenary
>> >>> presentation if
>> >>> you are interested in).
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Feel free to contact me if you have questions or if you would like to
>> >>> share
>> >>> your suggestions.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thank you in advance for your reply,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Kind regards,
>> >>> Maë//e
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>>
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> Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
> Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres CUD
>
> Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
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> Yours sincerely,
>
>
> ir. Dirk Frigne
> CEO
>
> Geosparc n.v.
> Brugsesteenweg 587
> B-9030 Ghent
> Tel: +32 9 236 60 18
> GSM: +32 495 508 799
> http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com
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-- 
Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres CUD

Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
B-1050 Bruxelles
Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143
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