[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO US National Chapter

[María Arias de Reyna]

Hi Randal,

How is the chapter creation going? I see there is no page yet on the
osgeo.org webpage: https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/ Can you make
sure there is at least a draft page where the contact point and the
status of the chapter are reflected?

Also I see there are some local chapters in USA:
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/twin-cities-mn-usa-chapter/
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/pdxosgeo/
https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/california/

I understand you already reached all of them?

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Randal Hale
<rjhale at northrivergeographic.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Thanks to a few successful events here in the US, (Especially Boston
> FOSS4G 2017) several of us have been working toward formation of a US
> OSGEO Chapter. We've talked to several people in and around the US and
> multiple people involved in local chapters. I guess consider this a first
> shout of "Hello OSGEO World".
>
> Following the Guidelines [1] for Chapter formation we have a good start:
>
> 1. Self Organizing: Based on informal discussions with OSGeo members
> online and at the FOSS4G conference there is a major interest in how to
> support and build community across the nation. Technocation [2] is a
> non-profit that can act as a formal home for the OSGeo.US chapter.
>
> 2. Mission Statement: OSGeo.US will cultivate and support local OSGeo
> chapters and projects in the United States. OSGeo.US will also support
> activities and events that build awareness of the OSGeo and create
> opportunities to grow the OSGeo community.
>
> I also realized in this email - we've yet to stick anything on the
> wiki.osgeo.org site - we'll get that done shortly.
>
> 3. As for an official rep for the chapter: I was nominated by the group
> to be the official Spokesperson for now. So I'll do what I can to answer
> emails or drag someone else into the mix to answer them if I can't.
>
> 4. I'll be sending more information to the OSGEO Board - I
> wanted to start a discussion now and see if there was any angst that I
> or anyone else could address and if anyone else was interested in
> helping push this along.
>
> 5. TBD Later
>
> Anyway - Since I've not quit done anything like this before - Excuse
> anything I've forgotten or not done properly in this first announcement.
>
> Randy
>
>
> [1] http://www2.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html
>
> [2] https://technocation.github.io/
>
> --
> Randal Hale
> rjhale at northrivergeographic.com
> https://www.northrivergeographic.com
> (423)653-3611
>
>
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> Randal Hale
> rjhale at northrivergeographic.com
> https://www.northrivergeographic.com
> (423)653-3611
>
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