[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO US National Chapter

[Randal Hale]

Good Morning Maria,

It's going well - I'm just moving slow in my juggling.

My list has two things I need to accomplish today: OSGEO Page and Email 
listserve.

Yes - in the months leading up to this we reached out to as many people 
as we could - some on the Wiki and some not. I hoped this email earlier 
to OSGEO Discuss would turn up anyone we forgot.

Hopefully today those things get accomplished and I can get things 
moving again this week.

Thanks for checking on me - I need all the pushing I can get.

Randy


On 04/01/2018 08:30 AM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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