[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO US National Chapter

Marc Vloemans marcvloemans1 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 12:06:24 PDT 2018


Great initiative!

Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 15 mrt. 2018 om 20:02 heeft Randal Hale <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> 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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