[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO US National Chapter

[Dirk Frigne]

Congratulations,

Dirk

On 15-03-18 20:06, Marc Vloemans wrote:
> 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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