<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the feedback Jeff. Like I told MPG, there seem to be alot of people here interested in areas that align with OSGeo's mission and beyond and it would just be nice to have informal meetings offline and aside from work, so that's how I'll approach it. Thanks again for your input!</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">All of your initial thoughts are correct Phil, follow MPG's advice and<br>
get something going: informal, wiki page (copy another chapter's<br>
structure), and mailing list (file a ticket on Trac), and start meeting<br>
once a month after work.<br>
<br>
I do see formal Chapters in OSGeo (I notice the Japan chapter just had a<br>
call for renewing their paid memberships), but it is really up to you<br>
and your local community, how formal you want to get.<br>
<br>
Most important: get together and share and have fun! :)<br>
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-jeff<br>
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On 2014-04-22, 11:00 PM, Phil Nugent wrote:<br>
> Thanks for sharing your perspective and experience Michael. I've been<br>
> thinking along the same lines for getting started by having an informal,<br>
> "after hours" meeting with a talk and general discussion....and food and<br>
> beer never hurts. ;) I'm encouraged that I'm thinking along the same<br>
> lines as someone who's been through it.<br>
><br>
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