[Industry] Fwd: [Belgium] Fwd: [Local-chapters] Follow up discussion: OSGeo Europe BOF [3]

Tue Aug 11 23:19:57 PDT 2015

Hi Dirk,

I would agree with the mailing list as first step. Shall I fill the ticket?

My feeling is, many people are very positive about OSGeo-Europe legal
entity, but on of the reasons we lack more action could be, we are all
buried with daily work and for such kind of action, we need someone with
free both hands.

Just comment - no solution :-(

J

pá 24. 7. 2015 v 18:13 odesílatel Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>
napsal:

> Dear list,
>
> I just send and received the following mail from the [Local-chapters]
> mail, as the local chapters liaison person for the Belgian local chapter.
>
> As I think this topic is also of interest to the industry list, I'll
> post it also here for further discussion.
>
> I discussed this topic in Como, and as a result of the BOF we decided to
> continue the discussion on the local-chapter list.
>
> As a member of the OSGeo community, I decided to go on with this idea
> parallel, as is done in a do-ocraty, such as OSGeo claims to be.
>
> Please feel free to discuss, so we can form an industry list
> standpoint.
>
>
>
> Dirk.
>
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [Local-chapters] Follow up discussion: OSGeo Europe BOF [3]
> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:21:52 +0200
> From: Dirk Frigne <dirk.frigne at geosparc.com>
> Reply-To: dirk.frigne at geosparc.com
> Organization: Geosparc
> CC: local-chapters at lists.osgeo.org
>
> Dear list,
>
> I will shortly present myself as a new member of this list as the OSGeo
> contact person for the Belgian Local Chapter that was formed just a
> couple of weeks ago [1]. My name is Dirk Frigne and I am a member of
> OSGeo since 2007. More information can be found here[2]
>
> Wednesday, July 15 we had a BOF on the foss4ge conference in Como with
> the major topic OSGeo Europe. [3]
> There seemed to be a huge interest in the topic as there where more then
> 20 people attending the meeting (of which only 10 subscribed to the wiki).
>
> The main topic discussed was if there is a need for a European legal
> entity representing OSGeo for European specific needs.
>
> The first question was if this should fit with the bylaws of the OSGeo
> foundation.
> Apparently, from a perspective of the OSGeo foundation, the European
> Legal structure could be seen as a local chapter, a body of the foundation.
>
> There are at least a couple of good reasons to start such an entity:
> - To operate an annual FOSS4Ge Conference, possibly in cooperation with
> related efforts such as the organising local Chapter.
> - To maintain the relationship with European bodies and European
> oriented organisations such as OGC-Europe, JRC, European commission,
> European member organisations active in environment, eHealth, open data,
> open knowledge, European industry, European startups, (not limited list)
> - To act as a body that will partner for H2020 projects, together with
> other relevant players such as OGC, Geo4all, SMESpire,  and others
> - To act as a reference implementation partner for INSPIRE related
> communities, such as ELF, ARENA, Digital Agenda, EUROGeo,
> Agile,[not limited]
> - To help the specific European SME industry developing business models
> for open source.
>
> Last year in Bremen, the topic was also discussed, but after the
> conference the initiatives moved to a silent dead. I did a lot of
> thinking about the topic, and prepared a presentation [4]
> which I gave on the INSPIRE conference, and the derived presentation [5]
> adapted for the OSGeo audience.
>
> During the meeting we decided to discuss this topic in the local chapter
> list, which is the purpose of this mail.
>
> After the BOF I had te opportunity to talk to a lot of people in a
> personal way about this topic, and many encouraged me to go on with the
> initiative. I didn't had the chance to talk to everybody, so I am
> looking forward to your reactions to further refine our idea's.
>
> I would like to propose following timing for the discussion:
> - any reactions on this thread are welcome until end of July.
> - As I will be in holidays the first two weeks of August, please give me
> these two weeks, where I will often be offline to make a summary of the
> discussion so we can propose a European Local Chapter to the board for
> acceptance. I will then post the consensus in this list for approval to
> hand it over to the board.
> - I will also propose to create a OSGeo-Europe list (or we can use the
> Foss4G-Europe list for that).
>
> Please consult the members of your local chapters through the diverse
> lists, so we have a broad platform to discuss.
>
> Looking forward to your feedback and hope to speak to you personal on a
> next foss4g conference.
>
> Regards,
> D.
>
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium
> [3]
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#OSGeo_Europe_BOF
> [4]
>
> http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/2015-inspire-conference-tactical-weapon-for-industrial-growth-final
> [5]
>
> http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/2015-foss4-g-europe-tactical-weapon-for-industrial-growth-slideshare
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments!
> --
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
> ir. Dirk Frigne
> CEO
>
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