[Ireland] OSGeo - Irish Local Chapter Symposium - 26th May 2017

[Jeff McKenna]

Wow Peter, thanks for sharing this news.  A great turnout!  The seed is 
planted!  And what a wonderful gift to Markus, and signed, very kind of 
you all.

I'll share this great news far and wide, as a sign of the passion within 
OSGeo :)

Thank you all so much.

-jeff




On 2017-05-27 5:11 PM, Peter Mooney wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> The 1st Irish OSGeo Local Chapter Symposium in Limerick yesterday was a 
> fantastic success.
> 
> We had 65 registrations, 1 keynote, 12 lightning talks, 3 workshops, and 
> lots and lots of OSGeo discussion, education and networking.
> 
> Myself and the organising committee are proud to have been able to 
> facilitate the event.
> 
> We'll have a report on the wiki page later in the week - along with 
> presentation slides.
> 
> In the meantime - I've put a selection of photographs from the 
> proceedings of the day on Flickr
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157684341327225
> 
> The unanimous outcome of yesterday - let's do this again!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Jeff McKenna 
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     wow, awesome!  I was reviewing the speaker lineup and topics, looks
>     fantastic!!
> 
>     -jeff
> 
> 
> 
>     On 2017-05-25 9:42 AM, Peter Mooney wrote:
> 
>         Thank you Jeff,
> 
>         Over 60 registered to take part! Far exceeding our initial
>         expectations.
> 
>         We'll let you know how it goes.
> 
>         On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Jeff McKenna
>         <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>         <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>         <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>         <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>>
> 
>         wrote:
> 
>              Wishing everyone a great first event tomorrow, in
>         Limerick.  Thank
>              you for sharing the passion!
> 
>              -jeff
> 
> 
>              --
>              Jeff McKenna
>              President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation
>         http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
>         <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna>
>              <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna
>         <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>              On 2017-05-05 5:19 AM, Daniel McInerney wrote:
> 
>                  Hi All,
> 
>                  Just a quick reminder that the first Symposium of the
>         Irish Local
>                  Chapter of OSGeo will be held in Limerick on the 26th
>         of May
>                  2016. The
>                  symposium will consist of a morning session of short
>         talks, a
>                  Keynote
>                  presentation from Dr. Markus Neteler (Mundialis, GRASS-GIS,
>                  OSGeo) and
>                  the afternoon will be dedicated to a series of hands-on
>                  workshops. More
>                  details regarding the event are on the wiki [1] and the
>         registration
>                  page is available here [2].
> 
>                  Please spread the word and hopefully see you in
>         Limerick later
>                  this month.
> 
>                  Regards,
> 
>                  Daniel.
> 
> 
>                  [1]: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland/Symposium2017
>         <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland/Symposium2017>
>                  <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland/Symposium2017
>         <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland/Symposium2017>>
> 
>                  [2]:
>         https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/osgeo-ireland-1st-national-symposium-2017-tickets-33421397299
>         <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/osgeo-ireland-1st-national-symposium-2017-tickets-33421397299>
>                 
>         <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/osgeo-ireland-1st-national-symposium-2017-tickets-33421397299
>         <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/osgeo-ireland-1st-national-symposium-2017-tickets-33421397299>>
>