[Local-chapters] Starting up some activity

[Sunburned Surveyor]

I'm still trying to figure out how to activate the members of my local
chapter. :]

Landon

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <seven at arnulf.us> wrote:
> Folks,
> it seems like we have good coverage with representatives from various Local
> Chapters in this list now. Eventually we might want to have at least one
> representative from each Local Chapter in this list (although I do not see
> the need to make this an obligation yet).
>
> I would like to invite to a conversation about how we can leverage this list
> to promote OSGeo.
>
> Venka and Ravi suggested that it might be a good idea to create a committe
> or board of sorts with one representative from each Local Chapter. Provided
> that there is interest and we actually get something done here it could
> eventually become an Advisory board for OSGeo and give input to decisions
> that have to be taken by the Board of Directors. It would also broaden the
> influence of remote areas, regions and languages to the overall goals of
> OSGeo.
>
> Please share your thoughts on this or anything else you believe belongs to
> this group of people.
>
> FYI: The Board of Directors meets once a month [1] and there is an agenda
> for each meeting where you can add topics you deem relevant for this
> decision body.
>
> Best regards,
> Arnulf Christl
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Meetings
>
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