[OSGeo BC] OSGeo BC Chapter Formation

[Kyle, Martin]

Dear OSGeo Board Members,

 

On November 15, 2007 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Pacific, a group of people
converged at two locations simultaneously and held a video conference in
an attempt to form the British Columbia chapter of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation. This action was taken after a call for interest
was officially made by posting a wiki topic on October 11, 2007. At the
meeting, we enjoyed the presence of 22 people and we discussed the
structure and organization of our proposed chapter.

An action item that arose from the meeting was for the elected chair to
formally request that the board officially sanction the chapter. It is
with this intent that I request on behalf of those who attended that a
formal recognition be made for "OSGeo BC - the British Columbia Chapter
of the Open Source Geospatial Consortium."

The group is currently comprised of individuals from both the public
sector and the private sector. We represent interests as different as
software developers to application end users, from consultants to those
representing business operations. Initially, we have focused on the
promotion of gatherings in Vancouver and Victoria; however, we have the
intent of accepting additional groups that may want to join us at our
meetings (e.g. Prince George and beyond). Thus, the scope of OSGeo BC is
to form a locus of interaction for the open source geospatial community
in British Columbia, Canada. We are organized into Local Interest Groups
which serve the operational role of Organizing Committees for a
quarterly event. The details of our formation can further be found at:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/British_Columbia_Chapter

 

Respectfully,

H. Martin Kyle, Chair
Jason Birch, Co-chair

Others showing support of OSGeo BC

http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/British_Columbia_Chapter_Membership

 

 



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