[Ottawa_users] Proposal to expand Chapter

[Dave McIlhagga (mobile)]

No Torontonian would be staying an ottawa chapter and calling it Canada. :)
   

-----Original Message-----
From: "Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]" <Tom.Kralidis at ec.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:56:39 
To:"Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List" <ottawa_users at lists.osgeo.org>,       "Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List" <ottawa_users at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: RE: [Ottawa_users] Proposal to expand Chapter


That's very Torontonian ;)


-----Original Message-----
From: ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Jeff McKenna
Sent: Thu 11-Oct-07 12:50
To: Ottawa (Canada) Local Chapter List
Subject: Re: [Ottawa_users] Proposal to expand Chapter
 
sooooo, i think the results of this discussion are fairly predictable: 
those in the ottawa region (except myself) don't see the benefit, but 
those outside ottawa do.

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jeff




Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> On 9-Oct-07, at 9:54 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> 
>> 1- The main value I see in a local chapter such as the Ottawa Chapter 
>> is the monthly get-together. Get away from your desk for a few hours 
>> and chat informally with people who have similar interests to yours.
>>
>> 2- There are already plenty of lists to discuss OSGeo technical or 
>> policy questions/issues online, we don't need to replicate that at a 
>> local or even national level. However all that electronic 
>> communication lacks something that the local chapter can offer: face 
>> to face communication.
> 
> And on a similar note, having a broad umbrella for Canucks to gather 
> under, will undoubtedly help other local people find each other.  This 
> could help start local chapters as parts of the national community start 
> to find each in a more meaningful way than simply asking on the discuss 
> list.  With that in mind I encourage all Canadians to at least put their 
> name on the Canada wiki page.
> 
>> 3- The main value I would see in a Canadian chapter would be the same 
>> kind of get-together once or twice a year
> 
> I agree and think many others have it in the back of their mind hoping 
> we'll do something.  Since there is no U.S.A. chapter, we could also 
> invite them to come up ;-)
> 
> I won't belabour the point here, but there are particular OSGeo 
> fundraising opportunities that could only be done, or be done 
> better/easier, if there was a Canadian chapter.  Of course this is 
> administrative level stuff and not so much focused on getting people 
> together.
> 
> Tyler
> 
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