[Ottawa_users] Fall Meetups: Upcoming Ideas & Need For Scheduling Dates

[Regie Alam]

Hello Richard,

   I'm good for all those dates (Sept to Nov). I may also be able to
do an update of the Ottawa Tree Canopy Cover Mapping Project in
October.

   A proposal for a talk/s:

   It would be great if we can have people from Invest Ottawa (or
other business groups) do a talk about resources for those who may
want to create a business focussing on open source. Some may also be
interested in creating a non-profit organization and using open source
tools.

Cheers,
Regie


On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:50 AM, richard burcher <drownedfrog at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Hope you're all enjoying the long weekend here!
>
> First off I'd like to propose that for the upcoming fall meet ups that we
> agree the dates for a few months out. I would like to lock in Sept-Nov.
> Reason for this is I have been in contact with several people outside of our
> community to get them to present/talk. Makes it easier to approach
> prospective individuals/groups if we can give them concrete dates. We're all
> pretty busy people & the more notice for calendars the better:)
>
> Venue:
> Same -- Fox & Feather on Elgin
>
> Proposed Dates:
> - Sept 20 -- Can we please stay with this date. For speakers below I've
> already committed to this
> - Oct 25
> - Nov 22
>
> ========
>
> Upcoming falls ideas:
>
> My idea (please add to:)) has been to get speakers/presenters outside of our
> mailing list. We have improved turn outs when we have interesting/new
> material for the group & it really gets the table going.
>
> Ideally my aim is to get 2 speakers for the each fall meet up from Sept-Nov.
>
> I have been in touch with a few prospective presenters that I believe would
> be of interest to the group.
>
> =====
> Prospective for Sept:
> I'm currently waiting to hear back from the City of Ottawa's Rob Giggey who
> is the Strategic Support Coordinator & opendata lead @ City of Ottawa. Focus
> would be on open data initiative.
>
> Confirmed for Sept:
> Glen McGregor from the Ottawa Citizen will be presenting about his use of
> spatial & open source in journalism.
> =====
>
>
> Other ideas:
> 1) I would like to start a technical session at each meet up, 10-15 minutes
> where the focus is on solving a   problem and/or using a new lib/software
> tool etc.
>
> 2) I've also thought it would be cool if we brought in a web mapping website
> review, ~5 min.
>
> 3) Yours here:)
>
>
> Other thoughts:
> 1) would you be interested in themed meet ups? i.e web mapping,
> openstreetmap, mobile
>
>
> As always folks, it's our local chapter & we really need your ideas/inputs
> etc to continue to keep this monthly event a must go to on the calendars.
> Please feel free to add/amend/suggest etc.
>
> I would love to kick start the fall sessions with new speakers, ideas & more
> geospatial koolness!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> @richardburcher
> drownedfrog at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
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