[Ottawa_users] FYI: August Meetup Notes

[Regie Alam]

Hello guys,

   With all the FOSS4G conferences sprouting out everywhere, it would be
nice to have a small, local mini-something here in Ottawa. It would be nice
to have a list of local companies that utilizes open source geospatial as a
major part of their business model.

Regie

Regie
 On Sep 6, 2012 9:42 PM, "Fabien Ancelin" <fabien.ancelin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for this notes Richard.
>
> I am taking some time off for a week and will try to come up with some
> ideas too.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> 2012/8/29 sean powers <drownedfrog at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just a few notes from last weeks meeting.
>>
>> First big thanks to all those who came out. Really great to have some new
>> folks coming out to see what we're about.
>>
>> Notes:
>>
>> 1) I will be scheduling our meeting dates for a few months in advance as
>> it makes it easier to reserve on our calendars.
>>
>> 2) Some positive feedback on themed meetup months for presentations etc I
>> don't suspect people want these to be to rigid & they won't be. Will trial
>> the fall schedule and solicit feedback on whether we should continue.
>>
>> 3) Some discussion about my call (thanks to Regie & Fabian for great
>> ideas and discussion!) for a small working group to increase/improve
>> turnout, more presentations & bigger events (code sprints/workshops)
>>     - we should improve our digital presence for people to know about the
>> group. it is not about massive marketing to increase numbers, but rather to
>> engage people who would come out perhaps if they knew about us. to that end
>> i will be setting up a meetup.com profile so folks in ottawa can find us
>> easily.
>>     - targeting students was mentioned, especial those in gis programs
>>     - 1 presentation a month with a loose agenda seems to be the way to go
>>     - presenters should make avaible there slides for upload on a
>> community site, perhaps slideshare
>>     - i discussed mailing list engagement as something i would like to
>> improve, in terms of feedback for participation in attending meetups.
>> please suggest ideas:)
>>     - osgeo image of being to technical was mentioned & perhaps deters
>> some folks.
>>
>>     - in terms of workshops, there is great interest in holding a half
>> day qgis intro sometime in the new year. fabian & regie are really up for
>> this, as am i. we've decided that for the next few meetups (sept - nov)
>> that the last 30--45min if someone wants to ask questions/be introduced to
>> qgis we will have laptops setup with some test data & qgis in vm to
>> show/walk them through. this seems to be a way to solicit feedback on what
>> we should do for new year workshop. (we're looking for your
>> ideas/participation)
>>
>> 4) andrew kindly offered access to his board room (thanks) for
>> meetings/workshops.
>>
>> 5) andrew mentioned the open conference call of the eclipse location
>> working group (http://wiki.eclipse.org/**Location/August30_2012<http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/August30_2012>
>> )
>>
>>
>> if i've missed anything, please add to this.
>>
>> have a great night & see you at sept's meetup!
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> richard
>>
>>
>>
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