[Ottawa_users] Amended 25 Apr 13 Minutes - Javed

[Christy Nieman]

Sorry that this message took so long to appear.  I didn't notice that 
there was an email with an attachment that needed approval until just now.

Christy

On 04/30/2013 12:31 PM, Javed Syed wrote:
> Bonjour All,
> Amended Minutes attached.
>
> Take Care
> Javed
>
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> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:38:46 -0400
> From: fabien.ancelin at gmail.com
> To: ottawa_users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Ottawa_users] Minutes of the meeting, Apr 25th
>
> Dear fellow members of//the Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo,
>
> Given the number of information and topics that were brought to the 
> table on April 25th, I thought it would make sense to share the 
> minutes of the meeting.
>
> _*Talks about Open Data Initiative :*_
>
>   * The role of GIS experts in the Open Data Initiative and the
>     usability of Open Data.How to provide developers with data that
>     really empower citizens through quality and usability.
>   * I would like to see if I can get us to connect at least once with
>     the open data Ottawa since my experience during Toronto Hackathon
>     pointed out a real need for spatial data. Out of 30 presented
>     apps, between 5 and 10 were using geospatial information.
>
>
>
> _*The *__*Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo would like to take part in two 
> events :*_
>
>   * Software Freedom Day in September 2013.
>   * GIS Day in November 2013
>
> It means that we need two things :
>
>   * A place for those two event
>   * Volunteers that would be up for a presentation. Up until know, we
>     have 4 people up for that. (I messed up with my notes, so please
>     feel free to modify that as you want.
>       o Javed : Optics
>       o Regie : Balloon mapping
>       o Richard : Open Street Map
>       o Me : PostGIS 2.0
>
> Other volunteers are welcomed. Regarding the venues, we mentioned a 
> couple of options that I will explore during this month.
>
>   * Carleton University
>   * Ottawa University
>   * Find a place in collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation
>
> If anyone can help to make those events happen, I would love to hear 
> from you. More updates next month :).
> Cheers
>
> /Fabien/
>
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