[Qgis-psc] Establishing an Official QGIS User Group Philippines [Steps to Take]

Thu Nov 12 05:05:14 PST 2020

Hi Ben, Hi Martin
I was wondering if you'd be planning to have a usergroup initiated this
year?

I'll need to have all the informations by December 1st (normally the
deadline is November 1st).
I need to start voting for community members

cheers Marco

On Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 01:18 Ben Hur Pintor, <bnhr.xyz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.
>
> We will consolidate our group further to have a more formal structure. We
> will also try to get the qgis.ph domain and have an officially registered
> association here in the Philippines. We were thinking of establishing a
> non-stock non-profit organization for this. However, things are still not
> back to normal speed here in the Philippines because of the pandemic so
> establishing an official association might take longer than usual. Noted as
> well on the regular meetings with presentations and workshops.
>
> I totally understand the point about Facebook especially in terms of
> security and privacy. FB and social media is huge in the Philippines so at
> the time of creating the group, it was the easiest and most convenient way
> to get people connected. Not everyone checks their emails regularly but
> everyone checks Facebook daily. Based on Ismail's experience with
> Indonesia, I think we'll add a Telegram group (which other communities like
> OSM Philippines also have), other social media accounts like Twitter and
> Instagram for sharing events and news, try if we can have an effective
> mailing list, or maybe even Discord.
>
> I will get back to you soon with more updates.
>
> All the best,
> Ben Hur
> ---
> *Ben Hur S. Pintor | BNHR <https://bnhr.xyz>*
> bnhr.xyz
> hi at bnhr.xyz
>
>
>
>
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> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 5:56 PM Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Ben Hur,
>>
>> Thank you so much for your efforts in maintaining an "unofficial" QGIS
>> user group in the Philippines - and for your willingness to turn this
>> effort into an "official" user group.
>>
>> Some important things:
>>
>>    - It would be great if you could organize a group of active people
>>    driving the effort besides you, e.g. form a small board of dedicated
>>    people. It would be good if the work could be distributed between several
>>    people besides you
>>    - Please try to register the country level QGIS domain - qgis.ph -
>>    make sure that this domain is not "owned" by a company, but by the local
>>    user group.
>>    - Try to establish regular meetings (currently probably primarily
>>    online, but later also "in person" meetings) with presentations and
>>    workshops
>>    - If feasible and doable it would be good to establish a local
>>    official association (or similar) and hand over ownership of the domain
>>    name to that association
>>    - Facebook is ok to use, but please don't use it as the "only"
>>    channel. Facebook is quite restrictive and politically not neutral at all
>>    (at multiple occasions Mark Zuckerberg mentioned that they would oppose the
>>    Democrats in the US, because they would want to put regulations on data
>>    privacy and probably start antitrust measurements). It is also really
>>    problematic regarding privacy (collecting user data without their consent).
>>    Ideally you could find an alternative channel besides Facebook for your
>>    discussion (don't know if this is feasible).
>>    - Finally: please send the name and contact of the "official contact"
>>    of your group to Marco Bernasocchi (marco at qgis.org). That would
>>    probably be you?
>>
>> Let us know if you want further assistance and greetings,
>> Andreas
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 04:16, Ben Hur Pintor <bnhr.xyz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I hope this email finds you all in good health and in good spirits.
>>>
>>> My name is Ben Hur and I'm a QGIS user and FOSS4G advocate from the
>>> Philippines. I'm the creator and admin of an unofficial QGIS User Group
>>> Philippines on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/qgis.ph) which
>>> I created to have a safe and open avenue for Filipino QGIS users,
>>> developers, and enthusiasts to share their knowledge and love for QGIS and
>>> FOSS4G. Our group has around 2K members and is still growing. Aside from
>>> this, I organize and volunteer for local FOSS4G and QGIS-related
>>> initiatives here in the Philippines like Pista ng Mapa (
>>> https://www.osgeo.org/events/pista-ng-mapa/) and MaptimeDiliman (
>>> https://www.facebook.com/maptimediliman). I'm also the proprietor of
>>> BNHR -- a Small QGIS Sustaining Member and Certifying Organization.
>>>
>>> I'm sending this email on behalf of my community because we've long
>>> planned to organize ourselves as an official user group. Recently, I was
>>> inspired by our Southeast Asian neighbors from Indonesia and believe that
>>> we can bring another perspective to the global community.
>>>
>>> I read https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/usergroups.html and would
>>> like to ask for guidance on what steps to take next.
>>>
>>> Your help and replies would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> *Maraming salamat! *(Thank you very much!)
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Ben Hur
>>>
>>> ---
>>> *Ben Hur S. Pintor | BNHR <https://bnhr.xyz>*
>>> bnhr.xyz
>>> hi at bnhr.xyz
>>>
>>>
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>> --
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>> --
>> Andreas Neumann
>> QGIS.ORG board member (treasurer)
>>
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