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

Wed Nov 18 11:46:10 PST 2020

Hi Marco

Sorry for being quiet in the last few days, but there was ongoing prep work
and I am happy to announce that today we have officially launched the
Slovak QGIS user group. The official representative of the country will be
Jana Michalkova (cc-ed) from the University of Presov. The user group
website is up and running - https://qgis.sk/ - with more info for anyone
who may have missed the kick off during the local GIS day event.

Cheers
Martin

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 2:59 PM Marco Bernasocchi <marco at qgis.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andreas Neumann
>>> QGIS.ORG board member (treasurer)
>>>
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