[Qgis-psc] Establishing an Official QGIS User Group Philippines [Steps to Take]
Raymond Nijssen
r.nijssen at terglobo.nl
Wed Nov 18 22:38:11 PST 2020
Hi all,
And congratulations Martin!
In The Netherlands we are still undecided about the communication
platform(s) for the user group. The board is using telegram, and we are
using email to send out messages to our users.
We also started testing matrix.org using the Element apps (web and
android) to see if that works. Easiest for getting people on board is
using FB or Twitter of course, but we also think that "practice what you
preach" is important. So, convincing people to use FOSS4G for security
and privacy reasons while pushing them to FB for communications is a
weird thing.
Another thing to mention here, the next "KwakFest" (November 27) at 14h
UTC there will be a User Group meeting to discuss exactly this. Please
subscribe! You don't need to have an official user group yet, if you
have plans and are interested be there!
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QHF-November-2020#qgis-user-group-session
People from Colombia, Indonesia, Austria, Portugal, Spain and The
Netherlands already signed up. :+1:
Kind regards,
Raymond
Terglobo
Fahrenheitstraat 1
5223 BJ 's-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
+31 (0) 6 25 31 49 83
On 18-11-2020 20:46, Martin Dobias wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <http://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 <https://bnhr.xyz>
> hi at bnhr.xyz <mailto:hi at bnhr.xyz>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 5:56 PM Andreas Neumann
> <andreas at qgis.org <mailto: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 <http://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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <https://bnhr.xyz>
> hi at bnhr.xyz <mailto:hi at bnhr.xyz>
>
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