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

[Andreas Neumann]

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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