[Qgis-psc] Centenery celebration of Białowieża National Park (Poland) and QGIS.

[Michał Drożdż]

Hi!

Thanks for answers and general "+1" reaction! :)

@Giovanni - i am afraid that it may end with QGIS 3.X Żubrówka :)
@Andreas - we were talking about international user conference with
contributor meetings. There is a space for that (sleeping, conferrence,
groupwork). We are aware how big event it is and how much effort has to be
done. Main (and only) problem is transportation. Białowieża is remote place
(closest airport is Warsaw) with poor public transport.

czw., 8 kwi 2021 o 12:14 Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org> napisał(a):

> Hi Michał,
>
> Sounds like an interesting idea - and would be in the good tradition of
> "complicated" names and forestry schools (Nødebo) ;-)
>
> When you talk about "QGIS user conference" - would this be a local Polish
> user conference or an international user conference with a contributor
> meeting attached?
>
> Anita is the ultimate person to convince though ;-) and I know that a
> Danish release name is in the pipeline this year as well.
>
> Greetings,
> Andreas
>
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 at 11:37, Michał Drożdż <michal.drozdz at gis-support.pl>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All!
>>
>> I got a very unique request for help from my colleague from polish Forest
>> Research Institute. It is a short story behind that.
>>
>> There is a small superb village in eastern Poland: Białowieża
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa It is headquarter
>> of Białowskeski National Park (considered as one of the oldest NP in the
>> world). Due to its location and outstanding nature, Białowieża is home for
>> several science institutions (e.g. Mammal Research Institute
>> https://ibs.bialowieza.pl/en/). As for village for 2000 inhabitants,
>> aumout of scientists among them is higher than average :) They do a lot of
>> interesting things, like Open Forest Data: https://openforestdata.pl/
>>
>> Scientific life, love of nature and living in remote place is not the
>> only thing that connects them. They all use QGIS in their daily work.
>>
>> Białowieża National Park celebrates its centenary this year. There was a
>> plan to organize QGIS User Conference (I filled the form at the the end of
>> 2019) as one of the celebration events but then a virus came...
>>
>> The idea is still alive and there is a strong willingness to organize
>> User Conference in Białowieża when it will be possible, but for now
>> question is difference: Is there any way to release QGIS named
>> after Białowieża Forest this year to "virtually promote" the heritage of
>> ancient Puszcza Białowieska:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa_Forest)
>>
>> I know that QGIS has its "naming schema" based on cities where QGIS
>> meetings were organized. Maybe no possibility of an on-place meeting is a
>> trigger for change for important places for natural heritage and climate
>> changes?
>>
>> What do you think about that?
>>
>>
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>> *Michał Drożdż*
>>
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>>
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>


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