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

Wed Apr 14 02:47:51 PDT 2021

Any more thoughts on this PSC? Anita I guess it goes back to you as
'release name manager'?

Regards

Tim

On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 1:31 PM Michał Drożdż <michal.drozdz at gis-support.pl>
wrote:

> We all remember! October or November 2010. Long time ago!
> Splash screen attached. I have just realized there is my wife in the
> middle of Q. We were attending as a GIS students,
>
> You are correct Tim. Our application for holding a User Conference was
> sent (just after the idea came up at the end of 2019 or early 2020. I
> wanted to talk about details in Den Bosch), but then COVID changed almost
> everything. Plan of celebration made in 2019 is of course ruined, but we
> try to do what is possible. So that is why I encourage you to take it under
> consideration. If not that centenary is only once every 100 years, we would
> have waited to the proper moment.
>
>
>
> pt., 9 kwi 2021 o 09:11 Michał Drożdż <michal.drozdz at gis-support.pl>
> napisał(a):
>
>> Hi Tim!
>>
>>
>> czw., 8 kwi 2021 o 23:59 Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> napisał(a):
>>
>>> And of course there was QGIS 1.7 Wroclaw (randome hungarian PDF for it
>>> here: https://qgis.org/downloads/brochure/qgis17_brochure_en.pdf). But
>>> do I understand the original question correctly as asking to use the name
>>> even if we cannot hold an in-person meeting there this year?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 12:46 PM Saber Razmjooei <
>>> saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Michal,
>>>>
>>>> We had a mini hackfest there in 2015 (Borys, myself, Martin and Peter
>>>> Wells) just before the first Nødebo HF, so I guess it will still count!
>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/Nrh22rukUcR37wiK8
>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/A5zzP9X9Jg8QbkXC7
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Saber
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 at 11:44, Michał Drożdż <
>>>> michal.drozdz at gis-support.pl> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Michał Drożdż*
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> QGIS.ORG board member (treasurer)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> *Michał Drożdż*
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>> *Michał Drożdż*
>>
>> Dyrektor Zarządzający, CEO
>>
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>
> --
>
> *Michał Drożdż*
>
> Dyrektor Zarządzający, CEO
>
> tel: +48 888 200 115
>
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>
> GIS Support Sp. z o.o.
>
> Konrada Wallenroda 2f, Lublin 20-607
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