[Qgis-psc] agenda item for next PSC meeting: QGIS Canada user group proposal

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

OK cool, good to hear your news too. I will wait for the two Marcos to give
us the green flag and then we will help with infrastructure if needed.

Regards

Tim

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
wrote:

> Hi Tim!
>
> Ha you made me laugh - yes a rowdy but very polite Canadian bunch indeed.
>
> Regarding the website ( https://qgis.ca ) I am following your/Lova's
> activity in the Hugo template repo for user groups, but (because I
> wanted to set something up fast initially), I forked that old one-pager
> user group template (into https://github.com/QGIS-ca/qgis-ca-website ).
> It looks a little dated and basic, and I hinted at others in the Canada
> group that we should consider the Hugo template - so far no champions
> jumped up to volunteer for that next step, but I'll likely ping you both
> soon about that.  We'll definitely need French/English translations, so
> maybe your Hugo way is better to manage this in the long run.  (but I do
> like seeing the many user groups in the "Other User Groups" dropdown on
> our page, I had recently added India, Armenia, Algeria)
>
> Regarding logo, I quickly added a red leaf beside the QGIS svg, but
> we're planning on creating a new logo version (likely incorporating the
> Canadian flag into right into the "Q" like other user groups have).
>
> Just for the record, here are some other updates regarding the group:
>
> - our third meeting will be on 17 September
> - we are using Discourse for initial planning discussions (under the
> QGIS/OSGeo umbrella, with a new "QGIS-CA" category:
> https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/qgis/qgis-ca/77 )
>    - I hope to soon see some technical questions etc there, but
> initially it has just been user group planning
> - LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/18131068/
>    - the LinkedIn group seems to be more popular (I guess I'm old-school
> with email updates ha)
> - I sent a bio of the 5 founding members to MarcoS (it is a good mix of
> private + academic, so far), located across Canada
> - we've begun to setup a non-profit entity, at the Canada-wide
> ("federal") level.  As you know very well, it will require us to create
> by-laws, voting rules, hold an AGM, etc.
> - we have discussed a possible QGIS Canada event in November
> - PS. "a little birdie" has discussed with me a possible QGIS North
> America event someday, even just a virtual event, with Mexico, U.S., and
> Canada user groups hosting it (I like that idea!).  We're interested for
> sure.
>
> Sorry for the long message, but we're excited! (yet lots to do still, ha)
>
> thanks Tim, MarcoS, Lova, all!
>
> -jeff
>
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> On 2026-08-28 11:33 a.m., Tim Sutton wrote:
> > Dear Jeff
> >
> > This is a hard no from me. Canadians are known to be a rowdy bunch and I
> > even hear tell of some of them being heavily involved in a competing
> > project called MapServer which will not stand!
> >
> > Ok jokes aside (and please anyone looking on, the above was 100% a
> > joke), so pleased to support your formation of a Canadian User group and
> > seeing a maple leaf bedazzled QGIS logo emerge from your midst.
> >
> > On the technical side, Lova and I will be happy to help you get your web
> > presence up and running using our hugo template if you are interested.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM Jeff McKenna via QGIS-PSC <qgis-
> > psc at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi QGIS PSC,
> >
> >     This is just a short request, to add the agenda item "QGIS Canada
> user
> >     group proposal" to your next PSC meeting (which I think might be on
> 2nd
> >     September, according to what I saw on today's QGIS Open Day session
> >     "What happened in QGIS this month?").
> >
> >     We have been working with Marco Serusi regarding this, and I sent him
> >     some remaining required pieces this morning.
> >
> >     We are thrilled to possibly become an official QGIS user group, and
> >     look
> >     forward to helping QGIS.ORG <http://QGIS.ORG> grow.
> >
> >     thanks
> >
> >     -jeff
> >     (on behalf of QGIS Canada user group)
> >     https://qgis.ca <https://qgis.ca>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > --
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> >
> >
> > *Tim Sutton*
> > QGIS Project Steering Committee
> > tim at qgis.org <mailto:tim at qgis.org>
>
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*Tim Sutton*
QGIS Project Steering Committee
tim at qgis.org
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