[Qgis-user] Setting up a local user group: How to do it?

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

Hi Andreas,

Am 13.09.2015, 12:29 Uhr, schrieb Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>:

> Hi Bernd,
>
> I hope that you are aware of the german QGIS user group. They have a  
> meeting very soon, on September 25 in Kassel: http://www.qgis.de/

Yes, I know. But unfortunately, I'm in the Netherlands on that day.

> If you want to have a "more local" user group than on the country level,  
> then please coordinate with the german QGIS user group. I hope that you  
> can visit the german QGIS user meeting on September 25. Since the german  
> QGIS user group is rather new (they already have user meetings for some  
> years though) - I think every help they can get would be useful. Maybe  
> you can help them with the german user group first, and then try to  
> organize something more local (Bavaria/Franken).

National groups might work in small countries in the sense I envision such  
a group. I would prefer face-to-face contacts with people from around.
But of course it's better to have some national starter initiative than  
having nothing.

Just downloaded the application form for the Verein.
Having these structures will definitely enhance the stuff with donations  
(tax refunds?) and crowd-funding I guess.


Cheers
Bernd





> Andreas
>
> On 12.09.2015 01:29, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm an enthusiastic user of QGIS, but sometimes I feel quite lonely with
>> this passion over here.
>> In my (small) company, we now have some people using it, but they just  
>> use
>> it and that's it.
>> So I get no feedback or new ideas from them. Boring.
>>
>> I'm living in the metropolitan area of Nuremberg in Bavaria, so approx.
>> 2.5 million people live around here, which should be quite a good basis  
>> to
>> find some people interested in founding a local/regional QGIS user  
>> group.
>>
>> So far, I could not identify anyone from my region on this mailing list
>> nor anywhere else.
>>
>> What would be the best strategy to find and attract people from my  
>> region
>> to start such a group (besides standing naked at the Nuremberg train
>> station at 5 pm, holding a banner with "I would like to start a local  
>> QGIS
>> user group") ?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bernd
>>
>
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