[SAC] [OSGeo] #1170: Request to form a mailing list for Sri Lanka

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#1170: Request to form a mailing list for Sri Lanka
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 Reporter:  nimalika       |       Owner:  sac@…                  
     Type:  task           |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:                         
Component:  Systems Admin  |    Keywords:  mailing list, Sri Lanka
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 I am one FOSS GIS user based on Sri Lanka Institute of Information
 Technology, Sri Lanka. I came across FOSS GIS tools in 2006 when searching
 for a tool for a student project and end up with adopting some of them in
 local context and then promoting them via teaching and through various
 projects. Eventually I became a member of OSGeo mailing list and
 participated with a presentation in FOSS4G 2009 held in Sydney.
 Though few people have asked me to start a FOSS GIS interest group in Sri
 Lanka time to time, I haven’t tried to do that formally as the community
 itself is not very large and still in its infancy. Recently I had a chance
 to meet Vivien Deparday, who came to Sri Lanka to assist in a UN supported
 project which totally based on FOSS GIS tools, in our disaster management
 center.  We are in the process of gathering the interesting people to move
 forward. Interest of the students and developers are picking up now and I
 hope this is a good time for starting a interest group to link open source
 community in Sri Lanka. Based on the responses, we can think about forming
 a local chapter later.
 Therefore, I request kindly to  form a mailing list for Sri Lanka FOSS GIS
 community.
 I suggest to have the list name "SriLanka-Users" with the description
 “OSGeo mailing list for Sri Lanka”
 I will act as the list administrator initially(nimalikaf at gmail.com).
 If there is any other information, please mail me.

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