[OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK meeting summary -21 Sep 2010

[Suchith Anand]

Dear all,

 

Trying to summarize key points from yesterday's meeting. Details below.
Please add/correct if i missed anything.

 

Date:21 September 2010

 

Participants:

 

Suchith, Antony, Matt ,Sab

 

Matt has updated Training Providers list
http://www.osgeo.org/uk/training_providers 

If any of you got additional information on courses please email Matt

 

Plans for informal AGI meetup on 29th. Hoping there will be lot of
presentations will mention about OSGeo, raising our profile. I have
added OSGeo slides in my talk. Will make it available as weblink after
the conference.

 

Discussed planned dates for next year's OSGIS conference
[June21-22,2011]. New ideas on parallel tracks, workshops (QGIS- Sab to
lead), exhibitions etc. Working to have the call for papers released mid
Oct. Hoping to have more involvement from government organisations. 

 

Aim to work to get more casestudies in OSGIS in local government
published.

 

Sab in process of translating a comprehensive QGIS manual (from
Portuguese to English). Good work Sab.

 

Next meeting - 29th September 2010

 

Once again thanks to all who attended the meeting and hoping to many of
you at AGI.

 

Best wishes,

 

Suchith

 

Dr Suchith Anand

Centre for Geospatial Science
The Nottingham Geospatial Building 

University of Nottingham  NG7 2 TU
Tel: (0)115 82 32750

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