[OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK local chapter update

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Ian, Jo,

Could I also suggest that OSGeo:UK offers service for Universities and other training providers  to supply OSGeo Live DVDs for their training events/courses. If so, we can ask them to email the details of the training program , no of delegates attended etc  and that we can also use as metrics for impact/service to the community.

Suchith


From: uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ian Edwards
Sent: 16 September 2014 10:51
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK local chapter update


I should add that there is a very stong relatonship between OSGeo:UK and the QGIS UK user group, but in the past few months most discussions have happened off list.

Specifically, user groups can adopt a very light-weight, effective structure with OSGeo:UK managing more concrete facilities such as a bank account and other essentials. In practice this has allowed events to collect donations for attending events via eventbrite with funds going to OSGeo:UK and then raise a single invoice to OSGeo:UK pay back catering costs etc.  PostGIS and other technology events have the option of following the same formula.

Going forward we're planning to try out offering a service to supply OSGeo Live to events that request it - either on DVD, or a loan of high speed USB2. We currently have 30 USBs that could be used for this purpose.
Hi Michael and Anzir,

The guys organising the QGIS User groups have no obligation to be part of OSGeo (UK chapter or not)- this is something that they have organised from nothing, off their own backs, and they have made it a big success. If anything, it's a failing on the part of those of us deeply involved in the local chapter that we didn't make it seem like the obvious place for that to happen, rather than them going off on their own.

It would be really nice to see more engagement between the two parts of the community (I'm not going to call them separate communities), and hopefully with the rebooted chapter that may start to happen. To be honest, rather than seeing anything negative in the rise of QGIS User groups, I see it as a sign of growing success of the tools, and that can only be a good thing.

Jo

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Anzir Boodoo <ab at transcience.co.uk<mailto:ab at transcience.co.uk>> wrote:
Michael,
On 15 Sep 2014, at 22:19, Michael Spencer <spencer.mike.r at gmail.com<mailto:spencer.mike.r at gmail.com>> wrote:

> Something I find a little difficult to reconcile are the QGIS user groups. I think they're a good idea, but don't understand why they don't exist as a part of OSGeo UK. In my mind a tool doesn't exist in isolation.
>
> I'm speaking at the Scottish meet next month so may raise it.

You’re not the only one!

I’ve been having a little trouble with this as well, but it seems I’m best off trying to gather people together on OSGeo here in Leeds as there are one or two who do OS Geospatial stuff and don’t use QGIS (and what I’m about to come back to uses QGIS only to assist with some input and output of results)

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