Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
Here my own opinion:
We agreed that it seem not clear at all what Local Chapters mean and
they are supposed to do.
Lorenzo,
Yesterday I agreed I wasn't sure what the "purpose" of local chapters
are, though I meant this more in the sense that different folks seem
to have different thoughts on this. I think the Local Chapter Guidelines
has some excellent suggestions:
* Provide member networking opportunities for support and job opportunities
* Software Internationalization and Localization
* Development of prototype applications to demonstrate Open Source
geospatial capabilities to local and regional audiences
* Software Packaging and Customization for local and regional needs
* Training, Support and Development of e-Learning Contents in local
languages
* Support Open standards and Open access to geospatial data in region
* Promoting OSGeo and enhancing visibility in various forums
From my point of view, I think the statement "Think Globally, Act Locally"
applies to some extent. There are definately some sorts of actions, such
as promotion to new adopters in person, user-to-user support, and advocacy
to government that are sometimes better done locally rather than globally.
I think Local Chapters can play a role in these.
So in a variety of fashions local chapters are an opportunity for folks
to get together and act locally.
All that said, for a lot of these purposes there is not need for any sort
of fancy organization. In many cases a mailing list and wiki page is
plenty.
Than Frank Warmerdam argued:
I prefer to think I "dialogued"!
Best regards,
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