I'd be interested in a California chapter-- I'm currently in San
Diego. Judging by how much data is in OSM for my area, I would say
that I'm not the only one interested in open source geo in this region.
-- Chris Whitney
On Oct 11, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Allan Hollander wrote:
In terms of initial web presence Tyler suggested setting up a
California page
on the OSGeo wiki, to be linked from the local chapters page at
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Local_Chapters. Also OSGeo hosts
many of the
local chapter mailing lists -- see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/
listinfo.
One good project might be to provide an OSGeo presence at the 2008
CalGIS
conference (http://www.calgis.org/), which will be in April in
Modesto. I've
never been to one of their conferences but it has grown to be a big
deal.
(Unfortunately, I won't be able to make the 2008 meeting, already
having made
out-of-state travel plans for that date). Evidently at last year's
meeting
there was a good deal of interest in open source geospatial (e.g.
http://base.bargc.org/?q=node/85): for one thing Paul Ramsey and the
Refractions folks had an exhibit there -- see Paul's blog post at
http://geotips.blogspot.com/2007/04/calgis-notes-day-1.html. If
OSGeo were
there in 2008 it might be very timely.
-- Allan
On Thursday 11 October 2007 15:08, Landon Blake wrote:
Thanks for the feedback Allan. Physical meetings can be tough with my
schedule, but David isn't too far from Stockton. :]
If we decide to get something going, I could put up a simple
website and
mailing list. Still, I don't know if two people is enough to get
things
moving.
While we are talking about goals, are there any pressing regional or
local GIS and/or open source needs that you can think of?
Landon
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Hollander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:21 PM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Cc: Landon Blake
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] California Chapter
At FOSS4G I was chatting a bit with Tyler Mitchell about the
possibility
of
starting a California chapter, so that makes at least two of us. I
think
there are several other folks here at UC Davis who would be
interested
as
well. I am quite open to what the goals of such a group would be,
though
I
would like to see it foster regional get-togethers.
Any other Californians here on this list?
-- Allan Hollander
Davis, California
On Thursday 11 October 2007 13:00, Landon Blake wrote:
Has there ever been any discussion of forming a California
chapter of
the OSGeo? I would think with all the geo guys in the Bay Area that
this
would have been done already.
I would be interested in helping out with this, although I don't
know
if
I want to "run and administer" things on my own. Are there any other
interested OSGeo members in California?
I was thinking we could form a chapter with one or two clear and
simple
goals. This would help our group to be focused and have something to
actually "work together" on. I'm pretty flexible to what the goals
might
be, although I have a particular interest in a couple of areas. :]
Any thoughts?
Landon Blake (A.K.A. - The Sunburned Surveyor)
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