-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Now that a North American Regional Chapter is emerging I wanted to understand what the term "North America" actually means. Just a few example:
In my cultural context (Germany) the Unites States on their own are typically called "Amerika" which in reality is a whole continent. To many Germans Kanada (yes, with a "K") is just a US wilderness adventure park (Canadians: no offence meant). In many South American countries US citizens are nowadays called "Gringo" which originally meant "Green Go" and relates to US "interventions" in Middle and Southern America. So for many non-North-Americans the term might be really, really fuzzy which is why I thought it would be a good idea to define it more closely, started here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:North_America_Regional Looking at the typical roles of a local chapter (or in this case a "meta local chapter" or "regional chapter") I would suggest that this chapter would be the primary point of contact for the organization of a FOSS4G event in English language in either the US or Canada. Extending it beyond these two countries would probably raise a whole lot of additional issues starting with language (Spanish) and ending with politics (Cuba) - which will probably complicate things beyond recognition. I can also see other meta chapters forming with a more Spanish speaking background in the Middle Americas, so there is no exclusivity here at all. The Spanish speaking Local Chapter might also be a good template to see how this could look. But anything I say here is absolutely not fundamental at all, just 2ct from an outsider (sent in the hope that this list will see a broadly inclusive dialog about how this group will evolve). Have fun, Arnulf - -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk68+PcACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b3AjwCbBtXfHpHfxPE3fAirmMtYT2SB TlYAn2Zdv5qgVjS6jf1MkSBxYBPUzdDx =ocyQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss