Thanks for your reaction Gert-Jan, Some people are indeed cross-border Open Source Geo, but many arn't. To address these people, such a local chapter can be interesting to learn them about the OSGeo solutions.
my2c D. On 17-03-15 22:07, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl wrote: > Hi Dirk, > > > To be honest, I am a bit ambiguous about this. > Recently I've seen several cross-border Open Source Geo (and OpenStreetMap) > development: people from Holland visiting Belgian events, and people from > Leuven, Mechelen and Antwerp crossing the border northbound. I encourage > that very much, especially since it distinguishes us from the classical > (mainly closed source) community. > > However, I can also understand the willingness to form a local (bi- or even > tri-lingual?) Belgian OSGeo-chapter. > I hope you can discuss this in the meeting to be held in Brussels. > > I might even come over to Brussels. Not especially to persuade you to join > us in a Dutch-speaking local chapter ;-) > But mainly to discuss how we can co-operate to keep the best of both worlds: > a local base, but still the willingness to look across (state-)borders. > After all, for that same reason 9 people from Holland took part at the > recent German-speaking FOSSGIS-conference in Münster ;-) > > Keep us through this list informed when the Brussels meeting will be held! > > > Greetings from "above the Moerdijk", > > > Gert-Jan > Chair of the dutch(-speaking) local chapter OSGeo.nl > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Jeff McKenna > Verzonden: dinsdag 17 maart 2015 13:44 > Aan: discuss@lists.osgeo.org > Onderwerp: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo in Belgium > > Hi Dirk, > > Wonderful idea, please include me in your updates for this chapter, as I > like to follow along the progress. Would this possible chapter be looking > at getting involved in something like the "Open Belgium" > conference[1], with a geospatial track? > > [1] http://2015.openbelgium.be/ > > -jeff > > > > On 2015-03-17 6:47 AM, Dirk Frigne wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> Following some contacts I had since FOSDEM 2015, I think there is some >> opportunity to start with a local chapter in Belgium. >> There is already the .nl (dutch speaking chapter)[1] and the .fr >> (french speaking chapter)[2], but a local chapter has other benifits >> (bringing OSGeo closer to the local people). >> >> We want to organize a physical meeting with the local OSGeo people in >> Belgium to see if there is enough critical mass and interest to start >> with a local chapter. >> >> I also talked with Pieter Colpaert[3] in cc, active in the open >> knowledge foundation in Belgium. As they have already a legal non >> profit structure, where also the local chapter of OSM Belgium [4] has >> a place, we cooperate with this organisation and become also a working >> group under the umbrella of the open knowledge foundation. >> >> So 2 questions to the community: >> >> 1. Do you agree with the fact that we investigate how we can join >> forces with the open knowledge foundation Belgium to start up the >> Belgium chapter of OSGeo >> >> 2. Who is interested to Join a physical meeting in Brussels to find >> out if there is support for a OSGeo Belgium Chapter? >> For this second question, you may mail me directly, so we don't over >> post this list. >> I'll send out a doodle end of the week to the list, but will also >> include everybody showing interest. >> >> thanks in advance for your reaction, >> Dirk >> >> >> [1] http://osgeo.nl/ >> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Francophone >> [3] http://www.openknowledge.be/ >> [4] http://osm.be/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Yours sincerely, ir. Dirk Frigne CEO Geosparc n.v. Brugsesteenweg 587 B-9030 Ghent Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 GSM: +32 495 508 799 http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss