Way to go Randy et al ! Hope you guys can make a mark at FOSS4G NA in May. Kind regards, Marc Vloemans
> Op 21 mrt. 2018 om 09:37 heeft María Arias de Reyna <dela...@gmail.com> het > volgende geschreven: > > Hi, > > This is really good news! > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Randal Hale > <rjh...@northrivergeographic.com> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> Thanks to a few successful events here in the US, (Especially Boston >> FOSS4G 2017) several of us have been working toward formation of a US >> OSGEO Chapter. We've talked to several people in and around the US and >> multiple people involved in local chapters. I guess consider this a first >> shout of "Hello OSGEO World". >> >> Following the Guidelines [1] for Chapter formation we have a good start: >> >> 1. Self Organizing: Based on informal discussions with OSGeo members >> online and at the FOSS4G conference there is a major interest in how to >> support and build community across the nation. Technocation [2] is a >> non-profit that can act as a formal home for the OSGeo.US chapter. >> >> 2. Mission Statement: OSGeo.US will cultivate and support local OSGeo >> chapters and projects in the United States. OSGeo.US will also support >> activities and events that build awareness of the OSGeo and create >> opportunities to grow the OSGeo community. >> >> I also realized in this email - we've yet to stick anything on the >> wiki.osgeo.org site - we'll get that done shortly. >> >> 3. As for an official rep for the chapter: I was nominated by the group >> to be the official Spokesperson for now. So I'll do what I can to answer >> emails or drag someone else into the mix to answer them if I can't. >> >> 4. I'll be sending more information to the OSGEO Board - I >> wanted to start a discussion now and see if there was any angst that I >> or anyone else could address and if anyone else was interested in >> helping push this along. >> >> 5. TBD Later >> >> Anyway - Since I've not quit done anything like this before - Excuse >> anything I've forgotten or not done properly in this first announcement. >> >> Randy >> >> >> [1] http://www2.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html >> >> [2] https://technocation.github.io/ >> >> -- >> Randal Hale >> rjh...@northrivergeographic.com >> https://www.northrivergeographic.com >> (423)653-3611 >> >> >> -- >> Randal Hale >> rjh...@northrivergeographic.com >> https://www.northrivergeographic.com >> (423)653-3611 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss