Hi Randal, How is the chapter creation going? I see there is no page yet on the osgeo.org webpage: https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/ Can you make sure there is at least a draft page where the contact point and the status of the chapter are reflected?
Also I see there are some local chapters in USA: https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/twin-cities-mn-usa-chapter/ https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/pdxosgeo/ https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/california/ I understand you already reached all of them? 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