Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
Unfortunately, email is the lowest common denominator for this kind of thing. Not everyone uses social media or is inclined to do so just for this. We are planning to setup a website (hopefully this week) at qgis.us ... I think the OpenStreetMap folks have the right idea on this kind of thing and will be following that pattern. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Ammar wrote: > If the main idea of having a QGIS mailing list to discuss events and meetups > in the North American region then why not just create a Twitter account or a > Facebook page to discuss such events? > > Regards, > Ammar > > > From: Jeffrey Johnson > To: Pedro Machado Monteiro > Cc: "qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" ; > t...@wildintellect.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group > > Having a separate list isn't so critical. That said, the intention was > to use it to discuss organizing local events rather than for general > knowledge/questions which should go to this list. > > Alex, your point about splitting mindshare is well taken and you do > nail the one point which is that we are finding that QGIS is kind of a > hook to get people into FOSS4G that otherwise might not be interested. > So having a QGIS Specific 'User Group' makes sense to get people > involved who might otherwise be overwhelmed by the full scope of > FOSS4G groups. I do think it makes sense to generally try to organize > local events around the dates of the other events you mention. Thats > the idea for this first one before State of the Map in DC. > > Jeff > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Pedro Machado Monteiro > wrote: >> I agree with Alex, about the mailing list; splitting lists = splitting and >> losing knowledge, information and solutions; >> >> Best regards >> >> Pedro Monteiro >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2014-01-28 Alex Mandel >>> >>> On 01/22/2014 02:01 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: >>> > I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a >>> > mailing list for now. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0 >>> > >>> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson >>> > wrote: >>> >> Hi Folks, >>> >> >>> >> It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group >>> >> going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on >>> >> this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately >>> >> about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user >>> >> community. >>> >> >>> >> So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an >>> >> inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State >>> >> of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good >>> >> opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded >>> >> people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space >>> >> in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that >>> >> night. >>> >> >>> >> I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if >>> >> there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a >>> >> mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we >>> >> should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us >>> >> know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited >>> >> about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the >>> >> involved. >>> >> >>> >>> There really isn't a procedure that I've seen. I think most people are >>> served by local user groups of FOSS or GIS origin. North America might >>> even be too big of a geographic area for what many traditionally call a >>> user group. I see a good role being to help ensure Birds of a >>> Feather/Local meets whenever good related conferences roll into town: >>> FOSS4G, FOSS4GNA, NACIS, State of the Map, URISA (e.g. WAURISA, CalGIS) >>> etc... >>> >>> Note the comparison in the EU is the hackfests which is really a lot of >>&g
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
If the main idea of having a QGIS mailing list to discuss events and meetups in the North American region then why not just create a Twitter account or a Facebook page to discuss such events? Regards, Ammar From: Jeffrey Johnson To: Pedro Machado Monteiro Cc: "qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" ; t...@wildintellect.com Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group Having a separate list isn't so critical. That said, the intention was to use it to discuss organizing local events rather than for general knowledge/questions which should go to this list. Alex, your point about splitting mindshare is well taken and you do nail the one point which is that we are finding that QGIS is kind of a hook to get people into FOSS4G that otherwise might not be interested. So having a QGIS Specific 'User Group' makes sense to get people involved who might otherwise be overwhelmed by the full scope of FOSS4G groups. I do think it makes sense to generally try to organize local events around the dates of the other events you mention. Thats the idea for this first one before State of the Map in DC. Jeff On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Pedro Machado Monteiro wrote: > I agree with Alex, about the mailing list; splitting lists = splitting and > losing knowledge, information and solutions; > > Best regards > > Pedro Monteiro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-01-28 Alex Mandel >> >> On 01/22/2014 02:01 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: >> > I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a >> > mailing list for now. >> > >> > >> > https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0 >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson >> > wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> >> >> It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group >> >> going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on >> >> this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately >> >> about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user >> >> community. >> >> >> >> So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an >> >> inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State >> >> of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good >> >> opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded >> >> people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space >> >> in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that >> >> night. >> >> >> >> I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if >> >> there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a >> >> mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we >> >> should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us >> >> know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited >> >> about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the >> >> involved. >> >> >> >> There really isn't a procedure that I've seen. I think most people are >> served by local user groups of FOSS or GIS origin. North America might >> even be too big of a geographic area for what many traditionally call a >> user group. I see a good role being to help ensure Birds of a >> Feather/Local meets whenever good related conferences roll into town: >> FOSS4G, FOSS4GNA, NACIS, State of the Map, URISA (e.g. WAURISA, CalGIS) >> etc... >> >> Note the comparison in the EU is the hackfests which is really a lot of >> developers and power users getting together to work on QGIS. >> >> >> Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this >> >> effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with >> >> a link here. >> >> >> >> Hoping to see some of you in DC in April! >> >> >> >> Jeff >> >> My personal opinion is that beyond meetups coinciding with other confs, >> and possibly organizing QGIS hackfests (can be user oriented) that most >> other functions of such a group overlap either with QGIS' existing >> infrastructure (e.g. do we really need our own mailing list since the >> main QGIS ones are
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
I'm all for it. Lets see something substantial like a website. If there is interest, and I think there is, a website will draw people in. I'd sure like to meet people using QGIS. G. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
Hi Jeffrey, A thought - there's a UK QGIS User group; I only joined recently so maybe others can better say what it does. However it seems to do a few things: - Address UK specific issues (dataset related). - Facilitate organisation of local meetings. For a North-America version I think this would be even more important given how large that area is compared to the UK. - Other stuff I think both could do well for a US version. I see no reason why if somewhere as geographically small as the UK can have 3-4 a year in various areas (there may be more; again I'm still new to it) a North American group couldn't have a dozen or more meetups scattered around the continent. A dedicated mailinglist (or chosen means) would be a convenient means of organising those without adding noise to this list. Just my 2p, Cheers, Jonathan On 29 January 2014 16:47, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > Having a separate list isn't so critical. That said, the intention was > to use it to discuss organizing local events rather than for general > knowledge/questions which should go to this list. > > Alex, your point about splitting mindshare is well taken and you do > nail the one point which is that we are finding that QGIS is kind of a > hook to get people into FOSS4G that otherwise might not be interested. > So having a QGIS Specific 'User Group' makes sense to get people > involved who might otherwise be overwhelmed by the full scope of > FOSS4G groups. I do think it makes sense to generally try to organize > local events around the dates of the other events you mention. Thats > the idea for this first one before State of the Map in DC. > > Jeff > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Pedro Machado Monteiro > wrote: > > I agree with Alex, about the mailing list; splitting lists = splitting > and > > losing knowledge, information and solutions; > > > > Best regards > > > > Pedro Monteiro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-01-28 Alex Mandel > >> > >> On 01/22/2014 02:01 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > >> > I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a > >> > mailing list for now. > >> > > >> > > >> > > https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0 > >> > > >> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson > >> > wrote: > >> >> Hi Folks, > >> >> > >> >> It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group > >> >> going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on > >> >> this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people > privately > >> >> about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user > >> >> community. > >> >> > >> >> So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an > >> >> inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State > >> >> of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good > >> >> opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded > >> >> people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space > >> >> in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that > >> >> night. > >> >> > >> >> I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if > >> >> there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a > >> >> mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we > >> >> should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us > >> >> know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited > >> >> about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the > >> >> involved. > >> >> > >> > >> There really isn't a procedure that I've seen. I think most people are > >> served by local user groups of FOSS or GIS origin. North America might > >> even be too big of a geographic area for what many traditionally call a > >> user group. I see a good role being to help ensure Birds of a > >> Feather/Local meets whenever good related conferences roll into town: > >> FOSS4G, FOSS4GNA, NACIS, State of the Map, URISA (e.g. WAURISA, CalGIS) > >> etc... > >> > >> Note the comparison in the EU is the hackfests which is really a lot of > >> developers and power users getting together to work on QGIS. > >> > >> >> Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this > >> >> effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with > >> >> a link here. > >> >> > >> >> Hoping to see some of you in DC in April! > >> >> > >> >> Jeff > >> > >> My personal opinion is that beyond meetups coinciding with other confs, > >> and possibly organizing QGIS hackfests (can be user oriented) that most > >> other functions of such a group overlap either with QGIS' existing > >> infrastructure (e.g. do we really need our own mailing list since the > >> main QGIS ones are in English except to discuss regional events?) or > >> OSGeo chapters. > >> > >> Guess I'm mostly hesitant about splitting the
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
Having a separate list isn't so critical. That said, the intention was to use it to discuss organizing local events rather than for general knowledge/questions which should go to this list. Alex, your point about splitting mindshare is well taken and you do nail the one point which is that we are finding that QGIS is kind of a hook to get people into FOSS4G that otherwise might not be interested. So having a QGIS Specific 'User Group' makes sense to get people involved who might otherwise be overwhelmed by the full scope of FOSS4G groups. I do think it makes sense to generally try to organize local events around the dates of the other events you mention. Thats the idea for this first one before State of the Map in DC. Jeff On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Pedro Machado Monteiro wrote: > I agree with Alex, about the mailing list; splitting lists = splitting and > losing knowledge, information and solutions; > > Best regards > > Pedro Monteiro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-01-28 Alex Mandel >> >> On 01/22/2014 02:01 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: >> > I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a >> > mailing list for now. >> > >> > >> > https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0 >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson >> > wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> >> >> It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group >> >> going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on >> >> this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately >> >> about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user >> >> community. >> >> >> >> So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an >> >> inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State >> >> of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good >> >> opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded >> >> people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space >> >> in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that >> >> night. >> >> >> >> I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if >> >> there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a >> >> mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we >> >> should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us >> >> know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited >> >> about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the >> >> involved. >> >> >> >> There really isn't a procedure that I've seen. I think most people are >> served by local user groups of FOSS or GIS origin. North America might >> even be too big of a geographic area for what many traditionally call a >> user group. I see a good role being to help ensure Birds of a >> Feather/Local meets whenever good related conferences roll into town: >> FOSS4G, FOSS4GNA, NACIS, State of the Map, URISA (e.g. WAURISA, CalGIS) >> etc... >> >> Note the comparison in the EU is the hackfests which is really a lot of >> developers and power users getting together to work on QGIS. >> >> >> Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this >> >> effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with >> >> a link here. >> >> >> >> Hoping to see some of you in DC in April! >> >> >> >> Jeff >> >> My personal opinion is that beyond meetups coinciding with other confs, >> and possibly organizing QGIS hackfests (can be user oriented) that most >> other functions of such a group overlap either with QGIS' existing >> infrastructure (e.g. do we really need our own mailing list since the >> main QGIS ones are in English except to discuss regional events?) or >> OSGeo chapters. >> >> Guess I'm mostly hesitant about splitting the FOSS4G community >> mindshare, I don't use QGIS in isolation and never would (unlike some >> monolithic software packages), so to me leaving out Postgis, Spatialite, >> GRASS, (Everything else in Processing) kinda misses the mark. >> >> But I do get the notion that some things simplified can be more >> attractive to a general audience (ie hook in the QGIS users out there >> somehow). >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> ___ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
I agree with Alex, about the mailing list; splitting lists = splitting and losing knowledge, information and solutions; Best regards Pedro Monteiro 2014-01-28 Alex Mandel > On 01/22/2014 02:01 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > > I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a > > mailing list for now. > > > > > https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0 > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson > > wrote: > >> Hi Folks, > >> > >> It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group > >> going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on > >> this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately > >> about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user > >> community. > >> > >> So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an > >> inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State > >> of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good > >> opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded > >> people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space > >> in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that > >> night. > >> > >> I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if > >> there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a > >> mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we > >> should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us > >> know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited > >> about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the > >> involved. > >> > > There really isn't a procedure that I've seen. I think most people are > served by local user groups of FOSS or GIS origin. North America might > even be too big of a geographic area for what many traditionally call a > user group. I see a good role being to help ensure Birds of a > Feather/Local meets whenever good related conferences roll into town: > FOSS4G, FOSS4GNA, NACIS, State of the Map, URISA (e.g. WAURISA, CalGIS) > etc... > > Note the comparison in the EU is the hackfests which is really a lot of > developers and power users getting together to work on QGIS. > > >> Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this > >> effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with > >> a link here. > >> > >> Hoping to see some of you in DC in April! > >> > >> Jeff > > My personal opinion is that beyond meetups coinciding with other confs, > and possibly organizing QGIS hackfests (can be user oriented) that most > other functions of such a group overlap either with QGIS' existing > infrastructure (e.g. do we really need our own mailing list since the > main QGIS ones are in English except to discuss regional events?) or > OSGeo chapters. > > Guess I'm mostly hesitant about splitting the FOSS4G community > mindshare, I don't use QGIS in isolation and never would (unlike some > monolithic software packages), so to me leaving out Postgis, Spatialite, > GRASS, (Everything else in Processing) kinda misses the mark. > > But I do get the notion that some things simplified can be more > attractive to a general audience (ie hook in the QGIS users out there > somehow). > > Thanks, > Alex > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
On 01/22/2014 02:01 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a > mailing list for now. > > https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0 > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson > wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group >> going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on >> this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately >> about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user >> community. >> >> So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an >> inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State >> of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good >> opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded >> people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space >> in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that >> night. >> >> I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if >> there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a >> mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we >> should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us >> know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited >> about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the >> involved. >> There really isn't a procedure that I've seen. I think most people are served by local user groups of FOSS or GIS origin. North America might even be too big of a geographic area for what many traditionally call a user group. I see a good role being to help ensure Birds of a Feather/Local meets whenever good related conferences roll into town: FOSS4G, FOSS4GNA, NACIS, State of the Map, URISA (e.g. WAURISA, CalGIS) etc... Note the comparison in the EU is the hackfests which is really a lot of developers and power users getting together to work on QGIS. >> Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this >> effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with >> a link here. >> >> Hoping to see some of you in DC in April! >> >> Jeff My personal opinion is that beyond meetups coinciding with other confs, and possibly organizing QGIS hackfests (can be user oriented) that most other functions of such a group overlap either with QGIS' existing infrastructure (e.g. do we really need our own mailing list since the main QGIS ones are in English except to discuss regional events?) or OSGeo chapters. Guess I'm mostly hesitant about splitting the FOSS4G community mindshare, I don't use QGIS in isolation and never would (unlike some monolithic software packages), so to me leaving out Postgis, Spatialite, GRASS, (Everything else in Processing) kinda misses the mark. But I do get the notion that some things simplified can be more attractive to a general audience (ie hook in the QGIS users out there somehow). Thanks, Alex ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
Great idea and def needed on this side of the Atlantic! Given the vast distances to get anywhere I'd add that a monthly virtual meetup would be a good idea. Google Hangout to start and see where it goes. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Organizing-a-US-North-American-User-Group-tp5099515p5099548.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
I setup a quick google spreadsheet to collect emails in lieu of a mailing list for now. https://docs.google.com/a/boundlessgeo.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AishiXFd06bHdGl4ZE92Y09TbkU1TVBKTm8zMmNmZmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0 On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > Hi Folks, > > It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group > going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on > this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately > about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user > community. > > So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an > inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State > of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good > opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded > people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space > in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that > night. > > I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if > there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a > mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we > should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us > know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited > about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the > involved. > > Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this > effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with > a link here. > > Hoping to see some of you in DC in April! > > Jeff ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Organizing a US / North American User Group
Hi Folks, It seems like a good time to get a US / North American User Group going since there has been a serious uptick in interest in QGIS on this side of the Atlantic. I've talked to quite a few people privately about this, but figured now is the time to bring it to the wider user community. So, my employer (Boundless Geo) would like to help organize an inaugural User Group Meeting on April 11th, the day before the State of the Map Conference in Washington DC. This seems like a good opportunity to get everyone together when lots of spatially minded people will be in town. The consensus is that we could arrange space in the District during the day and have a happy hour nearby that night. I'm not sure what the procedure is for organizing a User Group (or if there even is one), but we can take on the tasks of setting up a mailing list, website etc. If the PSC can let us know what hoops we should jump through, or things we should think about, please let us know. We will be reaching out to lots of people who are very excited about QGIS but haven't really joined the community and try to get the involved. Please contact me off-list if you are interested in helping with this effort and as soon as we get a mailing list going I'll follow up with a link here. Hoping to see some of you in DC in April! Jeff ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
