Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Dave Sampson
I'd agree, Perhaps when we have enough people interested we'll have our own mailing list to network to network on =-O Cheers Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 18-Oct-07, at 4:47 PM, Dave Sampson wrote: As I mentione din a previous post, location is not too important, infact it's base should

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G on Delicious

2007-10-18 Thread Dave Sampson
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
On 18-Oct-07, at 4:47 PM, Dave Sampson wrote: As I mentione din a previous post, location is not too important, infact it's base should be Canada. I see the initial incarnation of the Canada chapter to be a good way of helping to find more people who might be in a local province or city c

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Dave Sampson
As I mentione din a previous post, location is not too important, infact it's base should be Canada. As we found out, location might be exclusionary, such as the viewes of other OSGEO folk on the Ottawa chapter. however, perhaps the person to head up the whole thing might be from Winnepeg. A

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Dave Sampson
yep, pretty easy. in fact, as time goes on it should be the intent of the wiki for people to post their thoughts and help fill out some content. Wiki's are not policed, they are managed by the community. Remember something about free as in free speach? Democratic process? Wiki is your meal t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Dave Sampson
Dave, thanks for the insight. I think much of the philosophical chatting has much to do with figuring out if the egg came from the chicken or if the chicken should arise from the egg. the right timing for the Canadian Chapter is when one gets created. If no one wants it then we wont have one

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Dutch Local Chapter & OSGeo presentation

2007-10-18 Thread deng dongpo
Hi, Jeroen and Emil I'm also interested in the Dutch Chapter. In fact I'm the initial member of Taiwan Chapter, but studying in the Netherlands. It's very interesting that there is a Dutch in our Chapter. At the moment, I will see how to join Dutch Chapter. It seems to some knids of exchange!! Besi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial Events Calendar?

2007-10-18 Thread Raj Singh
Just to add another one to the list, OGC events are listed here: http://www.opengeospatial.org/event There's a small link in the bottom right to the iCal URL, which is: webcal://www.opengeospatial.org/event/ical --- Raj On Oct 14, 2007, at 11:16 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: Has anyone set up (an

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Dutch Local Chapter & OSGeo presentation

2007-10-18 Thread Emil Zegers
Hello Jeroen, I'm interested in a Dutch Local Chapter. Although not active involved in OS GIS development at the moment, I believe a local chapter would be a nice place to keep myself informed. Most of the time the Dutch don't seem to need a translated website or local initiative because we know

RE: SUSPECT: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Jason Birch
Yep, that's the idea :) -Original Message- From: Ken Sanderson Subject: SUSPECT: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals) Should we just edit the wiki to add our selves to the interested list? ___ Discuss mailing l

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Bruce, Bob (CON)
Dave: Why not base the Canadian Chapter at the Longitudinal Centre of Canada: Winnipeg? I welcome the idea of having a Canadian Chapter regardless of where it is based! Bob Bruce -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Patton

[OSGeo-Discuss] Dutch Local Chapter & OSGeo presentation

2007-10-18 Thread Jeroen Ticheler
Hi all, I've been in The Netherlands this week in a seminar on FOSS in the geospatial world. Wim de Haas and Wim Blanken were organizing this excellent seminar in which I had the honor to also speak on behalf of myself. I tried to make it into a good pitch for OSGeo. The presentation has b

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Canadian Chapter (call for interested individuals)

2007-10-18 Thread Ken Sanderson
Should we just edit the wiki to add our selves to the interested list? Ken Dave Sampson wrote: Calling all Canucks, Over at the Ottawa Chapter there has been a gaggle of discussions concerning chapters and OSGEO activity in Canada. The Ottawa chapter up until now has been the only Canadian