[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Philippines 2014

2014-09-24 Thread maning sambale
Dear everyone, We are in the planning stage again for the FOSS4G track in the philgeos 2014 this coming November. We have been hitching with the PhilGEOS conference already as a FOSS4G track for two years already [0, 1]. Piggybacking on other conferences allow us to reduce the cost (to nearly

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Philippines 2014

2014-09-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Maning, Your timing is good, as this morning I added your local chapter to an osgeo.org page[1]. I'm very happy to hear of your FOSS4G plans. Of course you might have noticed that OSGeo is going through some growing pains recently, trying to find ways to manage the growth of FOSS4G.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Philippines 2014

2014-09-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
Maning, Please also consider sending the OSGeo Board a request to become an Official local chapter (see the guidelines[1]). This might be nice news for your FOSS4G event! :) [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapter_Guidelines#Chapter_Formation -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President, OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fixing FOSS4G [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2014-09-24 Thread Bruce Bannerman
Cameron, I just re-read this wiki page. Well done on collating this information in such a concise and thoughtful manner! Bruce From: Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.commailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com Date: Saturday, 20 September 2014 7:17 To: Discuss OSGeo