[OSGeo-Discuss] Argentina FOSS4G

2017-05-30 Thread Ravi Kumar
ARGENTINA FOSS4G the 'Developing World', has this problem of dependency on Proprietary GIS Software. Just Google GIS jobs and you for sure will hit the Proprietary kind. It is pertinent to demonstrate: 1. That what we build on gvSIG, Qgis etc can be equally used on propreitary GIS, thus cutting co

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo website/rebranding May Update

2017-05-30 Thread Jody Garnett
Marketing committee reporting in with an OSGeo website/rebranding May Update : Check out the blog post for: * A new look for OSGeo * Branding and Collateral * Website Content and Wireframes This initiative is funded by OSGeo with the help of sp

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Outreach May 2017

2017-05-30 Thread Jody Garnett
The Irish Local Chapter Symposium was not the only outreach activity recently, the marketing committee has been trying an experiment in North America - attending conferences to promote OSGeo and FOSS4G. See blog post

[OSGeo-Discuss] Coding begins for Summer of Code

2017-05-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Today the many keen Summer of Code students begin their coding[1]. Please help the students along, in your OSGeo project community. Happy to welcome them into the OSGeo family. [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Accepted -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGe