Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-07 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Carlos, Sure, why not have FOSS4G-Nicaragua 2017, or FOSS4G-CentralAmerica-2017?! Both sound really good when I say them in my head :) PS> careful, you may get a direct email from me soon poking you about that ha! -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-07 Thread Carlos Rivas
Hello everyone, this got me thinking about doing something in my region (CentralAmerica), will read all the guidance you kindly shared and start analyzing Best Carlos Rivas (Nicaragua) www.facebook.com/aprendegis On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Guillermo, > > If you w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-07 Thread Cameron Shorter
Guillermo, If you wish to start with a presentation about the stack of open source GIS software, you might want to draw upon the OSGeo-Live presentation: https://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation/index.html#/ Feel free to change it any way you like. Warm regards, Cameron On 8/12/2016 2:04 AM,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-07 Thread Guillermo Pizarro
Thanks everybody, I work at Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (UPS) in Ecuador and I'm going to present a formal propose to organize FOSS4G-EC next year. But, I'd like to begin with something more simple before FOSS4G-EC, something like a meeting about a topic in specific. I'll keep in touch with

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-07 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
On 12/7/2016 10:50 PM, Dan Little wrote: This is literally the most Jeff McKenna question every asked on the mailing list. Agree with that! Guillermo, best of luck for organizing FOSS4G-EC. Let us know if you need any help. You can also think of an wiki-page like our friends are done for FOSS4G

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-07 Thread Dan Little
This is literally the most Jeff McKenna question every asked on the mailing list. On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hi Guillermo! > > Great news about FOSS4G-Ecuador plans, this is wonderful. There are very > few limitations and rules for holding a FOSS4G in your country, and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-07 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Guillermo! Great news about FOSS4G-Ecuador plans, this is wonderful. There are very few limitations and rules for holding a FOSS4G in your country, and that is why it has spread around the whole world so fast! :) You should quickly purchase the domain http://foss4g.ec and then start think

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-06 Thread Guillermo Pizarro
Thanks a lot for information. Regards, Guillermo 2016-12-06 16:59 GMT-05:00 Cameron Shorter : > Hi Guillermo, > > Great to hear. I suggest you start by: > > * Having a look at: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook (This is > not complete, but is a good start) > > * Join the OSGeo Conferen

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-06 Thread Cameron Shorter
Hi Guillermo, Great to hear. I suggest you start by: * Having a look at: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook (This is not complete, but is a good start) * Join the OSGeo Conference committee email list (CCed) and discuss ideas with them * Finding some like minded individuals locall

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G in Ecuador?

2016-12-06 Thread Guillermo Pizarro
Hello everybody, I have a question: If I want to organize "FOSS4G in Ecuador" (latin american country), what I have to do? or who should I speak with? Regards, Guillermo Pizarro ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mai