PDX OSGeo Chapter Annual Report 2012

PDX OSGeo

 * Contact name: Eli L Adam

Key Accomplishments

 * Live Video meeting with CUGOS
 * Organized OR-URISA Young Professionals Group
 * Moved to larger meeting space at Collective Agency after many years of generous hosting by Open Sourcery
 * Moved again from Collective Agency to Ecotrust, FlightStats, and Renewable Funding.
 * Members presented on open source geo topics at a number of conferences, including:
 * GIS in Action (April)
 * Western Forestry and Conservation Association's 2nd Annual Field Technology Conference (September)
 * URISA GISPro (including booth with OR-URISA) (September)
 * State of the Map US (October)
 * WhereCampPDX (October)
 * NACIS (October)

Areas for Improvement

 * Need to have speakers lined up further in advance

Opportunities to Help

 * Organizing meetings is a great opportunity to help

Outlook for 2013

 * We will continue to organize and attend events.
 * Try to have more introductory level speakers
 * Coordinate with other groups in the area that share overlapping interests (PostGIS at PostgreSQL Group, Mapping at Javascript group, more with WebVisions, etc. etc.)