Quebec Chapter Report 2009

Quebec Local Chapter Report for 2009

 * Contact name: Daniel Morissette (for the Quebec Local Chapter Steering Committee)

Key Accomplishments

 * Held regular local meetings around the province with 2-3 15 minute presentations each time:
 * March 19, 2009: 5 à 7 in Trois-Rivières (More info...)
 * May 19, 2009: 5 à 7 in Quebec City (More info...)
 * September 17, 2009: 5 à 7 in Montreal (More info...)


 * OSGeo presence in the April 30 and September 29 AGMQ conferences where ~50% of the talks were on the topic of free and open source geomatics (More info...)


 * Open Source track in the Geomatics 2009 program on Wednesday October 21


 * 45 minutes presentation on some geospatial open source projets made by different members of OSGeo-qc at CLLAP 2009 on November 5


 * Made the decision at the end of 2009 to organize Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16) (Planning will take place in 2010 and is tracked in the wiki at Journée OSGeo-qc Juin 2010)


 * Added 2 new members to steering committee for a 2 year term as was initially planned in 2008. The current steering committee members for 2009-2010 are:
 * Daniel Morissette (2008-2010)
 * Thierry Badard (2008-2010)
 * Nicolas Gignac (2008-2010)
 * Simon Mercier (2009-2011)
 * Martin Fafard (2009-2011)

Areas for Improvement

 * We need to keep the momentum, there is growing interest for Open Source Geospatial software (and data) in Quebec, we had a great start in 2008-2009 and need to continue to take advantage of that
 * The big challenge of 2010 will be the planning of the June 2010 event

Opportunities to Help

 * Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec 2010 offers lots of opportunities for people interested in contributing:
 * Join the organizing committee
 * Answer the upcoming call for presentations and share your work with your peers
 * Help with specific tasks
 * Register for the event and join us in Saguenay in June!

Outlook for 2010

 * The main activity of 2010 will be the Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16)
 * We will also continue to hold local meetings ("5 à 7") around the province with 2-3 15 minute presentations each time