Spanish Chapter Report 2008

Spanish Local Chapter

 * Contact name: Pedro-Juan Ferrer

Key Accomplishments

 * Presenting OSGeo-es at Valencia, Spain, Dec. 2008, at Jornadas gvSIG and at La Habana, Cuba, Feb. 2009, at Informatica 2009.
 * Writing most of the "reglamento"
 * Supporting Libro SIG (the Free GIS Book)
 * Supporting the candidature of Barcelona for FOSS4G2010
 * Shared educational materials on GIS with Free Software.

Areas for Improvement

 * our key initiative (Libro SIG, sharing educational materials) would strongly boost with some sponsoring from interested entities as local governaments or institutions.
 * community support to common initiatives is still under-expressed.

Opportunities to Help

 * list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report
 * Free GIS Book -> help in editing materials in Latex, revisioning contents, sponsoring.
 * Shared educational material -> help in editing materials in Latex, revisioning contents, sponsoring.

Outlook for 2009

 * spread visibility all over latin countries
 * present our initiatives in more key events
 * creating committees