Israel

This is a first try at getting the Israeli users to get to know each other and who is doing what.

A first step was implemented by Lior Kaplan organizing a Meetup Conference on 11th of June 2018 (see details of the meeting below).

Israel Chapter of OSGeo

Mission

 * Promoting Open Source Geospatial tools and publicly available Geodata
 * Advocacy of and promoting localization software and educational material and services
 * Act as a bridge between various stakeholders (Developers, Users, NGOs, Government departments...)

Objectives
Regular Committee Membership Meetings
 * once/twice a year?

Support
 * seek funding and support for local OSGeo initiatives

Collaborative Projects:

Regional Events:
 * Workshops and Training
 * Special Lectures

Communication:
 * Networking Local Communities
 * Mailing Lists: ...
 * Wiki

Advisors


 * Jeff McKenna (OSGeo Board)

#TO_DO:

 * Mailing-list
 * First official meeting
 * Committees
 * Regular meetings

Initial Membership
To be filled

Meetings of Israel OSGeo Chapter

 * Israel Gfoss users Meeting 2018-06-11

Links

 * osgeo-israel mailing list: to be started
 * https://kaplanopensource.co.il/conferences/open-source-gis/ (in Hebrew)