PDX OSGEO 20110928 Minutes

PDX-OSGEO meeting 9/28/2011 6-7 Location: OpenSourcery in NW Portland & Across the street afterwards

Regular meeting business
(e.g., Upcoming GIS events/conferences, next meeting presenters or topics, discussions, updates, etc.)


 * FOSS4G, SotM, and other reports. Discussions on...
 * routing talks
 * gamification of maps and data collection (Skobler). Utilized OSM data.
 * GIS going to an IT field; education curriculum not going to that. Job hires versus educational experience.
 * Mini FOSS4G in North America; possibly piggy-backing off another conference.


 * OSGeo discuss announce -
 * we need an announcement.
 * Mail list thread


 * OSGeo Annual Report -
 * need annual report for the OSGeo journal.
 * Mail list thread too


 * WhereCamp around corner. Stack demo?  Other involvement.
 * Announcements made to PDXOSGEO group, GIS_Info, and other groups.
 * Wherecamp folks need onsite volunteers, money for food, help with coordinating food, and help with coordinating games for Sunday. Also lots and lots of publicity, plus everyone should register http://wherecamppdx11.eventbrite.com/
 * Volunteers on Oct 8th Christian, Eli, Tanya–
 * GeoCeg will contribute $100 towards coffee – Contact Rob  denner.us. Thanks GeoCeg!
 * Collective agency – possible space for Friday activities…
 * Possible lists to circulate on – CUGOS, GIS_info, GPL, ORURISA, PSU lists, OSU lists,


 * GIS In Action call for presentations - this Fall but will be hosted in Spring, Jantzen Beach.
 * Put in for papers, PDX-OSGEO has been well represented in the past.
 * Please submit an abstract along with a brief biography by November 18, 2011 to doug  davidsmithmapping.com and Bob.Pool  clark.wa.gov.  Abstracts submitted after this  date are welcome, but those submitted by the deadline will be given first consideration in the program.


 * Nov and Dec meetings?
 * Rob mentioned meeting with Seattle meetings.
 * Winter coders' social instead of December meeting

Let it be known: Rob Denner bought beer.

Presentations

 * Jonathan Karon (fightingmonk) is coming to present his OSBridge 2011 session
 * Awesome stuff
 * Cool animations
 * Python
 * Some tricks to convert DOGAMI modeled wave from binary to ASCII

Misc

 * We need to do a better job coordinating meeting time and space
 * Thinking more than a few days in advance would be ideal
 * Collective Agency also a venue option (NW 6th and Everett; contact: Audrey E). 
 * Mississippi Pizza: Percy’s band is playing tomorrow night

Remaining schedule (every fourth Wednesday)

 * October 26th (Lev Tyspin from ThinkShout is coming to talk about some Drupal mapping work they've done).
 * need to coordinate with Opensourcery earlier this time. We have a speaker lined up already. Also confirm our meeting time as 6pm.


 * November 30th
 * possible shift to 3rd and coordinate/visit CUGOS in Seattle; Rob has a house to stay at.


 * December 28th
 * (Winter Coder Social is in Dec, could be an alternative)

Minutes

 * Minutes are throughout the agenda as italic