Atlantic Canada Chapter

Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo

Region of Atlantic Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador

About the Chapter

Mission

• Promoting Open Source Geospatial tools and publicly available Geodata in Atlantic Canada
• Work with local private, public, and academic sectors to promote OSGeo software and use

Objectives

Regular Meetings

• bi-annual (once every 6 months), rotated around the region

Regional Events:

• Workshops and Training
• Special Lectures
• Demonstrations

Communication

• All chapter communication will be done through our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/atlanticcanada
• other relevant communication links:
  • Open Street Map (Canada) mailing list: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
  • Open Street Map (Canada) project page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Canada
  • Open Street Map (Canada) IRC chat room: irc://irc.oftc.net/#osm-ca.

Legal status

• chapter is in formation as of June 2010

Atlantic Canada Chapter Officers

Chapter Representative to OSGeo

• Jeff McKenna (Gateway Geomatics, Lunenburg, NS)

Co-Chairs of the Local Chapter

• Ahmed Dassouki (public sector, NB)
• Tim Astle (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)

Membership

• Bernie Connors, SNB (GeoNB, Fredericton, NB)
• Sheldon O'Reilly (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Michael Henheffer (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Eugenia Dietrich (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Todd Jellett (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Mark Masry (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Aditya Aggarwal (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Tim McCarthy (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Luis Pontes (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Alex Palmer (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Adam Richard (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)
• Troy Coburn (CARIS, Fredericton, NB)

Meetings of the Atlantic Canada Chapter

• Atlantic Canada Chapter Meeting 2018-07-19
• Atlantic Canada Chapter Meeting 2010-10-28

Links

• mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/atlanticcanada