Quebec Chapter Report 2009
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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:
- 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
- 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
