Quebec Chapter Report 2008

Quebec Local Chapter

 * Contact name: Daniel Morissette

Key Accomplishments

 * 2008 was the year of the creation of the chapter. We went from a few ideas exchanged at the GeoEvenement in Paris in April to official chapter status at the November 14th board meeting
 * A first meeting was held in June to gauge interest. There was indeed lots of interest: the Reflexions Quebec meeting attracted 42 participants.
 * The Quebec Portal has been created in the OSGeo wiki
 * We established the Quebec Chapter Steering Committee
 * A first "5 à 7" took place in Quebec City on August 29th and attracted about 20 participants
 * A second "5 à 7" was held in Magog on November 6th and attracted over 40 participants

Areas for Improvement

 * We need to keep the momentum, there is growing interest for Open Source Geospatial software (and data) in Quebec, we should take advantage of that.
 * We need to work on our objective of maintaining a strong link with the Francophone chapter, and get the Quebec chapter participants to also participate the Francophone community

Opportunities to Help

 * Share your success stories in the Quebec Chapter Portal
 * Participate in the local "5 à 7" meetings
 * Present your OSGeo-related project to your peers in a future Quebec Chapter activity
 * Spread the word about OSGeo and the Quebec chapter in your own community
 * Help with the translation efforts of the Francophone Chapter

Outlook for 2009

 * More local meetings (5 à 7) to come in 2009! The first one is planned for March 19th in Trois-Rivières
 * Presence in some GIS events in the province of Quebec, starting with an OSGeo stream in the AGMQ Conference of April 30th