California Chapter Report 2009

California Chapter

 * Contact name: Alex Mandel, Landon Blake

Key Accomplishments

 * 1st Meeting
 * Marketing and Events
 * Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas
 * OSCON Open Source Convention, San Jose
 * Where 2.0, San Jose
 * GIS Day, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
 * North American Cartographic Information Society, Sacramento

Areas for Improvement

 * As a very large area geographically we are encouraging more local interaction via unofficial subchapters.
 * There is a Bay Area sub chapter that hosts social meetups. http://baugos.com/
 * While we have a strong presence in Northern California it would be great to bring together more people in the Los Angeles and San Diego regions.

Opportunities to Help

 * Always looking for more events to go to.

Outlook for 2010

 * this is the motivational part that is meant to inspire readers to keep their eyes open for great stuff in 2009 :)

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