Francophone Chapter Report 2008

Francophone local chapter

 * Contact name: Yves Jacolin

Key Accomplishments

 * Géoévénement tradeshow 2008 : april 2008 (open source village, booth, conferences)
 * new board elected : june 2008
 * Legal association : august 2008
 * OSGeo Journal translation
 * IGN - OSGeo-fr meeting : november 2008

Areas for Improvement

 * welcome more people for translation projects
 * create marketing package and help people to organize booth on events
 * welcome more contributors and project managers
 * improve communication to the francophone gespatial world

Opportunities to Help

 * help in translating QGIS documentation or OSGeo Journal: translators or proof reader
 * help in organizing OSGeo-fr booth on event: conferences and booth (OGRS 2009, Rencontre Sig la Lettre, Paris Capital du Libre, etc. )
 * help for marketing project: flyer, booth, OSGeo-fr website

Outlook for 2009

 * finalize legal association
 * work on new projet: doc translation, datas, etc.