Brazilian Chapter Report 2009

Key Accomplishments

 * Geolivre 2009 - The most important FOSS GIS conference in Brazil. The 2009 edition, we have more than 150 people in "real presence" and more than 1.500 participating on Internet.
 * Unofficial OSGeo meeting at Latinoware 2009.
 * Unofficial OSGeo meeting at FISL (International Free Software Forum) 2009. The FISL is the most important FOSS event in Latin America, with more than 7.000 users.
 * Voting Members Definition.
 * Definition of a coordination group.
 * New objetctives and mission for the chapter.
 * Creation of workgroups.

Areas for Improvement

 * Chapter organization.
 * More activity.

Local Projects - FOSS GIS

 * I3Geo
 * Prefeitura Livre - Open Source solution to manage municipal services/utilities integrated FOSS GIS components.

Contributions to OSGeo Projects

 * QGIS Plugins created by Luiz Motta
 * Patch for Geotools by Rafael Soto. WMS Request Timeout bug.

Opportunities to Help

 * More meetings and events in Brazil.

Outlook for 2010

 * Crate a visual identity for the chapter.
 * Solidify the Brazilian Chapter.
 * Promote work experience exchance from members.