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 recognition 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

 * any weaknesses in process, software, management, etc. that you plan to address or recognise need some help

Opportunities to Help

 * list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report

Outlook for 2009

 * this is the motivational part that is meant to inspire readers to keep their eyes open for great stuff in 2008 :)