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AM FOSS4G2019 Bucharest

2019-08-24T09:28:32Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* participants */

== general ==
The next general meeting among all existing and interested new members will take place at FOSS4G 2019 in Bucharest. We will publish exact date, site and time here soon.

See also: [[Annual General Meeting 2019]]

== participants ==
Please place your name here, if you are interested to participate

* Till Adams (Board FOSS4G Europe)
* Jorge Gustavo Rocha
* Silvia Franceschi
* Peteris Bruns
* Markus Neteler
* Jachym Cepicky
* Dirk Frigne (Although not able to be there physically)

== Agenda ==
Please add your topics here
* status of FOSS4G Europe - see also dedicated BoF [[FOSS4G_2019_BirdsOfAFeather#FOSS4G-Europe_2020]]
* re-organize goals and tasks
* vote new board

[[Category: Annual General Meeting]]
[[Category: FOSS4G2019]]

Annual General Meeting 2018

2018-08-23T09:31:31Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Local Chapter Reports (15 mins) */ add OSGeo Europe

== Venue / Timing ==

* WHEN: Thursday 30 August from 8am-9am (60min)
* WHERE: Selous main hall, of the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre
* 60 mins - early in the morning. Please show up on time.

== Description ==

The Annual General Meeting for OSGeo is open to everybody.

The goal is to:

* give an overall status of the organization+
* financial report+
* informing the members of previous and future activities from committees and local chapters
* discuss important issues and take decisions

+ These two are formal reports that make it an AGM

== Format ==

The AGM itself will be a succession of lightning talks (presentations limited to two minutes) given by you in your role as Local Chapter representative, Chair of a committee, representative of a software project, OSGeo director or administrator or whatever else makes up OSGeo. If you feel like you have to say something please add yourself to the correspondent section.

== Add you content to the shared Slides ==

This year we are going to use shared slides to setup the presentation for the meeting.

Please use the shared slide. Two slides/minutes each for a status update. You can provide an extended status report in your project and add the link to this wiki and to the presentation.

The shared slide deck is available here (request edit access if required):
* https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1imiG7x09ry7lGvmS15FCVq2Z7yaICY00fcpXBK27TXY/edit?usp=sharing

How a report could look like
* https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-Annual-Report-2017

== Board members attending in person ==
* [[María Arias de Reyna]] (OSGeo President will chair the AGM)
* [[User:Maria|Maria Brovelli]]
* [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett ]]
* [[Michael Smith | Mike Smith - Treasurer]]
* [[Vasile Craciunescu]]
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde Secretary]]

==== OSGeo report (10 mins) ====

Here is what OSGeo has been up to in the last year:

* Introduction to OSGeo - more than just the FOSS4G conference :)
* Here is what we have done in the last year
** Here is all the events we have sponsored for the year
** photos and stats from events
** photos and stories from code sprints
* Here are our volunteers and leaders thank you
** Pictures from committees and initiatives
* Website
* Budget - we are financially stable
* Elections are coming up

Contributing to OSGeo report
* tbd

==== Project Reports (15 mins) ====

Please use the shared slide. Two slides each for a status update. You can provide an extended status report of your project by adding the link to the presentation

* 2 mins: Projects and Incubation, status sent to discss@osgeo.org - Report by [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett ]]
* GeoTools Report - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett ]]
* Mapbender - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde]]
* MapServer - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[Jeff McKenna]]
* ZOO-Project - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Djay| Gérald Fenoy]]
* GRASS GIS - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Lucadelu| Luca Delucchi]]
* Oskari - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Tmiosmauli | Timo Aarnioi]]
* QGIS - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]]
* pycsw - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by (to be determined)
* OpenLayers - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by (to be determined)
* GeoNode - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Simod|Simone Dalmasso]]
* ORFEO ToolBox - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Djay| Gérald Fenoy]]

==== Local Chapter Reports (15 mins) ====

Please use the shared slide. Two slides each for a status update. You can provide an extended status report of your local chapter by adding the link to the presentation

you need to sign up to be presented

* 2 mins: Local chapter report by [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Website for Local Chapters - [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Ottawa Local Chapter - [[User:jerstlouis| Jerome St-Louis]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Pacific Islands Chapter - [[User:e_liavaa| Edwin Liava'a]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Romania Chapter - [[Vasile Craciunescu]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Italian Chapter - [[User:Lucadelu| Luca Delucchi]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Australia and New Zealand Chapter - [[User:alexgleith| Alex Leith]],[[User:Adamsteer| Adam Steer]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Francophone Chapter - (to be determined)
* 2 mins: OSGeo Dutch Chapter - (to be determined)
* 2 mins: OSGeo Korea Chapter - (to be determined)
* 2 mins: Geoinquiet@s Argentina - Report by [[User:Mlibman| Malena Libman]]
* 2 mins: OSGeo Irish Chapter - (to be determined)
* 2 mins: OSGeo Europe Chapter - (to be determined)

==== Partners (6 mins) ====

OSGeo partners with organizations world wide, this block provides our partners a chance to address:

* 2 mins: slot 1
* 2 mins: slot 2

==== Committee Reports (10 mins) ====

Committees: We expect a status update from each committee, please attend or nominate a delegate (see committees https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees)

Please use the shared slide. Two slides each for a status update. You can provide an extended status report in you project and add the link to this wiki and to the presentation.

* Google Summer of Code, and Google Code-in report (Victoria & Jeff)
* Marketing (Jody, Astrid)
* [[SAC 2018 Annual Report|System Administration]] ([[User:wildintellect|Alex M]], [[User:Jmckenna|Jeff M]])

[[Category: Annual General Meeting]]
[[Category: FOSS4G2018]]

Europe archive

2018-07-21T09:14:06Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter */

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication) (Done: FOSS4G Paris 2017)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017) (In progress / Discussed on FOSS4G 2018 - Guimaraes)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017) (In progress / Discussed on FOSS4G 2018 - Guimaraes)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo Europe act as a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, ESA, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nikos_Alexandris Nikos Alexandris] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:

===FOSS4G Europe 2018===
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next FOSS4G Europe conference.

We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail communication[1]:
These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
The list may be appended, changed, etc...
Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="400"|Topic talk subject
!width="200"|Leader
!width="500"|Interested in the topic, I want to help/join (add your name)
|-
| 1 ||relation and actions towards OGC||Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 2 ||relation and actions towards ESA|| Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 3 ||relations and actions towards Copernicus||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 4 ||relations and actions towards INSPIRE||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 5 ||How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website|||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 6 ||relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and action plan||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 7 ||OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 8 ||OSGeo/ FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community ||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| # ||Topic Talk Subject || Name of volunteer leader || names of people attending/helping
|}

===Past Events===
* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

====ISPRS====
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

==== FOSSDEM ====

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

==== GWF2016 ====
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

==== FOSS4G 2016 ====
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==== FOSS4G 2017 ====
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

==== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ====
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== DI4R / Brussels ====
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ====
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/europe subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===
==== Next Board Meeting 30 April 2018 17:00 CET====
Apparently nobody showed up for the meeting. 
Holiday season? 
I 've got an appology from Marc Vloemans, but no reaction from the other board members.
I will reschedule the meeting so more people of the board can attend... 

* OSGeo Europe - Funding
Funding 2000 Euro of seed money granted.This is sufficient to pay the startup bills for registering The OSGeo Europe organisation. 
We should schedule a point on the next board meeting to think how we can generate income to make a sustainable organisation possible without cannibalising on local chapters or current sponsors. 

* FOSS4G Europe - topic talks
If we want to organise topic talks on the next FOSS4G conference in Portugal, we will have to start with a programme, and advertise the content. (As indicated by Markus and Till).
We need volunteers to organise the topics. Who will volunteer?

* Meeting Copernicus project
There was a meeting with Till Adams and Dirk Frigne with Annekatrien, who is working as a consultant for the copernicus project.
The goal is to set up a plan how we can create a working relationship between the European commision and OSGEo. 
Dirk will followup with Annekatrien how we can proceed.

* other topics?
A next meeting with people from the OSGeo Europe Local chapter board will be scheduled asap.

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-07-20T11:03:38Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* ToDo list */ update status

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication) (Done: FOSS4G Paris 2017)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017) (In progress / Discussed on FOSS4G 2018 - Guimaraes)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017) (In progress / Discussed on FOSS4G 2018 - Guimaraes)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, ESA, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nikos_Alexandris Nikos Alexandris] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:

===FOSS4G Europe 2018===
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next FOSS4G Europe conference.

We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail communication[1]:
These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
The list may be appended, changed, etc...
Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="400"|Topic talk subject
!width="200"|Leader
!width="500"|Interested in the topic, I want to help/join (add your name)
|-
| 1 ||relation and actions towards OGC||Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 2 ||relation and actions towards ESA|| Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 3 ||relations and actions towards Copernicus||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 4 ||relations and actions towards INSPIRE||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 5 ||How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website|||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 6 ||relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and action plan||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 7 ||OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 8 ||OSGeo/ FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community ||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| # ||Topic Talk Subject || Name of volunteer leader || names of people attending/helping
|}

===Past Events===
* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

====ISPRS====
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

==== FOSSDEM ====

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

==== GWF2016 ====
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

==== FOSS4G 2016 ====
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==== FOSS4G 2017 ====
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

==== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ====
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== DI4R / Brussels ====
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ====
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/europe subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===
==== Next Board Meeting 30 April 2018 17:00 CET====
Apparently nobody showed up for the meeting. 
Holiday season? 
I 've got an appology from Marc Vloemans, but no reaction from the other board members.
I will reschedule the meeting so more people of the board can attend... 

* OSGeo Europe - Funding
Funding 2000 Euro of seed money granted.This is sufficient to pay the startup bills for registering The OSGeo Europe organisation. 
We should schedule a point on the next board meeting to think how we can generate income to make a sustainable organisation possible without cannibalising on local chapters or current sponsors. 

* FOSS4G Europe - topic talks
If we want to organise topic talks on the next FOSS4G conference in Portugal, we will have to start with a programme, and advertise the content. (As indicated by Markus and Till).
We need volunteers to organise the topics. Who will volunteer?

* Meeting Copernicus project
There was a meeting with Till Adams and Dirk Frigne with Annekatrien, who is working as a consultant for the copernicus project.
The goal is to set up a plan how we can create a working relationship between the European commision and OSGEo. 
Dirk will followup with Annekatrien how we can proceed.

* other topics?
A next meeting with people from the OSGeo Europe Local chapter board will be scheduled asap.

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-07-20T11:00:48Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Communication & Comments */ Link to mailing list changed from eu into Europe

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, ESA, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nikos_Alexandris Nikos Alexandris] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:

===FOSS4G Europe 2018===
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next FOSS4G Europe conference.

We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail communication[1]:
These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
The list may be appended, changed, etc...
Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="400"|Topic talk subject
!width="200"|Leader
!width="500"|Interested in the topic, I want to help/join (add your name)
|-
| 1 ||relation and actions towards OGC||Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 2 ||relation and actions towards ESA|| Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 3 ||relations and actions towards Copernicus||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 4 ||relations and actions towards INSPIRE||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 5 ||How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website|||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 6 ||relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and action plan||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 7 ||OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 8 ||OSGeo/ FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community ||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| # ||Topic Talk Subject || Name of volunteer leader || names of people attending/helping
|}

===Past Events===
* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

====ISPRS====
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

==== FOSSDEM ====

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

==== GWF2016 ====
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

==== FOSS4G 2016 ====
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==== FOSS4G 2017 ====
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

==== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ====
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== DI4R / Brussels ====
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ====
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/europe subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===
==== Next Board Meeting 30 April 2018 17:00 CET====
Apparently nobody showed up for the meeting. 
Holiday season? 
I 've got an appology from Marc Vloemans, but no reaction from the other board members.
I will reschedule the meeting so more people of the board can attend... 

* OSGeo Europe - Funding
Funding 2000 Euro of seed money granted.This is sufficient to pay the startup bills for registering The OSGeo Europe organisation. 
We should schedule a point on the next board meeting to think how we can generate income to make a sustainable organisation possible without cannibalising on local chapters or current sponsors. 

* FOSS4G Europe - topic talks
If we want to organise topic talks on the next FOSS4G conference in Portugal, we will have to start with a programme, and advertise the content. (As indicated by Markus and Till).
We need volunteers to organise the topics. Who will volunteer?

* Meeting Copernicus project
There was a meeting with Till Adams and Dirk Frigne with Annekatrien, who is working as a consultant for the copernicus project.
The goal is to set up a plan how we can create a working relationship between the European commision and OSGEo. 
Dirk will followup with Annekatrien how we can proceed.

* other topics?
A next meeting with people from the OSGeo Europe Local chapter board will be scheduled asap.

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-05-22T20:27:03Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Mission and objectives */ add ESA as target organisation

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, ESA, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:

===FOSS4G Europe 2018===
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next FOSS4G Europe conference.

We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail communication[1]:
These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
The list may be appended, changed, etc...
Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="400"|Topic talk subject
!width="200"|Leader
!width="500"|Interested in the topic, I want to help/join (add your name)
|-
| 1 ||relation and actions towards OGC||Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 2 ||relation and actions towards ESA|| Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 3 ||relations and actions towards Copernicus||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 4 ||relations and actions towards INSPIRE||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 5 ||How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website|||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 6 ||relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and action plan||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 7 ||OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 8 ||OSGeo/ FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community ||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| # ||Topic Talk Subject || Name of volunteer leader || names of people attending/helping
|}

===Past Events===
* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

====ISPRS====
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

==== FOSSDEM ====

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

==== GWF2016 ====
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

==== FOSS4G 2016 ====
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==== FOSS4G 2017 ====
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

==== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ====
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== DI4R / Brussels ====
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ====
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===
==== Next Board Meeting 30 April 2018 17:00 CET====
Apparently nobody showed up for the meeting. 
Holiday season? 
I 've got an appology from Marc Vloemans, but no reaction from the other board members.
I will reschedule the meeting so more people of the board can attend... 

* OSGeo Europe - Funding
Funding 2000 Euro of seed money granted.This is sufficient to pay the startup bills for registering The OSGeo Europe organisation. 
We should schedule a point on the next board meeting to think how we can generate income to make a sustainable organisation possible without cannibalising on local chapters or current sponsors. 

* FOSS4G Europe - topic talks
If we want to organise topic talks on the next FOSS4G conference in Portugal, we will have to start with a programme, and advertise the content. (As indicated by Markus and Till).
We need volunteers to organise the topics. Who will volunteer?

* Meeting Copernicus project
There was a meeting with Till Adams and Dirk Frigne with Annekatrien, who is working as a consultant for the copernicus project.
The goal is to set up a plan how we can create a working relationship between the European commision and OSGEo. 
Dirk will followup with Annekatrien how we can proceed.

* other topics?
A next meeting with people from the OSGeo Europe Local chapter board will be scheduled asap.

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-04-30T15:19:46Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Next Board Meeting 30 April 2018 17:00 CET */ - noshow

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:

===FOSS4G Europe 2018===
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next FOSS4G Europe conference.

We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail communication[1]:
These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
The list may be appended, changed, etc...
Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="400"|Topic talk subject
!width="200"|Leader
!width="500"|Interested in the topic, I want to help/join (add your name)
|-
| 1 ||relation and actions towards OGC||Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 2 ||relation and actions towards ESA|| Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 3 ||relations and actions towards Copernicus||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 4 ||relations and actions towards INSPIRE||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 5 ||How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website|||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 6 ||relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and action plan||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 7 ||OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 8 ||OSGeo/ FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community ||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| # ||Topic Talk Subject || Name of volunteer leader || names of people attending/helping
|}

===Past Events===
* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

====ISPRS====
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

==== FOSSDEM ====

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

==== GWF2016 ====
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

==== FOSS4G 2016 ====
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==== FOSS4G 2017 ====
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

==== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ====
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== DI4R / Brussels ====
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ====
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===
==== Next Board Meeting 30 April 2018 17:00 CET====
Apparently nobody showed up for the meeting. 
Holiday season? 
I 've got an appology from Marc Vloemans, but no reaction from the other board members.
I will reschedule the meeting so more people of the board can attend... 

* OSGeo Europe - Funding
Funding 2000 Euro of seed money granted.This is sufficient to pay the startup bills for registering The OSGeo Europe organisation. 
We should schedule a point on the next board meeting to think how we can generate income to make a sustainable organisation possible without cannibalising on local chapters or current sponsors. 

* FOSS4G Europe - topic talks
If we want to organise topic talks on the next FOSS4G conference in Portugal, we will have to start with a programme, and advertise the content. (As indicated by Markus and Till).
We need volunteers to organise the topics. Who will volunteer?

* Meeting Copernicus project
There was a meeting with Till Adams and Dirk Frigne with Annekatrien, who is working as a consultant for the copernicus project.
The goal is to set up a plan how we can create a working relationship between the European commision and OSGEo. 
Dirk will followup with Annekatrien how we can proceed.

* other topics?
A next meeting with people from the OSGeo Europe Local chapter board will be scheduled asap.

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-04-20T14:24:11Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Board meeting - meeting minutes */ Add draft agenda

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:

===FOSS4G Europe 2018===
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next FOSS4G Europe conference.

We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail communication[1]:
These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
The list may be appended, changed, etc...
Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="400"|Topic talk subject
!width="200"|Leader
!width="500"|Interested in the topic, I want to help/join (add your name)
|-
| 1 ||relation and actions towards OGC||Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 2 ||relation and actions towards ESA|| Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 3 ||relations and actions towards Copernicus||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 4 ||relations and actions towards INSPIRE||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 5 ||How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website|||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 6 ||relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and action plan||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 7 ||OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 8 ||OSGeo/ FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community ||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| # ||Topic Talk Subject || Name of volunteer leader || names of people attending/helping
|}

===Past Events===
* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

====ISPRS====
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

==== FOSSDEM ====

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

==== GWF2016 ====
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

==== FOSS4G 2016 ====
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==== FOSS4G 2017 ====
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

==== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ====
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== DI4R / Brussels ====
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ====
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===
==== Next Board Meeting 30 April 2018 17:00 CET====
* OSGeo Europe - Funding
* FOSS4G Europe - topic talks
* Meeting Copernicus project
* meeting ESA
* other topics?

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

User:Dirkf

2018-04-18T07:43:30Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Dirk Frigne */ update

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Dirk Frigne
|JobTitle=Founder
|Company=Geosparc
|Country=Belgium
|City=Gent
|Coordinate=51.08, 3.67
|LocalChapter=Belgium
|SocialMedia=https://twitter.com/DFrigne; https://be.linkedin.com/in/frigne;
|Website=http://www.frigne.be/
|Photo=dirk-frigne.jpg
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=Yes
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=Yes
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=No
}}
=== Dirk Frigne ===

[[Image:dirk-frigne.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Dirk]]

;coordinates
<ul>
<li>[https://twitter.com/DFrigne Twitter: @DFrigne]</li>
<li>[https://be.linkedin.com/in/frigne linkedIn]</li>
<li>[http://www.geomajas.org geomajas]</li>
</ul>

;OSGeo Experience

[[File:OSGeo_board.png]]
[[File:OSGeo_psc.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#Developers_and_Committee_Members]]
[[File:OSGeo_coder.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#Developers_and_Committee_Members]]
[[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]

<ul>
<li>OSGeo Europe President July 2017 - </li>
<li>co-founder OSGeo Europe - July 2017 - Paris </li>
<li>OSGeo Vice President January 2016 - August 2016</li>
<li>OSGeo Board member January 2016 - August 2016</li>
<li>OSGeo Belgium board member September 2015 - </li>
<li>co-founder OSGeo Belgium Local Chapter September 2015</li>
<li>OSGeo Charter member (since 2013)</li>
<li>Member of the INSPIRE comité (since 2013)</li>
<li>Founder and spiritual father of [http://www.geomajas.org/ geomajas] (2008 - today)</li>

[http://www.geomajas.org/ geomajas] is an enterprise-ready open source GIS framework for the web. It has client-server integration for displaying and editing of geographic data.

Geomajas has integrated security and is endlessly scalable. It is compliant with OGC standards such as WMS, WFS, etc and also supports spatial databases.

It integrates with your system and provides out-of-the-box functionality through plug-ins. By leveraging GWT on the client, development is all-Java making it easier and more efficient for your team.

The project became an OSGEO project in december 2010. Reference applications and developer documentation on the [http://www.geomajas.org/ geomajas website].

<li>Founder and spiritual father of [http://www.gegis.org geGIS]
(2006 - 2008)</li>

This project originated in 2006 and is for the moment only interesting from a historical perspective.
geGIS stands for generic GIS ans is a thin client RIA environment for generating and exploiting GIS electronic services.
Started as an governmental Dutch project (Flanders - Belgium). The project was the prototype project to start the Geomajas project.

<li>Founder of DFC Software Engineering ([http://www.dfc.be] 1994- today)</li>
DFC software engineering is a project oriented company, working on eGov an GIS project for governmental agencies, communities, regions.
The combination of ICT experts and a good understanding of the GIS needs results in a curriculum of interesting project references.
The OSGeo project geomajas originated from DFC Software Engineering who took the lead in establishing and shaping the project.
In 2008 a new spinnout Geosparc was created to focus on a product development strategy, using the open source community geomajas as one of the basic assets.

<li>Founder of Geosparc ([http://www.geosparc.com] 2008 - today)</li>
The aim of Geosparc is to professionally support Geomajas, the open source GIS application development software, coupling the innovation of open source with the reliability of a true enterprise-class platform. Geomajas was built with today's Internet and cloud architectures in mind. This truly differentiates Geomajas from other GIS software.

When integration, security and scalability are important keywords as part of your environment, you should certainly consider geomajas as the base of your application or solution.

Geosparc guarantees different product offerings based on the Geomajas platform. Geosparc delivers service level agreements and eventually can provide our clients with an alternative licensing model than the open source AGPL licence, which gives our clients huge opportunities to use the
positive and strong points of an open source platform, together with the interesting points of commercial licensing offerings.

<li>Member en co-founder of the [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/industry industry list] (june 2014)</li>
Doing business with open source and what is the role that OSGeo should play is a question that pops up more and more often. As the result of a BOF on the OSGeo conference in Hamburg (july 2014)
Recently I started the [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/industry industry list] together with Peter Bauman and Jorge Sanz. The aim of this list is to discuss the ethics and the position of OSGeo in the space of geolocation business using open source libraries and tools.

<li>Doing business with open source for almost 10 years now (since 2006)</li>
Open source software can be an enabler for interoperable and sustainable innovative software solutions.
Recently I started a [http://www.frigne.be blog] to share my experiences with peer OSGeo business people ([http://www.frigne.be www.Frigne.be] september 2014).

</ul>

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[[Category:Nederlands]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

Europe archive

2018-04-12T14:08:13Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Tradeshows and events */ Add Topic talk section for FOSS4G Europe 2018

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:

===FOSS4G Europe 2018===
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

Since FOSS4G Bonn we introduced 'Topic' talks to bring certain topics into the picture. We want to continue this interesting forum on the next FOSS4G Europe conference.

We already addressed some interesting topics during some previous mail communication[1]:
These topics only become final if we can add a name of a volunteer behind them who want to address this topic during a topic talk.
The list may be appended, changed, etc...
Feel free to put your name behind a topic or suggest someone we should ask.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="400"|Topic talk subject
!width="200"|Leader
!width="500"|Interested in the topic, I want to help/join (add your name)
|-
| 1 ||relation and actions towards OGC||Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 2 ||relation and actions towards ESA|| Add name of volunteer leader|| [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 3 ||relations and actions towards Copernicus||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 4 ||relations and actions towards INSPIRE||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 5 ||How can we manage the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter website|||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 6 ||relationship with the outside OSGeo world in Europe - vision and action plan||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| 7 ||OSGeo (Europe) and Open Sciencec (Europe)||Add name of volunteer leader||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
|-
| 8 ||OSGeo/ FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community ||[[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]||add name
|-
| # ||Topic Talk Subject || Name of volunteer leader || names of people attending/helping
|}

===Past Events===
* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

====ISPRS====
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

==== FOSSDEM ====

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

==== GWF2016 ====
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

==== FOSS4G 2016 ====
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==== FOSS4G 2017 ====
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

==== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ====
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== DI4R / Brussels ====
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

==== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ====
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-04-09T12:56:55Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Europe */ add linebrakes

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter. 
Date of birth: 20-07-2017 
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris 
 
more coordinates: 
 
OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE 
OSGeo - Europe 
BIC ARSPBE22 
BE47 9731 8951 3580 
 
organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== DI4R / Brussels ===
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ===
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

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= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.
Date of birth: 20-07-2017
Place of Birth: FOSS4G 2017 Europe - Paris

more coordinates:

OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL - EUROPE
OSGeo - Europe
BIC ARSPBE22
BE47 9731 8951 3580

organisation registered with the refnr:BE 0689915666

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== DI4R / Brussels ===
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ===
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-04-04T07:57:26Z

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= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
OSGeo will be present at following events:
* [https://www.osgeo.org/events/foss4g-europe-2018/ FOSS4G Europe] Guimarães, Portugal, from July 17 to 19th, 2018.

* For our records: European Events where OSGeo was represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== DI4R / Brussels ===
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ===
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2018-04-04T07:33:42Z

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= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - President OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary OSGeo Europe - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member - Treasurer OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - Charter member - President OSGeo - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member - - Board member OSGeo Europe
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Robert_Szczepanek Robert Szczepanek] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== DI4R / Brussels ===
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== EGU GA 2018 / Vienna ===
[https://www.egu2018.eu/ European Geoscience Union General Assembly]
 
A OSGeo Townhall (evening event) is being conducted (a permanent fixture at the conference since 2014).
 
Open Source themed PICO session in the Earth and Space Science Informatics Division
 

following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]]
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Board Meeting 2018-04-05

2018-03-20T16:17:16Z

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This board meeting is '''scheduled for the 5th of April 2018''' at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2018&month=3&day=1&hour=15&min=0&sec=0 15.00 UTC] through IRC and follow up voting by email.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

Items in italic are recurring at each meeting.

Note that the meeting is limited to 1 hour.

* ''roll call''
* ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
* ''Review and approve past minutes: [[Board Meeting 2018-03-01]]''
* OSGeo Europe - request for initial funding [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2018-March/011317.html]
* add your items here..

=== Last meeting 2018-03-01 ===
* [[Board_Meeting_2018-03-01]]

== Minutes ==

* Attending:
* Presiding:
* Scribing:

=== Full, raw minutes notes ===

IRC Log at http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2018-04-05.log

OSGeo Code Sprint 2018

2018-03-12T10:48:15Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Participants */

Annual Code Sprint comes to Bonn (Germany) in 2018!

Powered by [[Image:Osgeo-logo.png|250px|link=https://www.osgeo.org]]

'''Sponsoring ''' Find out about [[OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018#Sponsoring |Sponsoring the Event]].

;Gold Sponsors

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||
[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|280px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]
 
http://www.fossgis.de
||
[[File:RIEGL.png|310px|RIEGL|link=http://www.riegl.com/]]
 
http://www.riegl.com/
|}

; Silver Sponsors

[[File:Logo-Hobu.png|140px|Hobu|link=https://hobu.co/]]
 
https://hobu.co/

; Bronze Sponsors

{| border=0 cellspacing=15 cellpadding=10
||
[[File:Logo-Azavea.png|280px|Azavea|link=http://www.azavea.com/]]
 
http://www.azavea.com/
||
[[File:WhereGroup_logo_418x110.png|290px|WhereGroup|link=https://www.wheregroup.com/]]
 
https://www.wheregroup.com/
||
[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]
|-
||
[[File:Synth_Inline_Fill_Gradient_RGB.png|210px|synth3d|link=http://www.synth3d.co]]
 
http://www.synth3d.co
||
[[File:Logo-LocationTech.png|320px|LocationTech|link=https://www.locationtech.org/]]
 
https://www.locationtech.org/
||
[[File:BH PantoneUncoated Preferred BH.PNG|320px|Bohannan Huston, Inc.|link=https://www.bhinc.com]]
 
https://www.bhinc.com
|}

In 2018 we once again want to invite you to Bonn to meet for codesprint at Basecamp! ....

[[Image:FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_indoor_hacking_overview.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]
[[Image:FOSS4G_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_in_Action1.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]

[[Image:Basecamp5.png|300px|thumb]]
[[Image:Basecamp6.png|300px|thumb]]
[[Image:Basecamp7.png|300px|thumb]]
[[Image:Basecamp1.png|300px|thumb]]

[[Image:FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_sponsors.jpg|400px]]

== Purpose ==

Bring together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems as in previous years:
* [[Daytona Beach Code Sprint 2017|Daytona_Beach]] (2017)
* [[Paris Code Sprint 2016|Paris]] (2016)
* [[Philadelphia Code Sprint 2015|Philadelphia]] (2015)
* [[Vienna Code Sprint 2014|Vienna]] (2014)
* [[Boston Code Sprint 2013|Boston]] (2013)
* [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood (Seattle)]] (2012)
* [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011)
* [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010)
* [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)

== Dates and Times ==

Dates:
* Sprint: Sunday-Sunday, March 18 to 25, 2018 (8 days - Arrival/Departure Sundays)

== Other Events from January to March 2018 ==

* '''OSGeo's 12th birthday Feb 4'''
* FOSDEM 3-4 Feb https://fosdem.org/2018/
* FOSS4G IT 19-22 Feb http://foss4g-it2018.gfoss.it/
* [https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/DeveloperMeetingMadeira2018 QGis Hackfest] 21-25 Feb, 2018
* FOSSGIS 21-24 March https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/
* ''please add your event''

== Location ==

=== Coding Venue ===
* Venue & Accommodation BaseCamp.
* For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/44335958#map=18/50.70763/7.12316| OpenStreetMap]

=== Accommodations ===
* Make sure that you book your accommodation on your own. And also you have to pay for it.
* you can book at BaseCamp directly: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/
* BONNOX http://www.bonnox.de/en
* You can use this official hotel booking system: http://www.bonn-region.de/events/fossgis-konferenz-english.html

=== How to get there ===
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383

By train
* From Bonn Main station take the U-Trains (Underground platform) 16, 63 or 68. Get off after 6 min at stop Dt. Telekom / Ollenhauerstr.
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383
* [https://www.vrsinfo.de/englisch/the-vrs/vrs-about-us.html online public transport planner]

By Car
* Coming from the highway A59 Basecamp is located at the end of the highway A562. For navigation systems it is best to type Basecamp's address: "''In der Raste 3, 53129 Bonn''")

== Schedule ==
* lunch every day at 12:30
* only sunday march 19th at 19:00

== OSGeo Member Meeting ==
* OSGeo [[Member_Meeting_Bonn_2018]] is scheduled for Monday 19 March 2018 18:00 UTC in Bonn
* you are all welcome to join
* We would like to have a discussion on OSGeo topics for about 2 hours. And OSGeo will provide food and drinks.

== Social Events ==

BaseCamp ist great. But you should also see the outside of BaseCamp and we want to bring you in contact with Bonn and the FOSSGIS e.V. Community (german language Local Chapter of OSGeo)

=== Thursday 20th March: Come Together Tuscolo Frankenbad (Bonn) ===
* Thursday 20th March evening - italian food
* see also https://fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/socialevents/
* http://tuscolo-frankenbad.de/
* https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.73988/7.08828

=== Wednesday 21th March: FOSSGIS Conference Social Event ===
* Wednesday 21th March 19:00-01:00
* we want to invite you to the event
* with buffet, loo-session and dj team
* Dad's Phonkey in action with his Loop-Station https://de-de.facebook.com/dadsphonkey
* Rafa from DJ Kollektiv Lucha Amada http://luchaamada.blogsport.de/
* see also https://fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/socialevents/
* ''we need the information, whether you need a ticket for the social event - please add to you information in the wiki table above!!!'''

; all evenings ''Pub race'' - find out about pubs in Bonn
* meet at Namenlos or Pawlows

== OSGeo Exhibition Pack ==
* take your OSGeo Exhibition Pack home - get information and make an order [[Talk:Exhibition_Pack#Ordering]]

== Project Plans ==
(i.e what do you wish/want/plan to work on during the sprint ?)

* '''GRASS GIS project''': See [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Bonn_2018 dedicated Wiki page]
* '''OSGeoLive'''
** build documentation - mo 12:00-17:00
** start Release cycle: more info: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB#gid=0 OSGeoLive 12 Schedule]
** start of the build cycle for the next OSGeoLive release, 12.0 19 - 23 March
** OSGeoLive12 - how to configure for specific purpose like an INSPIRE flavor 22 - 23 March
* '''OSGeo Europe''' - preparing the website pages, further organizing, coordinate common activities
* '''pycsw''': see [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/2018-Bonn-sprint dedicated Wiki page]
* '''MapServer''': see [https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/Bonn-2018-Codesprint dedicated Wiki page]
* '''ZOO-Project''': see [http://zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/OSGeoCodeSprint2018 dedicated Wiki page]

== Participants ==

Please add your name and the projects you are planning to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="100"|Country
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Organisation
!width="250"|Projects
!width="25"|sun
!width="25"|mon
!width="25"|tue
!width="25"|wed
!width="25"|thu
!width="25"|fri
!width="25"|sat
!width="25"|sun
!width="60"|Accommodation
!width="30"|vegetarian food
!width="60"|social event
|-
| 1 ||[[Jeff McKenna]] <libravatar email="jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com"/> || CA || jmckenna(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || MapServer, MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || AirBNB || || x
|-
| 2 ||[[Howard Butler]] || US || howard@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Proj.4, PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || No thank you. ||
|-
| 3 ||[[Even Rouault]] || FR || even.rouault(at)spatialys.com || Spatialys || Proj.4, GDAL, MapServer || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 4 ||[[Markus Neteler]] || DE || neteler(at)osgeo.org || mundialis || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, OTB, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || preferably ||
|-
| 5 ||[[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || gerald.fenoy(at)geolabs.fr || GeoLabs || MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || shared accommodation || ||
|-
| 6 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]] || AT || stephan(at)meissl.name || EOX || MapServer, EOxServer || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || || x ||
|-
| 7 ||[[User:martinl|Martin Landa]] || CZ || landa.martin(at)gmail.com || CTU in Prague || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, PostGIS, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 8 ||[[User:connormanning|Connor Manning]] || US || connor@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Entwine, Greyhound, PDAL, Point clouds || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || ||
|-
| 9 ||Markus Schütz || AT || mschuetz@potree.org|| TU Wien|| Potree, point clouds|| || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
|-
| 10 ||[[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] || CA || tomkralidis(at)gmail.com || self || pycsw, OWSLib, pygeometa, MapServer, geocatalogo || x || x || x || x || x || || || || tbd || sure || x ||
|-
| 11 ||[[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || tzotsos(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || pycsw, OSGeoLive, GeoNode, UbuntuGIS, geocatalogo, OTB, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || probably ||
|-
| 12 ||[[User:jjesus|Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus]] || NL || jorge.dejesus(at)geocat.net || Geocat || pywps || || || || x || x || x || x || || AirBNB || NO! ||
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| 13 ||[[User:ingenieroariel|Ariel Núñez]] || CO || ariel(at)terranodo.io || Terranodo || GeoNode || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || ||
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| 14 ||[[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]] || PT & NL || luis.de.sousa(at)protonmail.ch || [http://www.isric.org ISRIC] || PyWPS, GRASS || || || || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || ||
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| 15 ||[[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]] || DE || volker.mische(at)gmail,com || Myself || Noise, CouchDB || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || 50% ||
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| 16 ||[[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]] || NL || justb4(at)gmail,com || Myself || GeoHealthCheck, Stetl || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || - ||
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| 17 ||[[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || PT || jgr@geomaster.pt || Geomaster || QGIS, GeoExt 3, Nominatim || || x || x || x || x || x || 2 x || 2 x || BaseCamp || || x
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| 18 ||[[User:tfr42|Torsten Friebe]] || DE || friebe AT lat-lon DOT de || lat/lon || deegree || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || not needed || yes, please ||
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| 19 ||[[User:Stenger|Dirk Stenger]] || DE || stenger AT lat-lon DOT de || lat/lon || deegree, TEAM Engine || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 20 ||[[User:Lgoltz|Lyn Goltz]] || DE || goltz AT lat-lon DOT de || lat/lon || deegree, TEAM Engine || || x || x || x || x || x || || || not needed || yes ||
|-
| 21 ||[[User:remanuele|Rob Emanuele]] || US || remanuele@azavea.com ||Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis, LocationTech || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
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| 22 || Grigory Pomadchin || RU || gr.pomadchin AT gmail DOT com || Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
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| 23 ||[[User:tomvantilburg|Tom van Tilburg]] || NL || tom.van.tilburg@geodan.nl || geodan || Pointcloud || || x || x || x || x || x || x || || tbd || x|- ||
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| 24 ||[[User:chambbj|Brad Chambers]] || US || bradley.chambers@digitalglobe.com || Radiant Solutions || PDAL, Point Clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || TBD || No thanks! ||
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| 25 || Eugene Cheipesh || USA || echeipesh AT azavea DOT com || Azavea || LocationTech, JTS, JAI Replacement || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || x ||
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| 26 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com || Fondazione Edmund Mach || GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, pyModis || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || ? || Basecamp || | || x
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| 27 || [[User:Veroandreo|Veronica Andreo]] || AR/NL || veroandreo AT gmail.com || on-my-own-time || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp || | || x
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| 28 || [[User:dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] || BE || Dirk AT Geosparc.com || OSGeo Europe || GeoMajas OSGeo Live || x || x || x || - || x || x || || || motor home || | ||
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| 29 ||[[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || US || michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com || US Army Corps || MapServer, PDAL || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || hotel || | ||
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| 30 ||[[User:cvvergara| Vicky Vergara]] || MX || vicky at georepublic DOT de || Georepublic || pgRouting, OSgeoLive, PDAL, Point clouds || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp || | ||
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| 31 ||Marco Hugentobler || CH || marco at sourcepole dot com || Sourcepole || QGIS || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 32 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || CH || pka at sourcepole dot com || Sourcepole || QGIS, GDAL, t-rex || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 33 ||[[User:Mlennert|Moritz Lennert]] || BE || mlennert at club dot worldonline dot be || ULB || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp || preferably ||
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| 34 ||[[Andrew Bell]] || US || andrew@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Proj.4, PDAL, Point clouds, meshes || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
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| 35 ||[[User:theduckylittle|Dan "Ducky" Little]] || US || dlittle@boundlessgeo.com || Boundless || React + OpenLayers, MapServer || || || x || x || x || x || x || FeWo || || || x
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| 36 ||[[User:nicklas|Nicklas Avén]] || SE/NO || nicklas.aven@jordogskog.no || Just me || TilelessMap, PostGIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || BaseCamp || || x
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| 37 ||[[User:Clucas|Chris Lucas]] || NL || chris.lucas@geodan.nl || Geodan || PDAL, point clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || tbd || | ||
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| 38 ||[[User:Marcjansen|Marc Jansen]] || DE || jansen@terrestris.de || terrestris || OpenLayers, react-geo, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || | ||
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| 39 ||[[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]] || DE || marco.lechner@fossgis.de || [https://www.fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.]/[https://github.com/OpenBfS BfS] || OpenLayers, Geonetwork, Geoserver, everything || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || BaseCamp || veg. ||
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| 40 ||[[Martinheidegger|Martin Heidegger]] || JP/AT || martin.heidegger@gmail.com || Freelancer (Georepublic) || Point clouds, dotloom, pix4d/potree || (x) || x || x || x || (x) || || || || BaseCamp || || x ||
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| 41 ||[[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]] || IT || andrea.antonello@gmail.com || HydroloGIS / Free University of Bolzano || Geopaparazzi, gvSIG, gvSIG Mobile, everything || (x) || x || x || x || x || x || || || TBD || no ||
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| 42 ||[[User:Astrid_Emde|Astrid Emde]] || DE || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || WhereGroup/OSGeo || Mapbender, OSGeoLive, OSGeo || x || x || x || || || || x || x || BaseCamp || vegetarian ||
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| 43 ||[[User:GeoFootballer|Christian Mayer]] || DE || chris@meggsimum.de || meggsimum || OpenLayers, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || | ||
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| 44 || Andreas Schmitz || DE || schmitz@terrestris.de || terrestris || OpenLayers, react-geo, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || | ||
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| 45 ||[[User:Ckuntzsch|Christian Kuntzsch]] || DE || Christian.Kuntzsch@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || x || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 46 || Nina Moelkner || DE || nina.moelkner@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 47 || Robin Schwammborn || DE || robin.schwammborn@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 48 ||[[User:dispiste|Cesar Martinez]] || ES || cesar.izq@gmail.com || gvSIG/Scolab || gvSIG, gvSIG Mobile, Geopaparazzi || x || x || x || x || x || || || || BaseCamp if possible || not needed ||
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| 49 || Thekla Wirkus || DE || thekla.wirkus@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 50 || [[User:axxl|Axel Schaefer]] || DE || axel.schaefer@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || (x) || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 51 || [[User:mmetz|Markus Metz]] || DE || metz@mundialis.de || mundialis || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, OTB, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || || || || || Base Camp || ||
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| 52 || [[User:Taehoon.Kim|Taehoon Kim]] || JP/KR || kim.taehoon@aist.go.jp || AIST || Point clouds || (x) || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
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| 53 || Marco Pochert || DE || mpochert@bfs.de || [https://github.com/OpenBfS BfS] || OpenLayers, Geonetwork, GeoExt, everything || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 54 ||[[User:bartvde2|Bart van den Eijnden]] || Netherlands || bartvde@boundlessgeo.com || Boundless || React + OpenLayers || x || x || x || x || x || || || || || || x
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| 55 ||[[User:FxKu|Felix Kunde]] || DE || felix-kunde@gmx.de || Beuth University || 3DCityDB || || x || x || || || || || || HBF || ||
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| 56 ||[[User:SBL|Stefan Blumentrath]] || NO || stefan.blumentrath@nina.no || Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) || GRASS GIS || || || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || ||
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| 57 ||[[User:elpaso|Alessandro Pasotti]] || IT || elpaso@itopen.it || ItOpen || QGIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || Base Camp || ||
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| 58 ||[[Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || milena.osgeo(at)gmail.com || OSGeo / GISTRA|| GRASS GIS, QGIS, OSGeoLive || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || || gluten free ||
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| 59 ||[[Vasile Craciunescu]] || RO || vasile(at)geo-spatial.org || OSGeo / geo-spatial.org|| FOSS4G2019 || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 60 ||[[User:Olr|Oliver Rudzick]] || DE || osm(at)rudzick.de || FOSSGIS || OSM || x || || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || not needed || ||
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| 61 ||[[User:Uli|Uli Rothstein]] || DE || uli.rothstein(at)fossgis.de || terrestris / FOSSGIS || Orga || x || || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || not needed || ||
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| 62 ||Nils Bühner || DE || buehner(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || SHOGun, react-geo || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 63 ||Daniel Koch || DE || koch(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || SHOGun, react-geo || || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || ||
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| 64 ||Kai Volland || DE || volland(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || react-geo || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 65 ||Johannes Weskamm || DE || weskamm(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || OSM-Vector-Tiles / react-geo || x || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 66 ||Carmen Tawalika || DE || tawalika(at)mundialis.de || mundialis || actinia || x || x || x || x || || || x || x || not needed || ||
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| 67 ||Frank Gasdorf|| DE || fgdrf(at)users.sourceforge.net || || uDig, Geotools, LocationTech, JTS, JAI Replacement|| || || || x || x || x || || || TBD || ||
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| 68 ||[[User:Rzoller|Roman Zoller]] || CH || roman.zoller ät camptocamp.com || Camptocamp || OpenLayers / react-geo / TBD? || || || || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || Hotel || ||
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| 69 ||[[User:Jive|Jody garnett]] || CA || jody.garnett@gmail.com || OSGeo || GeoTools || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || base camp|| whiskey ||
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| 70 || Seth Girvin || IE || sgirvin@compass.ie || Compass Informatics || MapServer, GeoExt || || x || x || x || x || x || || || Basecamp || ||
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| 71 ||[[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]] || ES || maria.arias@geocat.net || GeoCat bv,OSGeo || GeoNetwork || x || x || x || || || || || || - || no ||
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| 72 ||Mario Härtwig || DE || mario.haertwig(at)geops.de || geOps || OpenLayers Editor || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 73 ||[[User:Friedjoff|Friedjoff Trautwein]] || DE || friedjoff.trautwein(at)geops.de || geOps || OpenLayers Editor || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 74 ||[[User:Bluemates|Kyoung-Sook Kim]] || JP || ks.kim(at)aist.go.jp || AIST || Point clouds || || || || (x) || x || x || x || || || ||
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| 75 ||[[User:CEhbrecht|Carsten Ehbrecht]] || DE || ehbrecht(at)dkrz.de || DKRZ || pywps, owslib || || || x || x || x || (x) || || || Hotel || no ||
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| 76 ||[[User:johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || johan AT gisky.be || gisky || saga, osgeo live, owslib, debian/ubuntu || || || || x || x || x || x || || Basecamp || none ||
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| 77 ||[[User:plimkilde|Peter Limkilde Svendsen]] || DK || pelis åt sdfe dot dk|| [http://sdfe.dk SDFE] || Point clouds || (x) || x || x || x || x || (x) || || || - || ||
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| 78 ||[[User:Akotsev|Alexander Kotsev]] || IT || alexander.kotsev åt ec dot europa dot eu|| [https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en EC/JRC] || || || || || || x || x || || || || ||
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| 79 ||[[User:pesekon2|Ondřej Pešek]] || CZ || pesej.ondrek(at)gmail.com || CTU in Prague || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || ||
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| 80 ||[[User:ctoma|Charlotte Toma]] || DE || charlotte.toma(at)wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || no || no ||
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| 81 ||Paul S || DE || paul.schell(at)wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || no || no ||
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| 82 ||Julius Krey || DE || julius.krey(at)wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || no || no ||
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| 83 ||Daniel Santillan || AT || daniel.santillan@eox.at || EOX || plotty, 3D JavaScript in general || || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 84 ||Anton Wagensonner || AT || awagensonner@riegl.com || RIEGL || point clouds, PDAL || || x || x || || || || || || || ||
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| 85 || Norbert Wenzel || AT || anwenzel@riegl.com || RIEGL || point clouds, PDAL || || x || x || || || || || || || ||
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| 86 || Kris Depril || BE || Kris.depril@geosparc.com || Geosparc || OSGeoLive || x || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-

| # ||[[User:your osgeo profile|Your name]] || DE || email || organization || project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ?Accommodation || ?vegetarian || do you need a ticket for the social event? yes=x
|}

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net
* Twitter: #TOSprint ( https://twitter.com/search?q=tosprint )

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Bonn
* Accommodation for x nights

All other costs - food, outings and entertainment - should/will be covered by the sponsors

== Individual preparation ==

* Bring your own laptop
* Bring [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] if needed (photo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schuko_plug_and_socket.png Germany]). See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/
* Install GIT and compiler tools, and come with a working development environment

== Sponsoring ==

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has a long tradition of organizing code sprints for developers of Open Source GIS software.
(https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Code_Sprints).

Simultaneously with the [https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/ FOSSGIS Conference 2018 in Bonn] an international code sprint of the OSGeo will take place from 19 to 25 March 2018.
We expect about 80 developers from all over the world to come from various [https://www.osgeo.org/] projects. Whether desktop application, geospatial library, metadata catalog or web mapping: be sure to find products in the list that you use. Thus, the Code Sprint is also an opportunity for your developers to meet with the core developers of the projects, get a deeper insight into the software and participate in the development.

The code sprint will take place at [http://www.basecamp-bonn.de/ BaseCamp] in Bonn. During the [http://www.foss4g2016.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016] in Bonn we have already organized a code sprint at this location, in which about 100 developers worked on the open source projects every day. (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint)

In addition to the costs of providing the technical infrastructure, the cost of food and drinks for the developers is the main cost. A buffet at lunchtime and drinks during the whole day are intended.

So far, the code sprint is already sponsored by [https://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo] and [https://www.fossgis.de/ FOSSGIS e. V.].

In order to cover the costs, we would be very pleased about further sponsors!

What we offer:
* Your logo on top of the [https://www.osgeo.org/events/osgeo-code-sprint-2018/ websites of the Code Sprint] [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018 1] as well as on all official documents around the Code Sprint
* Mention in all code sprint related mails
* Our undying gratitude, which comes in handy when you least expect it (Remember that feature you wanted...)

Our sponsorship levels:
* Gold: >= 2500 USD
* Silver: 1500 USD
* Bronze: 750 USD

So...
* get your company talking to the top developers of the scene!
* enable your GIS developers to take advantage of this opportunity, there is no better opportunity to learn!
* support the software you use - you benefit immediately.

Thank you very much!

Contact: To sponsor, please contact codesprint@osgeo.org directly.

== Event Owner ==
* [[User:Astrid_Emde|Astrid Emde]]
* Uli Rothstein
* Carmen Tawalika
* [[User:Olr|Oliver Rudzick]]
* Mirko Blinn

; Supported by
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

OSGeo Code Sprint 2018

2018-03-12T10:44:48Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Participants */ Add Kris Depril

Annual Code Sprint comes to Bonn (Germany) in 2018!

Powered by [[Image:Osgeo-logo.png|250px|link=https://www.osgeo.org]]

'''Sponsoring ''' Find out about [[OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018#Sponsoring |Sponsoring the Event]].

;Gold Sponsors

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http://www.fossgis.de
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[[File:RIEGL.png|310px|RIEGL|link=http://www.riegl.com/]]
 
http://www.riegl.com/
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; Silver Sponsors

[[File:Logo-Hobu.png|140px|Hobu|link=https://hobu.co/]]
 
https://hobu.co/

; Bronze Sponsors

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[[File:Logo-Azavea.png|280px|Azavea|link=http://www.azavea.com/]]
 
http://www.azavea.com/
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https://www.wheregroup.com/
||
[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]
|-
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[[File:Synth_Inline_Fill_Gradient_RGB.png|210px|synth3d|link=http://www.synth3d.co]]
 
http://www.synth3d.co
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[[File:Logo-LocationTech.png|320px|LocationTech|link=https://www.locationtech.org/]]
 
https://www.locationtech.org/
||
[[File:BH PantoneUncoated Preferred BH.PNG|320px|Bohannan Huston, Inc.|link=https://www.bhinc.com]]
 
https://www.bhinc.com
|}

In 2018 we once again want to invite you to Bonn to meet for codesprint at Basecamp! ....

[[Image:FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_indoor_hacking_overview.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]
[[Image:FOSS4G_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_in_Action1.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]

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[[Image:FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_sponsors.jpg|400px]]

== Purpose ==

Bring together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems as in previous years:
* [[Daytona Beach Code Sprint 2017|Daytona_Beach]] (2017)
* [[Paris Code Sprint 2016|Paris]] (2016)
* [[Philadelphia Code Sprint 2015|Philadelphia]] (2015)
* [[Vienna Code Sprint 2014|Vienna]] (2014)
* [[Boston Code Sprint 2013|Boston]] (2013)
* [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood (Seattle)]] (2012)
* [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011)
* [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010)
* [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)

== Dates and Times ==

Dates:
* Sprint: Sunday-Sunday, March 18 to 25, 2018 (8 days - Arrival/Departure Sundays)

== Other Events from January to March 2018 ==

* '''OSGeo's 12th birthday Feb 4'''
* FOSDEM 3-4 Feb https://fosdem.org/2018/
* FOSS4G IT 19-22 Feb http://foss4g-it2018.gfoss.it/
* [https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/DeveloperMeetingMadeira2018 QGis Hackfest] 21-25 Feb, 2018
* FOSSGIS 21-24 March https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/
* ''please add your event''

== Location ==

=== Coding Venue ===
* Venue & Accommodation BaseCamp.
* For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/44335958#map=18/50.70763/7.12316| OpenStreetMap]

=== Accommodations ===
* Make sure that you book your accommodation on your own. And also you have to pay for it.
* you can book at BaseCamp directly: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/
* BONNOX http://www.bonnox.de/en
* You can use this official hotel booking system: http://www.bonn-region.de/events/fossgis-konferenz-english.html

=== How to get there ===
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383

By train
* From Bonn Main station take the U-Trains (Underground platform) 16, 63 or 68. Get off after 6 min at stop Dt. Telekom / Ollenhauerstr.
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383
* [https://www.vrsinfo.de/englisch/the-vrs/vrs-about-us.html online public transport planner]

By Car
* Coming from the highway A59 Basecamp is located at the end of the highway A562. For navigation systems it is best to type Basecamp's address: "''In der Raste 3, 53129 Bonn''")

== Schedule ==
* lunch every day at 12:30
* only sunday march 19th at 19:00

== OSGeo Member Meeting ==
* OSGeo [[Member_Meeting_Bonn_2018]] is scheduled for Monday 19 March 2018 18:00 UTC in Bonn
* you are all welcome to join
* We would like to have a discussion on OSGeo topics for about 2 hours. And OSGeo will provide food and drinks.

== Social Events ==

BaseCamp ist great. But you should also see the outside of BaseCamp and we want to bring you in contact with Bonn and the FOSSGIS e.V. Community (german language Local Chapter of OSGeo)

=== Thursday 20th March: Come Together Tuscolo Frankenbad (Bonn) ===
* Thursday 20th March evening - italian food
* see also https://fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/socialevents/
* http://tuscolo-frankenbad.de/
* https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.73988/7.08828

=== Wednesday 21th March: FOSSGIS Conference Social Event ===
* Wednesday 21th March 19:00-01:00
* we want to invite you to the event
* with buffet, loo-session and dj team
* Dad's Phonkey in action with his Loop-Station https://de-de.facebook.com/dadsphonkey
* Rafa from DJ Kollektiv Lucha Amada http://luchaamada.blogsport.de/
* see also https://fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/socialevents/
* ''we need the information, whether you need a ticket for the social event - please add to you information in the wiki table above!!!'''

; all evenings ''Pub race'' - find out about pubs in Bonn
* meet at Namenlos or Pawlows

== OSGeo Exhibition Pack ==
* take your OSGeo Exhibition Pack home - get information and make an order [[Talk:Exhibition_Pack#Ordering]]

== Project Plans ==
(i.e what do you wish/want/plan to work on during the sprint ?)

* '''GRASS GIS project''': See [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Bonn_2018 dedicated Wiki page]
* '''OSGeoLive'''
** build documentation - mo 12:00-17:00
** start Release cycle: more info: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB#gid=0 OSGeoLive 12 Schedule]
** start of the build cycle for the next OSGeoLive release, 12.0 19 - 23 March
** OSGeoLive12 - how to configure for specific purpose like an INSPIRE flavor 22 - 23 March
* '''OSGeo Europe''' - preparing the website pages, further organizing, coordinate common activities
* '''pycsw''': see [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/2018-Bonn-sprint dedicated Wiki page]
* '''MapServer''': see [https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/Bonn-2018-Codesprint dedicated Wiki page]
* '''ZOO-Project''': see [http://zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/OSGeoCodeSprint2018 dedicated Wiki page]

== Participants ==

Please add your name and the projects you are planning to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="100"|Country
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Organisation
!width="250"|Projects
!width="25"|sun
!width="25"|mon
!width="25"|tue
!width="25"|wed
!width="25"|thu
!width="25"|fri
!width="25"|sat
!width="25"|sun
!width="60"|Accommodation
!width="30"|vegetarian food
!width="60"|social event
|-
| 1 ||[[Jeff McKenna]] <libravatar email="jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com"/> || CA || jmckenna(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || MapServer, MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || AirBNB || || x
|-
| 2 ||[[Howard Butler]] || US || howard@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Proj.4, PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || No thank you. ||
|-
| 3 ||[[Even Rouault]] || FR || even.rouault(at)spatialys.com || Spatialys || Proj.4, GDAL, MapServer || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 4 ||[[Markus Neteler]] || DE || neteler(at)osgeo.org || mundialis || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, OTB, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || preferably ||
|-
| 5 ||[[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || gerald.fenoy(at)geolabs.fr || GeoLabs || MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || shared accommodation || ||
|-
| 6 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]] || AT || stephan(at)meissl.name || EOX || MapServer, EOxServer || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || || x ||
|-
| 7 ||[[User:martinl|Martin Landa]] || CZ || landa.martin(at)gmail.com || CTU in Prague || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, PostGIS, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 8 ||[[User:connormanning|Connor Manning]] || US || connor@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Entwine, Greyhound, PDAL, Point clouds || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || ||
|-
| 9 ||Markus Schütz || AT || mschuetz@potree.org|| TU Wien|| Potree, point clouds|| || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
|-
| 10 ||[[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] || CA || tomkralidis(at)gmail.com || self || pycsw, OWSLib, pygeometa, MapServer, geocatalogo || x || x || x || x || x || || || || tbd || sure || x ||
|-
| 11 ||[[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || tzotsos(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || pycsw, OSGeoLive, GeoNode, UbuntuGIS, geocatalogo, OTB, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || probably ||
|-
| 12 ||[[User:jjesus|Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus]] || NL || jorge.dejesus(at)geocat.net || Geocat || pywps || || || || x || x || x || x || || AirBNB || NO! ||
|-
| 13 ||[[User:ingenieroariel|Ariel Núñez]] || CO || ariel(at)terranodo.io || Terranodo || GeoNode || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || ||
|-
| 14 ||[[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]] || PT & NL || luis.de.sousa(at)protonmail.ch || [http://www.isric.org ISRIC] || PyWPS, GRASS || || || || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 15 ||[[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]] || DE || volker.mische(at)gmail,com || Myself || Noise, CouchDB || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || 50% ||
|-
| 16 ||[[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]] || NL || justb4(at)gmail,com || Myself || GeoHealthCheck, Stetl || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || - ||
|-
| 17 ||[[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || PT || jgr@geomaster.pt || Geomaster || QGIS, GeoExt 3, Nominatim || || x || x || x || x || x || 2 x || 2 x || BaseCamp || || x
|-
| 18 ||[[User:tfr42|Torsten Friebe]] || DE || friebe AT lat-lon DOT de || lat/lon || deegree || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || not needed || yes, please ||
|-
| 19 ||[[User:Stenger|Dirk Stenger]] || DE || stenger AT lat-lon DOT de || lat/lon || deegree, TEAM Engine || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 20 ||[[User:Lgoltz|Lyn Goltz]] || DE || goltz AT lat-lon DOT de || lat/lon || deegree, TEAM Engine || || x || x || x || x || x || || || not needed || yes ||
|-
| 21 ||[[User:remanuele|Rob Emanuele]] || US || remanuele@azavea.com ||Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis, LocationTech || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
|-
| 22 || Grigory Pomadchin || RU || gr.pomadchin AT gmail DOT com || Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
|-
| 23 ||[[User:tomvantilburg|Tom van Tilburg]] || NL || tom.van.tilburg@geodan.nl || geodan || Pointcloud || || x || x || x || x || x || x || || tbd || x|- ||
|-
| 24 ||[[User:chambbj|Brad Chambers]] || US || bradley.chambers@digitalglobe.com || Radiant Solutions || PDAL, Point Clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || TBD || No thanks! ||
|-
| 25 || Eugene Cheipesh || USA || echeipesh AT azavea DOT com || Azavea || LocationTech, JTS, JAI Replacement || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || x ||
|-
| 26 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com || Fondazione Edmund Mach || GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, pyModis || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || ? || Basecamp || | || x
|-
| 27 || [[User:Veroandreo|Veronica Andreo]] || AR/NL || veroandreo AT gmail.com || on-my-own-time || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp || | || x
|-
| 28 || [[User:dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] || BE || Dirk AT Geosparc.com || OSGeo Europe || GeoMajas OSGeo Live || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || motor home || | ||
|-
| 29 ||[[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || US || michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com || US Army Corps || MapServer, PDAL || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || hotel || | ||
|-
| 30 ||[[User:cvvergara| Vicky Vergara]] || MX || vicky at georepublic DOT de || Georepublic || pgRouting, OSgeoLive, PDAL, Point clouds || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp || | ||
|-
| 31 ||Marco Hugentobler || CH || marco at sourcepole dot com || Sourcepole || QGIS || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 32 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || CH || pka at sourcepole dot com || Sourcepole || QGIS, GDAL, t-rex || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 33 ||[[User:Mlennert|Moritz Lennert]] || BE || mlennert at club dot worldonline dot be || ULB || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp || preferably ||
|-
| 34 ||[[Andrew Bell]] || US || andrew@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Proj.4, PDAL, Point clouds, meshes || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
|-
| 35 ||[[User:theduckylittle|Dan "Ducky" Little]] || US || dlittle@boundlessgeo.com || Boundless || React + OpenLayers, MapServer || || || x || x || x || x || x || FeWo || || || x
|-
| 36 ||[[User:nicklas|Nicklas Avén]] || SE/NO || nicklas.aven@jordogskog.no || Just me || TilelessMap, PostGIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || BaseCamp || || x
|-
| 37 ||[[User:Clucas|Chris Lucas]] || NL || chris.lucas@geodan.nl || Geodan || PDAL, point clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || tbd || | ||
|-
| 38 ||[[User:Marcjansen|Marc Jansen]] || DE || jansen@terrestris.de || terrestris || OpenLayers, react-geo, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || | ||
|-
| 39 ||[[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]] || DE || marco.lechner@fossgis.de || [https://www.fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.]/[https://github.com/OpenBfS BfS] || OpenLayers, Geonetwork, Geoserver, everything || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || BaseCamp || veg. ||
|-
| 40 ||[[Martinheidegger|Martin Heidegger]] || JP/AT || martin.heidegger@gmail.com || Freelancer (Georepublic) || Point clouds, dotloom, pix4d/potree || (x) || x || x || x || (x) || || || || BaseCamp || || x ||
|-
| 41 ||[[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]] || IT || andrea.antonello@gmail.com || HydroloGIS / Free University of Bolzano || Geopaparazzi, gvSIG, gvSIG Mobile, everything || (x) || x || x || x || x || x || || || TBD || no ||
|-
| 42 ||[[User:Astrid_Emde|Astrid Emde]] || DE || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || WhereGroup/OSGeo || Mapbender, OSGeoLive, OSGeo || x || x || x || || || || x || x || BaseCamp || vegetarian ||
|-
| 43 ||[[User:GeoFootballer|Christian Mayer]] || DE || chris@meggsimum.de || meggsimum || OpenLayers, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || | ||
|-
| 44 || Andreas Schmitz || DE || schmitz@terrestris.de || terrestris || OpenLayers, react-geo, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || | ||
|-
| 45 ||[[User:Ckuntzsch|Christian Kuntzsch]] || DE || Christian.Kuntzsch@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || x || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 46 || Nina Moelkner || DE || nina.moelkner@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 47 || Robin Schwammborn || DE || robin.schwammborn@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 48 ||[[User:dispiste|Cesar Martinez]] || ES || cesar.izq@gmail.com || gvSIG/Scolab || gvSIG, gvSIG Mobile, Geopaparazzi || x || x || x || x || x || || || || BaseCamp if possible || not needed ||
|-
| 49 || Thekla Wirkus || DE || thekla.wirkus@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 50 || [[User:axxl|Axel Schaefer]] || DE || axel.schaefer@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || (x) || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 51 || [[User:mmetz|Markus Metz]] || DE || metz@mundialis.de || mundialis || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, OTB, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || || || || || Base Camp || ||
|-
| 52 || [[User:Taehoon.Kim|Taehoon Kim]] || JP/KR || kim.taehoon@aist.go.jp || AIST || Point clouds || (x) || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 53 || Marco Pochert || DE || mpochert@bfs.de || [https://github.com/OpenBfS BfS] || OpenLayers, Geonetwork, GeoExt, everything || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 54 ||[[User:bartvde2|Bart van den Eijnden]] || Netherlands || bartvde@boundlessgeo.com || Boundless || React + OpenLayers || x || x || x || x || x || || || || || || x
|-
| 55 ||[[User:FxKu|Felix Kunde]] || DE || felix-kunde@gmx.de || Beuth University || 3DCityDB || || x || x || || || || || || HBF || ||
|-
| 56 ||[[User:SBL|Stefan Blumentrath]] || NO || stefan.blumentrath@nina.no || Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) || GRASS GIS || || || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || ||
|-
| 57 ||[[User:elpaso|Alessandro Pasotti]] || IT || elpaso@itopen.it || ItOpen || QGIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || Base Camp || ||
|-
| 58 ||[[Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || milena.osgeo(at)gmail.com || OSGeo / GISTRA|| GRASS GIS, QGIS, OSGeoLive || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || || gluten free ||
|-
| 59 ||[[Vasile Craciunescu]] || RO || vasile(at)geo-spatial.org || OSGeo / geo-spatial.org|| FOSS4G2019 || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 60 ||[[User:Olr|Oliver Rudzick]] || DE || osm(at)rudzick.de || FOSSGIS || OSM || x || || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || not needed || ||
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| 61 ||[[User:Uli|Uli Rothstein]] || DE || uli.rothstein(at)fossgis.de || terrestris / FOSSGIS || Orga || x || || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || not needed || ||
|-
| 62 ||Nils Bühner || DE || buehner(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || SHOGun, react-geo || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 63 ||Daniel Koch || DE || koch(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || SHOGun, react-geo || || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 64 ||Kai Volland || DE || volland(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || react-geo || || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
|-
| 65 ||Johannes Weskamm || DE || weskamm(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || OSM-Vector-Tiles / react-geo || x || x || x || || || || || || not needed || ||
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| 66 ||Carmen Tawalika || DE || tawalika(at)mundialis.de || mundialis || actinia || x || x || x || x || || || x || x || not needed || ||
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| 67 ||Frank Gasdorf|| DE || fgdrf(at)users.sourceforge.net || || uDig, Geotools, LocationTech, JTS, JAI Replacement|| || || || x || x || x || || || TBD || ||
|-
| 68 ||[[User:Rzoller|Roman Zoller]] || CH || roman.zoller ät camptocamp.com || Camptocamp || OpenLayers / react-geo / TBD? || || || || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || Hotel || ||
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| 69 ||[[User:Jive|Jody garnett]] || CA || jody.garnett@gmail.com || OSGeo || GeoTools || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || base camp|| whiskey ||
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| 70 || Seth Girvin || IE || sgirvin@compass.ie || Compass Informatics || MapServer, GeoExt || || x || x || x || x || x || || || Basecamp || ||
|-
| 71 ||[[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]] || ES || maria.arias@geocat.net || GeoCat bv,OSGeo || GeoNetwork || x || x || x || || || || || || - || no ||
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| 72 ||Mario Härtwig || DE || mario.haertwig(at)geops.de || geOps || OpenLayers Editor || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 73 ||[[User:Friedjoff|Friedjoff Trautwein]] || DE || friedjoff.trautwein(at)geops.de || geOps || OpenLayers Editor || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 74 ||[[User:Bluemates|Kyoung-Sook Kim]] || JP || ks.kim(at)aist.go.jp || AIST || Point clouds || || || || (x) || x || x || x || || || ||
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| 75 ||[[User:CEhbrecht|Carsten Ehbrecht]] || DE || ehbrecht(at)dkrz.de || DKRZ || pywps, owslib || || || x || x || x || (x) || || || Hotel || no ||
|-
| 76 ||[[User:johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || johan AT gisky.be || gisky || saga, osgeo live, owslib, debian/ubuntu || || || || x || x || x || x || || Basecamp || none ||
|-
| 77 ||[[User:plimkilde|Peter Limkilde Svendsen]] || DK || pelis åt sdfe dot dk|| [http://sdfe.dk SDFE] || Point clouds || (x) || x || x || x || x || (x) || || || - || ||
|-
| 78 ||[[User:Akotsev|Alexander Kotsev]] || IT || alexander.kotsev åt ec dot europa dot eu|| [https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en EC/JRC] || || || || || || x || x || || || || ||
|-
| 79 ||[[User:pesekon2|Ondřej Pešek]] || CZ || pesej.ondrek(at)gmail.com || CTU in Prague || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || ||
|-
| 80 ||[[User:ctoma|Charlotte Toma]] || DE || charlotte.toma(at)wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || no || no ||
|-
| 81 ||Paul S || DE || paul.schell(at)wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || no || no ||
|-
| 82 ||Julius Krey || DE || julius.krey(at)wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || no || no ||
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| 83 ||Daniel Santillan || AT || daniel.santillan@eox.at || EOX || plotty, 3D JavaScript in general || || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp || ||
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| 84 ||Anton Wagensonner || AT || awagensonner@riegl.com || RIEGL || point clouds, PDAL || || x || x || || || || || || || ||
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| 85 || Norbert Wenzel || AT || anwenzel@riegl.com || RIEGL || point clouds, PDAL || || x || x || || || || || || || ||
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| 86 || Kris Depril || BE || Kris.depril@geosparc.com || Geosparc || OSGeoLive || || x || x || || || || || || || ||
|-

| # ||[[User:your osgeo profile|Your name]] || DE || email || organization || project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ?Accommodation || ?vegetarian || do you need a ticket for the social event? yes=x
|}

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net
* Twitter: #TOSprint ( https://twitter.com/search?q=tosprint )

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Bonn
* Accommodation for x nights

All other costs - food, outings and entertainment - should/will be covered by the sponsors

== Individual preparation ==

* Bring your own laptop
* Bring [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] if needed (photo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schuko_plug_and_socket.png Germany]). See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/
* Install GIT and compiler tools, and come with a working development environment

== Sponsoring ==

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has a long tradition of organizing code sprints for developers of Open Source GIS software.
(https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Code_Sprints).

Simultaneously with the [https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/ FOSSGIS Conference 2018 in Bonn] an international code sprint of the OSGeo will take place from 19 to 25 March 2018.
We expect about 80 developers from all over the world to come from various [https://www.osgeo.org/] projects. Whether desktop application, geospatial library, metadata catalog or web mapping: be sure to find products in the list that you use. Thus, the Code Sprint is also an opportunity for your developers to meet with the core developers of the projects, get a deeper insight into the software and participate in the development.

The code sprint will take place at [http://www.basecamp-bonn.de/ BaseCamp] in Bonn. During the [http://www.foss4g2016.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016] in Bonn we have already organized a code sprint at this location, in which about 100 developers worked on the open source projects every day. (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint)

In addition to the costs of providing the technical infrastructure, the cost of food and drinks for the developers is the main cost. A buffet at lunchtime and drinks during the whole day are intended.

So far, the code sprint is already sponsored by [https://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo] and [https://www.fossgis.de/ FOSSGIS e. V.].

In order to cover the costs, we would be very pleased about further sponsors!

What we offer:
* Your logo on top of the [https://www.osgeo.org/events/osgeo-code-sprint-2018/ websites of the Code Sprint] [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018 1] as well as on all official documents around the Code Sprint
* Mention in all code sprint related mails
* Our undying gratitude, which comes in handy when you least expect it (Remember that feature you wanted...)

Our sponsorship levels:
* Gold: >= 2500 USD
* Silver: 1500 USD
* Bronze: 750 USD

So...
* get your company talking to the top developers of the scene!
* enable your GIS developers to take advantage of this opportunity, there is no better opportunity to learn!
* support the software you use - you benefit immediately.

Thank you very much!

Contact: To sponsor, please contact codesprint@osgeo.org directly.

== Event Owner ==
* [[User:Astrid_Emde|Astrid Emde]]
* Uli Rothstein
* Carmen Tawalika
* [[User:Olr|Oliver Rudzick]]
* Mirko Blinn

; Supported by
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

OSGeo Code Sprint 2018

2018-02-28T22:43:21Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Project Plans */ add OSGeo Live 12 Release cycle ; add OSGeo Europe

Annual Code Sprint comes to Bonn (Germany) in 2018!

Powered by [[Image:Osgeo-logo.png|250px|link=https://www.osgeo.org]]

'''Sponsoring ''' Find out about [[OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018#Sponsoring |Sponsoring the Event]].

;Gold Sponsors

[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]

; Silver Sponsors

[[File:Logo-Hobu.png|140px|Hobu|link=https://hobu.co/]]
 
https://hobu.co/

; Bronze Sponsors

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https://www.wheregroup.com/
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[http://eox.at http://eox.at]
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http://www.synth3d.co
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https://www.locationtech.org/
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In 2018 we once again want to invite you to Bonn to meet for codesprint at Basecamp! ....

[[Image:FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_indoor_hacking_overview.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]
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== Purpose ==

Bring together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems as in previous years:
* [[Daytona Beach Code Sprint 2017|Daytona_Beach]] (2017)
* [[Paris Code Sprint 2016|Paris]] (2016)
* [[Philadelphia Code Sprint 2015|Philadelphia]] (2015)
* [[Vienna Code Sprint 2014|Vienna]] (2014)
* [[Boston Code Sprint 2013|Boston]] (2013)
* [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood (Seattle)]] (2012)
* [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011)
* [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010)
* [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)

== Dates and Times ==

Dates:
* Sprint: Sunday-Sunday, March 18 to 25, 2018 (8 days - Arrival/Departure Sundays)

== Other Events from January to March 2018 ==

* '''OSGeo's 12th birthday Feb 4'''
* FOSDEM 3-4 Feb https://fosdem.org/2018/
* FOSS4G IT 19-22 Feb http://foss4g-it2018.gfoss.it/
* [https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/DeveloperMeetingMadeira2018 QGis Hackfest] 21-25 Feb, 2018
* FOSSGIS 21-24 March https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/
* ''please add your event''

== Location ==

=== Coding Venue ===
* Venue & Accommodation BaseCamp.
* For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/44335958#map=18/50.70763/7.12316| OpenStreetMap]

=== Accommodations ===
* you can book at BaseCamp directly: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/
* BONNOX http://www.bonnox.de/en
* You can use this official hotel booking system: http://www.bonn-region.de/events/fossgis-konferenz-english.html

=== How to get there ===
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383

By train
* From Bonn Main station take the U-Trains (Underground platform) 16, 63 or 68. Get off after 6 min at stop Dt. Telekom / Ollenhauerstr.
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383
* [https://www.vrsinfo.de/englisch/the-vrs/vrs-about-us.html online public transport planner]

By Car
* Coming from the highway A59 Basecamp is located at the end of the highway A562. For navigation systems it is best to type Basecamp's address: "''In der Raste 3, 53129 Bonn''")

== Schedule ==
* tbd

== Project Plans ==
(i.e what do you wish/want/plan to work on during the sprint ?)

* '''GRASS GIS project''': See [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Bonn_2018 dedicated Wiki page]
* '''OSGeoLive 12 - start Release cycle''': more info: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB#gid=0 OSGeoLive 12 Schedule]
** start of the build cycle for the next OSGeoLive release, 12.0 19 - 23 March
** OSGeoLive12 - how to configure for specific purpose like an INSPIRE flavor 22 - 23 March
* '''OSGeo Europe''' - preparing the website pages, further organizing, coordinate common activities
* tbd

== Social ideas ==

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of ~50. Please add your name and the projects
you are planning to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="100"|Country
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Organisation
!width="250"|Projects
!width="25"|sun
!width="25"|mon
!width="25"|tue
!width="25"|wed
!width="25"|thu
!width="25"|fri
!width="25"|sat
!width="25"|sun
!width="60"|Accommodation
!width="30"|vegetarian food
|-
| 1 ||[[Jeff McKenna]] <libravatar email="jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com"/> || CA || jmckenna(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || MapServer, MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || AirBNB ||
|-
| 2 ||[[Howard Butler]] || US || howard@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Proj.4, PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || No thank you.
|-
| 3 ||[[Even Rouault]] || FR || even.rouault(at)spatialys.com || Spatialys || Proj.4, GDAL, MapServer || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp if possible ||
|-
| 4 ||[[Markus Neteler]] || DE || neteler(at)osgeo.org || mundialis || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, OTB, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || preferably
|-
| 5 ||[[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || gerald.fenoy(at)geolabs.fr || GeoLabs || MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || shared accommodation ||
|-
| 6 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]] || AT || stephan(at)meissl.name || EOX || MapServer, EOxServer || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 7 ||[[User:martinl|Martin Landa]] || CZ || landa.martin(at)gmail.com || CTU in Prague || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, PostGIS, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 8 ||[[User:connormanning|Connor Manning]] || US || connor@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Entwine, Greyhound, PDAL, Point clouds || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ||
|-
| 9 ||Markus Schütz || AT || mschuetz@potree.org|| TU Wien|| Potree, point clouds|| x || x || x || || || || || || ||
|-
| 10 ||[[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] || CA || tomkralidis(at)gmail.com || self || pycsw, OWSLib, pygeometa, MapServer, geocatalogo || x || x || x || x || x || || || || tbd || sure
|-
| 11 ||[[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || tzotsos(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || pycsw, OSGeoLive, GeoNode, UbuntuGIS, geocatalogo, OTB, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || probably
|-
| 12 ||[[User:jjesus|Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus]] || NL || jorge.dejesus(at)geocat.net || Geocat || pywps || || || || x || x || x || x || || AirBNB || NO!
|-
| 13 ||[[User:ingenieroariel|Ariel Núñez]] || CO || ariel(at)terranodo.io || Terranodo || GeoNode || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd ||
|-
| 14 ||[[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]] || PT & NL || luis.de.sousa(at)protonmail.ch || [http://www.isric.org ISRIC] || PyWPS, GRASS || || || || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 15 ||[[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]] || DE || volker.mische(at)gmail,com || Myself || Noise, CouchDB || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || 50%
|-
| 16 ||[[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]] || NL || justb4(at)gmail,com || Myself || GeoHealthCheck, Stetl || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || -
|-
| 17 ||[[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || PT || jgr@geomaster.pt || Geomaster || QGIS, GeoExt 3 || || x || x || x || x || x || 2 x || 2 x || BaseCamp (+ extra bed for the last 2 days for my daughter Rita, if possible) ||
|-
| 18 ||[[User:tfr42|Torsten Friebe]] || DE || friebe AT lat-lon DOT de || organization || deegree || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || not needed || yes, please
|-
| 19 ||[[User:Stenger|Dirk Stenger]] || DE || stenger AT lat-lon DOT de || organization || deegree || || x || x || x || x || x || || || not needed ||
|-
| 20 ||[[User:Lgoltz|Lyn Goltz]] || DE || goltz AT lat-lon DOT de || organization || deegree || || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || not needed || yes
|-
| 21 ||[[User:remanuele|Rob Emanuele]] || US || remanuele@azavea.com ||Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis, LocationTech || || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 22 || Grigory Pomadchin || RU || gr.pomadchin AT gmail DOT com || Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis || || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 23 ||[[User:tomvantilburg|Tom van Tilburg]] || NL || tom.van.tilburg@geodan.nl || geodan || Pointcloud || || x || x || x || x || x || x || || tbd || x|-
|-
| 24 ||[[User:chambbj|Brad Chambers]] || US || bradley.chambers@digitalglobe.com || Radiant Solutions || PDAL, Point Clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || TBD || No thanks!
|-
| 25 || Eugene Cheipesh || USA || echeipesh AT azavea DOT com || Azavea || LocationTech, JTS, JAI Replacement || || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 26 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com || Fondazione Edmund Mach || GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, pyModis || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || ? || Basecamp || |
|-
| 27 || [[User:Veroandreo|Veronica Andreo]] || AR/NL || veroandreo AT gmail.com || ITC || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp || |
|-
| 28 || [[User:dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] || BE || Dirk AT Geosparc.com || OSGeo Europe || GeoMajas OSGeo Live || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || motor home || |
|-
| 29 ||[[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || US || michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com || US Army Corps || MapServer, PDAL || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || hotel || |
|-
| 30 ||[[User:cvvergara| Vicky Vergara]] || MX || vicky at georepublic DOT de || Georepublic || pgRouting, OSgeoLive, PDAL, Point clouds || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp || |
|-
| 31 ||Marco Hugentobler || CH || marco at sourcepole dot com || Sourcepole || QGIS || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 32 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || CH || pka at sourcepole dot com || Sourcepole || QGIS, GDAL, t-rex || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 33 ||[[User:Mlennert|Moritz Lennert]] || BE || mlennert at club dot worldonline dot be || ULB || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 34 ||[[Andrew Bell]] || US || andrew@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Proj.4, PDAL, Point clouds, meshes || || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 35 ||[[User:theduckylittle|Dan "Ducky" Little]] || US || dlittle@boundlessgeo.com || Boundless || React + OpenLayers, MapServer || || || x || x || x || x || x || || ||
|-
| 36 ||[[User:nicklas|Nicklas Avén]] || SE/NO || nicklas.aven@jordogskog.no || Just me || TilelessMap, PostGIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 37 ||[[User:Clucas|Chris Lucas]] || NL || chris.lucas@geodan.nl || Geodan || PDAL || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || |
|-
| 38 ||[[User:Marcjansen|Marc Jansen]] || DE || jansen@terrestris.de || terrestris || OpenLayers, react-geo, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || |
|-
| 39 ||[[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]] || DE || marco.lechner@fossgis.de || [https://www.fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.]/[https://github.com/OpenBfS BfS] || OpenLayers, Geonetwork, Geoserver, everything || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || BaseCamp || veg.
|-
| 40 ||[[Martinheidegger|Martin Heidegger]] || JP/AT || martin.heidegger@gmail.com || Freelancer (Georepublic) || Point clouds || (x) || x || x || x || (x) || || || || BaseCamp || |
|-
| 41 ||[[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]] || IT || andrea.antonello@gmail.com || HydroloGIS / Free University of Bolzano || Geopaparazzi, gvSIG, gvSIG Mobile, everything || (x) || x || x || x || x || x || || || TBD || no
|-
| 42 ||[[User:Astrid_Emde|Astrid Emde]] || DE || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || WhereGroup/OSGeo || Mapbender, OSGeoLive, OSGeo || x || x || x || || || || x || x || BaseCamp || vegetarian
|-
| 43 ||[[User:GeoFootballer|Christian Mayer]] || DE || chris@meggsimum.de || meggsimum || OpenLayers, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || |
|-
| 44 || Andreas Schmitz || DE || schmitz@terrestris.de || terrestris || OpenLayers, react-geo, GeoExt || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed || |
|-
| 45 ||[[User:Ckuntzsch|Christian Kuntzsch]] || DE || Christian.Kuntzsch@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || x || x || x || x || || || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 46 || Nina Moelkner || DE || nina.moelkner@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || not needed ||
|-
| 47 || Robin Schwammborn || DE || robin.schwammborn@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || x || || || || || || not needed ||
|-
| 48 ||[[User:dispiste|Cesar Martinez]] || ES || cesar.izq@gmail.com || gvSIG/Scolab || gvSIG, gvSIG Mobile, Geopaparazzi || x || x || x || x || x || || || || BaseCamp if possible || not needed
|-
| 49 || Thekla Wirkus || DE || thekla.wirkus@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || || || || || || || not needed ||
|-
| 50 || [[User:axxl|Axel Schaefer]] || DE || axel.schaefer@wheregroup.com || WhereGroup || Mapbender || || x || (x) || || || || || || not needed ||
|-
| 51 || [[User:mmetz|Markus Metz]] || DE || metz@mundialis.de || mundialis || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, OTB, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || || || || || Base Camp ||
|-
| 52 || [[User:Taehoon.Kim|Taehoon Kim]] || JP/KR || kim.taehoon@aist.go.jp || AIST || Point clouds || (x) || x || x || x || x || x || x || || ||
|-
| 53 || Marco Pochert || DE || mpochert@bfs.de || [https://github.com/OpenBfS BfS] || OpenLayers, Geonetwork, GeoExt, everything || (x) || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 54 ||[[User:bartvde2|Bart van den Eijnden]] || Netherlands || bartvde@boundlessgeo.com || Boundless || React + OpenLayers || x || x || x || x || x || || || || ||
|-
| 55 ||[[User:FxKu|Felix Kunde]] || DE || felix-kunde@gmx.de || Beuth University || 3DCityDB || || x || x || || || || || || HBF ||
|-
| 56 ||[[User:SBL|Stefan Blumentrath]] || NO || stefan.blumentrath@nina.no || Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) || GRASS GIS || || || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? ||
|-
| 57 ||[[User:elpaso|Alessandro Pasotti]] || IT || elpaso@itopen.it || ItOpen || QGIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || Base Camp ||
|-
| 58 ||[[Milena Nowotarska]] || PL || milena.osgeo(at)gmail.com || OSGeo / GISTRA|| GRASS GIS, QGIS, OSGeoLive || x || x || x || x || x || x || || || || gluten free
|-
| 59 ||[[Vasile Craciunescu]] || RO || vasile(at)geo-spatial.org || OSGeo / geo-spatial.org|| FOSS4G2019 || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 60 ||[[User:Olr|Oliver Rudzick]] || DE || osm(at)rudzick.de || FOSSGIS || OSM || x || || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || not needed ||
|-
| 61 ||[[User:Uli|Uli Rothstein]] || DE || uli(at)fossgis.de || terrestris / FOSSGIS || Orga || x || || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || not needed ||
|-
| 62 ||Nils Bühner || DE || buehner(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || SHOGun, react-geo || || x || x || || || || || || not needed ||
|-
| 63 ||Daniel Koch || DE || koch(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || SHOGun, react-geo || || x || x || (x) || (x) || (x) || || || not needed ||
|-
| 64 ||Kai Volland || DE || volland(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || react-geo || || x || x || || || || || || not needed ||
|-
| 65 ||Johannes Weskamm || DE || weskamm(at)terrestris.de || terrestris || OSM-Vector-Tiles / react-geo || x || x || x || || || || || || not needed ||
|-
| 66 ||Carmen Tawalika || DE || tawalika(at)mundialis.de || mundialis || actinia || x || x || x || x || || || x || x || not needed ||
|-
| 67 ||Frank Gasdorf|| DE || fgdrf(at)users.sourceforge.net || || uDig, Geotools, LocationTech, JTS, JAI Replacement|| || || || x || x || x || || || TBD ||
|-
| 68 ||[[User:Rzoller|Roman Zoller]] || CH || roman.zoller ät camptocamp.com || Camptocamp || OpenLayers / react-geo / TBD? || || || || (x) || (x) || (x) || x || x || Hotel ||
|-
| 69 ||[[User:Jive|Jody garnett]] || CA || jody.garnett@gmail.com || OSGeo || GeoTools || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || base camp|| whiskey
|-
| 70 || Seth Girvin || IE || sgirvin@compass.ie || Compass Informatics || MapServer, GeoExt || || x || x || x || x || x || || || Basecamp ||
|-
| 71 ||[[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]] || ES || maria.arias@geocat.net || GeoCat bv,OSGeo || GeoNetwork || x || x || x || || || || || || - || no
|-
| 72 ||Mario Härtwig || DE || mario.haertwig(at)geops.de || geOps || OpenLayers Editor || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 73 ||[[User:Friedjoff|Friedjoff Trautwein]] || DE || friedjoff.trautwein(at)geops.de || geOps || OpenLayers Editor || x || x || x || || || || || || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 74 ||[[User:Bluemates|Kyoung-Sook Kim]] || JP || ks.kim(at)aist.go.jp || AIST || Point clouds || || || || (x) || x || x || x || || ||
|-
| 75 ||[[User:CEhbrecht|Carsten Ehbrecht]] || DE || ehbrecht(at)dkrz.de || DKRZ || pywps, owslib || || || x || x || x || (x) || || || Hotel || no
|-
| 76 ||[[User:johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] || BE || johan AT gisky.be || gisky || saga, osgeo live, owslib, debian/ubuntu || || || || x || x || x || x || || Basecamp || none
|-
| # ||[[User:your osgeo profile|Your name]] || DE || email || organization || project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ?Accommodation || ?vegetarian
|-
|}

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net
* Twitter: #TOSprint ( https://twitter.com/search?q=tosprint )

== Photos ==

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Bonn
* Accommodation for x nights

All other costs - food, outings and entertainment - should/will be covered by the sponsors

== Financial ==

'''Detailed budget'''
* [[Bonn_Code_Sprint_2018_:_Budget|Budget]]

== Individual preparation ==

* Bring your own laptop
* Bring [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] if needed (photo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schuko_plug_and_socket.png Germany]). See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/
* Install GIT and compiler tools, and come with a working development environment

== Sponsoring ==

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has a long tradition of organizing code sprints for developers of Open Source GIS software.
(https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Code_Sprints).

Simultaneously with the [https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/ FOSSGIS Conference 2018 in Bonn] an international code sprint of the OSGeo will take place from 19 to 25 March 2018.
We expect about 80 developers from all over the world to come from various [https://www.osgeo.org/] projects. Whether desktop application, geospatial library, metadata catalog or web mapping: be sure to find products in the list that you use. Thus, the Code Sprint is also an opportunity for your developers to meet with the core developers of the projects, get a deeper insight into the software and participate in the development.

The code sprint will take place at [http://www.basecamp-bonn.de/ BaseCamp] in Bonn. During the [http://www.foss4g2016.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016] in Bonn we have already organized a code sprint at this location, in which about 100 developers worked on the open source projects every day. (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint)

In addition to the costs of providing the technical infrastructure, the cost of food and drinks for the developers is the main cost. A buffet at lunchtime and drinks during the whole day are intended.

So far, the code sprint is already sponsored by [https://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo] and [https://www.fossgis.de/ FOSSGIS e. V.].

In order to cover the costs, we would be very pleased about further sponsors!

What we offer:
* Your logo on top of the [https://www.osgeo.org/events/osgeo-code-sprint-2018/ websites of the Code Sprint] [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018 1] as well as on all official documents around the Code Sprint
* Mention in all code sprint related mails
* Our undying gratitude, which comes in handy when you least expect it (Remember that feature you wanted...)

Our sponsorship levels:
* Gold: >= 2500 USD
* Silver: 1500 USD
* Bronze: 750 USD

So...
* get your company talking to the top developers of the scene!
* enable your GIS developers to take advantage of this opportunity, there is no better opportunity to learn!
* support the software you use - you benefit immediately.

Thank you very much!

Contact: To sponsor, please contact codesprint@osgeo.org directly.

== Event Owner ==
* [[User:Astrid_Emde|Astrid Emde]]
* Uli Rothstein
* Carmen Tawalika
* [[User:Olr|Oliver Rudzick]]
* Mirko Blinn

; Supported by
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

OSGeo Code Sprint 2018

2018-01-08T15:19:26Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Participants */ add Dirk Frigne

Annual Code Sprint comes to Bonn (Germany) in 2018!

Powered by [[Image:Osgeo-logo.png|250px|link=http://www.osgeo.org]]

'''Sponsoring ''' Find out about [[OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018#Sponsoring |Sponsoring the Event]].

;Gold Sponsors

[[File:Logo-FOSSGIS-e.V.png‎|260px|FOSSGIS e.V.|link=http://www.fossgis.de]]

; Silver Sponsors

; Bronze Sponsors

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http://www.azavea.com/
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https://www.wheregroup.com/
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[[File:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]
 
[http://eox.at http://eox.at]
|}

In 2018 we once again want to invite you to Bonn to meet for codesprint at Basecamp! ....

[[Image:FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_indoor_hacking_overview.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]
[[Image:FOSS4G_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_in_Action1.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]

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[[Image:FOSS4G_2016_OSGeo_Code_Sprint_sponsors.jpg|400px]]

== Purpose ==

Bring together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems as in previous years:
* [[Daytona Beach Code Sprint 2017|Daytona_Beach]] (2017)
* [[Paris Code Sprint 2016|Paris]] (2016)
* [[Philadelphia Code Sprint 2015|Philadelphia]] (2015)
* [[Vienna Code Sprint 2014|Vienna]] (2014)
* [[Boston Code Sprint 2013|Boston]] (2013)
* [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood (Seattle)]] (2012)
* [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011)
* [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010)
* [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)

== Dates and Times ==

Dates:
* Sprint: Sunday-Sunday, March 18 to 25, 2018 (8 days - Arrival/Departure Sundays)

== Other Events from January to March 2018 ==

* '''OSGeo's 12th birthday Feb 4'''
* FOSDEM 3-4 Feb https://fosdem.org/2018/
* FOSS4G IT 19-22 Feb http://foss4g-it2018.gfoss.it/
* [https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/DeveloperMeetingMadeira2018 QGis Hackfest] 21-25 Feb, 2018
* FOSSGIS 21-24 March https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/
* ''please add your event''

== Location ==

=== Coding Venue ===
* Venue & Accommodation BaseCamp.
* For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/44335958#map=18/50.70763/7.12316| OpenStreetMap]

=== Accommodations ===
* Please use this official hotel booking system: http://www.bonn-region.de/events/fossgis.html
* Using this system you can book the caravans in base camp. All bookers that use this system will receive a free public transport ticket that is valid during your stay.

=== How to get there ===
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383

By train
* From Bonn Main station take the U-Trains (Underground platform) 16, 63 or 68. Get off after 6 min at stop Dt. Telekom / Ollenhauerstr.
* http://alienus.de/basecamp1/en/arrival-bonn-hostel/
* http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=raste%201%20bonn#map=18/50.70762/7.12383
* [https://www.vrsinfo.de/englisch/the-vrs/vrs-about-us.html online public transport planner]

By Car
* Coming from the highway A59 Basecamp is located at the end of the highway A562. For navigation systems it is best to type Basecamp's address: "''In der Raste 3, 53129 Bonn''")

== Schedule ==
* tbd

== Project Plans ==
(i.e what do you wish/want/plan to work on during the sprint ?)

* '''GRASS GIS project''': See [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Bonn_2018 dedicated Wiki page]
* tbd

== Social ideas ==

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of ~50. Please add your name and the projects
you are planning to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="25"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="100"|Country
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Organisation
!width="250"|Projects
!width="25"|sun
!width="25"|mon
!width="25"|tue
!width="25"|wed
!width="25"|thu
!width="25"|fri
!width="25"|sat
!width="25"|sun
!width="60"|Accommodation
!width="30"|vegetarian food
|-
| 1 ||[[Jeff McKenna]] <libravatar email="jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com"/> || CA || jmckenna(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || MapServer, MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || shared accommodation ||
|-
| 2 ||[[Howard Butler]] || US || howard@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Proj.4, PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || || No thank you.
|-
| 3 ||[[Even Rouault]] || FR || even.rouault(at)spatialys.com || Spatialys || Proj.4, GDAL, MapServer || || x || x || x || x || x || || || BaseCamp if possible ||
|-
| 4 ||[[Markus Neteler]] || DE || neteler(at)osgeo.org || mundialis || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, OTB, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || || preferably
|-
| 5 ||[[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] || FR || gerald.fenoy(at)geolabs.fr || GeoLabs || MS4W, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || shared accommodation ||
|-
| 6 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]] || AT || stephan(at)meissl.name || EOX || MapServer, EOxServer || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 7 ||[[User:martinl|Martin Landa]] || CZ || landa.martin(at)gmail.com || CTU in Prague || GRASS GIS (Proj.4, GDAL, PostGIS, QGIS) || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 8 ||[[User:connormanning|Connor Manning]] || US || connor@hobu.co || Hobu, Inc. || Entwine, Greyhound, PDAL, Point clouds || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ||
|-
| 9 ||Markus Schütz || AT || mschuetz@potree.org|| TU Wien|| Potree, point clouds|| x || x || x || || || || || || ||
|-
| 10 ||[[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] || CA || tomkralidis(at)gmail.com || self || pycsw, OWSLib, pygeometa, MapServer, geocatalogo || x || x || x || x || x || || || || tbd || sure
|-
| 11 ||[[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] || GR || tzotsos(at)osgeo.org || OSGeo || pycsw, OSGeoLive, GeoNode, UbuntuGIS, geocatalogo, OTB, ZOO-Project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || probably
|-
| 12 ||[[User:jjesus|Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus]] || NL || jorge.dejesus(at)geocat.net || Geocat || pywps || || x || x || x || x || x || x || || tbd || NO!
|-
| 13 ||[[User:ingenieroariel|Ariel Núñez]] || CO || ariel(at)terranodo.io || Terranodo || GeoNode || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd ||
|-
| 14 ||[[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]] || PT & NL || luis.de.sousa(at)protonmail.ch || [http://www.isric.org ISRIC] || PyWPS, GRASS || || || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp ||
|-
| 15 ||[[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]] || DE || volker.mische(at)gmail,com || Myself || Noise, CouchDB || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || BaseCamp || 50%
|-
| 16 ||[[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]] || NL || justb4(at)gmail,com || Myself || GeoHealthCheck, Stetl || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || -
|-
| 17 ||[[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || PT || jgr@geomaster.pt || Geomaster || QGIS, GeoExt 3 || || x || x || x || x || x || 2 x || 2 x || BaseCamp (+ extra bed for the last 2 days for my daughter Rita, if possible) ||
|-
| 18 ||[[User:tfr42|Torsten Friebe]] || DE || friebe AT lat-lon DOT de || organization || deegree || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || not needed || yes, please
|-
| 19 ||[[User:Stenger|Dirk Stenger]] || DE || stenger AT lat-lon DOT de || organization || deegree || || x || x || x || x || x || || || not needed ||
|-
| 20 ||[[User:Lgoltz|Lyn Goltz]] || DE || goltz AT lat-lon DOT de || organization || deegree || || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || not needed || yes
|-
| 21 ||[[User:remanuele|Rob Emanuele]] || US || remanuele@azavea.com ||Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis, LocationTech || || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 22 || Grigory Pomadchin || RU || gr.pomadchin AT gmail DOT com || Azavea || PDAL, GDAL, Point clouds, GeoTrellis || || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 23 ||[[User:tomvantilburg|Tom van Tilburg]] || NL || tom.van.tilburg@geodan.nl || geodan || Pointcloud || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || tbd || x|-
|-
| 24 ||[[User:chambbj|Brad Chambers]] || US || bradley.chambers@digitalglobe.com || Radiant Solutions || PDAL, Point Clouds || || x || x || x || x || x || || || TBD || No thanks!
|-
| 25 || Eugene Cheipesh || USA || echeipesh AT azavea DOT com || Azavea || LocationTech, JTS, JAI Replacement || || x || x || x || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 26 || [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || IT || lucadeluge AT gmail DOT com || Fondazione Edmund Mach || GRASS GIS, OSGeoLive, pyModis || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || ? || Basecamp || |
|-
| 27 || [[User:Veroandreo|Veronica Andreo]] || AR/NL || veroandreo AT gmail.com || ITC || GRASS GIS || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp || |
|-
| 28 || [[User:dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] || BE || Dirk AT Geosparc.com || OSGeo Europe || GeoMajas OSGeo Live || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || ? || motor home || |
|-
| # ||[[User:your osgeo profile|Your name]] || DE || email || organization || project || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x|-
|}

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net
* Twitter: #TOSprint ( https://twitter.com/search?q=tosprint )

== Photos ==

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Bonn
* Accommodation for x nights

All other costs - food, outings and entertainment - should/will be covered by the sponsors

== Financial ==

'''Detailed budget'''
* [[Bonn_Code_Sprint_2018_:_Budget|Budget]]

== Individual preparation ==

* Bring your own laptop
* Bring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] if needed (photo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schuko_plug_and_socket.png Germany]). See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/
* Install GIT and compiler tools, and come with a working development environment

== Sponsoring ==

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has a long tradition of organizing code sprints for developers of Open Source GIS software.
(https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Code_Sprints).

Simultaneously with the [https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/ FOSSGIS Conference 2018 in Bonn] an international code sprint of the OSGeo will take place from 19 to 25 March 2018.
We expect about 80 developers from all over the world to come from various [http://www.osgeo.org/] projects. Whether desktop application, geospatial library, metadata catalog or web mapping: be sure to find products in the list that you use. Thus, the Code Sprint is also an opportunity for your developers to meet with the core developers of the projects, get a deeper insight into the software and participate in the development.

The code sprint will take place at [http://www.basecamp-bonn.de/ BaseCamp] in Bonn. During the [http://www.foss4g2016.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016] in Bonn we have already organized a code sprint at this location, in which about 100 developers worked on the open source projects every day. (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint)

In addition to the costs of providing the technical infrastructure, the cost of food and drinks for the developers is the main cost. A buffet at lunchtime and drinks during the whole day are intended.

So far, the code sprint is already sponsored by [http://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo] and [https://www.fossgis.de/ FOSSGIS e. V.].

In order to cover the costs, we would be very pleased about further sponsors!

What we offer:
* Your logo on top of the [http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/events/osgeo-code-sprint-2018/ websites of the Code Sprint] [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018 1] as well as on all official documents around the Code Sprint
* Mention in all code sprint related mails
* Our undying gratitude, which comes in handy when you least expect it (Remember that feature you wanted...)

Our sponsorship levels:
* Gold: >= 2500 USD
* Silver: 1500 USD
* Bronze: 750 USD

So...
* get your company talking to the top developers of the scene!
* enable your GIS developers to take advantage of this opportunity, there is no better opportunity to learn!
* support the software you use - you benefit immediately.

Thank you very much!

Contact: To sponsor, please contact codesprint@osgeo.org directly.

== Event Owner ==
* [[User:Astrid_Emde|Astrid Emde]]
* Uli Rothstein
* Carmen Tawalika
* [[User:Olr|Oliver Rudzick]]
* Mirko Blinn

; Supported by
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]
[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

Board-Europe-meeting-2017-12

2017-12-15T14:49:06Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Current items */

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

* ''roll call''
* ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
* Approve previous [[Board Meeting 2017-11-02|meeting]] minutes - None (first meeting)
* Review action items from previous [[Board Meeting 2017-11-02|meeting]] None (First meeting)
* status of the organisation
* Setting up the infrastructure: action Item: work on a presence (name, logo)
* Discuss the organisation of FOSS4G Europe (Format, organisation, help, ...)
* Discuss program for next year
* Plan a road map - Whois doing what (role)
* Plan a face2face meeting to set up the organisation (as part of the 2018 code sprint in Bonn?)
* closing - varia

=== Minutes ===
==== Appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary ====
* Attending:
* Presiding:
* Scribing:

Initial discussion:

==== Approve previous minutes ====
* As this is the first meeting of the board, no meeting minutes have to be approved

==== Review action items from previous meeting ====
* As this is the first meeting of the board, no previous action items to be reviewed

=== status of the organisation ===

=== action Item: work on a presence (name, logo) ===

=== Discuss program for next year ===

=== Plan a road map - Whois doing what (role) ===

=== Plan a face2face meeting to set up the organisation (as part of the 2018 code sprint in Bonn?) ===

Europe archive

2017-12-15T14:12:53Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Meeting 15 December 2017 */ Change hour as in the mail communication.

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== DI4R / Brussels ===
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 16:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Board-Europe-meeting-2017-12

2017-12-11T14:11:23Z

Wiki-Dirkf: Created page with "== Agenda == === Current items === * ''roll call'' * ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary'' * Approve previous meeting minutes - N..."

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

* ''roll call''
* ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
* Approve previous [[Board Meeting 2017-11-02|meeting]] minutes - None (first meeting)
* Review action items from previous [[Board Meeting 2017-11-02|meeting]] None (First meeting)
* status of the organisation
* action Item: work on a presence (name, logo)
* Discuss program for next year
* Plan a road map - Whois doing what (role)
* Plan a face2face meeting to set up the organisation (as part of the 2018 code sprint in Bonn?)

=== Minutes ===
==== Appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary ====
* Attending:
* Presiding:
* Scribing:

Initial discussion:

==== Approve previous minutes ====
* As this is the first meeting of the board, no meeting minutes have to be approved

==== Review action items from previous meeting ====
* As this is the first meeting of the board, no previous action items to be reviewed

=== status of the organisation ===

=== action Item: work on a presence (name, logo) ===

=== Discuss program for next year ===

=== Plan a road map - Whois doing what (role) ===

=== Plan a face2face meeting to set up the organisation (as part of the 2018 code sprint in Bonn?) ===

Europe archive

2017-12-11T13:58:21Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Meeting minutes */

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== DI4R / Brussels ===
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes - before founding ===
==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

=== Board meeting - meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 15 December 2017 ====
* Kickoffmeeting [[board-Europe-meeting-2017-12|2017_12_15]] 17:00 CET

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2017-12-11T13:51:11Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* ToDo list */

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws (status: signed the papers / send for publication)
* Create activity calender (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018 (status: 2discuss December 15 2017)
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Tfr42 Torsten Friebe] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Peter_Loewe Peter Löwe] - Charter member
* [[Arnulf Christl]]

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

=== DI4R / Brussels ===
[https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ Digital Infrastructures for Research]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference by poster presentation.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Peter_Loewe|Peter Löwe]] - 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== IRC Chat ===

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-europe channel on freenode.net
* how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-europe webchat]

=== Meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Election 2017 Candidate Manifestos

2017-10-12T17:15:21Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Dirk Frigne */ draft 1

A space for the candidates for [[Election 2017|election]] to the Board to share some information about themselves, their aspirations for OSGeo, what they would like to change, improve or introduce and what role they would like to play on the board.

A space for the candidates for [[Election 2017|election]] to the Board to share some information about themselves, their aspirations for OSGeo, what they would like to change, improve or introduce and what role they would like to play on the board.

== Vicky Vergara ==

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Cvvergara

=== About me ===
I am a person that sets goals and does what is possible to achieve them. I also tend to modify those goals depending on the situation.

I am an Economist by accident, a Computer Scientist by choice, with the heart of a teacher.

I arrived to OSGeo because I wanted to go to Japan and I wanted to do something that could combine the Economics and Computer Science, I had in mind a Geo-Economic Information System.

There was an opportunity to study GIS in Japan, but as things turned out, I was not blessed with the scholarship, so could not go to Japan to learn GIS. I removed the goal of going to Japan and added the goal of learning GIS by myself.

I used many of the OSGeo projects like QGIS, MapServer and PostGIS, I also compared Mexico's INGEI data with OSM data. Four months later I had a map to work with, so, the goal of learning GIS was “completed” (you never stop learning).

With my data and map ready, the first idea that came to my mind was to make a route from my house to my dad's house, that is when I arrived to pgRouting. There were some issues because of the INEGI data, and I had to modify code so that I could route from my house to my dad's house.

Because of these modifications, I offered myself as translator as a way to thank pgRouting developers for being open.

That is when I started talking with the pgRouting developers, Steve Woodbrige & Daniel Kastl, and I was invited to include the modifications I made into the 2.0 release of pgRouting (September 2013). So my life as open source developer started.

The following year, 2014, Steve invited me to participate on an open project “Trash collection for Montevideo” and while we developed, he mentored me about the benefits of being open and taught me how to work as a team on an open source project.

On 2015, I was invited again to fix bugs for pgRouting, and on our discussions, it was decided that a full rewrite was to be done, so I became the full time pgRouting main developer.(removed from the goal stack the idea for the Geo-Economic Information System) This same year I was blessed to be nominated and accepted as a charter member of OSGeo. Since this year, I have been a mentor on the OSGeo-GSoC program.

Because of pgRouting being on the rewrite process, I started visiting #osgeolive IRC room, to make sure that pgRouting could be installed, I didn’t want the rewrite to break the installation on OSGeo-Live.

I must mention that on 2015 I also achieved the long discarded goal of going to Japan, when I went to FOSS4G Tokyo on 2015. (you never know when the change of goal finally make you reach the original goal)

This year, on May 2017, on one of the visits to osgelive IRC, there was a PSC meeting and I was invited to stay. The OSGeo-Live project members were always glad to help me, so when I was asked to help as communications liaison I accepted with pleasure. Started to "do" besides communications liaison, made some modifications to the documentation, fixes, debugging, and eventually (like 42 days later), on June, I was invited to become PSC of OSGeo-Live.

I consider myself the luckiest person in the open source world, I do 24/7 open source, thanks to Daniel Kastl and Georepulic.

=== My vision ===

* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Flora of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Fauna of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Climate of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the People of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Countries of the world.
* All OSGeo community members are PSC (Propose, Suggest and Comment)

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

* pgRouting contributor on version 2.0
* pgRouting main developer since version 2.1
* Contributor and PSC of OSGeo-Live since version 11.0
* Very proud OSGeo-GSoC mentor of:
** Sarthak Agarwal
** Andrea Nardelli
** Rohith Reddy
** Maogang Wang
** Vidhan Jain

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

* In general: promote the use and development of Free and Open Source Software
* In particular: promote the use and development of the OSGeo projects, OSGeo incubation and OSGeo community Free Open Source Software.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

'''Get to know the kitten'''

Given my location and maternal language, the following points have a stronger implied emphasis to Latin America, but its not limited to this area.

* Encourage developers to build open projects using OSGeo projects that can help communities from pot hole control to emergency plans, from planting trees to avoid forest deprivation, from Archeology to Economics, etc.
* Promote the use of open source as tools, in particular OSGeo projects that give an ample variety of backend and frontend tools for systems development.
* Promote the participation of Latin American students/developers/users to participate from simple tasks as translation up to code contributions on OSGeo Projects
* Promote the participation of Latin American students/developers/users to create new OSGeo Community projects that can be used by local communities.
* I went to the OGP summit in Mexico 2015 https://www.opengovpartnership.org/ and I think there is a lot of possibilities for using OSGeo projects. Do more research, and maybe starting to see how my own country is advancing towards the openness and more details on how OSGeo can be/its being used.
* Support and ancourage smaller open source projects to join OSGeo, and make OSGeo more valuable for them
* Reach out to Latin-American local chapters and encourage them to play an active role in OSGeo

'''Curiosity killed the cat'''

Normally people tend to see, what's going wrong, on things that are happening. What becomes difficult to observe is what is going wrong on things that even hasn't started yet.

Lets not forget to think about why things are not happening.

* Why "[abc] is NOT [xyz] OSGeo".
* Why do some projects, for example pgRouting, do not start incubation?
* Why is there no local OSGeo chapter in, for example, Mexico?
* Why do we have mostly sponsors from North America and Europe?
* Why there are so few participation from Latin American countries in OSGeo even if they have conferences every year ... same for Japan actually.
* Why we only hear (and see) those, who raise their voice and shout out loud. But we miss to reach the silent majority?
* What causes the "inactivity"?
* Why ....

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

* As an Economist, I don't want to handle money (remember it was by accident).
* Get things done! Solving issues and making decision.
* Ask: why? what? how?

[[Category:Elections]]
[[Category:Election_2017]]

== María Arias de Reyna Domínguez ==

=== About me ===

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen

<TL;DR> I am a FLOSS activist focused on the spanish speaking geo-world. I am a Woman in Tech (WIT) activist. I work with spatial metadata and GeoNetwork.</TL;DR>

I intend to make OSGeo as diverse, inclusive and free (as in free puppies) as possible. I want OSGeo to continue being transparent, comfortable and useful to promote FLOSS in the geo world. I would like to press on public administrations so they promote open data and software.

I work for GeoCat, which you *should* remember from sponsoring many geo-events. I work with metadata. Ever heard of GeoNetwork, the data catalog? Well, that's part of my work. I am also part of the geoinquietos (georestless) group, which is one of the most active group in the spanish speaking geo-world. We are a very unorganized welcoming group spread all around the spanish speaking countries that tries to make geothings fun. Unconferences, mapping parties, geobeers, workshops,... Anything we can enjoy while sharing our knowledge and help people around us.

Some people say I'm very straight forward when talking. I can't help it. I don't like dancing around an idea losing time while the elephant sits on the center of the room eating all the peanuts. So this I can assure you: I will openly fight for what I think is better, even if it means making me look unpolite or the "bad cop". I'm used to get my hands dirty, I don't care.

To me, transparency is key. You will never hear me saying opposite things in private and in public. I will not say things in public I understand they shouldn't be made public. But you will never hear me defend something in private and another thing in public. I can change my mind, of course, and that happens more often than what I am willing to admit :) But I will not be a hypocrit and I usually have no problem in sharing my knowledge or perspective on something. I don't like being manipulative. I don't like lies. I don't think the end justifies the means. I always try to be as transparent as possible.

=== My vision ===

Let's focus on OSGeo and how I see it. As we heard many times on the FOSS4G: This is about people. People collaborating to make a better world. I see OSGeo as an organization built on top of regional chapters which are built on top of local "chapters" which are built by people. So my idea of OSGeo is like a pyramid, where local "layers" work together to get the same goal at the top. "Think globally, act locally". And that's how I think it should work. Split and spread the work into very small pieces so we all can contribute to a greater good. I think this is how we should always work.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

As a developer and contributor, I have collaborated with some of the OSGeo projects. Right now I mostly focus on GeoNetwork, but it is not the only software and/or community I have contributed to (with translations, bug report, testing, patches, answering mailing lists, etc...).

As an activist, I was one of the founders of the local group in Sevilla and have tried to maintain it alive with talks, workshops, mapping parties and events of all sort. Right now I am trying to get the FOSS4G 2019 to Sevilla. Also, I was elected several years ago as board member on the Spanish Chapter, although it is true that we haven't done many things in the name of that chapter. Handling a language speaking chapter that covers the whole world is complicated, maybe that's why we split into the GeoInquietos group.

I helped (or was very annoying until we did it) in the creation of the European chapter of OSGeo. I hope to promote FLOSS through it, specially FLOSS in the geo-world.

I have contributed with many talks and workshops on OSGeo events for several years, even getting this year some keynotes, one of them on the main FOSS4G.

Does OSM count as community? I am not as active there, but also have contributed organizing mapping parties and mapping.

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

I think it is important to promote small events all around the world. Specially if they focus on target groups we are not very close to. I would like to see more diversity in OSGeo membership, we are all very "standard". As we diversify our base, we will get better ideas and visions on the top. On my utopic OSGeo vision, there will be a group of local geoactivists everywhere, all of them making the world better while having fun. Contributing with small pieces to the complex puzzle.

Smaller events also lead to easier reach to people who usually don't come to our bigger events, increasing diversity.

Also let's not forget that in the end, public administrations play an important role on the promotion of FLOSS. I am confident we can explain to them why they should work more in the open and collaborate with us. It is a win-win situation. And this can only be achieved if we are a strong organization with clear objectives. We have to show them how much can be done when we all work together on a transparent free way.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

I am quite happy with how things are evolving in OSGeo, I have to say. But still, there are things that could be improved.

Sometimes I hear about funding for small events like codesprints. Sometimes I hear communities saying they don't have funds for small events. How is this possible? Somehow communication gets lost. This is something to improve: communication. Also, usually all this funding ends up with the same people (or is it another lack of communication here?). I would like to spread that area of action and focus where OSGeo is weaker.

Another thing I am worried is the "open" definition. I think we should get closer to the free (as in freedom) world and make sure we don't deviate much. Of course, not everything can be free, some things have to be just open. But the open-washing [1] we all have seen in the last decades in all tech areas is a dangerous movement that may end up closing OSGeo in the mid-term and losing everything we have achieved.

And last but not least, diversity is something that worries me a lot. Even if you think that having a uniformed community cannot harm much, even if you think there is no injustice there and if there is no diversity it is because diverse people are not interested in the OSGeo world, there are a lot of errors and bugs related to that[2]. Quality comes also from diversity.

[1] Small but concise definition: http://openwashing.org/

[2] Anecdotic but clear example: https://twitter.com/nke_ise/status/897756900753891328

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

* Promoting diversity (geographical, ethnical, cultural and gender)

I know I have some privilege-blindness here as I am a highly educated "white" binary-gendered female-born living in an european country. But still, as president of a WIT association that is already improving diversity in my region, I think I can push OSGeo a bit forward and help introducing more diversity until I crash into my ceiling glass of privilege-blindness.

* Promoting FLOSS

I would like to go back to the free/open discussion, as making sure our contributions are reusable and useful should be one of the core goals of OSGeo. If we become too lax on the open definition, we may end up promoting closed software that only helps the owner of the source code, not the community.

== Jody Garnett ==

=== About me ===

G'Day! [[Jody Garnett]] here!

About me: I have been working with our open source projects in a professional capacity since 2003. First with Refractions Research (Victoria, Canada), then LISAsoft (Sydney, Australia) and now Boundless (everywhere! it is boundless).

About you: As a charter member you have demonstrated commitment to our organization, our open approach, and have been recognized by your peers! Special congratulations to all our new charter members!

I am seeking re-election; for comparison please consider [[Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Jody_Garnett|2015 Manifesto]]; and recent [[Face_to_Face_Meeting_Paris_2017#2._Director_Update|director update]].

=== My vision ===

Open is the best way to Geo :)

I absolutely love seeing the lessons we have learned in open source software being applied across the geospatial field.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

As a current board member, I am seeking re-election. In this capacity I have:

* Taken part in the reboot of our sponsorship program with Jeff McKenna. I have served as the primary point of contact, backed by Michael Smith as treasurer for 1.5 years. This cumulated in the board "sponsors and partners breakfast" at foss4g this year, organized with Maria, where we had a chance to listen to others in the geospatial field.
* Joined the marketing committee to help with the website/reboot, after it became clear that many of the foundation objectives were being held back by our website presence.
* Worked with the incubation committee to introduce "OSGeo community" projects to allow our foundation to support innovation.
* Contributed to updating our ten year vision, mission and goals - which was a great opportunity to wrestle with a consistent vision for the future of our foundation
* Helped start the OSGeo Travel grant program, with the aim of raising diversity levels at both our foss4g event, and our global events.

Ongoing commitments:

* Member of the GeoServer Project Steering Committee, with several accomplishments including seeing the project through OSGeo incubation starting in 2009.
* Member of the GeoTools Project Management Committee, with several accomplishments including porting the docs from the wiki and seeing the project through OSGeo incubation.
* Chair of the Incubation committee, with several accomplishments including updating our graduation checklist and introducing community projects

Community activities and responsibilities:

* Organizing committee of FOSS4G 2007, FOSS4G 2009 and a regional foss4g-au event
* Active member of local meetups including GeoRabble and Victoria GeoGeeks
* One of the founding participants in LocationTech, volunteering as chair of the top-level "technology project" with a responsibility for incubating and supporting projects.
* Currently serving as a committee representative on the LocationTech Steering Committee. I have managed this relationship with due care, relying on Michael and Norman as our official line of communication.
* Active speaker, championing the values of our community

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

My interest in seeking re-election is two fold:

* I feel I am making a positive contribution to our community in the role of a director, and wish to continue to serve in this capacity if reelected
* There are a number of outstanding activities and challenges I would be able to see through to completion

My primary interest in the board is to facilitate the workings of our organization:

* To clearly address questions and decisions brought to the board in a timely fashion
* Double check our organization is firing on all cylinders - using our goals as a guide to ensure we are not missing anything
** provide resources for foundation projects - we need to ensure we are offering a full-service foundation experience for our projects with infrastructure, budget, and promotion as required. I like the balance we have here, not holding projects from using their own hosting, and only stepping up as requested by the project teams.
** foster the use of open source geospatial software - as one of the central tenets of "Empower everyone with open source geospatial," this activity is worked on by everyone. I think we will need to keep in mind that while OSGeo is here to support the members, it is also an opportunity for the members to help others who have not yet heard about open source.
** encourage interoperability with open and community standards - this is an area where we as an organization can do more work. The board can seek to better use our relationship with the OGC, but as always real activity and resources need to be applied at the project level.
** encourage a high degree of quality and innovation in foundation projects - many of our projects have greatly benefited by going through incubation, using it as an opportunity to work on the quality assurance and governance procedures asked of OSGeo projects. For innovation we will need to explore the possibilities open up by the "OSGeo community" project category and actively recruite projects into the OSGeo family. This is a tricky balance as we want to both grow our portfolio, while not softening our principles or estranging existing projects.
** champion the use of open-source and community participation through the development of an open education curriculum - GeoForAll is actively working in this area and it is a pleasure to see the success this initiative is enjoying
** enable communication and cooperation amongst OSGeo communities - we have a number of initiatives that are great at building bridges across our communities, projects like OSGeo live and GeoForAll gather together participation from across our organization.
** champion community building through horizontal (local chapters) engagement - I would love to see the local chapter model used more world wide, because it is a powerful tool for advocacy. It would help if we can better showcase the work that is already being done - both in terms of recognition and as an example to inspire.
** champion community building through vertical (sector specific) agreements with like-minded organizations - we have been making real progress here in recognizing partners, signing agreements with new partners, and renewing our relationship with sponsors
** be a welcoming and inclusive worldwide organization at all levels - as noted we have more to do with respect to diversity, I think we can also work on growing our base of contributors and volunteers
** celebrate excellence, openness and service within the OSGeo community - I would like to see the board and committees work more on recognizing individual contributors in our community, the board for its part may be able to introduce additional recognition beyond the sol-katz award.

We also have a number of outstanding challenges to meet:

* I feel that the board is not meeting its responsibilities with respect to maintaining a relationship with our OSGeo projects. Once a project is graduated each project has a representative (a vice-president of our organization listed on the [http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html officers page]), which reports directly to the board. We have an independent review of our projects highlighting shortfalls against the standards set during incubation. This remains an outstanding commitment for the board, and the respective project officers, to meet.
* We have an open question on if insurance is required for directors (yes) and officers (yes?) including all those named as chairs (maybe?) and project officers (maybe?). This is an important financial and risk consideration that remains an unmet responsibility of the board.
* We ran into a governance/fairness issue with the conference committee in 2016, resulting in the chair at the time stepping down. The board chose to act indirectly by asking all committees to write down their governance and decision making process. Following up with the committees represents an unmet responsibility.

It is wonderful to see our many successes as an organization, the OSGeo board has a vital role to play as our community grows and prospers.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

For the foundation:

* Increased transparency, communication and respect - I think it is the key to working together.
* Continue to build up our committees, local chapters and initiatives with enthusiasm, budget and trust. It has been great to see a change in this area with a few guiding lights like GeoForAll shining the way.
* Do a better job of celebrating our community members; with increased recognition, visibility and a more diverse range of awards (highlighting innovation, leadership, outreach and those new to our community).
* We have a lot of work to do with respect to diversity, while we have one active idea with the global travel grant program the most important thing I intend to do is listen.

Specifically for the board:

* Increased transparency, communication and respect - I think it is the key to working together.
* Accountability, we have had a number of decisions made without adequate follow through. I think this is an area where the board cannot only improve, but offer an example of our expectations as an organization.
* Continue to build out our partner relationships, and do a better job of attending the partner events we are invited to.

Wish:

I really valued the board f2f meeting where the vision and goals of the foundation were refreshed. It was often my first chance to listen to many viewpoints in our organization that had not been making sense to me. I wish more of our members could have this experience, especially the opportunity to listen and work together.
* Replace the board f2f meeting with an "OSGeo Leadership Sprint" gathering together our board and officers, for a chance to listen, plan and work together

The phrasing of this question places a lot of emphasis on gaps in our organization and change. I am impressed with the direction the foundation is going and glad to see so much opportunity for us to shine.

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

Since I am putting myself forward for reelection I now understand between there is the role I wish to fill on the board (supporting our open source projects and community) and the opportunities that are presented for our foundation, and its directors, to act on.

* I would like to work with a strong team of directors that share responsibility for decisions taken

While there are a few set responsibilities (president to sign documents, secretary and treasurer) I do not think roles are appropriate for a director, we depend on directors for careful/responsible decision making.

== Astrid Emde ==

=== About me ===
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde

I work with the OSGeo stack since many years now as consultant. Always curious to learn more and open for new technologies. My focus is on web mapping and PostgreSQL/PostGIS.

I love to use OSGeo software and build up projects with this stack and I also love to teach others how to use it. I involved in Mapbender and have collaborated with some of the OSGeo projects like MapServer, GeoServer, QGIS and PostGIS.

=== My vision ===
* focus on solutions
* support local chapters, projects & FOSS4G
* I like the idea "Think globally, act locally". Support local communitys with their work and make them visible at OSGeo
* try to see topics from different perspectives and support open but positive discussions
* networking - bring people together. Support events where people can come together. Encourage people to get involved.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

I am involved in OSGeo since 2016 and visited my first FOSS4G in 2006 in Lausanne with my collegues of CCGIS and gave a presentation about Fiona and Mapbender. It was a great event where I felt the spirit of the community and wanted to get more involved.

I am an activist of OSGeo since many years and a Charter Member since 2010.

I am a regular contributor at global and regional FOSS4G conferences or other events like FOSSGIS [1], AGIT [2], PGConf.DE, INTERGEO [3], FrOSCon [4], FOSDEM. I gave presentations and workshops on Mapbender, MapServer, QGIS, GeoServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, PostNAS (Import of german cadastre data via ogr2ogr), OSGeo-Live and OSGeo. It is a pleasure for me to introduce people to our great projects, get them involved and build up connections.

; FOSSGIS e.V
I am also active in the FOSSGIS e.V. [5] which is the German language OSGeo Local Chapter. FOSSGIS represents the OSGeo and OpenStreetMap community which is great.

At FOSSGIS I organize community events and code sprints [6] and try to bring people together. I am also responsible for the twitter account and the webside news items.

FOSSGIS e.V organizes the annual FOSSGIS conference [1] with more than 300 participant. I was involved in the organizantion from the beginning twelve years ago.

In 2016 we had FOSS4G in Bonn where I was also involved and was pleased to organize the FOSS4G code sprint [7].

; TIB Videos Archive
I was involved in the contact and workflow of publishing the videos from different conferences (FOSSGIS, FOSS4G) in the TIV AV portal [8]

; Marketing
I love booths, postcards, flyer and especially sticker as a great possibility of spreading our idea. That is why I try to organize material and an OSGeo booth at every event that I am involved in.

I am involved in OSGeo marketing since a long time. I helped translating and printing the old OSGeo flyer.

I also organized the translation and printing of the new OSGeo flyer to german and new OSGeo sticker. We used them at the last INTERGEO in Berlin in September 2017.

I am still active in the Marketing committee and help with the new webside and branding - but more in the background.

; OSGeo-Live
I am involved in OSGeo-Live since many years. I added Mapbender to OSGeo-Live in 2011 and am in charge for the project since then. I am member of the OSGeo-Live PSC. I am involved in the press releases, work on the german translation and motivate others to help with the translation. For many years I organized the printing of hundreds of DVDs and later USB dives of OSGeo-Live for FOSSGIS and INTERGEO.

; Twitter
I take care of some twitter accounts like @osgeo, @osgeo-live, @fossgis_ev, @fossgis_konf, @qgis_de, @mapbender and try to keep you informed.

; News items
I am backup on the OSGeo News editors team and support Jorge Sanz if needed.

; Mapbender
I am part of the Mapbender [9] team and a member of the PSC. I do trainings on Mapbender very often and set up solutions with Mapbender and the OSGeo stack during my work at WhereGroup Bonn. WhereGroup has a training academy called FOSS-Academy where I give several courses and spread the spirit of OSGeo & FOSSGIS.

[1] FOSSGIS Konferenz 2017 Passau https://www.fossgis.de/node/294
[2] AGIT OSGeo Park & Day https://www.fossgis.de/node/261
[3] INTERGEO OSGeo Park 2017 https://www.fossgis.de/node/303
[4] FrOSCon 2017 https://www.fossgis.de/wiki/FrOSCon_2017#Impressionen
[5] FOSSGIS e.V. http://fossgis.de
[6] FOSSGIS Hacking https://www.fossgis.de/node/299
[7] FOSS4G Code Sprint 2016 Bonn https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint
[8] TIB AV Videoarchive https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/TIB
[9] Mapbender http://mapbender.org

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
* improve the visibility of the projects and local chapters
* discuss how OSGeo can get more visible f.e. at universities, events. Support student programms, travel grants, GSoC
* spend OSGeo money for OSGeo projects & events
* discuss the role and visibility of the sponsors
* marketing / spreading idea / make OSGeo visible at FOSS4G events
* get things done and documented and structured

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
* not yet. I am open for discussions

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

== Helena Mitasova ==

=== About me ===
I am a Professor at the Center for Geospatial Analytics and Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, and lead the Geoforall Lab at NCSU (one of the founding labs)

=== My vision ===
Make the world a better place with open source geospatial

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===
For the past see here
[[Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Helena_Mitasova]]
Since elected to the board I served as a vice-president, taking responsibility for working with geoforall initiative and managing partnerships through memoranda of understanding.
For geoforall, see my presentation from FOSS4G 2017:
[https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/geoforall/#/ State of Geoforall 2017]
I also work with my students contributing new methods, techniques and tools to GRASS GIS and developing and delivering workshops and courses - see
[https://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.html our publications] and
[https://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/courses.html our courses]

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
I would like to continue my previous work with geofroall and our MoU partners
and contribute to successful delivery of the website for the community to take over.
I would also like to build bridges between academia and industry,
both in terms of education and research and development to help open source geospatial grow
new generation of passionate developers, users and community builders.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
Although I believe we made a progress I would like to continue to
encourage educational institutions not only to use FOSS4G but also increase the contributions back on several levels - from educational material to the code.

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===
Coordination with geo4all initiative, working with partner organizations, connect academia and industry

== Sanghee Shin ==

=== About me ===
I'm a founder and president of [http://www.gaia3d.com Gaia3D, Inc.], a geospatial software company in Korea, which was founded in 2000. And I'm a chair of [http://www.kaos-g.com KAOS-G(Korea Alliance of Open Source Geospatial)], a legal company association of open source geospatial companies in Korea. I'm also an activist to promote open source spirit in Korea and around Asia. I like traveling and try to find the meaning of life.

=== My vision ===
I'd like to contribute to hand over better and bright world to the next generation with my experiences and knowledge, that might be mainly from geospatial. I believe many problems we're currently facing can't be solved by one person, one discipline, or one country's efforts. Only collaboration or 'work together' could sort out these problems and I concluded 'Openness' lie at the core of this collaboration.

=== Recalling last 2 years as a board ===
Recalling last 2 years as a board, it was great honor for me to have served as a board at OSGeo. However I also confess that it was not so pleasant experience as I expected. And it required much time than I initially thought. There were many endless debates and discussions all over the lists and I sometimes felt helpless being stuck in the endless maze having realized that Director’s role is setting Directions and sometimes time can fix the things.
At first please take a look at my manifestos from 2015 election [[Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Sanghee_Shin|https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Sanghee_Shin]] and my recent updates on my roles [[Face_to_Face_Meeting_Paris_2017#2._Director_Update|https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Paris_2017#2._Director_Update]] here for my roles for the last 2 years.
Over the last 2 years I tried to bring in different views to OSGeo horizontally from Asia, vertically from business domains. Also I tried to put some efforts to increase the relationship with UN. I’m not sure whether the results out of my activities are satisfactory or not. I should admit that there were not so many chances to represent Asia’s view at the board level. It’s unclear if it is caused by Asia’s low activities or cultural/language barriers. However I’m very happy to see many vibrant local activities in Asia region over the last couple of years. As a businessman I tried to be more tolerant and permissive toward issues around OSGeo. Sometimes I saw the ‘Desire to the Innocence’ from the community. I’m confident we can grow more with more diverse views and impurities. This is far from the hostile takeover. Regarding the UN activities, I’m pleased to have played small set of role in developing a relationship with UN. As a result of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul’s UN special session, UN Open GIS Initiative officially started at the March of last year and I was designated as Chair of TAG(Technical Advisory Group of UN Open GIS Initiative) at the November of 2016. UN Open GIS Initiative is going well and hope UN could complete their plan soon with full operation of their system based on open source.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===
I established [http://www.osgeo.kr OSGeo Korean Chapter] in 2008 and have served as representative till to the last September. I've been organizing annual [http://www.osgeo.kr/category/%ED%99%9C%EB%8F%99,%20%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC%20%EB%B0%8F%20%EC%86%8C%EC%8B%9D FOSS4G Korea conference] from 2011. I've been involved in numerous translation projects including [http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/qgis-17x QGIS Manual], [http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/qgis-training-manual QGIS Training Manual], [http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/geo-server-24x GeoServer Manual] and others. Also I co-organised several [http://www.osgeo.kr/category/%ED%99%9C%EB%8F%99,%20%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC%20%EB%B0%8F%20%EC%86%8C%EC%8B%9D/%EC%98%A4%ED%94%88%EC%86%8C%EC%8A%A4GIS%EA%B5%90%EC%9C%A1 Open Source GIS Training] with other Korean Chapter members. I was elected as a [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Member of OSGeo Foundation] in 2011. I have enjoyed many outreach activities for the promotion of open source GIS & OSGeo. Many of my talks can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/presentations. I organised [http://2015.foss4g.org International FOSS4G Seoul 2015] as chairperson in Seoul, Korea from 14th to 19th September 2015. I have played a role in [http://unopengis.org/structure.html UN Open GIS Initiative] as a chair of TAG(Technical Advisory Group). Recently I've led the formation of KAOS-G(Korea Alliance of Open Source GeoSpatial) as a legal entity. KAOS-G is a legal association of commercial open source GIS companies in Korea for the promotion of open source GIS.

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
I believe too much devotions and affections to OSGeo will harm both me and OSGeo. I'll limit my contribution time to OSGeo and keep distances from the Foundation as much as I love OSGeo. By doing this I think I can have the 3rd person’s view toward the OSGeo. Anyway my first priority will be representing Asia’s voice, that’s the reason why many of my Asian friends asked me to run for the re-election. And as a non-developers and a businessman, I’d also like to bring in users/practitioners/business mind to the board level. As our foundation grow, we need to hear and reflect voices from members other than developers. Tangibly to say I would like to see 2 things in the next 2 years. First I’d like to see the successful completion of UN Open GIS Initiative, which is at Spiral 1 and 2 stage now. Second, I will encourage Asian people to actively jump in Foundation’s activity without shyness.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
Many core parts of OSGeo project is being developed during the spare time of contributors. This could harm the sustainability of open source ecosystem and our foundation. One of my interest is how to make virtuous cycle within our ecosystem at least in our foundation, from developers to users/practitioners/businessman. Now we see that many companies and institutions get the profits/benefits using OSGeo projects. I believe some parts of those profits/benefits should be returned to real developers in some way. I have no concrete idea how to make this virtuous cycle work. But, I can share my experience here in Korea. Recently my company and other 11 Korean open source companies formed KAOS-G(Korea Alliance of Open Source Geospatial) as a legal entity. Unlike OSGeo, KAOS-G is a company alliance to capture the value by offering professional open source GIS to customers and return the profits, contribute back to the communities. It’s just start and experience however I expect some of good idea I can get from this KAOS-G activities.

=== What role you would wish to fulfill on the board (if any) ===
I know it's beyond the power of OSGeo's board. However I'd like to stop the escalating tension in Korean peninsula and bring back the peace, if I have the power. May the peace be with you and all of us! How could geospatial technology bring back the peace to us? Any idea?

== Dirk Frigne ==

=== About me ===
I am Dirk and I am (still) a human being.
I see the society today still to much as several silo's of people working in parallel with each other, but I see also great initiatives of collaboration and people worjing with each other.

I see groups of people thinking from their perspective, as 'the government', 'the academic', 'the business people', ... but I believe we should move to the DNA of the tripple Helix[1].

I believe that OSGeo is a great laboratorium for modern society to learn how we can behave as a community and take responsibility for a future based on respect and collaboration. There is although still a long way to go ...

Background:
I am an Electrical Engineer from the University of Ghent - Belgium [2]. Since more than 30 year Software Engineer in different roles. Founder and spiritual father of the OSGeo project Geomajas. Father of 3 daughters and happy married for more than 30 years. Founder of a couple of technology companies. OSGeo advocate since 2017.
I did projects for governmental agencies, worked with several universities and worked together with a lot of other companies to accomplish our goals. 

[1] http://www.triplehelixconference.org/th/9/the-triple-helix-concept.html 

[2] http://www.ugent.be/

=== My vision ===
From a community of open source communities, OSGeo is now transforming into a professional organisation of volunteers that takes responsibility in society trough partnership agreements with like minded organisations.
As an organisation of individuals together we can act and play our role in the Civil Society to work on a more collaborative world. Creating strong partnerships with liked minded organisations is a strong way to defend the (geo-) open source rights towards not yet convinced friends, and to help already convinced friends to act in an open and inclusive way towards a more open world.

OSGeo is all about volunteers and people who want to give the best of themselves to collaborate where they think they can make a difference.
It is the responsibility of the board to listen to these volunteers, and create the right environment so they can respectfully do their thing.

I also believe that OSGeo as a global organisation creates an enormous leverage by acting on the local level. It is the challenge of the board to listen to these local chapters and make them act as one whole on the global level.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

* OSGeo member since 2007 and became a charter member in 2013.
* member of the steering committee of geomajas and a regular speaker on FOSS4G conferences since 2007.Some of them are uploaded here [3] and [4].
* try to keep contact with several Local Chapters.
* co-founder of OSGeo Belgium [5]
* co-founder of OSGeo Europe [6]
* co-organiser FOSS4G.BE 2015, 2016 and 2017
* co-organiser FOSS4G Europe 2017
* helping in creating OSGeo Live project for INSPIRE (see topic talks in FOSS4G Europe 2017, INSPIRE Conference and more)

But most important: having fun and becoming passionate with the things I do ... 
and 
Getting more and more respect for all of you, being part of and contributing to OSGeo.

[3] http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/presentations

[4] http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/FOSS4G-2016/foss4g-2016-1566-keynote_ii_-_osgeo_think_global_-_act_local-hd.webm

[5] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium

[6] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
When I was asked if I would step up when being nominated, only 2 candidates where nominated for 5 positions. 
As of today, there are 8 other strong candidates for only 5 positions. I agree with the vision and direction the current board of OSGeo is bringing us. Continuity in the board is important. So my interest in terms of the board are represented today. 

I want to support the idea of Jody:
* Replace the board f2f meeting with an "OSGeo Leadership Sprint" gathering together our board and officers, for a chance to listen, plan and work together 
This is a great way to leverage the voluntarism of a lot the current charter members and turn it into "OSGeo-board energy" 

I have an engagement already (after organising for the FOSS4G.BE 2017 within 2 weeks) to work further on the implmentation of the OSGeo European chapter. The idea I had to be a board member was that this experience of working on a region local level such as Europe could be of interest to the board, but I don't need to be a director to share this experience. 
And of course I want to work further on strong partnerships with like minded organisations, and bring people together to collaborate, from the different parts of the triple helix structure: universities, governmental administrations and the industry.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
As a director or not, I will try to bring people more together. Respect is an important feature for a great community, and I think we should help remember ourselves to keep that in mind, being sometimes hard for other volunteers...

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

== Candidate ==

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=== About me ===

=== My vision ===

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===
[[Category:Elections]]
[[Category:Election_2017]]

Election 2017 Candidate Manifestos

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A space for the candidates for [[Election 2017|election]] to the Board to share some information about themselves, their aspirations for OSGeo, what they would like to change, improve or introduce and what role they would like to play on the board.

A space for the candidates for [[Election 2017|election]] to the Board to share some information about themselves, their aspirations for OSGeo, what they would like to change, improve or introduce and what role they would like to play on the board.

== Vicky Vergara ==

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Cvvergara

=== About me ===
I am a person that sets goals and does what is possible to achieve them. I also tend to modify those goals depending on the situation.

I am an Economist by accident, a Computer Scientist by choice, with the heart of a teacher.

I arrived to OSGeo because I wanted to go to Japan and I wanted to do something that could combine the Economics and Computer Science, I had in mind a Geo-Economic Information System.

There was an opportunity to study GIS in Japan, but as things turned out, I was not blessed with the scholarship, so could not go to Japan to learn GIS. I removed the goal of going to Japan and added the goal of learning GIS by myself.

I used many of the OSGeo projects like QGIS, MapServer and PostGIS, I also compared Mexico's INGEI data with OSM data. Four months later I had a map to work with, so, the goal of learning GIS was “completed” (you never stop learning).

With my data and map ready, the first idea that came to my mind was to make a route from my house to my dad's house, that is when I arrived to pgRouting. There were some issues because of the INEGI data, and I had to modify code so that I could route from my house to my dad's house.

Because of these modifications, I offered myself as translator as a way to thank pgRouting developers for being open.

That is when I started talking with the pgRouting developers, Steve Woodbrige & Daniel Kastl, and I was invited to include the modifications I made into the 2.0 release of pgRouting (September 2013). So my life as open source developer started.

The following year, 2014, Steve invited me to participate on an open project “Trash collection for Montevideo” and while we developed, he mentored me about the benefits of being open and taught me how to work as a team on an open source project.

On 2015, I was invited again to fix bugs for pgRouting, and on our discussions, it was decided that a full rewrite was to be done, so I became the full time pgRouting main developer.(removed from the goal stack the idea for the Geo-Economic Information System) This same year I was blessed to be nominated and accepted as a charter member of OSGeo. Since this year, I have been a mentor on the OSGeo-GSoC program.

Because of pgRouting being on the rewrite process, I started visiting #osgeolive IRC room, to make sure that pgRouting could be installed, I didn’t want the rewrite to break the installation on OSGeo-Live.

I must mention that on 2015 I also achieved the long discarded goal of going to Japan, when I went to FOSS4G Tokyo on 2015. (you never know when the change of goal finally make you reach the original goal)

This year, on May 2017, on one of the visits to osgelive IRC, there was a PSC meeting and I was invited to stay. The OSGeo-Live project members were always glad to help me, so when I was asked to help as communications liaison I accepted with pleasure. Started to "do" besides communications liaison, made some modifications to the documentation, fixes, debugging, and eventually (like 42 days later), on June, I was invited to become PSC of OSGeo-Live.

I consider myself the luckiest person in the open source world, I do 24/7 open source, thanks to Daniel Kastl and Georepulic.

=== My vision ===

* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Flora of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Fauna of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Climate of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the People of the world.
* OSGeo Foundation is here to serve the Countries of the world.
* All OSGeo community members are PSC (Propose, Suggest and Comment)

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

* pgRouting contributor on version 2.0
* pgRouting main developer since version 2.1
* Contributor and PSC of OSGeo-Live since version 11.0
* Very proud OSGeo-GSoC mentor of:
** Sarthak Agarwal
** Andrea Nardelli
** Rohith Reddy
** Maogang Wang
** Vidhan Jain

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

* In general: promote the use and development of Free and Open Source Software
* In particular: promote the use and development of the OSGeo projects, OSGeo incubation and OSGeo community Free Open Source Software.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

'''Get to know the kitten'''

Given my location and maternal language, the following points have a stronger implied emphasis to Latin America, but its not limited to this area.

* Encourage developers to build open projects using OSGeo projects that can help communities from pot hole control to emergency plans, from planting trees to avoid forest deprivation, from Archeology to Economics, etc.
* Promote the use of open source as tools, in particular OSGeo projects that give an ample variety of backend and frontend tools for systems development.
* Promote the participation of Latin American students/developers/users to participate from simple tasks as translation up to code contributions on OSGeo Projects
* Promote the participation of Latin American students/developers/users to create new OSGeo Community projects that can be used by local communities.
* I went to the OGP summit in Mexico 2015 https://www.opengovpartnership.org/ and I think there is a lot of possibilities for using OSGeo projects. Do more research, and maybe starting to see how my own country is advancing towards the openness and more details on how OSGeo can be/its being used.
* Support and ancourage smaller open source projects to join OSGeo, and make OSGeo more valuable for them
* Reach out to Latin-American local chapters and encourage them to play an active role in OSGeo

'''Curiosity killed the cat'''

Normally people tend to see, what's going wrong, on things that are happening. What becomes difficult to observe is what is going wrong on things that even hasn't started yet.

Lets not forget to think about why things are not happening.

* Why "[abc] is NOT [xyz] OSGeo".
* Why do some projects, for example pgRouting, do not start incubation?
* Why is there no local OSGeo chapter in, for example, Mexico?
* Why do we have mostly sponsors from North America and Europe?
* Why there are so few participation from Latin American countries in OSGeo even if they have conferences every year ... same for Japan actually.
* Why we only hear (and see) those, who raise their voice and shout out loud. But we miss to reach the silent majority?
* What causes the "inactivity"?
* Why ....

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

* As an Economist, I don't want to handle money (remember it was by accident).
* Get things done! Solving issues and making decision.
* Ask: why? what? how?

[[Category:Elections]]
[[Category:Election_2017]]

== María Arias de Reyna Domínguez ==

=== About me ===

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen

<TL;DR> I am a FLOSS activist focused on the spanish speaking geo-world. I am a Woman in Tech (WIT) activist. I work with spatial metadata and GeoNetwork.</TL;DR>

I intend to make OSGeo as diverse, inclusive and free (as in free puppies) as possible. I want OSGeo to continue being transparent, comfortable and useful to promote FLOSS in the geo world. I would like to press on public administrations so they promote open data and software.

I work for GeoCat, which you *should* remember from sponsoring many geo-events. I work with metadata. Ever heard of GeoNetwork, the data catalog? Well, that's part of my work. I am also part of the geoinquietos (georestless) group, which is one of the most active group in the spanish speaking geo-world. We are a very unorganized welcoming group spread all around the spanish speaking countries that tries to make geothings fun. Unconferences, mapping parties, geobeers, workshops,... Anything we can enjoy while sharing our knowledge and help people around us.

Some people say I'm very straight forward when talking. I can't help it. I don't like dancing around an idea losing time while the elephant sits on the center of the room eating all the peanuts. So this I can assure you: I will openly fight for what I think is better, even if it means making me look unpolite or the "bad cop". I'm used to get my hands dirty, I don't care.

To me, transparency is key. You will never hear me saying opposite things in private and in public. I will not say things in public I understand they shouldn't be made public. But you will never hear me defend something in private and another thing in public. I can change my mind, of course, and that happens more often than what I am willing to admit :) But I will not be a hypocrit and I usually have no problem in sharing my knowledge or perspective on something. I don't like being manipulative. I don't like lies. I don't think the end justifies the means. I always try to be as transparent as possible.

=== My vision ===

Let's focus on OSGeo and how I see it. As we heard many times on the FOSS4G: This is about people. People collaborating to make a better world. I see OSGeo as an organization built on top of regional chapters which are built on top of local "chapters" which are built by people. So my idea of OSGeo is like a pyramid, where local "layers" work together to get the same goal at the top. "Think globally, act locally". And that's how I think it should work. Split and spread the work into very small pieces so we all can contribute to a greater good. I think this is how we should always work.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

As a developer and contributor, I have collaborated with some of the OSGeo projects. Right now I mostly focus on GeoNetwork, but it is not the only software and/or community I have contributed to (with translations, bug report, testing, patches, answering mailing lists, etc...).

As an activist, I was one of the founders of the local group in Sevilla and have tried to maintain it alive with talks, workshops, mapping parties and events of all sort. Right now I am trying to get the FOSS4G 2019 to Sevilla. Also, I was elected several years ago as board member on the Spanish Chapter, although it is true that we haven't done many things in the name of that chapter. Handling a language speaking chapter that covers the whole world is complicated, maybe that's why we split into the GeoInquietos group.

I helped (or was very annoying until we did it) in the creation of the European chapter of OSGeo. I hope to promote FLOSS through it, specially FLOSS in the geo-world.

I have contributed with many talks and workshops on OSGeo events for several years, even getting this year some keynotes, one of them on the main FOSS4G.

Does OSM count as community? I am not as active there, but also have contributed organizing mapping parties and mapping.

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

I think it is important to promote small events all around the world. Specially if they focus on target groups we are not very close to. I would like to see more diversity in OSGeo membership, we are all very "standard". As we diversify our base, we will get better ideas and visions on the top. On my utopic OSGeo vision, there will be a group of local geoactivists everywhere, all of them making the world better while having fun. Contributing with small pieces to the complex puzzle.

Smaller events also lead to easier reach to people who usually don't come to our bigger events, increasing diversity.

Also let's not forget that in the end, public administrations play an important role on the promotion of FLOSS. I am confident we can explain to them why they should work more in the open and collaborate with us. It is a win-win situation. And this can only be achieved if we are a strong organization with clear objectives. We have to show them how much can be done when we all work together on a transparent free way.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

I am quite happy with how things are evolving in OSGeo, I have to say. But still, there are things that could be improved.

Sometimes I hear about funding for small events like codesprints. Sometimes I hear communities saying they don't have funds for small events. How is this possible? Somehow communication gets lost. This is something to improve: communication. Also, usually all this funding ends up with the same people (or is it another lack of communication here?). I would like to spread that area of action and focus where OSGeo is weaker.

Another thing I am worried is the "open" definition. I think we should get closer to the free (as in freedom) world and make sure we don't deviate much. Of course, not everything can be free, some things have to be just open. But the open-washing [1] we all have seen in the last decades in all tech areas is a dangerous movement that may end up closing OSGeo in the mid-term and losing everything we have achieved.

And last but not least, diversity is something that worries me a lot. Even if you think that having a uniformed community cannot harm much, even if you think there is no injustice there and if there is no diversity it is because diverse people are not interested in the OSGeo world, there are a lot of errors and bugs related to that[2]. Quality comes also from diversity.

[1] Small but concise definition: http://openwashing.org/

[2] Anecdotic but clear example: https://twitter.com/nke_ise/status/897756900753891328

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

* Promoting diversity (geographical, ethnical, cultural and gender)

I know I have some privilege-blindness here as I am a highly educated "white" binary-gendered female-born living in an european country. But still, as president of a WIT association that is already improving diversity in my region, I think I can push OSGeo a bit forward and help introducing more diversity until I crash into my ceiling glass of privilege-blindness.

* Promoting FLOSS

I would like to go back to the free/open discussion, as making sure our contributions are reusable and useful should be one of the core goals of OSGeo. If we become too lax on the open definition, we may end up promoting closed software that only helps the owner of the source code, not the community.

== Jody Garnett ==

=== About me ===

G'Day! [[Jody Garnett]] here!

About me: I have been working with our open source projects in a professional capacity since 2003. First with Refractions Research (Victoria, Canada), then LISAsoft (Sydney, Australia) and now Boundless (everywhere! it is boundless).

About you: As a charter member you have demonstrated commitment to our organization, our open approach, and have been recognized by your peers! Special congratulations to all our new charter members!

I am seeking re-election; for comparison please consider [[Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Jody_Garnett|2015 Manifesto]]; and recent [[Face_to_Face_Meeting_Paris_2017#2._Director_Update|director update]].

=== My vision ===

Open is the best way to Geo :)

I absolutely love seeing the lessons we have learned in open source software being applied across the geospatial field.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

As a current board member, I am seeking re-election. In this capacity I have:

* Taken part in the reboot of our sponsorship program with Jeff McKenna. I have served as the primary point of contact, backed by Michael Smith as treasurer for 1.5 years. This cumulated in the board "sponsors and partners breakfast" at foss4g this year, organized with Maria, where we had a chance to listen to others in the geospatial field.
* Joined the marketing committee to help with the website/reboot, after it became clear that many of the foundation objectives were being held back by our website presence.
* Worked with the incubation committee to introduce "OSGeo community" projects to allow our foundation to support innovation.
* Contributed to updating our ten year vision, mission and goals - which was a great opportunity to wrestle with a consistent vision for the future of our foundation
* Helped start the OSGeo Travel grant program, with the aim of raising diversity levels at both our foss4g event, and our global events.

Ongoing commitments:

* Member of the GeoServer Project Steering Committee, with several accomplishments including seeing the project through OSGeo incubation starting in 2009.
* Member of the GeoTools Project Management Committee, with several accomplishments including porting the docs from the wiki and seeing the project through OSGeo incubation.
* Chair of the Incubation committee, with several accomplishments including updating our graduation checklist and introducing community projects

Community activities and responsibilities:

* Organizing committee of FOSS4G 2007, FOSS4G 2009 and a regional foss4g-au event
* Active member of local meetups including GeoRabble and Victoria GeoGeeks
* One of the founding participants in LocationTech, volunteering as chair of the top-level "technology project" with a responsibility for incubating and supporting projects.
* Currently serving as a committee representative on the LocationTech Steering Committee. I have managed this relationship with due care, relying on Michael and Norman as our official line of communication.
* Active speaker, championing the values of our community

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

My interest in seeking re-election is two fold:

* I feel I am making a positive contribution to our community in the role of a director, and wish to continue to serve in this capacity if reelected
* There are a number of outstanding activities and challenges I would be able to see through to completion

My primary interest in the board is to facilitate the workings of our organization:

* To clearly address questions and decisions brought to the board in a timely fashion
* Double check our organization is firing on all cylinders - using our goals as a guide to ensure we are not missing anything
** provide resources for foundation projects - we need to ensure we are offering a full-service foundation experience for our projects with infrastructure, budget, and promotion as required. I like the balance we have here, not holding projects from using their own hosting, and only stepping up as requested by the project teams.
** foster the use of open source geospatial software - as one of the central tenets of "Empower everyone with open source geospatial," this activity is worked on by everyone. I think we will need to keep in mind that while OSGeo is here to support the members, it is also an opportunity for the members to help others who have not yet heard about open source.
** encourage interoperability with open and community standards - this is an area where we as an organization can do more work. The board can seek to better use our relationship with the OGC, but as always real activity and resources need to be applied at the project level.
** encourage a high degree of quality and innovation in foundation projects - many of our projects have greatly benefited by going through incubation, using it as an opportunity to work on the quality assurance and governance procedures asked of OSGeo projects. For innovation we will need to explore the possibilities open up by the "OSGeo community" project category and actively recruite projects into the OSGeo family. This is a tricky balance as we want to both grow our portfolio, while not softening our principles or estranging existing projects.
** champion the use of open-source and community participation through the development of an open education curriculum - GeoForAll is actively working in this area and it is a pleasure to see the success this initiative is enjoying
** enable communication and cooperation amongst OSGeo communities - we have a number of initiatives that are great at building bridges across our communities, projects like OSGeo live and GeoForAll gather together participation from across our organization.
** champion community building through horizontal (local chapters) engagement - I would love to see the local chapter model used more world wide, because it is a powerful tool for advocacy. It would help if we can better showcase the work that is already being done - both in terms of recognition and as an example to inspire.
** champion community building through vertical (sector specific) agreements with like-minded organizations - we have been making real progress here in recognizing partners, signing agreements with new partners, and renewing our relationship with sponsors
** be a welcoming and inclusive worldwide organization at all levels - as noted we have more to do with respect to diversity, I think we can also work on growing our base of contributors and volunteers
** celebrate excellence, openness and service within the OSGeo community - I would like to see the board and committees work more on recognizing individual contributors in our community, the board for its part may be able to introduce additional recognition beyond the sol-katz award.

We also have a number of outstanding challenges to meet:

* I feel that the board is not meeting its responsibilities with respect to maintaining a relationship with our OSGeo projects. Once a project is graduated each project has a representative (a vice-president of our organization listed on the [http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html officers page]), which reports directly to the board. We have an independent review of our projects highlighting shortfalls against the standards set during incubation. This remains an outstanding commitment for the board, and the respective project officers, to meet.
* We have an open question on if insurance is required for directors (yes) and officers (yes?) including all those named as chairs (maybe?) and project officers (maybe?). This is an important financial and risk consideration that remains an unmet responsibility of the board.
* We ran into a governance/fairness issue with the conference committee in 2016, resulting in the chair at the time stepping down. The board chose to act indirectly by asking all committees to write down their governance and decision making process. Following up with the committees represents an unmet responsibility.

It is wonderful to see our many successes as an organization, the OSGeo board has a vital role to play as our community grows and prospers.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

For the foundation:

* Increased transparency, communication and respect - I think it is the key to working together.
* Continue to build up our committees, local chapters and initiatives with enthusiasm, budget and trust. It has been great to see a change in this area with a few guiding lights like GeoForAll shining the way.
* Do a better job of celebrating our community members; with increased recognition, visibility and a more diverse range of awards (highlighting innovation, leadership, outreach and those new to our community).
* We have a lot of work to do with respect to diversity, while we have one active idea with the global travel grant program the most important thing I intend to do is listen.

Specifically for the board:

* Increased transparency, communication and respect - I think it is the key to working together.
* Accountability, we have had a number of decisions made without adequate follow through. I think this is an area where the board cannot only improve, but offer an example of our expectations as an organization.
* Continue to build out our partner relationships, and do a better job of attending the partner events we are invited to.

Wish:

I really valued the board f2f meeting where the vision and goals of the foundation were refreshed. It was often my first chance to listen to many viewpoints in our organization that had not been making sense to me. I wish more of our members could have this experience, especially the opportunity to listen and work together.
* Replace the board f2f meeting with an "OSGeo Leadership Sprint" gathering together our board and officers, for a chance to listen, plan and work together

The phrasing of this question places a lot of emphasis on gaps in our organization and change. I am impressed with the direction the foundation is going and glad to see so much opportunity for us to shine.

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

Since I am putting myself forward for reelection I now understand between there is the role I wish to fill on the board (supporting our open source projects and community) and the opportunities that are presented for our foundation, and its directors, to act on.

* I would like to work with a strong team of directors that share responsibility for decisions taken

While there are a few set responsibilities (president to sign documents, secretary and treasurer) I do not think roles are appropriate for a director, we depend on directors for careful/responsible decision making.

== Astrid Emde ==

=== About me ===
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde

I work with the OSGeo stack since many years now as consultant. Always curious to learn more and open for new technologies. My focus is on web mapping and PostgreSQL/PostGIS.

I love to use OSGeo software and build up projects with this stack and I also love to teach others how to use it. I involved in Mapbender and have collaborated with some of the OSGeo projects like MapServer, GeoServer, QGIS and PostGIS.

=== My vision ===
* focus on solutions
* support local chapters, projects & FOSS4G
* I like the idea "Think globally, act locally". Support local communitys with their work and make them visible at OSGeo
* try to see topics from different perspectives and support open but positive discussions
* networking - bring people together. Support events where people can come together. Encourage people to get involved.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

I am involved in OSGeo since 2016 and visited my first FOSS4G in 2006 in Lausanne with my collegues of CCGIS and gave a presentation about Fiona and Mapbender. It was a great event where I felt the spirit of the community and wanted to get more involved.

I am an activist of OSGeo since many years and a Charter Member since 2010.

I am a regular contributor at global and regional FOSS4G conferences or other events like FOSSGIS [1], AGIT [2], PGConf.DE, INTERGEO [3], FrOSCon [4], FOSDEM. I gave presentations and workshops on Mapbender, MapServer, QGIS, GeoServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, PostNAS (Import of german cadastre data via ogr2ogr), OSGeo-Live and OSGeo. It is a pleasure for me to introduce people to our great projects, get them involved and build up connections.

; FOSSGIS e.V
I am also active in the FOSSGIS e.V. [5] which is the German language OSGeo Local Chapter. FOSSGIS represents the OSGeo and OpenStreetMap community which is great.

At FOSSGIS I organize community events and code sprints [6] and try to bring people together. I am also responsible for the twitter account and the webside news items.

FOSSGIS e.V organizes the annual FOSSGIS conference [1] with more than 300 participant. I was involved in the organizantion from the beginning twelve years ago.

In 2016 we had FOSS4G in Bonn where I was also involved and was pleased to organize the FOSS4G code sprint [7].

; TIB Videos Archive
I was involved in the contact and workflow of publishing the videos from different conferences (FOSSGIS, FOSS4G) in the TIV AV portal [8]

; Marketing
I love booths, postcards, flyer and especially sticker as a great possibility of spreading our idea. That is why I try to organize material and an OSGeo booth at every event that I am involved in.

I am involved in OSGeo marketing since a long time. I helped translating and printing the old OSGeo flyer.

I also organized the translation and printing of the new OSGeo flyer to german and new OSGeo sticker. We used them at the last INTERGEO in Berlin in September 2017.

I am still active in the Marketing committee and help with the new webside and branding - but more in the background.

; OSGeo-Live
I am involved in OSGeo-Live since many years. I added Mapbender to OSGeo-Live in 2011 and am in charge for the project since then. I am member of the OSGeo-Live PSC. I am involved in the press releases, work on the german translation and motivate others to help with the translation. For many years I organized the printing of hundreds of DVDs and later USB dives of OSGeo-Live for FOSSGIS and INTERGEO.

; Twitter
I take care of some twitter accounts like @osgeo, @osgeo-live, @fossgis_ev, @fossgis_konf, @qgis_de, @mapbender and try to keep you informed.

; News items
I am backup on the OSGeo News editors team and support Jorge Sanz if needed.

; Mapbender
I am part of the Mapbender [9] team and a member of the PSC. I do trainings on Mapbender very often and set up solutions with Mapbender and the OSGeo stack during my work at WhereGroup Bonn. WhereGroup has a training academy called FOSS-Academy where I give several courses and spread the spirit of OSGeo & FOSSGIS.

[1] FOSSGIS Konferenz 2017 Passau https://www.fossgis.de/node/294
[2] AGIT OSGeo Park & Day https://www.fossgis.de/node/261
[3] INTERGEO OSGeo Park 2017 https://www.fossgis.de/node/303
[4] FrOSCon 2017 https://www.fossgis.de/wiki/FrOSCon_2017#Impressionen
[5] FOSSGIS e.V. http://fossgis.de
[6] FOSSGIS Hacking https://www.fossgis.de/node/299
[7] FOSS4G Code Sprint 2016 Bonn https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint
[8] TIB AV Videoarchive https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/TIB
[9] Mapbender http://mapbender.org

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
* improve the visibility of the projects and local chapters
* discuss how OSGeo can get more visible f.e. at universities, events. Support student programms, travel grants, GSoC
* spend OSGeo money for OSGeo projects & events
* discuss the role and visibility of the sponsors
* marketing / spreading idea / make OSGeo visible at FOSS4G events
* get things done and documented and structured

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
* not yet. I am open for discussions

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

== Helena Mitasova ==

=== About me ===
I am a Professor at the Center for Geospatial Analytics and Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, and lead the Geoforall Lab at NCSU (one of the founding labs)

=== My vision ===
Make the world a better place with open source geospatial

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===
For the past see here
[[Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Helena_Mitasova]]
Since elected to the board I served as a vice-president, taking responsibility for working with geoforall initiative and managing partnerships through memoranda of understanding.
For geoforall, see my presentation from FOSS4G 2017:
[https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/geoforall/#/ State of Geoforall 2017]
I also work with my students contributing new methods, techniques and tools to GRASS GIS and developing and delivering workshops and courses - see
[https://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.html our publications] and
[https://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/courses.html our courses]

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
I would like to continue my previous work with geofroall and our MoU partners
and contribute to successful delivery of the website for the community to take over.
I would also like to build bridges between academia and industry,
both in terms of education and research and development to help open source geospatial grow
new generation of passionate developers, users and community builders.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
Although I believe we made a progress I would like to continue to
encourage educational institutions not only to use FOSS4G but also increase the contributions back on several levels - from educational material to the code.

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===
Coordination with geo4all initiative, working with partner organizations, connect academia and industry

== Sanghee Shin ==

=== About me ===
I'm a founder and president of [http://www.gaia3d.com Gaia3D, Inc.], a geospatial software company in Korea, which was founded in 2000. And I'm a chair of [http://www.kaos-g.com KAOS-G(Korea Alliance of Open Source Geospatial)], a legal company association of open source geospatial companies in Korea. I'm also an activist to promote open source spirit in Korea and around Asia. I like traveling and try to find the meaning of life.

=== My vision ===
I'd like to contribute to hand over better and bright world to the next generation with my experiences and knowledge, that might be mainly from geospatial. I believe many problems we're currently facing can't be solved by one person, one discipline, or one country's efforts. Only collaboration or 'work together' could sort out these problems and I concluded 'Openness' lie at the core of this collaboration.

=== Recalling last 2 years as a board ===
Recalling last 2 years as a board, it was great honor for me to have served as a board at OSGeo. However I also confess that it was not so pleasant experience as I expected. And it required much time than I initially thought. There were many endless debates and discussions all over the lists and I sometimes felt helpless being stuck in the endless maze having realized that Director’s role is setting Directions and sometimes time can fix the things.
At first please take a look at my manifestos from 2015 election [[Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Sanghee_Shin|https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2015_Candidate_Manifestos#Sanghee_Shin]] and my recent updates on my roles [[Face_to_Face_Meeting_Paris_2017#2._Director_Update|https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Paris_2017#2._Director_Update]] here for my roles for the last 2 years.
Over the last 2 years I tried to bring in different views to OSGeo horizontally from Asia, vertically from business domains. Also I tried to put some efforts to increase the relationship with UN. I’m not sure whether the results out of my activities are satisfactory or not. I should admit that there were not so many chances to represent Asia’s view at the board level. It’s unclear if it is caused by Asia’s low activities or cultural/language barriers. However I’m very happy to see many vibrant local activities in Asia region over the last couple of years. As a businessman I tried to be more tolerant and permissive toward issues around OSGeo. Sometimes I saw the ‘Desire to the Innocence’ from the community. I’m confident we can grow more with more diverse views and impurities. This is far from the hostile takeover. Regarding the UN activities, I’m pleased to have played small set of role in developing a relationship with UN. As a result of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul’s UN special session, UN Open GIS Initiative officially started at the March of last year and I was designated as Chair of TAG(Technical Advisory Group of UN Open GIS Initiative) at the November of 2016. UN Open GIS Initiative is going well and hope UN could complete their plan soon with full operation of their system based on open source.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===
I established [http://www.osgeo.kr OSGeo Korean Chapter] in 2008 and have served as representative till to the last September. I've been organizing annual [http://www.osgeo.kr/category/%ED%99%9C%EB%8F%99,%20%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC%20%EB%B0%8F%20%EC%86%8C%EC%8B%9D FOSS4G Korea conference] from 2011. I've been involved in numerous translation projects including [http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/qgis-17x QGIS Manual], [http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/qgis-training-manual QGIS Training Manual], [http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/geo-server-24x GeoServer Manual] and others. Also I co-organised several [http://www.osgeo.kr/category/%ED%99%9C%EB%8F%99,%20%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC%20%EB%B0%8F%20%EC%86%8C%EC%8B%9D/%EC%98%A4%ED%94%88%EC%86%8C%EC%8A%A4GIS%EA%B5%90%EC%9C%A1 Open Source GIS Training] with other Korean Chapter members. I was elected as a [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Member of OSGeo Foundation] in 2011. I have enjoyed many outreach activities for the promotion of open source GIS & OSGeo. Many of my talks can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/endofcap/presentations. I organised [http://2015.foss4g.org International FOSS4G Seoul 2015] as chairperson in Seoul, Korea from 14th to 19th September 2015. I have played a role in [http://unopengis.org/structure.html UN Open GIS Initiative] as a chair of TAG(Technical Advisory Group). Recently I've led the formation of KAOS-G(Korea Alliance of Open Source GeoSpatial) as a legal entity. KAOS-G is a legal association of commercial open source GIS companies in Korea for the promotion of open source GIS.

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
I believe too much devotions and affections to OSGeo will harm both me and OSGeo. I'll limit my contribution time to OSGeo and keep distances from the Foundation as much as I love OSGeo. By doing this I think I can have the 3rd person’s view toward the OSGeo. Anyway my first priority will be representing Asia’s voice, that’s the reason why many of my Asian friends asked me to run for the re-election. And as a non-developers and a businessman, I’d also like to bring in users/practitioners/business mind to the board level. As our foundation grow, we need to hear and reflect voices from members other than developers. Tangibly to say I would like to see 2 things in the next 2 years. First I’d like to see the successful completion of UN Open GIS Initiative, which is at Spiral 1 and 2 stage now. Second, I will encourage Asian people to actively jump in Foundation’s activity without shyness.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
Many core parts of OSGeo project is being developed during the spare time of contributors. This could harm the sustainability of open source ecosystem and our foundation. One of my interest is how to make virtuous cycle within our ecosystem at least in our foundation, from developers to users/practitioners/businessman. Now we see that many companies and institutions get the profits/benefits using OSGeo projects. I believe some parts of those profits/benefits should be returned to real developers in some way. I have no concrete idea how to make this virtuous cycle work. But, I can share my experience here in Korea. Recently my company and other 11 Korean open source companies formed KAOS-G(Korea Alliance of Open Source Geospatial) as a legal entity. Unlike OSGeo, KAOS-G is a company alliance to capture the value by offering professional open source GIS to customers and return the profits, contribute back to the communities. It’s just start and experience however I expect some of good idea I can get from this KAOS-G activities.

=== What role you would wish to fulfill on the board (if any) ===
I know it's beyond the power of OSGeo's board. However I'd like to stop the escalating tension in Korean peninsula and bring back the peace, if I have the power. May the peace be with you and all of us! How could geospatial technology bring back the peace to us? Any idea?

== Dirk Frigne ==

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FOSS4G-BE 2017 Call for Sponsors-nl

2017-10-03T18:21:25Z

Wiki-Dirkf:

== FOSS4G Belgium 2017 ==

Na de eerste geslaagde editie van het Belgisch FOSS4G event in 2015 en 2016, organiseert OSGeo.be een nieuwe editie van deze FOSS4G.BE conferentie op donderdag 26 oktober 2017.

FOSS4G conferenties brengen ontwikkelaars en gebruikers (zowel managers als beslissers) van open source geomatica software uit de hele wereld samen, om nieuwe richtingen, sprekende implementaties en groeiende zakelijke kansen in het gebied te bespreken. De afgelopen jaren hebben we veel veranderingen in de geo-ict sector gezien. Een van deze veranderingen is de toenemende volwassenheid van open source oplossingen en hun implementatie. Vaak gebruiken organisaties een combinatie van open source en eigen oplossingen. Momenteel zijn we op zoek naar sponsors voor dit tweede Belgische FOSS4G.

==Beoogde doelgroep==

Het doel van de conferentie is om een breed publiek te bereiken, zo’n 300 deelnemers. De conferentie zal onder meer plenaire zittingen omvatten, waarbij een keynote spreker zal uitgenodigd worden. Eén van de belangrijkste sessies zal de focus leggen op use cases, maar ook tal van parallelle sessies zullen gepresenteerd worden die de bijzonderheden van het gebruik van open-source-oplossingen in geomatica in organisaties toelichten. De presentaties en discussies zullen in het Engels zijn, het Nederlands en het Frans. Meer informatie kan u lezen op de website.

==Datum en locatie==

Het evenement zal plaatsvinden op 26 oktober 2017 in het mooie nieuwe congrescentrum van het agentschap Leefmilieu en Energie Brussel

==Sponsoring en Voordelen==

Hieronder vindt u de verschillende niveaus van sponsoring:

{| border=1 style="text-align: center"
! type !! Prijs !! reserveer je plaats!! Vermeld tijdens plenary !! Parking !! toegang tot CV's voor het evenement !! beursstand !! programmaboekje !! "Poster Track" in Auditorium !! "Poster Track" in Aqua & Sylva !! Logo op alle pagina's !! Logo op sponsor pagina !! Lijst van deelnemers !! Toegang tot de CV's na het event !! Aanbieding
|-
|align=right | Platinum || 1000 € || X || X || 2 || X || X || X (1 pagina) || X || X || X || X || X || X || X
|-
|align=right | Gold || 750 € || || || 1 || X || X || X (1/2 pagina) || X || X || X || X || X || X || X
|-
|align=right | Silver || 500 € || || || || || || || || X || X || X || X || X || X
|-
|align=right | Bronze || 250 € || || || || || || || || || || X || X || X || X
|}
* '''reserveer je plaats''': De organisatie zal je een map van de stands en de conferentiezalen ter beschikking stellen. De Platinum sponsors hebben als eerste de mogelijkheid om een plaats te kiezen in het Atrium en een plaats voor de “Track Poster” in the conferentiezaal.

* '''Vermeld tijdens plenary ''': De Platinum sponsors worden vermeld met het logo van hun organisatie op het podium in het auditorium.

* '''Parking''': De Platinum sponsors ontvangen twee parking plaatsen op de Turn & Taxi site voor het event. De Gold Sponsors ontvangen één parkeerplaats.

* '''toegang tot CV's voor het evenement''': Op veelvuldige aanvraag zal OSGeo en FOSS4G een postbus plaatsen op de website voor CV's; Deze worden ter beschikking gesteld voor de aanvang van het event aan de Platinum en Gold sponsors.

* '''beursstand''': Voor de Gold and Platinum sponsors wordt er in het Atrium een plaats bestaande uit een tafel en twee stoelen ter beschikking gesteld. Een electriciteitsaansluiting wordt eveneens voorzien.

* '''programmaboekje''': Voor de platinum sponsors is er een volledige pagina gereserveeerd in het programmaboekkje. Voor de Gold sponsors een halve pagina. We verwachten de aan te leveren foto's teksten en logo's van onze sponsors ten laatste op 15 oktober 2017.

* '''"Poster Track"''': We nodigen onze sponors uit om hun activiteiten en hun engagement binnen de open source community voor te stellen. We starten bij de Bronzen sponsors, we vragen onze sponsors om een poster voor te bereiden die hun activiteiten of specifieke open source projecten die door hun bedrijf wordt gerealiseerd te presenteren.
Deze posters zullen tentoongesteld worden tijdens de verschillende presentaties.
- De Gold en Platinum sponsors hebben de mogelijkheid om hun poster op te hangen in het auditorium.
- De Bronzen sponsors worden tentoongesteld in de Aqua and Sylva ruimte.

* '''Logo op alle pagina's''': Logo van de organisatie wordt op alle Website pagina's gepubliceerd.

* '''Logo op de sponsor pagina''': Voor de Bronzen sponsors wordt het logo van de organisatie opgenomen op de sponsor pagina en op alle papieren publicaties met betrekking tot Foss4G-Belgium 2017.

* '''Lijst van deelnemers''': OSGeo bezorgt aan onze sponsors een lijst van deelnemers die daar toelating voor gegeven hebben. Deze lijst wordt één week voor het event doorgegeven.

* '''Toegang tot de CV's na het event''': De door OSGeo ontvangen CV's zullen ter beschikking worden gesteld aan de sponsors, kort na het event.

* '''Aanbieding''': OSGeo biedt publicatieruimte in geomatics vacatures te publiceren.

== Contact ==
Als u geïnteresseerd bent in het sponsoren van het FOSS4G BE event, gelieve dan contact op te nemen met sponsors@foss4g.be

== OSGeo ==
De Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), is een non-profit organisatie met als missie het ondersteunen en bevorderen van de gezamenlijke ontwikkeling van open data en geomatica technologieën. De stichting geeft financiële, organisatorische en juridische hulp (support) aan de enorme open source gemeenschap op dit gebied. Daarnaast dient OSGeo als onafhankelijke juridische entiteit waaraan leden van de gemeenschap kunnen bijdragen op het gebied van IT-ontwikkeling, donaties, andere bronnen, en daarbij ook de zekerheid hebben dat hun bijdragen ten goede zullen komen aan allen. Ook OSGeo biedt bijstand en verdediging voor de open source (geospatial) gemeenschap en voorziet in een gemeenschappelijk forum en gedeelde infrastructuur voor het verbeteren van de samenwerking tussen de verschillende projecten.
De projecten van de OSGeo gemeenschap zijn allemaal vrij beschikbaar en bruikbaar onder een open source licentie gecertificeerd door OSI.

== Waarom OSGeo sponsoren? ==
* Uw organisatie is afhankelijk van OSGeo software - Uw bedrijf of uw instelling maakt gebruik van OSGeo technologieën in zijn dagelijkse werk, zodat het concurrerend is en zijn diensten kan verlenen op een rendabele manier. Door het ondersteunen van OSGeo, steunt u uw eigen lange-termijn business en bent u er zeker van dat een sterke OSGeo gemeenschap uw projecten ondersteunt.
* U vertegenwoordigt een gemeenschap die OSGeo software bouwt en onderhoudt - De OSGeo gemeenschappen vertegenwoordigen een breed scala van beroepsorganisaties en niet-gouvernementele organisaties, die gebruik maken van OSGeo software en die een essentieel onderdeel vormen van hun eindproducten. Het is in uw belang dat de gemeenschap zorgt voor de duurzaamheid van de gebruikte software. Door het sponsoren van OSGeo kan u uw steun aan de door de leden gekozen software laten zien.
* Uw objectieven van uw onderneming zijn vergelijkbaar met die van OSGeo, zijnde de ondersteuning van open standaarden of andere prioriteiten.
* Help uw eigen organisatie haar doelstellingen te bereiken door het sponsoren van OSGeo als organisatie. Wees proactief en profiteer zelf van de vrijwillige acties in een wereldwijde gemeenschap die snel aan het groeien is.
* Toon uw leiderschap in open source-technologieën in geomatica -Door het sponsoren van OSGeo zal u uw bedrijf associëren met de activiteiten van duizenden gebruikers van open source (OSGeo) software wereldwijd. Als sponsor van OSGeo, zult u de groei van uw bedrijf koppelen aan het momentum van OSGeo in de professionele wereld.
* Profiteer van de mogelijkheden om te netwerken - Als sponsor van OSGeo, profiteert u van unieke kansen om de belangrijkste leden van OSGeo te ontmoeten en uw ideeën te delen met andere OSGeo sponsors (personen en organisaties) die verbonden zijn met OSGeo en de OSGeo gemeenschap wereldwijd.

OSGeo-BE
Het opkomende Belgische hoofdstuk van OSGeo heeft tot doel de algemene missies van OSGeo om te zetten in Belgische context door het organiseren van netwerken en informatie-evenementen.

FOSS4G-BE 2017 Call for Sponsors-nl

2017-10-03T18:04:59Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Sponsoring en Voordelen */ vertaling - deel 1

== FOSS4G Belgium 2017 ==

Na de eerste geslaagde editie van het Belgisch FOSS4G event in 2015 en 2016, organiseert OSGeo.be een nieuwe editie van deze FOSS4G.BE conferentie op donderdag 26 october 2017.

FOSS4G conferenties brengen ontwikkelaars en gebruikers (zowel managers als beslissers) van open source geomatica software uit de hele wereld samen, om nieuwe richtingen, sprekende implementaties en groeiende zakelijke kansen in het gebied te bespreken. De afgelopen jaren hebben we veel veranderingen in de geo-ict sector gezien. Een van deze veranderingen is de toenemende volwassenheid van open source oplossingen en hun implementatie. Vaak gebruiken organisaties een combinatie van open source en eigen oplossingen. Momenteel zijn we op zoek naar sponsors voor dit tweede Belgische FOSS4G.

==Beoogde doelgroep==

Het doel van de conferentie is om een breed publiek te bereiken, zo’n 300 deelnemers. De conferentie zal onder meer plenaire zittingen omvatten, waarbij een keynote spreker zal uitgenodigd worden. Eén van de belangrijkste sessies zal de focus leggen op use cases, maar ook tal van parallelle sessies zullen gepresenteerd worden die de bijzonderheden van het gebruik van open-source-oplossingen in geomatica in organisaties toelichten. De presentaties en discussies zullen in het Engels zijn, het Nederlands en het Frans. Meer informatie kan u lezen op de website.

==Datum en locatie==

Het evenement zal plaatsvinden op 26 october 2017 in het mooie nieuwe congrescentrum van het agentschap Leefmilieu en Energie Brussel

==Sponsoring en Voordelen==

Hieronder vindt u de verschillende niveaus van sponsoring:

{| border=1 style="text-align: center"
! type !! Prijs !! reserveer je plaats!! Vermeld tijdens plenary !! Parking !! toegang tot CV's voor het evenement !! beursstand !! programmaboekje !! "Poster Track" in Auditorium !! "Poster Track" in Aqua & Sylva !! Logo op home page !! Logo op sponsor pagina !! Lijst van deelnemers !! Toegang tot de CV's na het event !! Aanbieding
|-
|align=right | Platinum || 1000 € || X || X || 2 || X || X || X (1 pagina) || X || X || X || X || X || X || X
|-
|align=right | Gold || 750 € || || || 1 || X || X || X (1/2 pagina) || X || X || X || X || X || X || X
|-
|align=right | Silver || 500 € || || || || || || || || X || X || X || X || X || X
|-
|align=right | Bronze || 250 € || || || || || || || || || || X || X || X || X
|}
* '''reserveer je plaats''': De organisatie zal je een map van de stands en de conferentiezalen ter beschikking stellen. De Platinum sponsors hebben als eerste de mogelijkheid om een plaats te kiezen in het Atrium en een plaats voor de “Track Poster” in the conferentiezaal.

* '''Vermeld tijdens plenary ''': De Platinum sponsors worden vermeld met het logo van hun organisatie op het podium in het auditorium.

* '''Parking''': De Platinum sponsors ontvangen twee parking plaatsen op de Turn & Taxi site voor het event.
De Gold Sponsors ontvangen één parkeerplaats.

* '''toegang tot CV's voor het evenement''': Op veelvuldige aanvraag zal OSGeo en FOSS4G een postbus plaatsen op de website voor CV's; Deze worden ter beschikking gesteld voor de aanvang van het event aan de Platinum en Gold sponsors.

* '''beursstand''': Voor de Gold and Platinum sponsors wordt er in het Atrium een plaats bestaande uit een tafel en twee stoelen ter beschikking gesteld. Een electriciteitsaansluiting wordt eveneens voorzien.

* '''programmaboekje''': Voor de platinum sponsors is er een volledige pagina gereserveeerd in het programmaboekkje. Voor de Gold sponsors een halve pagina. We verwachten de aan te leveren foto's teksten en logo's van onze sponsors ten laatste op 15 oktober 2017.

* '''"Poster Track"''': We invite our sponsors to develop their activity and their commitment in the Open Source community. Starting from the level Bronzes, we solicit our sponsors so that they prepare a poster showing a development or specific project developing their company in a project using mainly components of the Open Source community.
These posters will be exposed in the various conferences.
- The sponsors Gold and Platinum will have the privilege to expose in the Auditorium
- The sponsor Bronze will be able to expose in the rooms Aqua and Sylva

* '''Logo on main web page''': The sponsors beyond Bronze have their logo of company taken again on all the Web site pages.

* '''Logo on web page of sponsors''': From sponsors Bronzes their logo of company taken again on the page sponsor and in the papers publications refer the event of Foss4G-Belgium

* '''List of participants''': We will transmit to our sponsors the list of the participants registered having made their agreement, one week before the event

* '''Access to the CV after the event''': The CV receipt by the organization will be transmitted to our sponsors, shortly after the event.

* '''Offer''': We offer space for our sponsors to publish specific jobs in geomatics.

== Contact ==
Als u geïnteresseerd bent in het sponsoren van het FOSS4G BE event, gelieve dan contact op te nemen met sponsors@foss4g.be

== OSGeo ==
De Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), is een non-profit organisatie met als missie het ondersteunen en bevorderen van de gezamenlijke ontwikkeling van open data en geomatica technologieën. De stichting geeft financiële, organisatorische en juridische hulp (support) aan de enorme open source gemeenschap op dit gebied. Daarnaast dient OSGeo als onafhankelijke juridische entiteit waaraan leden van de gemeenschap kunnen bijdragen op het gebied van IT-ontwikkeling, donaties, andere bronnen, en daarbij ook de zekerheid hebben dat hun bijdragen ten goede zullen komen aan allen. Ook OSGeo biedt bijstand en verdediging voor de open source (geospatial) gemeenschap en voorziet in een gemeenschappelijk forum en gedeelde infrastructuur voor het verbeteren van de samenwerking tussen de verschillende projecten.
De projecten van de OSGeo gemeenschap zijn allemaal vrij beschikbaar en bruikbaar onder een open source licentie gecertificeerd door OSI.

== Waarom OSGeo sponsoren? ==
* Uw organisatie is afhankelijk van OSGeo software - Uw bedrijf of uw instelling maakt gebruik van OSGeo technologieën in zijn dagelijkse werk, zodat het concurrerend is en zijn diensten kan verlenen op een rendabele manier. Door het ondersteunen van OSGeo, steunt u uw eigen lange-termijn business en bent u er zeker van dat een sterke OSGeo gemeenschap uw projecten ondersteunt.
* U vertegenwoordigt een gemeenschap die OSGeo software bouwt en onderhoudt - De OSGeo gemeenschappen vertegenwoordigen een breed scala van beroepsorganisaties en niet-gouvernementele organisaties, die gebruik maken van OSGeo software en die een essentieel onderdeel vormen van hun eindproducten. Het is in uw belang dat de gemeenschap zorgt voor de duurzaamheid van de gebruikte software. Door het sponsoren van OSGeo kan u uw steun aan de door de leden gekozen software laten zien.
* Uw objectieven van uw onderneming zijn vergelijkbaar met die van OSGeo, zijnde de ondersteuning van open standaarden of andere prioriteiten.
* Help uw eigen organisatie haar doelstellingen te bereiken door het sponsoren van OSGeo als organisatie. Wees proactief en profiteer zelf van de vrijwillige acties in een wereldwijde gemeenschap die snel aan het groeien is.
* Toon uw leiderschap in open source-technologieën in geomatica -Door het sponsoren van OSGeo zal u uw bedrijf associëren met de activiteiten van duizenden gebruikers van open source (OSGeo) software wereldwijd. Als sponsor van OSGeo, zult u de groei van uw bedrijf koppelen aan het momentum van OSGeo in de professionele wereld.
* Profiteer van de mogelijkheden om te netwerken - Als sponsor van OSGeo, profiteert u van unieke kansen om de belangrijkste leden van OSGeo te ontmoeten en uw ideeën te delen met andere OSGeo sponsors (personen en organisaties) die verbonden zijn met OSGeo en de OSGeo gemeenschap wereldwijd.

OSGeo-BE
Het opkomende Belgische hoofdstuk van OSGeo heeft tot doel de algemene missies van OSGeo om te zetten in Belgische context door het organiseren van netwerken en informatie-evenementen.

Europe archive

2017-08-23T08:22:56Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* ToDo list */

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure: Done: (BOF FOSS4G Paris)
* Recognize the formation of the osgeo european chapter: Done: (F2F meeting Board OSGeo - Boston)
* publish the Bylaws
* Create activity calender
* Set up priorities and goals for 2017/2018
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk): obsolete - did not happen

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== Meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2017-08-23T08:01:12Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* INSPIRE Conference 2017 */ - add new event

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk)

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska Milena Nowotarska] Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71 Massimiliano Cannata] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria Maria Brovelli] - Board member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Silli Silvia Franceschi] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:moovida Andrea Antonello] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mantonovic Milan Antonovic] - Charter member
* Mirko Cardoso - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlechner Marco Lechner] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Helmut_Kudrnovsky Helmut Kudrnovsky] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Stevenfeldman Steven Feldman] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* OSGeo Europe local chapter BoF https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenfeldman/29294641505/in/pool-foss4g/
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

=== INSPIRE 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg ===
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/inspire-conference-2017 INSPIRE Conference 2017 Kehl / Strasbourg]
 
Goal is to promote OSGeo during the conference. One of the actions is a presentation of the OSGeo-Live environment, also ready for INSPIRE.
 
following OSGeo members are attending:
* [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]] - 4 - 8 sept 2017
* Add your name here if you attend

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== Meeting minutes ===

==== Meeting 24 May 2016 ====
* workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
* change the status from draft to final
* decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
* attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

==== BoF 24 Aug 2016 ====
* bof at FOSS4G 2016 [[Europe-meeting-2016-08|2016_08_24]]

==== BoF 19 Jul 2017 ====
* bof at FOSS4G-Europe [[Europe-meeting-2017-07|2017_07_19]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Bof

2017-07-19T05:52:13Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* [BoF OSGeo Europe - administrative workshop (slot 4)] L103 add Marc (mail)*/

BoF ''(Birds of a feather)'' is an informal discussion group. Unlike special interest groups or working groups, BoFs are informal and often formed in an ad hoc manner. The acronym is used by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to denote initial meetings of members interested in a particular issue.

A BoF session, an informal meeting at conferences, where the attendees group together based on a shared interest and carry out discussions without any pre-planned agenda.

FOSS4G-Europe is offering rooms for self-organized discussion groups. Please, if you feel an urge to meet and discuss some topic, block the room by editing this wiki page, propose BoF's topic, write yourself down and meet.

here is the list of available rooms:

* ground floor : L004, L005 (computer lab with folding computer tables, L006 (codesprint room - might be used but not sure)
* first floor : L102-L103 (computer lab with folding computer tables), L109 (same)
* second floor : L201

== Wednesday 2017-07-19 18:30 - 20:30 ==

=== The approaches to massive 3D geospatial dataset representation | L004 ===
* Where: '''L004''' (30 seats)

Short introduction/description

* Ondřej Procházka
* [[User:Jachym|Jáchym Čepický]]
* Ladislav Horký
* Tomáš Kavan

=== GeoForAll meeting L006 ===
* Where: '''L006''' (60 seats)

Short description

Meeting to discuss ideas on GeoForAll plans

* Maria Brovelli
* Suchith Anand
* [[User:Siki|Zoltan Siki]]

=== MapServer L102 ===
* Where: '''L102''' (12 seats)

Short description:

Catch up with some of the MapServer project team, and discuss upcoming releases, needs, ideas, etc.

Participants:

* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[Stephan Meißl]]
* ...

=== [BoF OSGeo Europe - administrative workshop (slot 4)] L103 ===
* Where: '''L103''' (12 seats)

Finalise some administrative work.
Make final decisions for the preparation of OSGeo Europe.
I propose to have the BOF also online trough IRC channel #OSGeo, especially the decisions taken during the BOF.
As the BOF is in parallel with

* Dirk Frigne
* Till Adams
* Kari Salovaara
* Marc Vloemans
* add your name here

=== GeoSever BOF | L109 ===
* Where: '''L109''' (18 seats)

Short description

* Catch up and discussion with the project team
* Discussion on developer user-list participation
* ...

Participants
* [[User:atd|Arne Schubert]]

=== [Empty BoF slot 6] L201 ===
* When: 2017-07-19,
* Where: '''L201''' (16 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

== Friday 2017-07-21 19:00 - 20:30 ==

=== [Empty BoF slot 1] L004 ===
* Where: '''L004''' (30 seats)

Short introduction/description

* List of particpants
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 2] L005 ===
* Where: '''L005''' (25 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 3] L006 ===
* Where: '''L006''' (60 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 4] L102 ===
* Where: '''L102''' (12 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== Google Summer of Code L103 ===
* Where: '''L103''' (12 seats)

Short description:

* catch up with the GSoC admins
* help develop guidelines (who can attend mentor summit etc.)

Participants:

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] via IRC
* [[User:cvvergara|Vicky Vergara]] via IRC
* [[User:atd|Arne Schubert]]

=== [Empty BoF slot 6] L109 ===
* Where: '''L109''' (18 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 7] L201 ===
* When: 2017-07-19,
* Where: '''L201''' (16 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:Bof]]
[[Category:FOSS4G-Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Bof

2017-07-18T15:52:29Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* [Add OSGeo EU BoF slot 4] L103 */

BoF ''(Birds of a feather)'' is an informal discussion group. Unlike special interest groups or working groups, BoFs are informal and often formed in an ad hoc manner. The acronym is used by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to denote initial meetings of members interested in a particular issue.

A BoF session, an informal meeting at conferences, where the attendees group together based on a shared interest and carry out discussions without any pre-planned agenda.

FOSS4G-Europe is offering rooms for self-organized discussion groups. Please, if you feel an urge to meet and discuss some topic, block the room by editing this wiki page, propose BoF's topic, write yourself down and meet.

here is the list of available rooms:

* ground floor : L004, L005 (computer lab with folding computer tables, L006 (codesprint room - might be used but not sure)
* first floor : L102-L103 (computer lab with folding computer tables), L109 (same)
* second floor : L201

== Wednesday 2017-07-19 18:30 - 20:30 ==

=== The approaches to massive 3D geospatial dataset representation | L004 ===
* Where: '''L004''' (30 seats)

Short introduction/description

* Ondřej Procházka
* [[User:Jachym|Jáchym Čepický]]
* Ladislav Horký
* Tomáš Kavan

=== GeoForAll meeting L006 ===
* Where: '''L006''' (60 seats)

Short description

Meeting to discuss ideas on GeoForAll plans

* Maria Brovelli
* Suchith Anand
* [[User:Siki|Zoltan Siki]]

=== MapServer L102 ===
* Where: '''L102''' (12 seats)

Short description:

Catch up with some of the MapServer project team, and discuss upcoming releases, needs, ideas, etc.

Participants:

* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[Stephan Meißl]]
* ...

=== [BoF OSGeo Europe - administrative workshop (slot 4)] L103 ===
* Where: '''L103''' (12 seats)

Finalise some administrative work.
Make final decisions for the preparation of OSGeo Europe.
I propose to have the BOF also online trough IRC channel #OSGeo, especially the decisions taken during the BOF.
As the BOF is in parallel with

* Dirk Frigne
* ...

=== GeoSever BOF | L109 ===
* Where: '''L109''' (18 seats)

Short description

* Catch up and discussion with the project team
* Discussion on developer user-list participation
* ...

Participants
* [[User:atd|Arne Schubert]]

=== [Empty BoF slot 6] L201 ===
* When: 2017-07-19,
* Where: '''L201''' (16 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

== Friday 2017-07-21 19:00 - 20:30 ==

=== [Empty BoF slot 1] L004 ===
* Where: '''L004''' (30 seats)

Short introduction/description

* List of particpants
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 2] L005 ===
* Where: '''L005''' (25 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 3] L006 ===
* Where: '''L006''' (60 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 4] L102 ===
* Where: '''L102''' (12 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== Google Summer of Code L103 ===
* Where: '''L103''' (12 seats)

Short description:

* catch up with the GSoC admins
* help develop guidelines (who can attend mentor summit etc.)

Participants:

* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[User:hellik|Helmut Kudrnovsky]] via IRC
* [[User:cvvergara|Vicky Vergara]] via IRC
* [[User:atd|Arne Schubert]]

=== [Empty BoF slot 6] L109 ===
* Where: '''L109''' (18 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

=== [Empty BoF slot 7] L201 ===
* When: 2017-07-19,
* Where: '''L201''' (16 seats)

Short description

* Participant 1
* ...

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:Bof]]
[[Category:FOSS4G-Europe]]

INSPIRE

2017-07-04T13:56:13Z

Wiki-Dirkf:

''Join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data INSPIRE Mailing list].''

== Introduction ==

[http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ INSPIRE] (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) is an initiative launched by the European Commission and developed in collaboration with EU Member States and accession countries. It aims at making available relevant, harmonized and qualitative geographic information in the domain of environmental applications to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policies with a territorial dimension or impact. INSPIRE intends to trigger the creation of a European spatial data infrastructure (SDI) that delivers to the users integrated spatial information services linked by common standards and protocols.
The Directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will be implemented in various stages, with full implementation required by 2021.

The [http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/) INSPIRE geoportal] provides the means to search for spatial data sets and spatial data services, and subject to access restrictions, to view spatial data sets from the EU Member States within the framework of the INSPIRE Directive.<ref>http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/</ref>

=== Scope ===
Datasets in scope of INSPIRE are ones which come under one or more of INSPIRE themes.<ref>http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/data-specifications/2892</ref>
The INSPIRE Directive defines 34 spatial data themes needed for environmental applications, grouped in 3 Annexes. The themes and links to more information are listed on [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/Themes/Data-Specifications/2892 the INSPIRE website]

=== The INSPIRE Components ===
According to the INSPIRE Directive, View and Download services should be set up for the data which is within scope and metadata should be provided. Furthermore, data needs to comply with the INSPIRE data schemes and monitoring, testing and validation of the data, metadata and services should be executed.

There are thus five major components:
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/spatial-data-services/580 Network Services].
#* View Services. Digital maps served through WMS 1.3 / ISO 19128. This makes it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in/out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information;
#* Download Services. Digital data served through WFS 2.0 / ISO 19142 or download packages This enables copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly;
#* Discovery Services. Catalog Services making it possible to search for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata and to display the content of the metadata
#* Transformation Services.
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata/6541 Metadata].
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/data-specifications/2892 Data Specification]. The harmonization of data that is needed to enable cross-country data sharing.
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/monitoring-and-reporting/69 Reporting and Monitoring].
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/data-and-service-sharing/62 Data and Service Sharing]. Licenses, copyright, all the fun stuff that prevents us from using data in our software.

== OSGeo's involvement ==
Many OSGeo projects are already tied into processes and the emerging INSPIRE architecture.
A formal meeting of OSGeo representatives with people (from JRC) involved in INSPIRE was planned for the end of 2008 but never happened. In 2010, JRC and OSGeo joined forces to make an [http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/groups/13847/ Open Source Mash-up at the INSPIRE conference] possible. During FOSS4G conferences in 2016 and 2017 topic talks were co-organized by JRC to involve the join together the INSPIRE en OSGeo communities ([[2016 Topic Talk - become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo|Topic Talk 'Become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo (FOSS4G 2016)]], [https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/Topic_Talks Topic Talk - OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE (FOSS4G 2017]))

== What is available and what is missing? ==
How good does Open Source GIS software fit into the INSPIRE picture? Can it be used as a software stack to build INSPIRE SDI's?

The current OSGeo-Live applications includes Open Source software that is needed to implement the different INSPIRE components. In this regard, providing an INSPIRE-flavoured version of the OSGeo-Live environment could be usefull to provide European data providers with some of the technological means to help them meet INSPIRE’s legal obligations. This way, both the open source and INSPIRE communities may reinforce each other. As a starting point, the [[INSPIRE tools inventory|INSPIRE tools inventory wiki page]] gives an overview of the available OSGeo-Live applications usefull in the realm of INSPIRE is given. The tools are grouped according to the INSPIRE-related tasks they support. Furthermore, the applications currently missing to meet the INSPIRE obligations and the on-going projects are also mentioned on the[[INSPIRE tools inventory|INSPIRE tools inventory page]].

Everybody who wants to contribute to this or wants to collaborate on creating an INSPIRE-flavoured OSGeoLive environment is invited to join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data INSPIRE Mailing list] and keep the [[INSPIRE tools inventory|INSPIRE tools inventory wiki page]] updated.

From the data providers' perspective, the [[INSPIRE data experiments|INSPIRE data experiments wiki page]] will describe example use cases that demonstrate the creation of INSPIRE compliant data through OSGeo software.

== Background information ==
=== Presentations and conferences ===
* [[AGIT 2009]] (Germlish) Workshop: [INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.2)
* [[FOSSGIS 2009]] (German) [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/INSPIRE:_Umsetzung_mit_Open_Source_Software INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.1)
* [http://www.gdi-de.org/de_neu/download/vortraege/090617_GSDI_Rotterdam_vDoemming.pdf INSPIRE Status Report in Germany] given by Andreas von Dömming at [http://www.gsdi.org GSDI]
* [http://www.justobjects.nl/jo/assets/presentation/bolsena-2010-inspire/index.html Implementing INSPIRE with Free and Open Source for Geo] given by [[Just_van_den_Broecke]] at [[Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2010]]
* [[INSPIRE conference 2013]]
* [[2016 Topic Talk - become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo|Topic Talk 'Become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo (FOSS4G 2016)]]

=== Use Cases ===
* [http://www.prtr.bund.de German Pollutant Release and Transfer Register] Web application and OSGeo SDI for public use with [[OpenStreetMap]] data.
* [http://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl Dutch National Geo Register] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]
* [http://www.geocat.ch The Swiss Geographic Catalogue] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]

=== See also ===
* [[FOSS SDIC]]
* [[Geospatial Integration Showcase]]. This showcase aims to be an easily deployable testbed of inter-operable software and should provide a good basis for testing an INSPIRE stack. This showcase is initially targeting FOSS4G in October 2009.
* [[Metadata software]]

; Blogosphere
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/32-1st-INSPIRE-Open-Source-Mash-Up.html 1st INSPIRE Open Source Mash-Up]
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/27-The-European-Union,-Open-Source-and-INSPIRE.html The European Union, Open Source and INSPIRE]

; OSGeo INSPIRE Initiatives
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_data_experiments and [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data inspire-data at lists.osgeo.org] mailinglist

[[Category: Standards]]
[[Category: INSPIRE]]

Europe archive

2017-06-22T10:05:33Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* FOSS4G 2017 */

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk)

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017/ FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== Meeting minutes ===
meeting 24 May 2016:
workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
change the status from draft to final
decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

* bof [[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe-meeting-2016-08 | 2016_08_24]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2017-06-22T10:04:11Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Tradeshows and events */ Add FOSS4G 2017 Paris

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk)

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

=== FOSS4G 2017 ===
[http://europe.foss4g.org/2017 FOSS4G 2017 Paris]
* topic talks - volunteers
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]
** TT01 An overview of the best Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
** TT02 OSGeo-Live for INSPIRE
** TT03 Sustainability of OSGeo projects
** TT04 FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community
** TT05 The future of SDI
** TT06 Economics of FOSS4G - "Sustainability of OSGeo projects"

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== Meeting minutes ===
meeting 24 May 2016:
workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
change the status from draft to final
decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

* bof [[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe-meeting-2016-08 | 2016_08_24]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

INSPIRE

2017-06-14T14:27:31Z

Wiki-Dirkf:

[http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ INSPIRE] is a European-based approach at solving interoperability issues for geospatial data. ''Join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data INSPIRE Mailing list].''

== Introduction ==

INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) is an initiative launched by the European Commission and developed in collaboration with EU Member States and accession countries. It aims at making available relevant, harmonized and qualitative geographic information to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policies with a territorial dimension or impact. INSPIRE intends to trigger the creation of a European spatial data infrastructure (SDI) that delivers to the users integrated spatial information services linked by common standards and protocols.
The Directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will be implemented in various stages, with full implementation required by 2021.

''The [http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/) INSPIRE geoportal] provides the means to search for spatial data sets and spatial data services, and subject to access restrictions, to view spatial data sets from the EU Member States within the framework of the INSPIRE Directive.<ref>http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/</ref>''

=== The INSPIRE Components ===
There are five major components:
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata/6541 Metadata]. Well, we know that [http://www.slideshare.net/arnulfchristl/the-potential-of-metadata-geoweb-2010 Metadata is data] and so on. Intriguing topic. The current interpretation of INSPIRE clobbered metadata long enough with ISO profiles to almost kill it.
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/spatial-data-services/580 Network Services]. Performance, uptime, bindings, etc.
#* Discovery Services. Probably something like Catalog Services but it is as yet unclear why they should: ...making it possible to search for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata and to display the content of the metadata
#* View Services. Straight forward: Digital maps served through WMS 1.3 / ISO 19128. ...making it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in/out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information and any relevant content of metadata;
#* Download Services. Straight forward: Digital data served through WFS 2.0 / ISO 19142) -> see [http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=3309&group_guid=2484 this discussion] ...enabling copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly;
#* Transformation Services. The original idea was that a web service would be able to transform existing data on-the-fly for further processing. This is usually done offline in the basement on number crunchers. ...enabling spatial data sets to be transformed with a view to achieving interoperability
#* Services ... allowing spatial data services to be invoked. (I never really got this one?)
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/data-and-service-sharing/62 Data and Service Sharing]. Licenses, copyright, all the fun stuff that prevents us from using data in our software.
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/data-specifications/2892 Data Specification]. The tricky bit is the harmonization of data that is need prior to setting up the actual service. This currently requires lots of transformations with GML 3.2.1 (and not enough software packages supporting 3.2.1 does not help either)
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/monitoring-and-reporting/69 Reporting and Monitoring]. This is more domain specfic to EU public administrations. Not clear yet whether any software will be involved in this. But the monitoring services will be of help to control things.

=== Scope ===
Datasets in scope of INSPIRE are ones which come under one or more of INSPIRE theme.<ref>http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/data-specifications/2892</ref>
The INSPIRE Directive defines 34 spatial data themes needed for environmental applications, grouped in 3 Annexes. The themes and links to more information are listed on [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/Themes/Data-Specifications/2892 the INSPIRE website]

== OSGeo's involvement ==
There is no coordinated effort at involving OSGeo as an organization in the INSPIRE initiative but many OSGeo projects are already tied into processes and the emerging INSPIRE architecture. A formal meeting of OSGeo representatives with people (from JRC) involved in INSPIRE was planned for the end of 2008 but never happened. In 2010, JRC and OSGeo joined forces to make an [http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/groups/13847/ Open Source Mash-up at the INSPIRE conference] possible.

== FIT/GAP analysis ==
How good does Open Source GIS software fit into the INSPIRE picture? Can it be used as a software stack to build INSPIRE SDI's? It would be interesting to make a fit/gap analysis between what the INSPIRE standards require and what the OSGeo stack provides. Also, a plan could be made up to fill in the gaps (in time). The reasoning behind this is that the regular customers will not be able to make this analysis by themselves, so it would be good to have something written up.

Who is interested in collaborating in such a fit/gap analysis?
* Bart van den Eijnden
* Dirk Frigne
* [[User:JoWalsh|Jo Walsh]]
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [[Rafal Wawer]]
* Thomas Piechl
* [[User:simboss|Simone Giannecchini]]
* [[Wolfgang Tinkl]]
* [[Just van den Broecke]]
* [[User:Ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]]
* [[User:Tom McHugh|Tom McHugh]]
* [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]

=== What is already available? ===
For a more detailed list of INSPIRE Open Source tools, reference is made to the [[INSPIRE tools inventory|INSPIRE tools inventory wiki page]].

* View services ([[MapServer]], [[deegree]], [[MapGuide]], [[Mapbender]], [[OpenLayers]], [[GeoServer]], others)
* Download services ([[deegree]], [[GeoServer]], [[MapServer]], others)
* Discovery services ([[GeoNetwork]], [[Mapbender]], [[deegree]], [http://pycsw.org pycsw], others)
* Transformation services (usually as part of the functionality provided by above software, [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ Proj4], [[MetaCRS]], [[GeoServer]], others)
* [http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/InspireNode deegree inspireNode]: deegree 3 View Service / Download Service setup for all INSPIRE Annex I Data Themes
* [http://inspire.kademo.nl/deegree-inspire-demo INSPIRE Publish/Download/View services demo] using [[deegree]], [http://geoext.org GeoExt] and [[OpenStreetMap]]; source code at http://code.google.com/p/inspire-foss

JRC is also providing INSPIRE tools to implementers and users:
* Discovery/Viewer by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/discovery/
* Metadata editor by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/editor/
* Metadata Validator by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/validator2/

=== What is still missing? ===
For a more detailed list of missing functionalities, in the realm of INSPIRE, in existing Open Source tools, reference is made to the [[INSPIRE tools inventory|INSPIRE tools inventory wiki page]].

* Comprehensive tutorial / how to / white paper on security of SDIs.
* An INSPIRE-flavoured version of the OSGeoLive environment would be beneficial for them who are confronted with INSPIRE and could also be used to promote OSGeo.
* To illustrate the use of Open Source software packages in the context of INSPIRE implementations and usage, it would be helpful to provide an INSPIRE sample dataset. See [[INSPIRE data experiments]] for concrete actions on this.
* Some stuff emerging now through [http://www.esdin.eu ESDIN] deliverables. Find more information on the requirements in the [http://esdin.fgi.fi/wiki/index.php/ESDIN_Service_Requirements ESDIN Wiki].
* CSW INSPIRE extensions in GeoServer

=== What is in progress? ===
* INSPIRE Geoportal will use deegree: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/deegree-in-INSPIRE-Geoportal-td4164496.html
* NAS data converter for the German cadastral base map
* transformation and WFS/WMS for INSPIRE by the Dutch Cadastre: http://inspire.kademo.nl ; source code and documentation at http://code.google.com/p/inspire-foss
* http://tinyows.org/ and access to GML 3.2.1 through PostGIS (V 1.5)
* [http://www.esdin.eu ESDIN]; The Europen SDI Network, an eContent+ funded project of major European NMCAs
** OpenLayers learned about GML 3.2.1 (contact Steven Ottens for more information)
** lots of GeoServer and deegree instances serving WFS as INSPIRE Download Services
** lots of MapServers and GeoServer serving WMS form the same data as INSPIRE View Services

== Presentations ==
* [[AGIT 2009]] (Germlish) Workshop: [INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.2)
* [[FOSSGIS 2009]] (German) [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/INSPIRE:_Umsetzung_mit_Open_Source_Software INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.1)
* [http://www.gdi-de.org/de_neu/download/vortraege/090617_GSDI_Rotterdam_vDoemming.pdf INSPIRE Status Report in Germany] given by Andreas von Dömming at [http://www.gsdi.org GSDI]
* [http://www.justobjects.nl/jo/assets/presentation/bolsena-2010-inspire/index.html Implementing INSPIRE with Free and Open Source for Geo] given by [[Just_van_den_Broecke]] at [[Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2010]]

== Use Cases ==
* [http://www.prtr.bund.de German Pollutant Release and Transfer Register] Web application and OSGeo SDI for public use with [[OpenStreetMap]] data.
* [http://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl Dutch National Geo Register] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]
* [http://www.geocat.ch The Swiss Geographic Catalogue] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]

== Conference ==
* [[INSPIRE conference 2013]]
* [[2016 Topic Talk - become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo|Topic Talk 'Become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo (FOSS4G 2016)]]

== See also ==
* [[FOSS SDIC]]
* [[Geospatial Integration Showcase]]. This showcase aims to be an easily deployable testbed of inter-operable software and should provide a good basis for testing an INSPIRE stack. This showcase is initially targeting FOSS4G in October 2009.
* [[Metadata software]]

; Blogosphere
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/32-1st-INSPIRE-Open-Source-Mash-Up.html 1st INSPIRE Open Source Mash-Up]
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/27-The-European-Union,-Open-Source-and-INSPIRE.html The European Union, Open Source and INSPIRE]

; OSGeo INSPIRE Initiatives
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_data_experiments and [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data inspire-data at lists.osgeo.org] mailinglist

[[Category: Standards]]
[[Category: INSPIRE]]

INSPIRE tools inventory

2017-06-02T12:43:29Z

Wiki-Dirkf: Make page up-to-date

This page aims at building an inventory of the tools aiding the INSPIRE implementation. Several software tools have been developed within EU funded projects and are suitable for reuse, but are often unknown to the broader community. If you are aware of free software implementing INSPIRE specifications, please contribute to this inventory.

== Software ==

Please add a short description of the software implementation and a link to the online resource.

=== Metadata management ===

==== OSGeoLive tools ====
* [https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/geonetwork_quickstart.html GeoNetwork] is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an interactive web map viewer. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world.

==== Other ====
* [https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/euosme/description/ INSPIRE EUOSME]: (European Open Source Metadata Editor) developed by EC-JRC in the EuroGEOSS project, and deployed in the [http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/editor/ INSPIRE Geoportal] to allow user to test editing capabilities and testing ISO19139 XML files
* [http://best-practices.smespire.eu/practices/133/inspire-metadata-in-a-simple-excel-file INSPIRE Excel file]: developed within [http://www.geosmartcity.eu/ GeoSmartCity project] to collect INSPIRE XML19139 compliant metadata in easy and quick way
* [http://52north.org/communities/metadata-management/smarteditor smartEditor]: smartEditor is a web based editor to easily create and update metadata documents on geospatial data sets, services, series and applications and many more resources supporting ISO19115/19119 and the INSPIRE metadata specification (INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119)
* [http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ISO/INSPIRE_Metadata_Support GRASS GIS ISO/INSPIRE Metadata support] developed within [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2014/MetadataForGRASS Google Summer of Code 2014]

=== Data storage/management ===
* [http://postgis.net/ PosgGIS] adds spatial capabilities to the PostgreSQL relational database. It extends PostgreSQL so it can store, query, and manipulate spatial data. In this Quickstart we will use ‘PostgreSQL’ when describing general database functions, and ‘PostGIS’ when describing the additional spatial functionality provided by PostGIS.
* [http://www.rasdaman.org Rasdaman]: flexible, scalable spatio-temporal raster server, supporting OGC WMS, WCS, WCPS, WPS; OGC WCS Core Reference Implementation.
* [http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/ SpatiaLite]: ...

=== Data modeling ===
* [http://idm.spatialdbgroup.polimi.it/it/inspire-data-model-tools/ INSPIRE Data Model Tools]: developed by Politecnico di Milano to facilitate the browsing of INSPIRE Data Specifications and provide procedure to structure PostGIS pseudo-INSPIRE SQL structure

=== Data mapping/transformation ===
==== OSGeoLive tools ====
* [http://www.deegree.org/ deegree]: deegree supports a internal DSL (a XML configuration file) to specify mappings from a database model into a GML application schema which allow on-the-fly transformation of data.
* [https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/geokettle_quickstart.html Geokettle] is an ETL tool and can be useful to transform an existing dataset to comply with the schemes defined by the INSPIRE Directive.
* In GDAL, the GMLAS driver is available which can read and write XML files of arbitrary structure, included those containing so called Complex Features, provided that they are accompanied by one or several XML schemas that describe the structure of their content. While this driver is generic to any XML schema, the main target is to be able to read and write documents referencing directly or indirectly to the GML namespace.

==== Other ====
* [http://www.esdi-community.eu/projects/hale HALE] is a tool for defining and evaluating conceptual schema mappings. HALE allows domain experts to create logically and semantically consistent mappings and to transform geodata based on these mappings. Furthermore, a major focus is put on the documentation of the schema transformation process and its impacts, e.g. in the form of lineage information attached to the resultant transformed data . Within the context of INSPIRE, data transformations will be needed both to publish data in compliance with the INSPIRE schemes and to use the published (and downloaded) data in combination with other sources.
* [http://inspire-foss.org inspire-foss.org INSPIRE FOSS]: ETL-tooling for INSPIRE Data harmonization and harmonized web services (largely unmaintained)
* [https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/java4inspire/description Java4INSPIRE]: is a java library to handle INSPIRE data as java objects; it may be used to transform existing spatial datasets into INSPIRE compliant datasets
* [http://www.stetl.org Stetl]: Python-framework for ETL. With [https://github.com/justb4/stetl/tree/master/examples/basics/10_jinja2_templating Examples] for INSPIRE data harmonization.

=== Network services ===

==== Discovery ====
* [http://pycsw.org pycsw]: OGC CSW server. Standalone or embeddable. Powers CSW in CKAN, GeoNode. OGC Reference Implementation
* Geonetwork
* [http://www.deegree.org/ deegree]: Provides an implementation of a OGC CSW 2.0.2 APISO server. Supporting harvest operation and storage of MD records for centralized apporach. The [https://live.osgeo.org/fr/quickstart/deegree_quickstart.html Quickstart of Degree for the OsGeo-Live] uses an INSPIRE example.

==== View ====
* [http://geoserver.org/ GeoServer] is a tool for serving maps for other clients to draw. It allows to setup view and download services as required by the INSPIRE Directive.
* [http://www.deegree.org/ deegree]: Provides an OGC compliant WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 server (OGC reference implementation). Additional it has an implemantation of the OGC WMTS 1.0 standard.
* [http://mapserver.org/ MapServer] is an Open Source server-based application that allows you to publish geographic map images and vector data through the internet using OGC standards such as WMS, WFS, and WCS.

==== Download ====
* GeoServer
* [http://www.deegree.org/ deegree]: Provides an OGC compliant WFS 2.0 support the Simple conformance class and GML 3.2.1 (Both are OGC reference implementations!)
* MapServer
* [https://wiki.52north.org/bin/view/SensorWeb/SensorObservationServiceIVDocumentation 52°North Sensor Observation Service 4.x]: Enhanced SOS implementation for serving observation data compliant with the INSPIRE requirements for Download Services

=== Validation services ===
* [http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/validator2/ INSPIRE Geoportal Validator]: developed by EC-JRC, it is used in the context of the INSPIRE Geoportal to perform validation of the metadata of resources discovered through the Member State Discovery Services.
* [https://github.com/inspire-eu-validation/ INSPIRE Validation & conformity testing]: Workspace for EU INSPIRE MIG Validation & conformity testing sub-group on GitHub
* [http://cloud.epsilon-italia.it/eenvplus_new/ eENVplus Validation Service]: developed by [http://www.epsilon-italia.it/ Epsilon Italia], in the frame of the [http://www.eenvplus.eu/ eENVplus project], is an online tool for the validation of INSPIRE datasets. It is freely accessible and open source, built upon TEAM Engine and the OGC CITE GML 3.2 Conformance Test Suite. It provides Executable Test Suites (ETS) implementing the Abstract Test Suites (ATS) which are included in the Annex A of the INSPIRE Data Specifications.

=== Clients ===
* [http://www.qgis.org/ QGIS] can be used to consume INSPIRE compliant view and download services. The [https://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/gml_application_schema_toolbox QGIS plugin ‘GML Application Schema Toolbox’] makes use of the GMLAS driver for GDAL and aims to develop tools to manipulate complex features in a GIS desktop application. On the related [https://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/qgis-ogr-gmlas github page] ‘Consumption and use of GML complex features like INSPIRE harmonised data (vector), GeoSciML within QGIS’, specific INSPIRE use cases are described and illustrated.
* [http://www.geomajas.org/ geomajas] can be used to support eGov workflows and create a controlled environment where processes can be executed based on available INSPIRE data.

=== Registry ===
* [https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/re3gistry/description INSPIRE Re3gistry] implemented by EC-JRC and deployed on the [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry/ INSPIRE web site]

=== GeoPortals ===
* [http://www.getmap.gr/v2/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=255&Itemid=554 GET SDI Portal] developed by [http://www.getmap.eu/ Geospatial Enabling Technologies Ltd]. A ready to deploy, fully featured SDI Services client already used at regional government level INSPIRE Geoportals.

=== Other ===
* [https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/are3na/home Ar3na] is A Reusable INSPIRE Reference Platform. This open community aims to support access to common reusable software and other components for spatial data in European e-government.
* [https://inspire-reference.jrc.ec.europa.eu/tools INSPIRE in Practice] is an inventory of useful tools for the INSPIRE implementation. They can range from desktop/server software, libraries, plugins, online services and many more technical products and solutions that help people to share INSPIRE data, metadata and services.

== Actions to improve the existing tools ==
* It could be useful that OSGeoLive projects listed on this page include some INSPIRE example in their quickstart docuemention to illustrate their usefulness in the specific perspective of INSPIRE.

[[Category: Standards]]
[[Category: INSPIRE]]

INSPIRE

2017-06-02T12:04:54Z

Wiki-Dirkf: Making page up-to-date and reference to other INSPIRE pages

[http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ INSPIRE] is a European-based approach at solving interoperability issues for geospatial data. ''Join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data INSPIRE Mailing list].''

== Introduction ==

INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) is an initiative launched by the European Commission and developed in collaboration with Member States and accession countries. It aims at making available relevant, harmonized and qualitative geographic information to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policies with a territorial dimension or impact. INSPIRE intends to trigger the creation of a European spatial data infrastructure that delivers to the users integrated spatial information services linked by common standards and protocols.
The Directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will be implemented in various stages, with full implementation required by 2021.

''The [http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/) INSPIRE geoportal] provides the means to search for spatial data sets and spatial data services, and subject to access restrictions, to view spatial data sets from the EU Member States within the framework of the INSPIRE Directive.<ref>http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/</ref>''

=== The INSPIRE Components ===
There are five major components:
# Metadata. Well, we know that [http://www.slideshare.net/arnulfchristl/the-potential-of-metadata-geoweb-2010 Metadata is data] and so on. Intriguing topic. The current interpretation of INSPIRE clobbered metadata long enough with ISO profiles to almost kill it.
# Network Services. Performance, uptime, bindings, etc. & still under work.
#* Discovery Services. Probably something like Catalog Services but it is as yet unclear why they should: ...making it possible to search for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata and to display the content of the metadata
#* View Services. Straight forward: Digital maps served through WMS 1.3 / ISO 19128. ...making it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in/out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information and any relevant content of metadata;
#* Download Services. Straight forward: Digital data served through WFS 2.0 / ISO 19142) -> see [http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=3309&group_guid=2484 this discussion] ...enabling copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly;
#* Transformation Services. Rubbish. The original idea was that a web service would be able to transform existing data by mamber staed on-the-fly for further processing. This is usually done offline in the basement on number crunchers. ...enabling spatial data sets to be transformed with a view to achieving interoperability
#* Services ... allowing spatial data services to be invoked. (I never really got this one?)
# Data and Service Sharing. Licenses, copyright, all the fun stuff that prevents us from using data in our software.
# Data Specification. The tricky bit is the harmonization of data that is need prior to setting up the actual service. This currently requires lots of transformations with GML 3.2.1 (and not enough software packages supporting 3.2.1 does not help either)
# Reporting and Monitoring. This is more domain specfic to EU public administrations. Not clear yet whether any software will be involved in this. But the monitoring services will be of help to control things.

=== Scope ===
Datasets in scope of INSPIRE are ones which come under one or more of INSPIRE theme.<ref>http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/data-specifications/2892</ref>
The INSPIRE Directive defines 34 spatial data themes needed for environmental applications, grouped in 3 Annexes. The themes and links to more information are listed on [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/Themes/Data-Specifications/2892 the INSPIRE website]

== OSGeo's involvement ==
There is no coordinated effort at involving OSGeo as an organization in the INSPIRE initiative but many OSGeo projects are already tied into processes and the emerging INSPIRE architecture. A formal meeting of OSGeo representatives with people (from JRC) involved in INSPIRE was planned for the end of 2008 but never happened. In 2010, JRC and OSGeo joined forces to make an [http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/groups/13847/ Open Source Mash-up at the INSPIRE conference] possible.

== FIT/GAP analysis ==
How good does Open Source GIS software fit into the INSPIRE picture? Can it be used as a software stack to build INSPIRE SDI's? It would be interesting to make a fit/gap analysis between what the INSPIRE standards require and what the OSGeo stack provides. Also, a plan could be made up to fill in the gaps (in time). The reasoning behind this is that the regular customers will not be able to make this analysis by themselves, so it would be good to have something written up.

Who is interested in collaborating in such a fit/gap analysis?
* Bart van den Eijnden
* Dirk Frigne
* [[User:JoWalsh|Jo Walsh]]
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [[Rafal Wawer]]
* Thomas Piechl
* [[User:simboss|Simone Giannecchini]]
* [[Wolfgang Tinkl]]
* [[Just van den Broecke]]
* [[User:Ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]]
* [[User:Tom McHugh|Tom McHugh]]
* [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]

=== What is already available? ===
For a more detailed list of INSPIRE Open Source tools, reference is made to the [[INSPIRE tools inventory|INSPIRE tools inventory wiki page]].

* View services ([[MapServer]], [[deegree]], [[MapGuide]], [[Mapbender]], [[OpenLayers]], [[GeoServer]], others)
* Download services ([[deegree]], [[GeoServer]], [[MapServer]], others)
* Discovery services ([[GeoNetwork]], [[Mapbender]], [[deegree]], [http://pycsw.org pycsw], others)
* Transformation services (usually as part of the functionality provided by above software, [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ Proj4], [[MetaCRS]], [[GeoServer]], others)
* [http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/InspireNode deegree inspireNode]: deegree 3 View Service / Download Service setup for all INSPIRE Annex I Data Themes
* [http://inspire.kademo.nl/deegree-inspire-demo INSPIRE Publish/Download/View services demo] using [[deegree]], [http://geoext.org GeoExt] and [[OpenStreetMap]]; source code at http://code.google.com/p/inspire-foss

JRC is also providing INSPIRE tools to implementers and users:
* Discovery/Viewer by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/discovery/
* Metadata editor by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/editor/
* Metadata Validator by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/validator2/

=== What is still missing? ===
For a more detailed list of missing functionalities, in the realm of INSPIRE, in existing Open Source tools, reference is made to the [[INSPIRE tools inventory|INSPIRE tools inventory wiki page]].

* Comprehensive tutorial / how to / white paper on security of SDIs.
* An INSPIRE-flavoured version of the OSGeoLive environment would be beneficial for them who are confronted with INSPIRE and could also be used to promote OSGeo.
* To illustrate the use of Open Source software packages in the context of INSPIRE implementations and usage, it would be helpful to provide an INSPIRE sample dataset. See [[INSPIRE data experiments]] for concrete actions on this.
* Some stuff emerging now through [http://www.esdin.eu ESDIN] deliverables. Find more information on the requirements in the [http://esdin.fgi.fi/wiki/index.php/ESDIN_Service_Requirements ESDIN Wiki].
* CSW INSPIRE extensions in GeoServer

=== What is in progress? ===
* INSPIRE Geoportal will use deegree: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/deegree-in-INSPIRE-Geoportal-td4164496.html
* NAS data converter for the German cadastral base map
* transformation and WFS/WMS for INSPIRE by the Dutch Cadastre: http://inspire.kademo.nl ; source code and documentation at http://code.google.com/p/inspire-foss
* http://tinyows.org/ and access to GML 3.2.1 through PostGIS (V 1.5)
* [http://www.esdin.eu ESDIN]; The Europen SDI Network, an eContent+ funded project of major European NMCAs
** OpenLayers learned about GML 3.2.1 (contact Steven Ottens for more information)
** lots of GeoServer and deegree instances serving WFS as INSPIRE Download Services
** lots of MapServers and GeoServer serving WMS form the same data as INSPIRE View Services

== Presentations ==
* [[AGIT 2009]] (Germlish) Workshop: [INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.2)
* [[FOSSGIS 2009]] (German) [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/INSPIRE:_Umsetzung_mit_Open_Source_Software INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.1)
* [http://www.gdi-de.org/de_neu/download/vortraege/090617_GSDI_Rotterdam_vDoemming.pdf INSPIRE Status Report in Germany] given by Andreas von Dömming at [http://www.gsdi.org GSDI]
* [http://www.justobjects.nl/jo/assets/presentation/bolsena-2010-inspire/index.html Implementing INSPIRE with Free and Open Source for Geo] given by [[Just_van_den_Broecke]] at [[Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2010]]

== Use Cases ==
* [http://www.prtr.bund.de German Pollutant Release and Transfer Register] Web application and OSGeo SDI for public use with [[OpenStreetMap]] data.
* [http://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl Dutch National Geo Register] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]
* [http://www.geocat.ch The Swiss Geographic Catalogue] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]

== Conference ==
* [[INSPIRE conference 2013]]
* [[2016 Topic Talk - become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo|Topic Talk 'Become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo (FOSS4G 2016)]]

== See also ==
* [[FOSS SDIC]]
* [[Geospatial Integration Showcase]]. This showcase aims to be an easily deployable testbed of inter-operable software and should provide a good basis for testing an INSPIRE stack. This showcase is initially targeting FOSS4G in October 2009.
* [[Metadata software]]

; Blogosphere
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/32-1st-INSPIRE-Open-Source-Mash-Up.html 1st INSPIRE Open Source Mash-Up]
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/27-The-European-Union,-Open-Source-and-INSPIRE.html The European Union, Open Source and INSPIRE]

; OSGeo INSPIRE Initiatives
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_data_experiments and [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data inspire-data at lists.osgeo.org] mailinglist

[[Category: Standards]]
[[Category: INSPIRE]]

INSPIRE

2017-04-25T08:27:05Z

Wiki-Dirkf:

[http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ INSPIRE] is a European-based approach at solving interoperability issues for geospatial data. ''Join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data INSPIRE Mailing list].''

== Introduction (from http://eu-geoportal.jrc.it/) ==

''INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) is an initiative launched by the European Commission and developed in collaboration with Member States and accession countries. It aims at making available relevant, harmonized and qualitative geographic information to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policies with a territorial dimension or impact. INSPIRE intends to trigger the creation of a European spatial data infrastructure that delivers to the users integrated spatial information services linked by common standards and protocols.''

''The [http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/) INSPIRE Geo-Portal] is Europe's access point for Spatial Data and Services. From there, you can search for spatial data, services, and organisations. ''

''The Directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will be implemented in various stages, with full implementation required by 2021.''

=== The INSPIRE Components ===
There are five major components:
# Metadata. Well, we know that [http://www.slideshare.net/arnulfchristl/the-potential-of-metadata-geoweb-2010 Metadata is data] and so on. Intriguing topic. The current interpretation of INSPIRE clobbered metadata long enough with ISO profiles to almost kill it.
# Network Services. Performance, uptime, bindings, etc. & still under work.
#* Discovery Services. Probably something like Catalog Services but it is as yet unclear why they should: ...making it possible to search for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata and to display the content of the metadata
#* View Services. Straight forward: Digital maps served through WMS 1.3 / ISO 19128. ...making it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in/out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information and any relevant content of metadata;
#* Download Services. Straight forward: Digital data served through WFS 2.0 / ISO 19142) -> see [http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=3309&group_guid=2484 this discussion] ...enabling copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly;
#* Transformation Services. Rubbish. The original idea was that a web service would be able to transform existing data by mamber staed on-the-fly for further processing. This is usually done offline in the basement on number crunchers. ...enabling spatial data sets to be transformed with a view to achieving interoperability
#* Services ... allowing spatial data services to be invoked. (I never really got this one?)
# Data and Service Sharing. Licenses, copyright, all the fun stuff that prevents us from using data in our software.
# Data Specification. The tricky bit is the harmonization of data that is need prior to setting up the actual service. This currently requires lots of transformations with GML 3.2.1 (and not enough software packages supporting 3.2.1 does not help either)
# Reporting and Monitoring. This is more domain specfic to EU public administrations. Not clear yet whether any software will be involved in this. But the monitoring services will be of help to control things.

The INSPIRE Directive defines 34 spatial data themes needed for environmental applications, grouped in 3 Annexes. The themes and links to more information are listed on http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/Themes/Data-Specifications/2892

== OSGeo's involvement ==
There is no coordinated effort at involving OSGeo as an organization in the INSPIRE initiative but many OSGeo projects are already tied into processes and the emerging INSPIRE architecture. A formal meeting of OSGeo representatives with people (from JRC) involved in INSPIRE was planned for the end of 2008 but never happened. In 2010 JRC and OSGeo joined forces to make an [http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/groups/13847/ Open Source Mash-up at the INSPIRE conference] possible.

== FIT/GAP analysis ==
How good does Open Source GIS software fit into the INSPIRE picture? Can it be used as a software stack to build INSPIRE SDI's? It would be interesting to make a fit/gap analysis between what the INSPIRE standards require and what the OSGeo stack provides. Also, a plan could be made up to fill in the gaps (in time). The reasoning behind this is that the regular customers will not be able to make this analysis by themselves, so it would be good to have something written up.

Who is interested in collaborating in such a fit/gap analysis?
* Bart van den Eijnden
* Dirk Frigne
* [[User:JoWalsh|Jo Walsh]]
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* [[Rafal Wawer]]
* Thomas Piechl
* [[User:simboss|Simone Giannecchini]]
* [[Wolfgang Tinkl]]
* [[Just van den Broecke]]
* [[User:Ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]]
* [[User:Tom McHugh|Tom McHugh]]
* [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]

=== What is already available? ===
* Viewing services ([[MapServer]], [[deegree]], [[MapGuide]], [[Mapbender]], [[OpenLayers]], [[GeoServer]], others)
* Discovery services ([[GeoNetwork]], [[Mapbender]], [[deegree]], [http://pycsw.org pycsw], others)
* Download services ([[deegree]], [[GeoServer]], [[MapServer]], others)
* Transformation services (usually as part of the functionality provided by above software, [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ Proj4], [[MetaCRS]], [[GeoServer]], others)
* [http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/InspireNode deegree inspireNode]: deegree 3 View Service / Download Service setup for all INSPIRE Annex I Data Themes
* [http://inspire.kademo.nl/deegree-inspire-demo INSPIRE Publish/Download/View services demo] using [[deegree]], [http://geoext.org GeoExt] and [[OpenStreetMap]]; source code at http://code.google.com/p/inspire-foss

=== What is still missing? ===
* Comprehensive tutorial / how to / white paper on security of SDIs.
* Some stuff emerging now through [http://www.esdin.eu ESDIN] deliverables. Find more information on the requirements in the [http://esdin.fgi.fi/wiki/index.php/ESDIN_Service_Requirements ESDIN Wiki].
* CSW INSPIRE extensions in GeoServer

=== What is in progress? ===
* Discovery/Viewer by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/discovery/
* Metadata editor by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/editor/
* Metadata Validator by JRC: http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/validator2/
* INSPIRE Geoportal will use deegree: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/deegree-in-INSPIRE-Geoportal-td4164496.html
* NAS data converter for the German cadastral base map
* transformation and WFS/WMS for INSPIRE by the Dutch Cadastre: http://inspire.kademo.nl ; source code and documentation at http://code.google.com/p/inspire-foss
* http://tinyows.org/ and access to GML 3.2.1 through PostGIS (V 1.5)
* [http://www.esdin.eu ESDIN]; The Europen SDI Network, an eContent+ funded project of major European NMCAs
** OpenLayers learned about GML 3.2.1 (contact Steven Ottens for more information)
** lots of GeoServer and deegree instances serving WFS as INSPIRE Download Services
** lots of MapServers and GeoServer serving WMS form the same data as INSPIRE View Services

== Presentations ==
* [[AGIT 2009]] (Germlish) Workshop: [INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.2)
* [[FOSSGIS 2009]] (German) [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/INSPIRE:_Umsetzung_mit_Open_Source_Software INSPIRE: Umsetzung mit Open Source Software] (version 0.1)
* [http://www.gdi-de.org/de_neu/download/vortraege/090617_GSDI_Rotterdam_vDoemming.pdf INSPIRE Status Report in Germany] given by Andreas von Dömming at [http://www.gsdi.org GSDI]
* [http://www.justobjects.nl/jo/assets/presentation/bolsena-2010-inspire/index.html Implementing INSPIRE with Free and Open Source for Geo] given by [[Just_van_den_Broecke]] at [[Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2010]]

== Use Cases ==
* [http://www.prtr.bund.de German Pollutant Release and Transfer Register] Web application and OSGeo SDI for public use with [[OpenStreetMap]] data.
* [http://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl Dutch National Geo Register] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]
* [http://www.geocat.ch The Swiss Geographic Catalogue] INSPIRE-compliant metadata server implemented with [[GeoNetwork]]

== Conference ==
* [[INSPIRE conference 2013]]
* [[2016 Topic Talk - become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo|Topic Talk 'Become INSPIRE'd by OSGeo (FOSS4G 2016)]]

== See also ==
* [[FOSS SDIC]]
* [[Geospatial Integration Showcase]]. This showcase aims to be an easily deployable testbed of inter-operable software and should provide a good basis for testing an INSPIRE stack. This showcase is initially targeting FOSS4G in October 2009.
* [[Metadata software]]

; Blogosphere
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/32-1st-INSPIRE-Open-Source-Mash-Up.html 1st INSPIRE Open Source Mash-Up]
* [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/27-The-European-Union,-Open-Source-and-INSPIRE.html The European Union, Open Source and INSPIRE]

; OSGeo INSPIRE Initiatives
* http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_data_experiments and [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/inspire-data inspire-data at lists.osgeo.org] mailinglist

[[Category: Standards]]
[[Category: INSPIRE]]

Belgium

2017-03-02T09:43:54Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* 2017 */

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]
[[File:FOSS4G Belgium 2015.jpg|right|600px|The first FOSS4G Belgium, October 2015]]

= About OSGeo Belgium =
Welcome to the wiki page of the Belgium OSGeo chapter.

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific Belgian themes and within Belgian fora.

* Organisation of events
: These two mission statements are working together. We believe it is important to meet people face2face. To help them to start open source initiatives, to start using open source solutions, to establish an eco-system that benefits from the cooperation, the sharing and the co-creation open source delivers.

* Lobbying
: We think it is important to speak as one voice, and to get involved with other organisations: administrations, industries, user groups, ... OSGeo. Be will actively speak as an organisation to defend the OSGeo open source spirit in the broader Belgium community (government, academic, industry, other open initiatives).

* Networking with other OSGeos (notably OSGeo-fr and OSGeo.nl)
: OSGeo Belgium will focus on local activities (Belgium based). OSGeo Belgium will advertise and promote other OSGeo initiatives and invite members of the other OSGeo chapters on the Belgium events or meetings.
: We think that OSGeo Belgium can act as a bridge between several language communities and cultures, because of it's unique composition.

* Support to higher levels of OSGeo
: We believe that OSGeo only can grow if supported from the base. So OSGeo Belgium is willing to help OSGeo where necessary, to leverage idea's or act as an advisor if appreciated.

* Support to OSGeo in lobbying European Union Institutions (Commission, Parliament, etc) related to specific EU-Themes (INSPIRE, H2020, Procurement policy, ...)

==Articles of association==
[http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/tsv_pdf/2015/10/21/15317365.pdf Our official statutes (in french) can be found here].

==Members==

===Becoming an OSGeo Belgium member===
Everybody is free to join the Belgian local chapter, all you have to do is add your name to the list of members. It is strongly advised to also subscribe to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/belgium mailing list], as announcements about the general assembly and events are made there.

Alternatively you can fill out following form, this will automatically subscribe you to the mailing list, and you will be added to the list of members below:

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1m40HVoaou7e3RhpSO4yBPG0TqIX6pFzIq1IWGvJUhdU/viewform?usp=send_form Word lid van OSGeo.be - Devenez membre de OSGeo.be - Become member of OSGeo.be ]

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yt8CPBM1JaLY334ILxvtBsSG36LpeWBO_wXzgZQZvlY/viewform?usp=send_form Evaluation FOSS4G.be /Evaluatie FOSS4G.be ]

===Board of directors===

Members of the board are chosen for a period of 3 years by the general assembly. All voting members are free to apply for a position in the board.

* Term 2015 - 2018
** Marc Ducobu (Treasurer)
** Dirk Frigne
** Gaël Kruwialis
** Oliver May
** Tommy Oozeer (Secretary)
** Johan Van de Wauw (President)
** Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel
* Term 2017 - 2020
** Vacant

===Voting members===

All members can become voting members by being introduced by two other voting members. Voting members are added once per year by the general assembly.

====Founding members====
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - founding member of the Geomajas community
* Gaël Kruwialis - active member of the local FOSS momement in the Brussels area - contact with the Brussels administration
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Johanvdw Johan Van de Wauw ] - OSGeo Charter Member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maellevd Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel] - contact with academic world and developing countries
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Marcu Marc Ducobu] - liason with OSGeo.fr
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlennert Moritz Lennert] - GRASS GIS PSC Member, contact with academic world
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - PSC member of the Geomajas project
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Toozeer Tommy Oozeer] - OSGeo Advocate

====Other Charter members====
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Julien.collaer Julien Collaer]
* Arnaud De Groof
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Ndufrane Nicolas Dufrane]
* Christophe Guisset
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:RoelH Roel Huybrechts]

===Supporters===

During its founding process, the Belgium OSGeo Chapter had the support of the following persons (alphabetic - first name):
* Ben Abelhausen - liason with OSM - Belgium community
* Pieter Colpaert - link with the open knowledge foundation
* Ruben Capelle

== Communication ==

Discussions are held on the dedicated [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/belgium mailing list].
Next to the mailinglist there is a (board) meeting planned monthly, most of them trough digital communication. The meeting minutes can be found on this page.

== History of OSGeo Belgium ==

During the last FOSDEM [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1488 Geospatial devroom] OSGeo was represented. It
was a great opportunity for Belgium OSGeo members to meet each other and
start talking about organizing ourselves a bit more, so actions in
Belgium can be better supported. Belgium is, as a country divided in at
least 3 speaking languages and 3 official languages. The active OSGeo
community members today are either active in the [http://osgeo.nl/ OSGeo.nl], the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Francophone OSGeo.fr]
or in several OSGeo communities.

However, OSGeo-nl and OSGeo-fr are language-oriented communities with
their geographical weight centred in respectively the Netherlands and
France, and the separation by language has impeded on any specific
Belgian activities, notably networking and lobbying with administrations
that are bilingual on some levels of governance. Thus the need arose to
provide a specific Belgian forum.

In the past there where already some OSGeo local activities:
* [http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 OSGeoGhent] - 13 June 2013
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSDEM2014 FOSDEM2014] - booth 1 & 2 Februari 2014
* [http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ Be-OpenGIS-Fr] - 6 November 2014
* [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1488 FOSDEM2015]- devroom - 31 Jan; 1 Februari 201

In 2015 we (OSGeoBE) organised the first [[Belgium/FOSS4G]]
on 29 October 2015 in Brussels. This event was used to announce
the birth of our Chapter.

= Activities =

=== 2017 ===

* 28 February - OSGeo member face2face meeting
* 16 March - OSGeo organises the open source community track on the [[http://www.begeo.be/|BeGeo 2017]] event
* Date 2B decided - OSGeoDevEvening about how to create a QGIS Plugin : https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium_OGDE_PluginQGIS
* 18 - 22 July - OSGeo.BE will participate at FOSS4G.EU in Paris - Marne-La-Vallée
* 26 October - FOSS4G.BE 2017 - Brussels

=== 2016 April 18, Brussels ===
On 18 April 2016, OSGeo.be will be organising their first GeoDevEvening. The theme will be webmapping and especially Openlayers 3. There will be two speakers, Pierre Marchand of Atelier Cartographique wil give an overview of Webmapping tools. Later we will take a deeper dive with Thomas Gratier, one of the authors of the OpenLayers 3 Beginners guide.

OpenLayers 3 is a JavaScript based library for web mapping, published under BSD license. It groups a set of functionalities to create both lightweight web mapping applications and more heavy web mapping applications for advanced usages. It enables display of geographic features (markers, lines, polygons) with custom styles, most of the time with background maps services from various sources (including OpenStreetMap). It manages all interactions to select, draw geographic entities, display, measure geographic coordinates and manage different Earth representations using cartographic projections.

The event will happen at BEL in Brussels (those who were at FOSS4G.be will remember the place), next monday 18 april at 19:00 until 22:00. The event is free. You can register here.

https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-osgeodevevening-openlayers3-24251072611

=== 2016 September 22 FOSS4G Belgium, Brussels ===
=== 2016 September 23-25 State of the Map 2016, Brussels ===
[http://2016.stateofthemap.org/ The international event of OpenStreetmap] is organised this year in Belgium. Highly recommended as well!

=== 2016 August 24-26th Foss4G International in Bonn===
The [http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html most important international Event of OSGeo]. Highly recommended!
The call for papers is now open (until 31 march)

=== 2016 May 11-12 FOSS4G Paris ===

=== 2016 May 23-26 Geospatial World Forum, Rotterdam===
http://geospatialworldforum.org/
OSGeo will participate.

= Past activities =
=== 2016 March 19 Mapps4ghent ===
http://2016.apps4ghent.be

=== 2016 February 29 Open Belgium, Brussels ===
OSGeo.be will give a presentation at [http://2016.openbelgium.be/ Open Belgium 2016] about "Open in Geo".

=== 2016 February 27 Mapping party for homeless people, Brussels ===

The « mapping party for homeless people » will take place in Brussels at
the Université Libre de Bruxelles, on Saturday,February 27.

More information on wikipage :
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo-BE-Cartopartie_sans-abri_27.02.2016

=== 2016 January 2016 misssing Maps mapathon in Ghent===
On saterday 23 january, Our colleagues of Openstreetmap are organising a missing maps party:
http://osm.be/nl/content/missing-maps-mapathon-gent

=== 2016 January 31 FOSDEM Geospatial devroom ===

FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event bringing together about 5000
developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source
software developers and communities a place to meet and share
thoughts. The participation is free of charge, although donations are
welcome. The next edition will take place the last weekend ofJanuary
30 - 31 2016. This year for the second time there will be a Geospatial
devroomon Sunday 31/1/2016, organised by members of the OSGeo,
Locationtech and OpenStreetMap communities.

=== 2015 October 29th [http://2015.foss4g.be/ FOSS4G Belgium 2015] - Brussels ===

=== 2015 February 1st [https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ FOSDEM geo track] - Brussels ===

=== 2014 November 6th [http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ beOpenGISfr] - Brussels ===

=== 2013 June 13th [http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 OSGeo Ghent] - Ghent ===

=Meetings=

== 2015 ==

* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150415|Initial meeting - 15 April 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150424|IRC meeting - 22 April 2015]]
* [http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/attachment/5206814/0/OSGeo%20Belgium%20minutes%20meeting%2019%20May%202015.docx IRC/Skype meeting - 19 may 2015]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150605|Skype meeting - 05 June 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150703|Skype meeting - 03 July 2015]]
* [https://titanpad.com/uxEFzTdtIL Skype meeting - 21 August 2015]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150908|Skype meeting - 08 September 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150921|face2face meeting - Brussels 21 September 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151005|face2face meeting - Brussels 05 October 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151012|Skype meeting - 12 October 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151019|Skype meeting - 19 October 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151026|face2face meeting - Brussels 26 October 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151109|Skype meeting - 09 November 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151123|Skype meeting - 23 November 2015]]

== 2016 ==
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160126|Skype meeting - 26 January 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160308|F2F board meeting - 8 March 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-general-assembly-20160324|General assembly - 24 March 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160502|Skype meeting - 02 May 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160518|Skype meeting - 18 May 2016]]

== 2017 ==
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20170228|F2F member meeting - 28 February 2017]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Belgium]]
[[Category:FOSS4G Belgium 2015]]

Belgium

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[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]
[[File:FOSS4G Belgium 2015.jpg|right|600px|The first FOSS4G Belgium, October 2015]]

= About OSGeo Belgium =
Welcome to the wiki page of the Belgium OSGeo chapter.

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific Belgian themes and within Belgian fora.

* Organisation of events
: These two mission statements are working together. We believe it is important to meet people face2face. To help them to start open source initiatives, to start using open source solutions, to establish an eco-system that benefits from the cooperation, the sharing and the co-creation open source delivers.

* Lobbying
: We think it is important to speak as one voice, and to get involved with other organisations: administrations, industries, user groups, ... OSGeo. Be will actively speak as an organisation to defend the OSGeo open source spirit in the broader Belgium community (government, academic, industry, other open initiatives).

* Networking with other OSGeos (notably OSGeo-fr and OSGeo.nl)
: OSGeo Belgium will focus on local activities (Belgium based). OSGeo Belgium will advertise and promote other OSGeo initiatives and invite members of the other OSGeo chapters on the Belgium events or meetings.
: We think that OSGeo Belgium can act as a bridge between several language communities and cultures, because of it's unique composition.

* Support to higher levels of OSGeo
: We believe that OSGeo only can grow if supported from the base. So OSGeo Belgium is willing to help OSGeo where necessary, to leverage idea's or act as an advisor if appreciated.

* Support to OSGeo in lobbying European Union Institutions (Commission, Parliament, etc) related to specific EU-Themes (INSPIRE, H2020, Procurement policy, ...)

==Articles of association==
[http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/tsv_pdf/2015/10/21/15317365.pdf Our official statutes (in french) can be found here].

==Members==

===Becoming an OSGeo Belgium member===
Everybody is free to join the Belgian local chapter, all you have to do is add your name to the list of members. It is strongly advised to also subscribe to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/belgium mailing list], as announcements about the general assembly and events are made there.

Alternatively you can fill out following form, this will automatically subscribe you to the mailing list, and you will be added to the list of members below:

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1m40HVoaou7e3RhpSO4yBPG0TqIX6pFzIq1IWGvJUhdU/viewform?usp=send_form Word lid van OSGeo.be - Devenez membre de OSGeo.be - Become member of OSGeo.be ]

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yt8CPBM1JaLY334ILxvtBsSG36LpeWBO_wXzgZQZvlY/viewform?usp=send_form Evaluation FOSS4G.be /Evaluatie FOSS4G.be ]

===Board of directors===

Members of the board are chosen for a period of 3 years by the general assembly. All voting members are free to apply for a position in the board.

* Term 2015 - 2018
** Marc Ducobu (Treasurer)
** Dirk Frigne
** Gaël Kruwialis
** Oliver May
** Tommy Oozeer (Secretary)
** Johan Van de Wauw (President)
** Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel
* Term 2017 - 2020
** Vacant

===Voting members===

All members can become voting members by being introduced by two other voting members. Voting members are added once per year by the general assembly.

====Founding members====
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - founding member of the Geomajas community
* Gaël Kruwialis - active member of the local FOSS momement in the Brussels area - contact with the Brussels administration
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Johanvdw Johan Van de Wauw ] - OSGeo Charter Member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maellevd Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel] - contact with academic world and developing countries
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Marcu Marc Ducobu] - liason with OSGeo.fr
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlennert Moritz Lennert] - GRASS GIS PSC Member, contact with academic world
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - PSC member of the Geomajas project
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Toozeer Tommy Oozeer] - OSGeo Advocate

====Other Charter members====
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Julien.collaer Julien Collaer]
* Arnaud De Groof
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Ndufrane Nicolas Dufrane]
* Christophe Guisset
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:RoelH Roel Huybrechts]

===Supporters===

During its founding process, the Belgium OSGeo Chapter had the support of the following persons (alphabetic - first name):
* Ben Abelhausen - liason with OSM - Belgium community
* Pieter Colpaert - link with the open knowledge foundation
* Ruben Capelle

== Communication ==

Discussions are held on the dedicated [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/belgium mailing list].
Next to the mailinglist there is a (board) meeting planned monthly, most of them trough digital communication. The meeting minutes can be found on this page.

== History of OSGeo Belgium ==

During the last FOSDEM [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1488 Geospatial devroom] OSGeo was represented. It
was a great opportunity for Belgium OSGeo members to meet each other and
start talking about organizing ourselves a bit more, so actions in
Belgium can be better supported. Belgium is, as a country divided in at
least 3 speaking languages and 3 official languages. The active OSGeo
community members today are either active in the [http://osgeo.nl/ OSGeo.nl], the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Francophone OSGeo.fr]
or in several OSGeo communities.

However, OSGeo-nl and OSGeo-fr are language-oriented communities with
their geographical weight centred in respectively the Netherlands and
France, and the separation by language has impeded on any specific
Belgian activities, notably networking and lobbying with administrations
that are bilingual on some levels of governance. Thus the need arose to
provide a specific Belgian forum.

In the past there where already some OSGeo local activities:
* [http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 OSGeoGhent] - 13 June 2013
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSDEM2014 FOSDEM2014] - booth 1 & 2 Februari 2014
* [http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ Be-OpenGIS-Fr] - 6 November 2014
* [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1488 FOSDEM2015]- devroom - 31 Jan; 1 Februari 201

In 2015 we (OSGeoBE) organised the first [[Belgium/FOSS4G]]
on 29 October 2015 in Brussels. This event was used to announce
the birth of our Chapter.

= Activities =

=== 2017 ===

28 February - OSGeo member face2face meeting
16 March - OSGeo organises the open source community track on the [[http://www.begeo.be/|BeGeo 2017]] event
Date 2B decided - OSGeoDevEvening about how to create a QGIS Plugin : https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium_OGDE_PluginQGIS
18 - 22 July - OSGeo.BE will participate at FOSS4G.EU in Paris - Marne-La-Vallée
26 October - FOSS4G.BE 2017 - Brussels

=== 2016 April 18, Brussels ===
On 18 April 2016, OSGeo.be will be organising their first GeoDevEvening. The theme will be webmapping and especially Openlayers 3. There will be two speakers, Pierre Marchand of Atelier Cartographique wil give an overview of Webmapping tools. Later we will take a deeper dive with Thomas Gratier, one of the authors of the OpenLayers 3 Beginners guide.

OpenLayers 3 is a JavaScript based library for web mapping, published under BSD license. It groups a set of functionalities to create both lightweight web mapping applications and more heavy web mapping applications for advanced usages. It enables display of geographic features (markers, lines, polygons) with custom styles, most of the time with background maps services from various sources (including OpenStreetMap). It manages all interactions to select, draw geographic entities, display, measure geographic coordinates and manage different Earth representations using cartographic projections.

The event will happen at BEL in Brussels (those who were at FOSS4G.be will remember the place), next monday 18 april at 19:00 until 22:00. The event is free. You can register here.

https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-osgeodevevening-openlayers3-24251072611

=== 2016 September 22 FOSS4G Belgium, Brussels ===
=== 2016 September 23-25 State of the Map 2016, Brussels ===
[http://2016.stateofthemap.org/ The international event of OpenStreetmap] is organised this year in Belgium. Highly recommended as well!

=== 2016 August 24-26th Foss4G International in Bonn===
The [http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html most important international Event of OSGeo]. Highly recommended!
The call for papers is now open (until 31 march)

=== 2016 May 11-12 FOSS4G Paris ===

=== 2016 May 23-26 Geospatial World Forum, Rotterdam===
http://geospatialworldforum.org/
OSGeo will participate.

= Past activities =
=== 2016 March 19 Mapps4ghent ===
http://2016.apps4ghent.be

=== 2016 February 29 Open Belgium, Brussels ===
OSGeo.be will give a presentation at [http://2016.openbelgium.be/ Open Belgium 2016] about "Open in Geo".

=== 2016 February 27 Mapping party for homeless people, Brussels ===

The « mapping party for homeless people » will take place in Brussels at
the Université Libre de Bruxelles, on Saturday,February 27.

More information on wikipage :
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo-BE-Cartopartie_sans-abri_27.02.2016

=== 2016 January 2016 misssing Maps mapathon in Ghent===
On saterday 23 january, Our colleagues of Openstreetmap are organising a missing maps party:
http://osm.be/nl/content/missing-maps-mapathon-gent

=== 2016 January 31 FOSDEM Geospatial devroom ===

FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event bringing together about 5000
developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source
software developers and communities a place to meet and share
thoughts. The participation is free of charge, although donations are
welcome. The next edition will take place the last weekend ofJanuary
30 - 31 2016. This year for the second time there will be a Geospatial
devroomon Sunday 31/1/2016, organised by members of the OSGeo,
Locationtech and OpenStreetMap communities.

=== 2015 October 29th [http://2015.foss4g.be/ FOSS4G Belgium 2015] - Brussels ===

=== 2015 February 1st [https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ FOSDEM geo track] - Brussels ===

=== 2014 November 6th [http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ beOpenGISfr] - Brussels ===

=== 2013 June 13th [http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 OSGeo Ghent] - Ghent ===

=Meetings=

== 2015 ==

* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150415|Initial meeting - 15 April 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150424|IRC meeting - 22 April 2015]]
* [http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/attachment/5206814/0/OSGeo%20Belgium%20minutes%20meeting%2019%20May%202015.docx IRC/Skype meeting - 19 may 2015]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150605|Skype meeting - 05 June 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150703|Skype meeting - 03 July 2015]]
* [https://titanpad.com/uxEFzTdtIL Skype meeting - 21 August 2015]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150908|Skype meeting - 08 September 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150921|face2face meeting - Brussels 21 September 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151005|face2face meeting - Brussels 05 October 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151012|Skype meeting - 12 October 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151019|Skype meeting - 19 October 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151026|face2face meeting - Brussels 26 October 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151109|Skype meeting - 09 November 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151123|Skype meeting - 23 November 2015]]

== 2016 ==
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160126|Skype meeting - 26 January 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160308|F2F board meeting - 8 March 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-general-assembly-20160324|General assembly - 24 March 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160502|Skype meeting - 02 May 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160518|Skype meeting - 18 May 2016]]

== 2017 ==
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20170228|F2F member meeting - 28 February 2017]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Belgium]]
[[Category:FOSS4G Belgium 2015]]

Belgium

2017-03-02T09:36:02Z

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[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]
[[File:FOSS4G Belgium 2015.jpg|right|600px|The first FOSS4G Belgium, October 2015]]

= About OSGeo Belgium =
Welcome to the wiki page of the Belgium OSGeo chapter.

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific Belgian themes and within Belgian fora.

* Organisation of events
: These two mission statements are working together. We believe it is important to meet people face2face. To help them to start open source initiatives, to start using open source solutions, to establish an eco-system that benefits from the cooperation, the sharing and the co-creation open source delivers.

* Lobbying
: We think it is important to speak as one voice, and to get involved with other organisations: administrations, industries, user groups, ... OSGeo. Be will actively speak as an organisation to defend the OSGeo open source spirit in the broader Belgium community (government, academic, industry, other open initiatives).

* Networking with other OSGeos (notably OSGeo-fr and OSGeo.nl)
: OSGeo Belgium will focus on local activities (Belgium based). OSGeo Belgium will advertise and promote other OSGeo initiatives and invite members of the other OSGeo chapters on the Belgium events or meetings.
: We think that OSGeo Belgium can act as a bridge between several language communities and cultures, because of it's unique composition.

* Support to higher levels of OSGeo
: We believe that OSGeo only can grow if supported from the base. So OSGeo Belgium is willing to help OSGeo where necessary, to leverage idea's or act as an advisor if appreciated.

* Support to OSGeo in lobbying European Union Institutions (Commission, Parliament, etc) related to specific EU-Themes (INSPIRE, H2020, Procurement policy, ...)

==Articles of association==
[http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/tsv_pdf/2015/10/21/15317365.pdf Our official statutes (in french) can be found here].

==Members==

===Becoming an OSGeo Belgium member===
Everybody is free to join the Belgian local chapter, all you have to do is add your name to the list of members. It is strongly advised to also subscribe to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/belgium mailing list], as announcements about the general assembly and events are made there.

Alternatively you can fill out following form, this will automatically subscribe you to the mailing list, and you will be added to the list of members below:

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1m40HVoaou7e3RhpSO4yBPG0TqIX6pFzIq1IWGvJUhdU/viewform?usp=send_form Word lid van OSGeo.be - Devenez membre de OSGeo.be - Become member of OSGeo.be ]

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yt8CPBM1JaLY334ILxvtBsSG36LpeWBO_wXzgZQZvlY/viewform?usp=send_form Evaluation FOSS4G.be /Evaluatie FOSS4G.be ]

===Board of directors===

Members of the board are chosen for a period of 3 years by the general assembly. All voting members are free to apply for a position in the board.

* Term 2015 - 2018
** Marc Ducobu (Treasurer)
** Dirk Frigne
** Gaël Kruwialis
** Oliver May
** Tommy Oozeer (Secretary)
** Johan Van de Wauw (President)
** Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel
* Term 2017 - 2020
** Vacant

===Voting members===

All members can become voting members by being introduced by two other voting members. Voting members are added once per year by the general assembly.

====Founding members====
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - founding member of the Geomajas community
* Gaël Kruwialis - active member of the local FOSS momement in the Brussels area - contact with the Brussels administration
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Johanvdw Johan Van de Wauw ] - OSGeo Charter Member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maellevd Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel] - contact with academic world and developing countries
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Marcu Marc Ducobu] - liason with OSGeo.fr
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mlennert Moritz Lennert] - GRASS GIS PSC Member, contact with academic world
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - PSC member of the Geomajas project
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Toozeer Tommy Oozeer] - OSGeo Advocate

====Other Charter members====
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Julien.collaer Julien Collaer]
* Arnaud De Groof
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Ndufrane Nicolas Dufrane]
* Christophe Guisset
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:RoelH Roel Huybrechts]

===Supporters===

During its founding process, the Belgium OSGeo Chapter had the support of the following persons (alphabetic - first name):
* Ben Abelhausen - liason with OSM - Belgium community
* Pieter Colpaert - link with the open knowledge foundation
* Ruben Capelle

== Communication ==

Discussions are held on the dedicated [http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/belgium mailing list].
Next to the mailinglist there is a (board) meeting planned monthly, most of them trough digital communication. The meeting minutes can be found on this page.

== History of OSGeo Belgium ==

During the last FOSDEM [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1488 Geospatial devroom] OSGeo was represented. It
was a great opportunity for Belgium OSGeo members to meet each other and
start talking about organizing ourselves a bit more, so actions in
Belgium can be better supported. Belgium is, as a country divided in at
least 3 speaking languages and 3 official languages. The active OSGeo
community members today are either active in the [http://osgeo.nl/ OSGeo.nl], the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Francophone OSGeo.fr]
or in several OSGeo communities.

However, OSGeo-nl and OSGeo-fr are language-oriented communities with
their geographical weight centred in respectively the Netherlands and
France, and the separation by language has impeded on any specific
Belgian activities, notably networking and lobbying with administrations
that are bilingual on some levels of governance. Thus the need arose to
provide a specific Belgian forum.

In the past there where already some OSGeo local activities:
* [http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 OSGeoGhent] - 13 June 2013
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSDEM2014 FOSDEM2014] - booth 1 & 2 Februari 2014
* [http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ Be-OpenGIS-Fr] - 6 November 2014
* [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1488 FOSDEM2015]- devroom - 31 Jan; 1 Februari 201

In 2015 we (OSGeoBE) organised the first [[Belgium/FOSS4G]]
on 29 October 2015 in Brussels. This event was used to announce
the birth of our Chapter.

= Activities =

=== 2017 ===

OSGeoDevEvening about how to create a QGIS Plugin : https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium_OGDE_PluginQGIS

=== 2016 April 18, Brussels ===
On 18 April 2016, OSGeo.be will be organising their first GeoDevEvening. The theme will be webmapping and especially Openlayers 3. There will be two speakers, Pierre Marchand of Atelier Cartographique wil give an overview of Webmapping tools. Later we will take a deeper dive with Thomas Gratier, one of the authors of the OpenLayers 3 Beginners guide.

OpenLayers 3 is a JavaScript based library for web mapping, published under BSD license. It groups a set of functionalities to create both lightweight web mapping applications and more heavy web mapping applications for advanced usages. It enables display of geographic features (markers, lines, polygons) with custom styles, most of the time with background maps services from various sources (including OpenStreetMap). It manages all interactions to select, draw geographic entities, display, measure geographic coordinates and manage different Earth representations using cartographic projections.

The event will happen at BEL in Brussels (those who were at FOSS4G.be will remember the place), next monday 18 april at 19:00 until 22:00. The event is free. You can register here.

https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-osgeodevevening-openlayers3-24251072611

=== 2016 September 22 FOSS4G Belgium, Brussels ===
=== 2016 September 23-25 State of the Map 2016, Brussels ===
[http://2016.stateofthemap.org/ The international event of OpenStreetmap] is organised this year in Belgium. Highly recommended as well!

=== 2016 August 24-26th Foss4G International in Bonn===
The [http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html most important international Event of OSGeo]. Highly recommended!
The call for papers is now open (until 31 march)

=== 2016 May 11-12 FOSS4G Paris ===

=== 2016 May 23-26 Geospatial World Forum, Rotterdam===
http://geospatialworldforum.org/
OSGeo will participate.

= Past activities =
=== 2016 March 19 Mapps4ghent ===
http://2016.apps4ghent.be

=== 2016 February 29 Open Belgium, Brussels ===
OSGeo.be will give a presentation at [http://2016.openbelgium.be/ Open Belgium 2016] about "Open in Geo".

=== 2016 February 27 Mapping party for homeless people, Brussels ===

The « mapping party for homeless people » will take place in Brussels at
the Université Libre de Bruxelles, on Saturday,February 27.

More information on wikipage :
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo-BE-Cartopartie_sans-abri_27.02.2016

=== 2016 January 2016 misssing Maps mapathon in Ghent===
On saterday 23 january, Our colleagues of Openstreetmap are organising a missing maps party:
http://osm.be/nl/content/missing-maps-mapathon-gent

=== 2016 January 31 FOSDEM Geospatial devroom ===

FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event bringing together about 5000
developers in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source
software developers and communities a place to meet and share
thoughts. The participation is free of charge, although donations are
welcome. The next edition will take place the last weekend ofJanuary
30 - 31 2016. This year for the second time there will be a Geospatial
devroomon Sunday 31/1/2016, organised by members of the OSGeo,
Locationtech and OpenStreetMap communities.

=== 2015 October 29th [http://2015.foss4g.be/ FOSS4G Belgium 2015] - Brussels ===

=== 2015 February 1st [https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial/ FOSDEM geo track] - Brussels ===

=== 2014 November 6th [http://be-opengis.ulb.ac.be/ beOpenGISfr] - Brussels ===

=== 2013 June 13th [http://www.geomajas.org/osgeogent2013 OSGeo Ghent] - Ghent ===

=Meetings=

== 2015 ==

* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150415|Initial meeting - 15 April 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150424|IRC meeting - 22 April 2015]]
* [http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/attachment/5206814/0/OSGeo%20Belgium%20minutes%20meeting%2019%20May%202015.docx IRC/Skype meeting - 19 may 2015]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150605|Skype meeting - 05 June 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150703|Skype meeting - 03 July 2015]]
* [https://titanpad.com/uxEFzTdtIL Skype meeting - 21 August 2015]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150908|Skype meeting - 08 September 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20150921|face2face meeting - Brussels 21 September 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151005|face2face meeting - Brussels 05 October 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151012|Skype meeting - 12 October 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151019|Skype meeting - 19 October 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151026|face2face meeting - Brussels 26 October 2015 - Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151109|Skype meeting - 09 November 2015]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20151123|Skype meeting - 23 November 2015]]

== 2016 ==
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160126|Skype meeting - 26 January 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160308|F2F board meeting - 8 March 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-general-assembly-20160324|General assembly - 24 March 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160502|Skype meeting - 02 May 2016]]
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20160518|Skype meeting - 18 May 2016]]

== 2017 ==
* [[OSGeo-BE-meeting-20170228|F2F member meeting - 28 February 2017]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Belgium]]
[[Category:FOSS4G Belgium 2015]]

Europe archive

2017-01-14T19:42:10Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* List of initial members */ add Kati (mail 14/01/2017)

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk)

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

== Tradeshows and events ==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

=== FOSSDEM ===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

=== GWF2016 ===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

=== FOSS4G 2016 ===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

== Communication & Comments ==

=== Mailing list ===

* OSGeo Europe ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/eu subscribe]) ([http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html search])

=== Meeting minutes ===
meeting 24 May 2016:
workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
change the status from draft to final
decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

* bof [[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe-meeting-2016-08 | 2016_08_24]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe archive

2016-11-30T14:48:25Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Europe */

=Europe=

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

==todolist==

* Decide about the legal structure
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk)

==Introduction==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

==List of initial members==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

==Tradeshows and events==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

===FOSSDEM===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

===GWF2016===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

===FOSS4G 2016===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==Communication & Comments==

== Meeting minutes ==
meeting 24 May 2016:
workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
change the status from draft to final
decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
attendees:
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

* bof [[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe-meeting-2016-08 | 2016_08_24]]

=== 2015 ===

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

FOSS4G-Europe 2017

2016-10-12T16:19:08Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* General track commitee */ added Dirk Frigne

first draft of this page (7th of october 2016) : '''under construction'''

= Organisation =

This event will be held in France, in Marne-La-Vallée (on the same transportation line as DisneyLand) within the Paris East University Campus.
The hosting is handed by École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques ([http://www.ensg.eu/?lang=en ENSG]), the French school of Geomatics.
The French local chapter is involved in organizing this event.

Save the dates : from the '''18th of July 2017''' (workshops), up to the '''22nd of July''' (OSGeo Europe Code Sprint).

== Local Organisation Committee ==
* Gérald Fenoy (Chair)
...

=== Communication Commitee ===
* Nicolas Bozon (Chair)
* Thomas Gratier (Co-chair)
* Add your name here

=== Financal Commitee ===
* Jean-Marie Arsac
* Add your name here

=== Programme Commitee ===
...

==== General track commitee ====
* Vasile Crăciunescu (Chair)
* Codrina Marie Ilie
* Zoltan Siki
* Florin Iosub
* Dirk Frigne
* Add your name here

==== Scientific track committee ====
* Maria Antonia Brovelli
* Massimiliano Canata
* Dimitris Kotzinos (Chair)
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Peter Mooney
* Marco Minghini
* Robert Szczepanek
* Add your name here

==== Workshops commitee ====
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Add your name here

==== Code sprint commitee ====
* Luca Delucchi (Chair)
* Jeff McKenna
* Didier Richard (liaison with Logistics Committee)
* Add your name here

=== Logistics Committee ===
* Didier Richard (Chair)
* Add your name here

= Web site =

As for the FOSS4G-Europe 2015 (See [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ FOSS4G-Europe 2015]), the web site will be hosted by [http://geolabs.fr/ GeoLabs].

Election 2016 Candidate Manifestos

2016-09-25T19:17:57Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Dirk Frigne */

A space for the candidates for [[Election 2016|election]] to the Board to share some information about themselves, their aspirations for OSGeo, what they would like to change, improve or introduce and what role they would like to play on the board.

== Candidate ==

Please don't remove this template

=== About me ===

=== My vision ===

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===

== Michael Smith ==

For those os you that don't know me, I'm Michael Smith, a physical scientist at the US Army Corps of Engineers. I've been involved with the MapServer community since 2001 and OSGeo since its inception. For the last 2 years, I've been honored to be a OSGeo Board member and OSGeo treasurer. Its been quite a learning experience and I greatly thank Daniel Morissette, the previous OSGeo treasurer for so much support in handling the transition.

In my time on the board and as treasurer, my focus has been on encouraging governments (in general) and the US in particular, especially the Department of Defense which, personally I know makes extensive use of OSGeo projects, to more actively participate is OSGeo and the projects beyond just use and occasional commits.

I've also been honored to be appointed the LocationTech representative from OSGeo and I've been working to make the relationship between OSGeo and LocationTech a real partnership with respect and appreciation for all the work that both organizations do. And that is my view of the relationship, these are two important organizations that work to achieve similar but compatible goals but with different focuses and with different strengths. As OSGeo is a welcoming, inclusive community, I feel strongly that we should work openly and honestly with all our partner organizations, with LocationTech being one of the most important.

If reelected, I plan to continue as OSGeo Treasurer and as the LocationTech representative.

I must say I am very humbled to see the strong list of candidates to the board. If I'm nor elected, I can see that OSGeo will be in very good hands. This is a particularly great group of candidates and it shows off the strength and diversity of the OSGeo community.

Thank you for the nomination, OSGeo community.

== Maria Antonia Brovelli ==

=== About me ===
You can find information about me:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria (the nickname “Queen of FOSS4G” was added by lovely fans ;-) )
https://www4.ceda.polimi.it/manifesti/manifesti/controller/ricerche/RicercaPerDocentiPublic.do?EVN_ELENCO_DIDATTICA=evento&k_doc=1262&lang=EN&aa=2016&tab_ricerca=1&jaf_currentWFID=main
Click on download CV

Then you can find me on Linkedin, twitter, facebook. Unfortunately I’m not able to keep everything updated and therefore you find here and there pieces of my life.

=== My vision ===
I have been all my life a strong supporter of open source GIS because I believe that knowledge as well as data are commons (Common good) of humanity. Geography, together with history (space and time) is one of the keys for analyzing the world around us and GIS in a broad sense (i.e., the geospatial web) are the tools allowing these analyses.
Geospatial tools, data and information have to be accessible by everyone in the world and here education plays a fundamental role. We will bring our free geospatial tools to every child in every part of the world, hoping to give him the possibility of becoming a better human being. And we will spread our free geospatial tools everywhere.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===
Mainly I have been educating people who become then part of the community. I helped in the Education and Curriculum Committee and in the organization of many Academic Tracks.
I organized the first national conference about FOSS4G in 2000 (http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/grass_2000/ only in Italian) and I was involved in the organization of the International Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 in Trento (Italy) (http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/home.html)
I was one of the founder of the Italian Chapter. In fact the first official headquarters of GFOSS was in Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus.
I was the chair of FOSS4G Europe 2016.
I am currently part of G4A (chair of two networks: the European and the Geocrowdsourcing CitizenScience and member of the Board) and one of the two chairs of the United Nation Committee (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee).
As a researcher, I contributed to development of FOSS4G methods and tools.

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
I want to help as a connection between the Board and G4A (I’m mainly a researcher and an educator). Secondly I want to make stronger the connections we have with many sister associations (the ones we already have MoUs and those we want to create them) especially humanitarian associations like HOT, Missing Maps and so on.
I will go ahead in working for the UN OSGeo initiative and I will act as contact between the Committees supporting this initiative and the Board.
But above all, I will try to make us keener not only to accepting diversity but to paying more attention and value on it.
OSGeo is a great community also because of its diversity. This is a richness we have to cultivate. I want to see more ladies and in general people of the Rest of the World (not only North America and Eu) in the boards of the different committees.

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
I want to work in such a way to give the possibility to everybody in actively participating to OSGeo and to our meetings (e.g. FOSS4G conferences).
Part of this will be giving more possibility to women to show up. We need more female leadership in general and in OSGeo also.
Women are more or less the half of the population, but we have only 12 % of ladies as charter members. Can we start from this point and try to improve the situation?

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===
Considering what I said above, I want to be involved as one of the G4A point of contact and as one of the UN Committee point of Contact. Moreover I will be actively support discussion and actions for improving diversity in the OSGeo leadership.

== María Arias de Reyna ==

"What should the community expect from my board membership?"

<TL;DR>
I am a very active activist :) More known on the spanish speaking
geo-world, I would say. I work with spatial metadata and GeoNetwork.

I intend to make OSGeo as inclusive and free (as in free puppies) as
possible. I want OSGeo to continue being transparent, comfortable and
useful to promote FLOSS in the geo world. I would like to press on
public administrations so they promote open data and software. I would
like to increase diversity of OSGeo (because, you already noticed,
most of you are white men on developed countries with a similar
vision, you know).

Anyway, all the candidates proposed are really good. So, whoever you
choose to vote, you will make a good choice. But vote, be involved,
please :)
</TL;DR>

Many of you don't know me, I know. Maybe if I say "metadata" and
"(meta)cat" some bell will ring. Maybe not. Let me talk you a bit
about me, let's put humility aside for a moment.

I work for GeoCat, which you *should* remember from sponsoring many
geo-events. I work with metadata. Ever heard of GeoNetwork, the data
catalog? Well, that's part of my work. I am also part of the
geoinquietos (georestless) group, which is one of the most active
group in the spanish speaking geo-world. We are a very unorganized
welcoming group spread all around the spanish speaking countries that
tries to make geothings fun. Unconferences, mapping parties, geobeers,
workshops,... Anything we can enjoy while sharing our knowledge and
help people around us.

Some people say I'm very straight forward when talking. I can't help
it. I don't like dancing around an idea losing time while the elephant
sits on the center of the room eating all the peanuts. So this I can
assure you: I will openly fight for what I think is better, even if it
means making me look unpolite or the "bad cop". I'm used to get my
hands dirty, I don't care. And if OSGeo decides to do something I
don't agree with, I promise you I will fight the same (unless it makes
me so uncomfortable I have to step down, but I don't think this can
happen, we share the same goals). It will not be the first time I have
to defend something I don't fully agree with. But, anyway, unless
OSGeo changes a lot, this is not bothering me.

To me, transparency is key. You will never hear me saying opposite
things in private and in public. I will not say things in public I
understand they shouldn't be made public. But you will never hear me
defend something in private and another thing in public. I can change
my mind, of course, and that happens more often than what I am willing
to admit :) But I will not be a hypocrit and I usually have no problem
in sharing my knowledge or perspective on something. I don't like
being manipulative. I don't like lies. I don't think the end justifies
the means. I always try to be as transparent as possible.

Let's focus on OSGeo and how I see it. As we heard on the FOSS4G: This
is about people. And I couldn't agree more. I see OSGeo as an
organization built on top of regional chapters which are built on top
of local "chapters" which are built by people. So my idea of OSGeo is
like a pyramid, where local "layers" work together to get the same
goal at the top. "Think globally, act locally". And that's how I think
it should work. Spread the work into very small pieces so we all can
contribute to a greater good. I think this is how we should always
work.

So I think it is important to promote small events all around the
world. Specially if they focus on target groups we are not very close
to. I would like to see more diversity in the OSGeo membership, we are
all very "standard". As we diversify our base, we will get better
ideas and visions on the top. On my utopic OSGeo vision, there will be
a group of local geoactivists everywhere, all of them making the world
better while having fun. Contributing with small pieces to the complex
puzzle.

But let's not forget that in the end, public administrations play an
important role on the promotion of FLOSS. I am confident we can
explain to them why they should work more in the open and collaborate
with us. It is a win-win situation. And this can only be achieved if
we are a strong organization with clear objectives. We have to show
them how much can be done when we all work together.

Changing the subject to something more earthly: I see there is some
buzzing around LocationTech. To me, they are important allies. They
are more "open" and we are more "free", but as we agree on, let's say,
80% of the goals, why not work together on that 80%? Once we achieve
those goals (if!) we can start an open war about that 20%. In the
meantime, it would be stupid to fight. They are our close relatives,
let's treat them like that.

If you don't understand why I distinguish between open and free, here
is the answer:
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/FOSS4G-2016/foss4g-2016-1106-free_open_and_libre-hd.webm
Yes, that's me. Now you know my face too :)

I think this is it. I hope to have convinced you to vote for me. If
not, well, I will have to focus more on the "lower" layers of the
pyramid.

== Jeffrey Johnson ==

* http://about.me/ortelius
* http://github.com/jj0hns0n/
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/ortelius

=== About me ===

I became a lifelong map geek when I was a small child and someone gave me a Landsat atlas, and I’ve been enjoying the freedom of Open Source software since about 1996 with my first install of Slackware linux on a stack of floppy disks. These 2 interests aligned when I started studying GIS as an undergrad and decided to install GRASS GIS since I was unable to do my coursework at home using Esri tools without a license. I started developing mapping applications with Open Source tools in about 2003 initially using Mapserver. I’ve co-founded several startups using open source GIS in specific domains. In 2010 I began my involvement with the GeoNode project and have been an active contributor ever since, helping it grow from a small project to a flourishing, sustainable open source community with many contributors and stakeholders. Along the way, I’ve been involved with several other community projects, helped organize the QGIS US Chapter, organized several local GIS events and helped found the local San Diego Code for America Brigade (http://opensandiego.org). For the past few years, I’ve been a consultant at the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (http://gfdrr.org) and have traveled all over the planet giving workshops and organizing code-sprints in Open Source GIS tools and bringing the gospel of open source and open data to governments and local organizations as part of the Open Data for Resilience Initiative (http://opendri.org). Part of my role at the Bank has been to mentor young computer science students in the process of collaborative development and the mechanics of actually doing open source development via the Code for Resilience program (http://codeforresilience.org). I’m now running a small technical consultancy (http://terranodo.io/) specialized in core development and integration and deployment of Open Source geospatial tools for some of the largest GIS Agencies in the world. Along this winding path, I’ve had the opportunity to work with local, regional and national governments, with defense and intelligence users, academic institutions, GIS professionals at small consultancies and large organizations and all kinds of non-governmental organizations focused on local, regional or global issues. I have a very strong desire to help all these types of professionals and organizations understand the freedom that comes with using, contributing to or developing open source software and the satisfaction and fulfillment that comes from using GIS tools to understand the earth or the local environment and using this understanding to solve problems and improve people’s lives.

=== My vision ===

* Help us grow beyond a relatively small club of developers, users and academics primarily in North America and Europe to being more active in marketing and outreach locally and globally as well as being active in advocacy for use of Open Source by large and small GIS organizations.
* Take a strong focus on growing local osgeo organizations around the world into sustainable communities of users helping users and local developers and consultants working with users and organizational stakeholders in their area to meet their needs.
* See the organization offer stronger and more coherent support to the projects in terms of policy and governance, infrastructure, marketing, branding, outreach, advocacy etc. Help the projects in terms of ‘accreditation’ of their software and professional support offered so they are considered on par with similar commercial offerings.
* Have OSGeo be active in the promotion of the economic arguments behind open source to organizations big and small and work with the projects to ensure their communities become sustainable financially and organizationally.
* Become an alternative route for GIS Professional (GISP) certification enabling professionals to provide demonstrable proof of their skills in open source GIS technologies (https://www.gisci.org/)
* Continue the great work of Geo4All and spread the gospel of open source to the next generation of GIS professionals before they are indoctrinated in the GIS==Esri mindset
* Have the organization be a stronger resource for consultants, companies and organizations using and promoting open source commercially.
* Take a strong focus on growing the number of people who earn their living developing, using and implementing OSGeo tools, not only in europe and north america, but around the world.

=== What you have done within the community in the past ===

* GeoNode Core developer, steering committee member, Osgeo project representative
* One of the founders of the QGIS-US Chapter
* Conducted trainings/workshops around the world in Open Source GIS tools for Governments, NGOs and local consultants.
* Helping to manage GFDRRs (World Bank) investments in core development with various osgeo focused consulting organizations. One of the team behind the OpenDRI Initiative.
* Co-founder of San Diego’s Code for America Chapter, working with the City of San Diego on their Open Data Policy and implementation and open source adoption.
* Taught workshops at many global and local FOSS4G events.
* Co-organizer of many local GIS events

=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===

* (US/North America Focused) Develop an MoU with URISA (http://www.urisa.org/) and work closely with the North American GIS professional community to normalize and promote the use of Open Source GIS in local, state/provincial, regional and federal government agencies. Have OSGeo regularly participate in local and regional URISA events. Grow the community of GISPs using OSGeo tools.
* Develop an integrated certification program for the entire stack of OSGeo tools and link this to the G4A initiative so there is a clear path from academic knowledge to demonstrated professional proficiency.
* Work with the Marketing committee to develop a modern, coherent and focused marketing strategy for the organization that guides the promotion of OSGeo locally, regionally and globally.
** Redevelop the website to be more modern and easy for projects to contribute to.
** Develop and execute a social media marketing strategy that actively amplifies the good news and wins from the projects and organizations using them.
** Develop a regular print publication that shares good news stories and interesting developments with people in the wider GIS community that might not normally hear about our community’s success.
* Help the System Administration Committee become more sustainable by focusing on modern lean infrastructure (containers etc), and leveraging existing external resources.
* Clarify the relationship between LocationTech and OSGeo and resolve the latent conflict by being very clear about the roles of each within the community. Leverage the strengths of each to move the entire community forward.

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) / What your interests are in terms of the board ===

* Liaise with and be an advocate for consulting organizations and others who are making their living doing Open Source GIS in the marketplace/commercially.
* Liaise with organizations like LocationTech, Apache etc that are more commercially focused.
* Liaise with and evolve synergies with standardization organizations (OGC etc)
* Be an advocate for the needs of government agencies in developing countries in terms of open source policy and acceptance in their organizations and the need for capacity building and continued professional development by their staff.
* Liaise with global development organizations and the NGOs they work with promoting the use of open source in the developing world.
* Liaise with external large projects like OpenStreetMap to promote the practical use of Open GIS data and the communities involved in collecting and using data locally.
* Liaise with external Open Data focused organizations.
* Become actively involved with Marketing Committee
* Spearhead GISP Certification Program efforts & liaise with organizations like URISA
* Whatever else I am asked to do :)
== Dirk Frigne ==

=== About me ===
I am an Electrical Engineer from the University of Ghent - Belgium [1].
Since more than 30 year Software Engineer in different roles.
Founder and spiritual father of the OSGeo project Geomajas.
Father of 3 daughters and happy married for almost 30 years.
Founder of a couple of technology companies.
OSGeo advocate.
Since 8 months board member and vice president of OSGeo

[1] http://www.ugent.be/

=== My vision ===
OSGeo celebrates 10 years of existence. From a community of open source communities it is now transforming into an organisation that takes part of the Civil Society.
As an organisation of individuals together we can act and play a role in the Civil Society. Creating strong partnerships with liked minded organisations is a strong way to defend the (geo-) open source rights towards not yet convinced friends, and to help already convinced friends to act in an open and inclusive way towards a more open world.
=== What you have done within the community in the past ===
* OSGeo member since 2007 and became a charter member in 2013.
* member of the steering committee of geomajas and am a regular speaker on FOSS4G conferences since 2007.Some of them are uploaded here [2] and [3].
* try to keep contact with several Local Chapters.
* Foundation of OSGeo Belgium. 
In 2015 I took the initiative, together with a team of enthusiastic open source adepts to found The Belgium OSGeo local chapter, and I am actively involved in the organisation of the FOSS4G.be in Belgium. (Second edition last week and I had to prepare 3 presentations).
* evangelising the foundation of the European chapter, which is now official in formation since the last FOSS4G conference in Bonn [4].
* Right now: preparing a presentation for a Workshop on the INSPIRE conference on 26 september 2016: “Financing the Evolution of SDI” (starting 18 hours from the time of this writing) with the world bank where I will present OSGeo as an organisation, part of the Civil Society, thinking about way’s to fund (geo-) open source projects in a sustainable way.

[2] http://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/presentations 

[3] http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/FOSS4G-2016/foss4g-2016-1566-keynote_ii_-_osgeo_think_global_-_act_local-hd.webm 

[4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe

=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
OSGeo is a community of communities.
It is a global organisation which is growing year after year. I want to help OSGeo grow in a more professional organisation. I started this proces 8 months ago, when I became part of the board to replace Jeff who resigned. I was the following in the list of elected board members in 2014 and in 2015.
8 months is very short to have already some visible results, but I am working on a partnership with GEO [5]; establish partnerships with European programs; work more on internal communication [3]. Bring OSGeo outside her comfort zone by organising outreach activities such as the Global World Forum – OSGeo day in 2015.
Presenting OSGeo on different occasions, in different countries.
Learn more about OSGeo by working together actively with the other board members and OSGeo officers.

[5] http://www.earthobservations.org
=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
I want to have the chance to continue the work I’ve started 8 months ago.

=== What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) ===
If I get the necessary support for it, I want to continue my role as Vice President

[[Category:Elections]]
[[Category:Election_2016]]

Board Meeting 2016-8-24

2016-08-30T09:49:15Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* board elections procedures */ add link to wiki page

This board meeting is '''scheduled for the '''[[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160824T20&p1=312&p2=0|'''24th of August 2016''' at 18.00 UTC]] during the FOSS4G 2016 conference through face to face discussion and follow up voting by email.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

Agenda:

* OSGeo AGM at Bonn
* 2017 Budget planning
* OSGeo strategy implementation
* OSGeo committees
* revision of tools facilitating board meetings (IRC, etc.)
* OSGeo charter member election procedure
* board elections procedures
* FOSS4G conference principles and expectations
* participation in UN initiative (see UnitedNation committee)

== Minutes ==

* Attending: Vasile, Venka, Michael, Dirk, Maxi, Anita, Sanghee, Jody
* Presiding: Dirk
* Scribing: Maxi
* Actions
** pending

=== OSGeo AGM at Bonn ===
the board discussed the structure and agreed to have:
* 10 min. with communications from the OSGeo officiers (President, Secretary and Thresurer)
* 20 min. with communication from the OSGeo official committees
* 20 min. with communications from the OSGeo local chapters

It has been decided to have projects communications only in the case that time is available. This because during the conference projects reports are generally already discussed.

=== 2017 Budget planning ===
It has been decided to let the coming board to take this decision.

=== OSGeo strategy implementation ===
It has been remarked a low participation of charter members in the process of strategy implementation, so the board agreed to ask each official OSGeo committee to prepare a budget for the coming year The action item and envisioned costs shall be complaint with the OSGeo strategy to be accepted. To have an idea in 2016 the available budget for the strategy implementation was 75'000 USD.

=== OSGeo committees ===
it has been decided if a committee do not have:
* at least one meeting in the last year with Web accessible minutes
* the presentation at the AGM (in person or by video)
is considered inactive, and the board is empowered to take actions (dissolve, replace, etc..)

=== revision of tools facilitating board meetings ===
As a possible alternative the board decided to explore Loomio as a tool for discussion and slack/gitter instead of IRC for the next 3 months.

=== OSGeo charter member election procedure ===
it has been discussed that it doesn't make sense to run election procedure (which is a considerable effort) since almost all the candidate are elected.
For the future it has been decided that:
* To be elcted a charter member need a nomination by a current charter member and at least one other charter member seconding the nomination. Only '''veto''' can be rised by sending a private e-mail to the CRO that has to inform the board for an anonymous review. If the veto is accepted by the board, then the CRO shall make it public and the charter member is not elected.

=== board elections procedures ===
board members ending their mandate (maxi, dirk, mike, vasile) need to update their status on the [[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2016 | wiki page]] declaring if they stand or not for re-election by the 5th sept.

=== FOSS4G conference principles and expectations ===
it has been decided to ask the conference committee to discuss it and to provide suggestions/notes.
Nevertheless the following item has been rised and discussed:
* workshop trainers, has only minimal reduction prices but it is very important for promotion and is a considerable cost the preparation
* the overall cost of the event seems to be too high
* the OSGeo AGM has only a very limited time in the schedule
* proposal rejection should maybe converted to poster session
* the invitation of external expert to be less self-referntial

=== participation in UN initiative ===
The participation in the initative is supported by the board but clear objectives and impacts for OSGeo need to be defined.
Possible outcomes may be:
* ask for hosting/organising conferences
* produce UN publication
* trainig the trainers on workshops for OSGeo software dissemination

=== Motions ===

Motions here are to be confirmed by email for public record.

See [xxxx email thread] on the Board list.

'''Tabled for email discussion'''

'''Action Items'''
* Anita: subscribe to Loomio and set-up;
* Jody: set up of gitter for the next board meeting;
* Venka: update the web pace indicating the UnitedNation committee officiers

=== Full, raw minutes notes ===

* No raw minutes are available

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2016]]

Board Meeting 2016-8-24

2016-08-30T09:44:14Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* OSGeo strategy implementation */ typo

This board meeting is '''scheduled for the '''[[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160824T20&p1=312&p2=0|'''24th of August 2016''' at 18.00 UTC]] during the FOSS4G 2016 conference through face to face discussion and follow up voting by email.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

Agenda:

* OSGeo AGM at Bonn
* 2017 Budget planning
* OSGeo strategy implementation
* OSGeo committees
* revision of tools facilitating board meetings (IRC, etc.)
* OSGeo charter member election procedure
* board elections procedures
* FOSS4G conference principles and expectations
* participation in UN initiative (see UnitedNation committee)

== Minutes ==

* Attending: Vasile, Venka, Michael, Dirk, Maxi, Anita, Sanghee, Jody
* Presiding: Dirk
* Scribing: Maxi
* Actions
** pending

=== OSGeo AGM at Bonn ===
the board discussed the structure and agreed to have:
* 10 min. with communications from the OSGeo officiers (President, Secretary and Thresurer)
* 20 min. with communication from the OSGeo official committees
* 20 min. with communications from the OSGeo local chapters

It has been decided to have projects communications only in the case that time is available. This because during the conference projects reports are generally already discussed.

=== 2017 Budget planning ===
It has been decided to let the coming board to take this decision.

=== OSGeo strategy implementation ===
It has been remarked a low participation of charter members in the process of strategy implementation, so the board agreed to ask each official OSGeo committee to prepare a budget for the coming year The action item and envisioned costs shall be complaint with the OSGeo strategy to be accepted. To have an idea in 2016 the available budget for the strategy implementation was 75'000 USD.

=== OSGeo committees ===
it has been decided if a committee do not have:
* at least one meeting in the last year with Web accessible minutes
* the presentation at the AGM (in person or by video)
is considered inactive, and the board is empowered to take actions (dissolve, replace, etc..)

=== revision of tools facilitating board meetings ===
As a possible alternative the board decided to explore Loomio as a tool for discussion and slack/gitter instead of IRC for the next 3 months.

=== OSGeo charter member election procedure ===
it has been discussed that it doesn't make sense to run election procedure (which is a considerable effort) since almost all the candidate are elected.
For the future it has been decided that:
* To be elcted a charter member need a nomination by a current charter member and at least one other charter member seconding the nomination. Only '''veto''' can be rised by sending a private e-mail to the CRO that has to inform the board for an anonymous review. If the veto is accepted by the board, then the CRO shall make it public and the charter member is not elected.

=== board elections procedures ===
board members ending their mandate (maxi, dirk, mike, vasile) need to update their status on the wiki page declaring if they stand or not for re-election by the 5th sept.

=== FOSS4G conference principles and expectations ===
it has been decided to ask the conference committee to discuss it and to provide suggestions/notes.
Nevertheless the following item has been rised and discussed:
* workshop trainers, has only minimal reduction prices but it is very important for promotion and is a considerable cost the preparation
* the overall cost of the event seems to be too high
* the OSGeo AGM has only a very limited time in the schedule
* proposal rejection should maybe converted to poster session
* the invitation of external expert to be less self-referntial

=== participation in UN initiative ===
The participation in the initative is supported by the board but clear objectives and impacts for OSGeo need to be defined.
Possible outcomes may be:
* ask for hosting/organising conferences
* produce UN publication
* trainig the trainers on workshops for OSGeo software dissemination

=== Motions ===

Motions here are to be confirmed by email for public record.

See [xxxx email thread] on the Board list.

'''Tabled for email discussion'''

'''Action Items'''
* Anita: subscribe to Loomio and set-up;
* Jody: set up of gitter for the next board meeting;
* Venka: update the web pace indicating the UnitedNation committee officiers

=== Full, raw minutes notes ===

* No raw minutes are available

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2016]]

Election 2016

2016-08-30T08:13:25Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Board Election */ Dirk Frigne will stand for re-election

The 2016 OSGeo the [[Charter Members]] election will take place in July 2016, followed by the [[Board]] nominations and elections in July/August so that new board members have a chance to possibly meet face-to-face at FOSS4G in Bonn, Germany in August.

== Charter Member Election ==

As every year we are electing new Charter Members into the Foundation.

* See the official list of [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Members] as of the 2015 elections.
* Full details of the [[Membership Process]].
* The [[New Member Nominations 2015]] provide an illustration.
* The role of the [[Chief Returning Officer]].

=== Nominate new Charter Members: 2016-07-04 to 2016-07-21 (2 weeks and three days) ===

* Please confirm with the nominated person first!
* Please email cro@osgeo.org with their '''name''', '''contact email''' and '''paragraph describing why you are recommending this person as a Charter Member'''
* As per [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process_2015#Nominations nominations process], the CRO will contact the nominated person and confirm they are willing to participate and then forward the nomination to the Discuss mailing list for further discussion (see next point).
* The list of nominees will be compiled at: [[New Member Nominations 2016]].

=== Nominated Member Introductions ===

* During the period between a nomination and the start of the election, charter member nominees are encouraged to introduce themselves on the OSGeo discussion list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org). The nominee may optionally reference their [[OSGeo Advocate]] profile and create a profile if it doesn't exist.

=== Vote for new Charter Members: 2016-07-22 to 2016-07-30 (1 week) ===

* will likely use the same [[Electronic Voting]] system that was setup last year
* Session expiration time was too short and some members reported loosing their votes, this need to be addressed for this election.

=== Final Status ===

* Following our new [[Membership Process]], '''all''' candidates passed the criteria to be accepted as new OSGeo Charter Members.
* The new charter members for 2016 are (in alphabetical order)

# Andy Anderson (United States of America)
# Bogdan Grama (Romania)
# Brent Wood (New Zealand)
# Daniel Urdă (Romania)
# Daniel Berry (United States of America)
# David Mateos (Spain)
# Denis Rouzaud (Switzerland)
# Erik Meerburg (Netherlands)
# Gaël Kruwialis (Belgium)
# Hugo Mercier (France)
# Jerome St-Louis (Canada)
# Jonas Eberle (Germany)
# Jorge Luis Batista (Cuba)
# Junyoung Choi (South Korea)
# Larry Shaffer (United States of America)
# Luigi Pirelli (Spain)
# Luís de Sousa (Switzerland)
# Martin Dobias (Czech Republic)
# Matthias Kuhn (Switzerland)
# Mirko Cardoso (Switzerland)
# Monia Molinari (Italy)
# Pedro Pereira (Portugal)
# Rafael Roset (Spain)
# Rama Murthy Soma (India)
# Santiago Higuera (Spain)
# Sara Safavi (United States of America)
# Shailesh Chaure (India)
# Tommy Oozeer (Belgium)
# Tudor Bărăscu (Romania)
# Vasanthi Hargyono (Indonesia)
# Victoria Rautenbach (South Africa)
# Vincent Mora (France)
# Werner Macho (Austria)

== Board Election ==

* Following the [[Board Election Procedure]] there are '''4''' seats up for election this year.
* [[Massimiliano Cannata]], [[Vasile Craciunescu]], [[Dirk Frigne]] and [[Michael Smith]] have reached the end of their 2-year term, Board members wishing to stand in the 2016 election must receive a nomination, like any other candidate.
** Massimiliano Cannata to decide if standing for re-election.
** Vasile Craciunescu will stand for re-election.
** Dirk Frigne will stand for re-election.
** Michael Smith to decide if standing for re-election
* Continuing Board members who have another year to serve are
** [[Jody Garnett]]
** [[Anita Graser]]
** [[Helena Mitasova]]
** [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
** [[Sanghee Shin]]

=== Nominate new Board Members - 2016-09-05 - 2016-09-18 (2 weeks) ===

* Please '''confirm with the person''' that they would like to stand for election as a Board member.
* Email a nomination, consisting of name, current country of residence and a paragraph describing why you think this person would make a good Board member, to '''cro@osgeo.org''' by [http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20160818T235959&p0=136&msg=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+nominalizations+2016&font=cursive 12:00 GMT on '''Thursday 18 August 2016''']
* Remember that only the [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Members] are eligible for a seat on the Board and voting but that anybody can ''nominate'' a board member.
* The final list will be collected at [[Board Member Nominations 2016]]

=== Vote for new Board Members - 2016-09-19 - 2016-09-25 (1 week) ===

* Only Charter Members are eligible to vote.
* Choose from [[Board Member Nominations 2016]] list.
* Through the [[Electronic Voting]] system, every Charter Member will receive a personal link to access the election.
* You can cast up to '''4''' votes, for '''4''' different people.
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Europe archive

2016-08-25T13:39:02Z

Wiki-Dirkf: /* Meeting minutes */ - add bof meeting 2016

=Europe=

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

* formal request to the board of OSGeo to recognise OSGeo.eu as a local chapter xx June 2016
* next board meeting: 15 October 2015 (decision about the acceptance of the proposal)

==todolist==

* Decide about the legal structure
* ...

==Introduction==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

==List of initial members==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

==Tradeshows and events==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

===FOSSDEM===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

===GWF2016===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

===FOSS4G 2016===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==Communication & Comments==

== Meeting minutes ==
meeting 24 May 2016:
workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
change the status from draft to final
decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
attendees:
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

* bof [[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe-meeting-2016-08 | 2016_08_24]]

=== 2015 ===

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]