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Karine is a former GIS Analyst who is now self-employed as a GIS Consultant and Event organizer in this field. Based in Saguenay, she is now involved in the organization of the OSGeo Quebec Chapter. She is also a OSGeo Charter Member since 2018.<br />
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'''Name''' : Karine Jean<br /><br />
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'''Title''' : GIS Consultant and Event Organizer<br /><br />
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'''Location''' : Quebec, Canada<br /><br />
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'''Organization''' : Freelancer <br />
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'''2010'''<br /><br />
Bachelor degree in Geography and Land Management (UQAC)<br /><br />
GIS Technician - [http://www.cgq.qc.ca Centre de geomatique du Quebec]<br /><br />
Implication on VisionGEOMATIQUE 2010 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
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'''2011'''<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Conference at AGMQ Congress<br /><br />
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'''2012'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of VisionGÉOMATIQUE 2012 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
GIS Analyst - Centre de geomatique du Quebec<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
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'''2013'''<br /><br />
Conference at Geomatics 2013 in Montreal<br /><br />
Project Manager for Oriente ton monde (project for kids in high school to promote GIS)<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - Happy 15th Centre de geomatique du Quebec!<br /><br />
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'''2014'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of [http://2014.visiongeomatique.com/ VisionGEOMATIQUE 2014 x OSGeo-Qc x OSGeo-Ottawa x LocationTech] in Gatineau<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - OpenStreetMap Party<br /><br />
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'''2015'''<br /><br />
Implication on the FOSS4G 2017 Ottawa Bid<br /><br />
Implication and participation in the FOSS4G-Europe in Como Lake, Italy<br /><br />
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'''2016'''<br /><br />
Newly freelancer (July 2016) ''Yeah!''<br /><br />
Marketing and Communication Manager at [https://www.digitalwallonia.be/ Digital Wallonia] in Belgium<br /><br />
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'''2017'''<br /><br />
Project Manager at CADUS for [http://www.montrajet.ca montrajet.ca]<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of [http://www.visiongeomatique.com VisionGEOMATIQUE 2017 x NRCanada x University of Sherbrooke] in Sherbrooke<br /><br />
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'''2018'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of the 1st [http://www.rvgeomatique.org Rendez-vous Géomatique] in Trois-Rivières (October 2018)<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of the 1st GeoHack in Morrocco (to be held in March 2019, stay tuned!)<br /><br />
Invitation as a GIS Expert at [http://www.cmf.ch/index.php?page=12&eve=33 Crans Montana Forum] in Morrocco<br /><br />
Implication on the OSGeo Quebec Chapter board<br /><br />
Work with [http://www.mapgears.com Mapgears] in their international development<br /><br />
Work with [http://www.anagraph.io Anagraph] as a Communication Consultant and Product Owner<br /><br />
Co-chair of the FOSS4G-HFX 2020 bid process<br /><br />
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'''Contact infos :'''<br /><br />
'''Email :''' karine AT 48-nord DOT com<br /><br />
'''Twitter :''' [https://twitter.com/karineje twitter.com/karineje]<br /><br />
'''Linkedin''' : [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/karinejean linkedin.com/in/karinejean]<br /></div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=FOSS4G2020_Q%26A_2_Halifax&diff=118295FOSS4G2020 Q&A 2 Halifax2018-11-27T16:55:41Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: /* Questions from Steven Feldman */</p>
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<div>=== Questions from Steven Feldman ===<br />
''Hi Steven,''<br />
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''Thank you for your questions. We are very happy to clarify some points that may have appeared less well explained in our proposal. Do not hesitate to come back to us if you have any other questions.''<br />
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'''1. You have not provided the budget spreadsheet that was part of the RfP. Or did I miss it? Can you provide this to the Conference Committee?'''<br />
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''We have provided the spreadsheet budget directly in our proposal, under the Budget section, “Expenses and Revenues Spreadsheets” on page 31-33.''<br />
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'''2. Can you provide clarity on whether you will be videoing and/or streaming just the plenaries or some of the conference streams as well? Is this provided for in your budget?'''<br />
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''It is true that this section was less well developed in our proposal. The HLOC has planned to stream the plenaries and record the conferences to put them online after the event. In addition to the videos, we will make sure to post the PowerPoint/PDF presentations of every sessions. Of course, we will ask each speaker for permission to broadcast the content online.''<br />
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'''3. Your budget has a very high dependency on sponsorship (up to 45% of income), higher than most previous events. Can you explain in more detail where you expect this sponsorship to come from?What are your contingencies if your target is not achieved?'''<br />
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''We expect a lot of enthusiasm from a very large geospatial sector all across Canada, as FOSS4G comes back after 13 years since Victoria 2007. We will also have a very strong sponsors committee led by Jonathan Murphy of GoGeomatics, who hosts geospatial events from coast to coast in 15 different local communities, and already has a vast network of sponsors who will be interested in the foremost geospatial event of 2020. Additionally, we are planning to provide more affordable sponsorship options to smaller companies, and also considering increasing the number of available booths in the exhibitor space. Finally, we will leverage the large network of connections from members in our local organizing committee, and invest considerable efforts in reaching out for both recurring and new sponsors, all across Canada, but also in the United States and on the international front. Our budget includes a 5% contingency, but generates a considerable surplus even at the minimum budgeted number of attendees of 800, which can also act as contingency should we not manage to reach our sponsorship expectations.''<br />
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'''4. You have indicated that you will need seed funding of $50k from OSGeo, will you require any additional guarantees from OSGeo? You have proposed to remit 75% of any surplus back to OSGeo, the guideline in the RfP was for 85% to be returned to OSGeo, please explain why you are proposing a different level?'''<br />
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''We will not need any further guarantees from OSGeo to ensure the success of our event. The $50k seed funding will be enough to reserve the venue for the conference as well as the social events. We will avoid incurring expenses beyond the total of seed funding, initial sponsorship and registration revenues.''<br />
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''Regarding the ratio of surrender of surplus, as explained in the proposal, 75% will be returned to OSGeo and 25% to the three OSGeo local chapters (OSGeo Atlantic Canada, OSGeo Quebec, and OSGeo Ottawa) organizing FOSS4G Halifax 2020. So, in the end, the LOC ensures that 100% of the surplus will be redistributed to the OSGeo community. We figured that this way, the 3 chapters could continue to spread the OSGeo activities to the local community. If however this is deemed problematic, we can accept surrendering 85% to the global OSGeo foundation.''<br />
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'''5. You refer to a payment to co-chairs who will undertake the tasks of a PCO, can you provide some more detail on the amount of these payments and the scope of work to be undertaken? Will there be a formal contract between the LOC and the co-chairs? Who will arbitrate in the event of a dispute?'''<br />
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''A global amount of $ 60K has been set aside to pay the co-chairs to organize the FOSS4G-HFX. This amount will be divided equally between the co-chairs. We are aware of the workload that such an event can cause. We speak from experience. However, we are lucky to be surrounded by an incredible LOC who all have exceptional qualities. We are also fortunate to have fairly flexible jobs that will allow us to complete the event.<br />
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For the moment, no formal contract has been signed between the LOC and the co-chairs. Be assured however that in the event that we win this bid, a contract will be put in place to define the roles of each and avoid any dispute.''<br />
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'''6. Can you confirm that the workshop fee of US $200 (EB) or $300 (Regular) is for 2 full days of workshops. Is there an option for attendees to register for only 1 or 2 workshops individually?'''<br />
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''We are very pleased that you raised this point. We will propose a rate of $100 per block workshops (AM or PM) in early bird which will increase to $125 at the regular rate.''<br />
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'''7. Can you confirm what level of discount on delegate fees you are offering to workshop presenters?'''<br />
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''Workshop presenters will have free access to the entire event. This point was mentioned in the Budget section under Expenses / Gratuities, but we failed to mention it under the Grants and subsidies on the next page.''<br />
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'''8. In your budget you have a $62k line for Coordination (inc event planners, transport & hotels etc). Can you explain please?'''<br />
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''The amount for the Coordination will cover the organization costs of the event, ie $60K, which will be used to pay the co-chairs to organize the event. In addition, a $10K will be used to cover transportation costs, hotels reservations, meals, meeting room rentals and any other fees that will allow the co-chairs to make this event a success. We also added a $ 2K to pay other fees that could be added to the organization of the event.'' <br />
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'''9. In your budget you have a $10k line for modifications to the registration system. Can you explain what this is and why it is needed?'''<br />
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''This covers integration within our conference website and testing, but also planned improvements, in particular to the presentation submission and community voting system.<br />
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One idea for improvement is making it easier to narrow down presentations during community voting, by offering a way to see them organized by topic of interest and additional classification/filtering capabilities, which we think would greatly enhance the community participation in the voting process. <br />
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Other improvements may be made as well.''<br />
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'''10. In your budget you have a line for “promotional stuff” running at almost $35/delegate - can you provide some more detail please?'''<br />
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''Yes of course! We are happy to provide a tshirt for each participant who will register in early bird. In addition, in order to make this event more eco-friendly, we plan to provide reusable water bottles bearing the image of the event. We will also provide a reusable bag for each participant and are currently evaluating the possibility of giving a reusable glass for use during the various social activities. <br />
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We also plan to print a small booklet (1-4 pages) summarizing the program and schedule, for the attendees' convenience. This will also be an opportunity to include sponsors logo. The detailed program will be accessible from a mobile app or on-line on the conference website.''<br />
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'''11. You mention a Travel Grant Programme of $20k - is this a contribution to the OSGeo TGP initiative or one that will be run independently by your LOC?'''<br />
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''We are very pleased to have included in our budget an amount of $20K that will be donated to the OSGeo TGP initiative. In addition to this amount, we imagined 2 other initiatives led by our LOC. The first will be to offer the opportunity to a participant to give a financial contribution of a minimum of $20 when registering.''<br />
''The second initiative will be conducted with the collaboration of a local brewery. We will work with it to brew a FOSS4G beer. This one will be on sale before and during the event. For each beer sold, an amount will be accumulated and donated directly into our TGP.''<br />
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'''12. Can you confirm that any funds allocated to a TGP (your own or the OSGeo one) will be used for travel and subsistence support and that all TGP recipients willl receive a free conference pass in addition (i.e the TGP funds will not be used to cover delegate passes)?'''<br />
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''We confirm that all TGP funds will be used to pay for travel and financial support for a recipient. The HLOC also confirms that recipients of the subsidy will be given a free pass without any damage to the TGP.''</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=FOSS4G2020_Q%26A_Halifax&diff=117156FOSS4G2020 Q&A Halifax2018-10-13T02:08:55Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: </p>
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<div>'''Questions Mark I.:'''<br />
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* '''What is the mission of your respective FOSS4G?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
In terms of our mission for FOSS4G-HFX 2020, it is essentially “community” or more specifically “the world is one family”; to engage all of the OSGeo family of its local chapters, OSGeo sponsors & partners, service providers, projects, users, developers, students, young professionals, teachers, researchers, decision makers, and bring that world community together in Halifax, and help plant that seed locally in Atlantic Canada, to share the FOSS4G spirit to new potential users, developers, and leaders at the event. We have strategically assembled a local committee with vast OSGeo experience, who have boots-on-the-ground experience at the OSGeo community level, both locally, across North and South America, and internationally. We also hopefully plan on expanding the mission more thoroughly in the full proposal stage.<br />
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* '''What is your commitment to inclusivity, diversity, and ensuring that FOSS4G 2020 is as inclusive and as diverse as possible?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
In terms of inclusivity, diversity, and ensuring that FOSS4G 2020 is as inclusive and as diverse as possible, the FOSS4G-HFX team realizes the importance of this, and realize that there are many parts of a FOSS4G event that must be inclusive and diverse, right from the chairs of the event, the local team, the selected program and keynotes, even to the choice of venue, its prices, the event’s social program, and the local customs in the city/country. Part of the strength of our local committee team is that several of our team attended your FOSS4G-Dar es Salaam event in person to experience your & Msilikale’s wonderful diverse event, and have travelled to diverse FOSS4G global & regional events all over the world since year 2004. We are working very hard as a team to make sure that all aspects of FOSS4G-HFX 2020 are truly open and welcome to all in the geospatial community. We plan on expanding this for the full proposal stage hopefully as well.<br />
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'''Questions Steven F.:'''<br />
* '''your proposed dates are 14-19 September. These dates overlap with the start of the jewish festivals on the evening of the 18th which may prevent some potential delegates from attending. Is there any potential to change?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Thank you for mentioning that Jewish festivals for Rosh Hashana begin on the evening of the 18th. We have a backup date reserved with the Nova Centre venue for 31 August to 5 September, so it is possible to change our dates. When we were looking at possible venues about 6 months ago, our vision was to leverage a mid-September date to additionally allow for university students and pre-university students to be involved, but also because the local weather is best in mid-September (a lot less rain, bringing beautiful fall/autumn colours and sunshine to the Atlantic Canada region). We the FOSS4G-HFX team will continue to analyze our dates closely. For the record, using our initially proposed dates, the 19th (Saturday) would be the community sprint. We will try to be accommodating as possible.<br />
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'''Questions Till A.:'''<br />
* '''I would like to stress the point about costs.''' In the call we say "We hope to keep cost per participant under $650 USD for the conference (plus workshops).". As former chair I know about the difficulties FOSS4G teams have finding the right price for the conference. But can you tell something on how you are planning to enable people, who can not afford the conference fee and/or accommodation costs, to attend to your conference?<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
We have strategically included an energetic OSGeo member on our FOSS4G-HFX team from Mexico, Vicky Vergara, and during a few of our local committee meetings over the past few months she has reminded us again and again that what may seem to be an acceptable price or plan for one community, is far from affordable in the other parts of the world; if our mission indeed involves getting all of the world family together, leaving out those who cannot afford the event’s expenses fails to meet our team’s goals. At one of our recent local committee meetings we spoke about ideas to encourage this participation, credit here to Jérôme with an idea from the OSGeo Ottawa chapter, as well as an idea from Dmitry from the OpenStreetMap community.<br />
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We have also been working as a team to try to get as many accurate known cost estimates as we can, in order to give a better financial picture of our actual budget, so we can experiment with different scenarios to encourage more participation; last week we began working on another quote from a third audio/visual company. As you said, this is not easy. But we can try to be as prepared as possible. <br />
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We can also try to go as local committee members to as many FOSS4G global and regional events all around the world, to talk to OSGeo local chapter members from areas of the world that might not be able to afford the event, and listen, and do more listening, and take that information back to the FOSS4G-HFX team for discussion & planning. <br />
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We have also begun to engage local potential sponsors, and to compile industry-wide contacts for this. All of this has to be in motion now, as our FOSS4G-HFX team realizes that the possible winner of this bid has only 6 months to prepare before registration would begin for FOSS4G-2020 (ok it is about 7 months, but it is still soon). <br />
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We look forward to hopefully explaining our plans more in the final proposal stage. We are committed to do everything we can to make FOSS4G-HFX open to all OSGeo family members, from all over the world. One family.<br />
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'''Questions Paul R.:'''<br />
* '''Conference centers are lovely but they usually take it out of your hide one way or another. In your estimates have you already included the costs of in-house AV, or wifi, or catering? Sometimes the rooms are cheap but the other necessities... not so much.'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
The Nova Centre does not require us to use the in-house audio/visual company (only if ”rigging” is required), so after we received the in-house quote, we also have been working with 2 outside audio/visual companies for additional quotes. Last week we began working on the third quote, in the hopes that we can get as competitive a quote as possible.<br />
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In terms of wifi, Destination Halifax has assured us on the recent success of hosting 2,900 attendees at the Nova Centre this past May, but the FOSS4G-HFX team has been to so many global FOSS4G events that we know that FOSS4G brings a surprisingly high demand on wifi (IP addresses. bandwidth); we have therefore budgeted for an increase in bandwidth, and also possibly leveraging a custom network for the event.<br />
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In terms of catering, we did receive the full menu package from the Nova Centre, and we have budgeted for food&beverage for 5 days of early morning refreshments and light snacks, morning break, lunch, and afternoon break.<br />
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The FOSS4G-HFX team is very excited at the chance of showcasing this wonderful venue, its views, and the vibrant city of Halifax and its glorious harbour.<br />
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'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Have you given any thoughts to ensuring your conference is sustainable\green\environmentally friendly?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Members of the FOSS4G-HFX team recently returned from FOSS4G events in Tanzania, as well as Brazil, and it is very interesting to us to see how different local committees from around the world handle sustainability and environmentally friendliness for an event (you can imagine the hosts of the FOSS4G-Brazil event being focused on this, as their agency is tasked with protecting the Amazon rainforest). We are compiling ideas and discussing ways to follow the lead of these events, and also make some changes/improvements. To answer the question directly: the FOSS4G-HFX team is committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of the event, throughout the whole lifecycle of the event.<br />
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'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Does your venue have any sustainability initiatives\credentials etc?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
The province of Nova Scotia produces the least waste per capita and has the<br />
highest waste diversion rate in Canada. We are therefore very proud to show our many initiatives locally, starting with the brand new venue the Nova Centre, in the vibrant downtown of Halifax. The venue has many initiatives, including:<br />
* received highest standard of green for a building, a LEED Gold building (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)<br />
* water bottle refill stations in each room and throughout venue <br />
* digital screens at entrance to each room (reducing generating physical signs)<br />
* Use of a revolutionary Food Waste Disposal System: a self-contained, continual feed, organic waste disposal system designed to convert food waste into water.<br />
* catered food has local menu items that are organic, fairly traded, seasonal and not processed, helping to reduce the carbon footprint and support our local economy<br />
* Meals and snacks are presented on either porcelain or compostable dishware.<br />
* venue regularly donates unused food items to the local food bank (we’ve already requested this with venue)<br />
* and others! We'll explain more hopefully in next stage<br />
* but maybe pictures help more; back in June we had our walk-through of the new Nova Centre (also attended by the in-house A/V lead, so we got to ask many technical questions as well) (link blocked by wiki)<br />
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'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Does your host city have good public transport, including between the venue/events/likely-accommodation/airport?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Great news is that just last year a new direct bus line, part of the Halifax transit system, was added from the international airport to downtown Halifax (to Scotia Square, which is literally beside the venue, and within walking distance to major hotels and hostels). The bus only makes one stop on the way, and costs only 2.60 USD. Locally it is called the “MetroX” airport bus.<br />
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The FOSS4G-HFX team have been discussing transportation for several months now, and we have several ideas to help the OSGeo family easily arrive and get settled. We are famous in Canada for our maritime hospitality for a reason, and taking care to ensure a relaxing and stress-free arrival and departure and getting around, is part of who we are here.<br />
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'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Is the host city reasonably reachable by something other than flying?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
We are excited and thrilled to outline other modes of transportation for the OSGeo family, hopefully in the full proposal stage. We can answer now an enthusiastic YES.<br />
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'''Questions Venka:'''<br />
* '''Highlight the contributions (code contributions, documentation, outreach etc.) that the chair/co-chair have made to FOSS4G communities'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Jeff McKenna began his efforts through the MapServer community, becoming the lead of the documentation team, and joining its Project Steering Committee. Focusing on the users, Jeff maintains the very popular MS4W installer for Windows users, which is downloaded 6,000 times per month, and contains many OSGeo projects configured to use, including ZOO-Project, Mapbender, GeoMoose.<br />
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Jeff has recently begun focusing on students within the FOSS4G community, as an admin of OSGeo’s 2017 and 2018 Google Code-In Initiatives, where small tasks are created for highschool students. Jeff is also an admin of OSGeo’s Google Summer of Code program, which each summer funds university students to work on OSGeo projects; in fact Jeff is this week at Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, for the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit, with fellow OSGeo representatives Victoria Rautenbach (GeoForAll) and Vaclav Petras (GRASS GIS).<br />
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Karine Jean has been active in the FOSS4G community for 10 years, specializing in planning outreach events for the OSGeo and LocationTech communities.<br />
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* '''How have the chair/co-chairs been involved in promotion/governance (Charter Membership, involvement in Committees etc.) of OSGeo foundation.'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Jeff McKenna is a founding charter member of OSGeo, and has been involved in the governance of the OSGeo foundation since its beginning, active in many OSGeo committees. Jeff is a former president of OSGeo, and has sat on its Board of Directors for many years, including now as an OSGeo Vice President. Jeff has always focused on relationships with partner organizations, and has helped drive these relationships through formal agreements with many groups. One example is the UN OpenGIS initiative, which began with a formal meeting between the UN GIS team and Jeff in Seoul in 2015, which has now become a very active initiative. Jeff McKenna has also been a long-time supporter of the GeoForAll initiative, and sits on its Advisory Committee.<br />
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Karine Jean is a long-time OSGeo-Qc chapter member, and is currently on the Board of OSGeo-Qc. She has been nominated as an OSGeo Charter member this year.<br />
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* '''Please elaborate on your local committee member's experience in planning OSGeo events (such as involvement in FOSS4G-global event teams, OSGeo local chapter event planning, or OSGeo code sprints). '''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Karine Jean has organized 2 events in partner with the OSGeo-Qc chapter, the OSGeo-Ottawa chapter, and LocationTech. Karine was also on the organizing committee of OSGeo-Europe 2015 in Como, Italy. She was on the local committee for the FOSS4G-Ottawa 2017 bid. Most recently she organized the 10 year celebration of the OSGeo-QC chapter in Quebec City this summer. Soon she will be organizing a GeoHack in Morocco in collaboration with OSGeo-Qc in 2019. <br />
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Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis, an OSGeo Charter Member since 2016, was the co-chair of the FOSS4G-Ottawa 2017 bid.<br />
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Thierry Badard, an OSGeo Charter member since 2008, is a board member of the OSGeo-francophone chapter. He also has been on the organizing committee of several OSGeo-Qc events.<br />
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Tom Kralidis, an OSGeo Charter member since 2007, organized the very first OSGeo Code Sprint back in 2009, in Toronto. https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Toronto_Code_Sprint_2009<br />
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Jeff McKenna, a founding OSGeo Charter member since 2006, has been involved in FOSS4G since its beginning. In 2004, Jeff met Venkatesh Raghavan, Markus Neteler in Thailand, and the three of them agreed to create a global FOSS4G event every year. Jeff would then go on to chair the new OSGeo Conference Committee, and draft a document to help call for hosts (that is still being used today) and develop a process to move the event around the globe each year. Jeff has also been active in many FOSS4G global committees, including being part of every local committee at FOSS4G from 2006 to 2011. Jeff since then has been active on many smaller FOSS4G regional event teams, in Asia, Europe and more.<br />
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Jeff McKenna is always actively helping OSGeo local chapter events, and helping them form and grow, in areas all around the world, touching every continent on the planet.<br />
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The FOSS4G-HFX team also contains several other OSGeo Charter Members, who actively participate in FOSS4G global and regional events: Assefa Yewonwossen, Matthew Hanson, and Vicky Vergera. <br />
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'''Questions from Michael T'''<br />
* What are the options, availability and costs for getting to/from Halifax? What is size of airport and ferry port and the general availability of flights/boats?<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
We are very excited to explain all of the many Halifax travel options in the full proposal. <br />
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[[Category:FOSS4G2020]]</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=FOSS4G2020_Q%26A_Halifax&diff=117126FOSS4G2020 Q&A Halifax2018-10-11T19:48:23Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: </p>
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<div>'''Questions Mark I.:'''<br />
<br />
* '''What is the mission of your respective FOSS4G?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
In terms of our mission for FOSS4G-HFX 2020, it is essentially “community” or more specifically “the world is one family”; to engage all of the OSGeo family of its local chapters, OSGeo sponsors & partners, service providers, projects, users, developers, students, young professionals, teachers, researchers, decision makers, and bring that world community together in Halifax, and help plant that seed locally in Atlantic Canada, to share the FOSS4G spirit to new potential users, developers, and leaders at the event. We have strategically assembled a local committee with vast OSGeo experience, who have boots-on-the-ground experience at the OSGeo community level, both locally, across North and South America, and internationally. We also hopefully plan on expanding the mission more thoroughly in the full proposal stage.<br />
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* '''What is your commitment to inclusivity, diversity, and ensuring that FOSS4G 2020 is as inclusive and as diverse as possible?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
In terms of inclusivity, diversity, and ensuring that FOSS4G 2020 is as inclusive and as diverse as possible, the FOSS4G-HFX team realizes the importance of this, and realize that there are many parts of a FOSS4G event that must be inclusive and diverse, right from the chairs of the event, the local team, the selected program and keynotes, even to the choice of venue, its prices, the event’s social program, and the local customs in the city/country. Part of the strength of our local committee team is that several of our team attended your FOSS4G-Dar es Salaam event in person to experience your & Msilikale’s wonderful diverse event, and have travelled to diverse FOSS4G global & regional events all over the world since year 2004. We are working very hard as a team to make sure that all aspects of FOSS4G-HFX 2020 are truly open and welcome to all in the geospatial community. We plan on expanding this for the full proposal stage hopefully as well.<br />
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'''Questions Steven F.:'''<br />
* '''your proposed dates are 14-19 September. These dates overlap with the start of the jewish festivals on the evening of the 18th which may prevent some potential delegates from attending. Is there any potential to change?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Thank you for mentioning that Jewish festivals for Rosh Hashana begin on the evening of the 18th. We have a backup date reserved with the Nova Centre venue for 31 August to 5 September, so it is possible to change our dates. When we were looking at possible venues about 6 months ago, our vision was to leverage a mid-September date to additionally allow for university students and pre-university students to be involved, but also because the local weather is best in mid-September (a lot less rain, bringing beautiful fall/autumn colours and sunshine to the Atlantic Canada region). We the FOSS4G-HFX team will continue to analyze our dates closely. For the record, using our initially proposed dates, the 19th (Saturday) would be the community sprint. We will try to be accommodating as possible.<br />
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'''Questions Till A.:'''<br />
* '''I would like to stress the point about costs.''' In the call we say "We hope to keep cost per participant under $650 USD for the conference (plus workshops).". As former chair I know about the difficulties FOSS4G teams have finding the right price for the conference. But can you tell something on how you are planning to enable people, who can not afford the conference fee and/or accommodation costs, to attend to your conference?<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
We have strategically included an energetic OSGeo member on our FOSS4G-HFX team from Mexico, Vicky Vergara, and during a few of our local committee meetings over the past few months she has reminded us again and again that what may seem to be an acceptable price or plan for one community, is far from affordable in the other parts of the world; if our mission indeed involves getting all of the world family together, leaving out those who cannot afford the event’s expenses fails to meet our team’s goals. At one of our recent local committee meetings we spoke about ideas to encourage this participation, credit here to Jérôme with an idea from the OSGeo Ottawa chapter, as well as an idea from Dmitry from the OpenStreetMap community.<br />
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We have also been working as a team to try to get as many accurate known cost estimates as we can, in order to give a better financial picture of our actual budget, so we can experiment with different scenarios to encourage more participation; last week we began working on another quote from a third audio/visual company. As you said, this is not easy. But we can try to be as prepared as possible. <br />
<br />
We can also try to go as local committee members to as many FOSS4G global and regional events all around the world, to talk to OSGeo local chapter members from areas of the world that might not be able to afford the event, and listen, and do more listening, and take that information back to the FOSS4G-HFX team for discussion & planning. <br />
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We have also begun to engage local potential sponsors, and to compile industry-wide contacts for this. All of this has to be in motion now, as our FOSS4G-HFX team realizes that the possible winner of this bid has only 6 months to prepare before registration would begin for FOSS4G-2020 (ok it is about 7 months, but it is still soon). <br />
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We look forward to hopefully explaining our plans more in the final proposal stage. We are committed to do everything we can to make FOSS4G-HFX open to all OSGeo family members, from all over the world. One family.<br />
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'''Questions Paul R.:'''<br />
* '''Conference centers are lovely but they usually take it out of your hide one way or another. In your estimates have you already included the costs of in-house AV, or wifi, or catering? Sometimes the rooms are cheap but the other necessities... not so much.'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
The Nova Centre does not require us to use the in-house audio/visual company (only if ”rigging” is required), so after we received the in-house quote, we also have been working with 2 outside audio/visual companies for additional quotes. Last week we began working on the third quote, in the hopes that we can get as competitive a quote as possible.<br />
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In terms of wifi, Destination Halifax has assured us on the recent success of hosting 2,900 attendees at the Nova Centre this past May, but the FOSS4G-HFX team has been to so many global FOSS4G events that we know that FOSS4G brings a surprisingly high demand on wifi (IP addresses. bandwidth); we have therefore budgeted for an increase in bandwidth, and also possibly leveraging a custom network for the event.<br />
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In terms of catering, we did receive the full menu package from the Nova Centre, and we have budgeted for food&beverage for 5 days of early morning refreshments and light snacks, morning break, lunch, and afternoon break.<br />
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The FOSS4G-HFX team is very excited at the chance of showcasing this wonderful venue, its views, and the vibrant city of Halifax and its glorious harbour.<br />
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'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Have you given any thoughts to ensuring your conference is sustainable\green\environmentally friendly?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Members of the FOSS4G-HFX team recently returned from FOSS4G events in Tanzania, as well as Brazil, and it is very interesting to us to see how different local committees from around the world handle sustainability and environmentally friendliness for an event (you can imagine the hosts of the FOSS4G-Brazil event being focused on this, as their agency is tasked with protecting the Amazon rainforest). We are compiling ideas and discussing ways to follow the lead of these events, and also make some changes/improvements. To answer the question directly: the FOSS4G-HFX team is committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of the event, throughout the whole lifecycle of the event.<br />
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'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Does your venue have any sustainability initiatives\credentials etc?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
The province of Nova Scotia produces the least waste per capita and has the<br />
highest waste diversion rate in Canada. We are therefore very proud to show our many initiatives locally, starting with the brand new venue the Nova Centre, in the vibrant downtown of Halifax. The venue has many initiatives, including:<br />
* received highest standard of green for a building, a LEED Gold building (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)<br />
* water bottle refill stations in each room and throughout venue <br />
* digital screens at entrance to each room (reducing generating physical signs)<br />
* Use of a revolutionary Food Waste Disposal System: a self-contained, continual feed, organic waste disposal system designed to convert food waste into water.<br />
* catered food has local menu items that are organic, fairly traded, seasonal and not processed, helping to reduce the carbon footprint and support our local economy<br />
* Meals and snacks are presented on either porcelain or compostable dishware.<br />
* venue regularly donates unused food items to the local food bank (we’ve already requested this with venue)<br />
* and others! We'll explain more hopefully in next stage<br />
* but maybe pictures help more; back in June we had our walk-through of the new Nova Centre (also attended by the in-house A/V lead, so we got to ask many technical questions as well) (link blocked by wiki)<br />
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'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Does your host city have good public transport, including between the venue/events/likely-accommodation/airport?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Great news is that just last year a new direct bus line, part of the Halifax transit system, was added from the international airport to downtown Halifax (to Scotia Square, which is literally beside the venue, and within walking distance to major hotels and hostels). The bus only makes one stop on the way, and costs only 2.60 USD. Locally it is called the “MetroX” airport bus.<br />
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The FOSS4G-HFX team have been discussing transportation for several months now, and we have several ideas to help the OSGeo family easily arrive and get settled. We are famous in Canada for our maritime hospitality for a reason, and taking care to ensure a relaxing and stress-free arrival and departure and getting around, is part of who we are here.<br />
<br />
'''Question Jonathan M:'''<br />
* '''Is the host city reasonably reachable by something other than flying?'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
We are excited and thrilled to outline other modes of transportation for the OSGeo family, hopefully in the full proposal stage. We can answer now an enthusiastic YES.<br />
<br />
'''Questions Venka:'''<br />
* '''Highlight the contributions (code contributions, documentation, outreach etc.) that the chair/co-chair have made to FOSS4G communities'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Jeff McKenna began his efforts through the MapServer community, becoming the lead of the documentation team, and joining its Project Steering Committee. Focusing on the users, Jeff maintains the very popular MS4W installer for Windows users, which is downloaded 6,000 times per month, and contains many OSGeo projects configured to use, including ZOO-Project, Mapbender, GeoMoose.<br />
<br />
Jeff has recently begun focusing on students within the FOSS4G community, as an admin of OSGeo’s 2017 and 2018 Google Code-In Initiatives, where small tasks are created for highschool students. Jeff is also an admin of OSGeo’s Google Summer of Code program, which each summer funds university students to work on OSGeo projects; in fact Jeff is this week at Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, for the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit, with fellow OSGeo representatives Victoria Rautenbach (GeoForAll) and Vaclav Petras (GRASS GIS).<br />
<br />
Karine Jean has been active in the FOSS4G community for 10 years, specializing in planning outreach events for the OSGeo and LocationTech communities.<br />
<br />
* '''How have the chair/co-chairs been involved in promotion/governance (Charter Membership, involvement in Committees etc.) of OSGeo foundation.'''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Jeff McKenna is a founding charter member of OSGeo, and has been involved in the governance of the OSGeo foundation since its beginning, active in many OSGeo committees. Jeff is a former president of OSGeo, and has sat on its Board of Directors for many years, including now as an OSGeo Vice President. Jeff has always focused on relationships with partner organizations, and has helped drive these relationships through formal agreements with many groups. One example is the UN OpenGIS initiative, which began with a formal meeting between the UN GIS team and Jeff in Seoul in 2015, which has now become a very active initiative. Jeff McKenna has also been a long-time supporter of the GeoForAll initiative, and sits on its Advisory Committee.<br />
<br />
Karine Jean is a long-time OSGeo-Qc chapter member, and is currently on the Board of OSGeo-Qc. She has been nominated as an OSGeo Charter member this year.<br />
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* '''Please elaborate on your local committee member's experience in planning OSGeo events (such as involvement in FOSS4G-global event teams, OSGeo local chapter event planning, or OSGeo code sprints). '''<br />
* '''Answer:'''<br />
Karine Jean has organized 2 events in partner with the OSGeo-Qc chapter, the OSGeo-Ottawa chapter, and LocationTech. Karine was also on the organizing committee of OSGeo-Europe 2015 in Como, Italy. She was on the local committee for the FOSS4G-Ottawa 2017 bid. Most recently she organized the 10 year celebration of the OSGeo-QC chapter in Quebec City this summer. Soon she will be organizing a GeoHack in Morocco in collaboration with OSGeo-Qc in 2019. <br />
<br />
Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis, an OSGeo Charter Member since 2016, was the co-chair of the FOSS4G-Ottawa 2017 bid.<br />
<br />
Thierry Badard, an OSGeo Charter member since 2008, is a board member of the OSGeo-francophone chapter. He also has been on the organizing committee of several OSGeo-Qc events.<br />
<br />
Tom Kralidis, an OSGeo Charter member since 2007, organized the very first OSGeo Code Sprint back in 2009, in Toronto. https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Toronto_Code_Sprint_2009<br />
<br />
Jeff McKenna, a founding OSGeo Charter member since 2006, has been involved in FOSS4G since its beginning. In 2004, Jeff met Venkatesh Raghavan, Markus Neteler in Thailand, and the three of them agreed to create a global FOSS4G event every year. Jeff would then go on to chair the new OSGeo Conference Committee, and draft a document to help call for hosts (that is still being used today) and develop a process to move the event around the globe each year. Jeff has also been active in many FOSS4G global committees, including being part of every local committee at FOSS4G from 2006 to 2011. Jeff since then has been active on many smaller FOSS4G regional event teams, in Asia, Europe and more.<br />
<br />
Jeff McKenna is always actively helping OSGeo local chapter events, and helping them form and grow, in areas all around the world, touching every continent on the planet.<br />
<br />
The FOSS4G-HFX team also contains several other OSGeo Charter Members, who actively participate in FOSS4G global and regional events: Assefa Yewonwossen, Matthew Hanson, and Vicky Vergera. <br />
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[[Category:FOSS4G]]<br />
[[Category:FOSS4G2020]]</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Karine_Jean&diff=117033Karine Jean2018-10-09T13:15:32Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: </p>
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Karine is a former GIS Analyst who is now self-employed as a GIS Consultant and Event organizer in this field. Based in Saguenay, she is now involved in the organization of the OSGeo Quebec Chapter.<br />
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'''Name''' : Karine Jean<br /><br />
<br />
'''Title''' : GIS Consultant and Event Organizer<br /><br />
<br />
'''Location''' : Quebec, Canada<br /><br />
<br />
'''Organization''' : Freelancer ([http://www.geomatiqc.com www.geomatiqc.com])<br /><br />
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<br />
'''2010'''<br /><br />
Bachelor degree in Geography and Land Management (UQAC)<br /><br />
GIS Technician - [http://www.cgq.qc.ca Centre de geomatique du Quebec]<br /><br />
Implication on VisionGEOMATIQUE 2010 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
<br />
'''2011'''<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Conference at AGMQ Congress<br /><br />
<br />
'''2012'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of VisionGÉOMATIQUE 2012 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
GIS Analyst - Centre de geomatique du Quebec<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
<br />
'''2013'''<br /><br />
Conference at Geomatics 2013 in Montreal<br /><br />
Project Manager for Oriente ton monde (project for kids in high school to promote GIS)<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - Happy 15th Centre de geomatique du Quebec!<br /><br />
<br />
'''2014'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of [http://2014.visiongeomatique.com/ VisionGEOMATIQUE 2014 x OSGeo-Qc x OSGeo-Ottawa x LocationTech] in Gatineau<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - OpenStreetMap Party<br /><br />
<br />
'''2015'''<br /><br />
Implication on the FOSS4G 2017 Ottawa Bid<br /><br />
Implication and participation in the FOSS4G-Europe in Como Lake, Italy<br /><br />
<br />
'''2016'''<br /><br />
Newly freelancer (July 2016) ''Yeah!''<br /><br />
Marketing and Communication Manager at [https://www.digitalwallonia.be/ Digital Wallonia] in Belgium<br /><br />
<br />
'''2017'''<br /><br />
Project Manager at CADUS for [http://www.montrajet.ca montrajet.ca]<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of [http://www.visiongeomatique.com VisionGEOMATIQUE 2017 x NRCanada x University of Sherbrooke] in Sherbrooke<br /><br />
<br />
'''2018'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of the 1st [http://www.rvgeomatique.org Rendez-vous Géomatique] in Trois-Rivières (October 2018)<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of the 1st GeoHack in Morrocco (to be held in March 2019, stay tuned!)<br /><br />
Invitation as a GIS Expert at [http://www.cmf.ch/index.php?page=12&eve=33 Crans Montana Forum] in Morrocco<br /><br />
Implication on the OSGeo Quebec Chapter board<br /><br />
Work with [http://www.mapgears.com Mapgears] in their international development<br /><br />
Work with [http://www.anagraph.io Anagraph] as a Communication Consultant and Product Owner<br /><br />
Co-chair of the FOSS4G-HFX 2020 bid process<br /><br />
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'''Contact infos :'''<br /><br />
'''Email :''' karine AT geomatiqc DOT com<br /><br />
'''Twitter :''' [https://twitter.com/karineje twitter.com/karineje]<br /><br />
'''Linkedin''' : [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/karinejean linkedin.com/in/karinejean]<br /></div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Annual_General_Meeting_2018&diff=116291Annual General Meeting 20182018-08-28T13:25:30Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: /* Local Chapter Reports (15 mins) */</p>
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<div>== Venue / Timing ==<br />
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* WHEN: Thursday 30 August from 8am-9am (60min)<br />
* WHERE: Selous main hall, of the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre<br />
* 60 mins - early in the morning. Please show up on time.<br />
<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
The Annual General Meeting for OSGeo is open to everybody. <br />
<br />
The goal is to:<br />
<br />
* give an overall status of the organization+<br />
* financial report+<br />
* informing the members of previous and future activities from committees and local chapters<br />
* discuss important issues and take decisions<br />
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+ These two are formal reports that make it an AGM<br />
<br />
== Format ==<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
== Add you content to the shared Slides ==<br />
<br />
This year we are going to use shared slides to setup the presentation for the meeting.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
The shared slide deck is available here (request edit access if required):<br />
* https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1imiG7x09ry7lGvmS15FCVq2Z7yaICY00fcpXBK27TXY/edit?usp=sharing<br />
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How a report could look like<br />
* https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-Annual-Report-2017<br />
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== Board members attending in person ==<br />
* [[María Arias de Reyna]] (OSGeo President will chair the AGM)<br />
* [[User:Maria|Maria Brovelli]]<br />
* [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett ]]<br />
* [[Michael Smith | Mike Smith - Treasurer]]<br />
* [[Vasile Craciunescu]]<br />
* [[Jeff McKenna]] <br />
* [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde Secretary]]<br />
<br />
==== OSGeo report (10 mins) ====<br />
<br />
Here is what OSGeo has been up to in the last year:<br />
<br />
* Introduction to OSGeo - more than just the FOSS4G conference :)<br />
* Here is what we have done in the last year<br />
** Here is all the events we have sponsored for the year<br />
** photos and stats from events<br />
** photos and stories from code sprints<br />
* Here are our volunteers and leaders thank you<br />
** Pictures from committees and initiatives<br />
* Website <br />
* Budget - we are financially stable<br />
* Elections are coming up<br />
<br />
Contributing to OSGeo report<br />
* tbd<br />
<br />
==== Project Reports (15 mins) ====<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
* 2 mins: Projects and Incubation, status sent to discss@osgeo.org - Report by [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett ]]<br />
* GeoTools Report - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett ]]<br />
* Mapbender - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde]]<br />
* MapServer - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[Jeff McKenna]]<br />
* ZOO-Project - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Djay| Gérald Fenoy]]<br />
* GRASS GIS - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Lucadelu| Luca Delucchi]]<br />
* Oskari - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Tmiosmauli | Timo Aarnioi]]<br />
* QGIS - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:mbernasocchi|Marco Bernasocchi]]<br />
* pycsw - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by (to be determined)<br />
* OpenLayers - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by (to be determined)<br />
* GeoNode - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Simod|Simone Dalmasso]]<br />
* ORFEO ToolBox - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Djay| Gérald Fenoy]]<br />
* GeoNetwork - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]]<br />
* istSOS - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Mantonovic|Milan P. Antonovic]]<br />
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==== Community Project Reports (TBD mins) ====<br />
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* pgRouting - releases, committers, status, challenges. Report by [[User:Iamrohith94|Rohith Reddy]]<br />
<br />
==== Local Chapter Reports (15 mins) ====<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
you need to sign up to be presented<br />
<br />
* 2 mins: Local chapter report by [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Website for Local Chapters - [[User:Astrid Emde| Astrid Emde]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Ottawa Local Chapter - [[User:jerstlouis| Jerome St-Louis]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Quebec Local Chapter - [[User:jerstlouis| Jerome St-Louis]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Pacific Islands Chapter - [[User:e_liavaa| Edwin Liava'a]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Romania Chapter - [[Vasile Craciunescu]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Italian Chapter - [[User:Lucadelu| Luca Delucchi]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Australia and New Zealand Chapter - [[User:alexgleith| Alex Leith]],[[User:Adamsteer| Adam Steer]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Francophone Chapter - (to be determined)<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Dutch Chapter - (to be determined)<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Korea Chapter - (to be determined)<br />
* 2 mins: Geoinquiet@s Argentina - Report by [[User:Mlibman| Malena Libman]]<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Irish Chapter - (to be determined)<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Europe Chapter - (to be determined)<br />
* 2 mins: OSGeo Finland Chapter - Report by [[User:posiki| Pekka Sarkola]]<br />
* 2 mins: GeoInquietes Sevilla - Report by [[User:Delawen| María Arias de Reyna]]<br />
<br />
==== Partners (6 mins) ====<br />
<br />
OSGeo partners with organizations world wide, this block provides our partners a chance to address:<br />
<br />
* 2 mins: slot 1<br />
* 2 mins: slot 2<br />
<br />
==== Committee Reports (10 mins) ====<br />
<br />
Committees: We expect a status update from each committee, please attend or nominate a delegate (see committees https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees)<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
* Google Summer of Code, and Google Code-in report (Victoria & Jeff)<br />
* Marketing (Jody, Astrid)<br />
* [[SAC 2018 Annual Report|System Administration]] ([[User:wildintellect|Alex M]], [[User:Jmckenna|Jeff M]])<br />
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[[Category: Annual General Meeting]]<br />
[[Category: FOSS4G2018]]</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Karine_Jean&diff=115381Karine Jean2018-06-19T14:38:34Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: </p>
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Karine is a former GIS Analyst who is now self-employed as a GIS Consultant and Event organizer in this field. Based in Quebec City, she is now involved in the organization of the OSGeo Quebec Chapter.<br />
<br />
'''Name''' : Karine Jean<br /><br />
<br />
'''Title''' : GIS Consultant and Event Organizer<br /><br />
<br />
'''Location''' : Quebec, Canada<br /><br />
<br />
'''Organization''' : Freelancer ([http://www.geomatiqc.com www.geomatiqc.com])<br /><br />
<br />
<br />
'''2010'''<br /><br />
Bachelor degree in Geography and Land Management (UQAC)<br /><br />
GIS Technician - [http://www.cgq.qc.ca Centre de geomatique du Quebec]<br /><br />
Implication on VisionGEOMATIQUE 2010 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
<br />
'''2011'''<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Conference at AGMQ Congress<br /><br />
<br />
'''2012'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of VisionGÉOMATIQUE 2012 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
GIS Analyst - Centre de geomatique du Quebec<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
<br />
'''2013'''<br /><br />
Conference at Geomatics 2013 in Montreal<br /><br />
Project Manager for Oriente ton monde (project for kids in high school to promote GIS)<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - Happy 15th Centre de geomatique du Quebec!<br /><br />
<br />
'''2014'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of [http://2014.visiongeomatique.com/ VisionGEOMATIQUE 2014 x OSGeo-Qc x OSGeo-Ottawa x LocationTech] in Gatineau<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - OpenStreetMap Party<br /><br />
<br />
'''2015'''<br /><br />
Implication on the FOSS4G 2017 Ottawa Bid<br /><br />
Implication and participation in the FOSS4G-Europe in Como Lake, Italy<br /><br />
<br />
'''2016'''<br /><br />
Newly freelancer (July 2016) ''Yeah!''<br /><br />
Marketing and Communication Manager at [https://www.digitalwallonia.be/ Digital Wallonia] in Belgium<br /><br />
<br />
'''2017'''<br /><br />
Project Manager at CADUS for [http://www.montrajet.ca montrajet.ca]<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of [http://www.visiongeomatique.com VisionGEOMATIQUE 2017 x NRCanada x University of Sherbrooke] in Sherbrooke<br /><br />
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'''2018'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of the 1st [http://www.rvgeomatique.org Rendez-vous Géomatique] in Trois-Rivières (October 2018)<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of the 1st GeoHack in Morrocco (to be held in March 2019, stay tuned!)<br /><br />
Invitation as a GIS Expert at [http://www.cmf.ch/index.php?page=12&eve=33 Crans Montana Forum] in Morrocco<br /><br />
Implication on the OSGeo Quebec Chapter board<br /><br />
Work with [http://www.mapgears.com Mapgears] in their international development<br /><br />
Work with [http://www.anagraph.io Anagraph] as a Communication Consultant and Product Owner<br /><br />
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'''Contact infos :'''<br /><br />
'''Email :''' karine AT geomatiqc DOT com<br /><br />
'''Twitter :''' [https://twitter.com/karineje twitter.com/karineje]<br /><br />
'''Linkedin''' : [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/karinejean linkedin.com/in/karinejean]<br /></div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Karine_Jean&diff=115380Karine Jean2018-06-19T14:31:54Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: </p>
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Karine is a former GIS Analyst who is now self-employed as a GIS Consultant and Event organizer in this field. Based in Quebec City, she is now involved in the organization of the OSGeo Quebec Chapter.<br />
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'''Name''' : Karine Jean<br /><br />
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'''Title''' : GIS Consultant and Event Organizer<br /><br />
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'''Location''' : Quebec, Canada<br /><br />
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'''Organization''' : Freelancer ([http://www.geomatiqc.com])<br /><br />
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'''2010'''<br /><br />
Bachelor degree in Geography and Land Management (UQAC)<br /><br />
GIS Technician - Centre de geomatique du Quebec<br /><br />
Implication on VisionGEOMATIQUE 2010 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
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'''2011'''<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
Conference at AGMQ Congress<br /><br />
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'''2012'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of VisionGÉOMATIQUE 2012 x OSGeo-Qc in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
GIS Analyst - Centre de geomatique du Quebec<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi<br /><br />
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'''2013'''<br /><br />
Conference at Geomatics 2013 in Montreal<br /><br />
Project Manager for Oriente ton monde (project for kids in high school to promote GIS)<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - Happy 15th Centre de geomatique du Quebec!<br /><br />
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'''2014'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of VisionGEOMATIQUE 2014 x OSGeo-Qc x OSGeo-Ottawa x LocationTech in Gatineau<br /><br />
Organization of GIS Day in Chicoutimi - OpenStreetMap Party<br /><br />
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'''2015'''<br /><br />
Implication on the FOSS4G 2017 Ottawa Bid<br /><br />
Implication and participation in the FOSS4G-Europe in Como Lake, Italy<br /><br />
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'''2016'''<br /><br />
Newly freelancer (July 2016) ''Yeah!''<br /><br />
Marketing and Communication Manager at Digital Wallonia in Belgium<br /><br />
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'''2017'''<br /><br />
Project Manager at CADUS for montrajet.ca<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of VisionGEOMATIQUE 2017 x NRCanada in Sherbrooke<br /><br />
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'''2018'''<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of 1er Rendez-vous Géomatique in Trois-Rivières (October 2018)<br /><br />
Lead Organizer of the 1st GeoHack in Morrocco<br /><br />
Invitation as a GIS Expert at Crans Montana in Morrocco<br /><br />
Implication on the OSGeo Quebec Chapter board<br /><br />
Work with Mapgears in their international development<br /><br />
Work with Anagraph as a Communication Consultant and Product Owner<br /><br />
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'''Contact infos :'''<br /><br />
'''Email :''' karine AT geomatiqc DOT com<br /><br />
'''Twitter :''' [https://twitter.com/karineje twitter.com/karineje]<br /><br />
'''Linkedin''' : [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/karinejean linkedin.com/in/karinejean]<br /></div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Karine_Jean&diff=96995Karine Jean2016-03-02T17:57:46Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: </p>
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Karine is a GIS Analyst for the Centre de geomatique du Quebec in Chicoutimi, Canada. She's interested by Open Source as well and new technologies. <br />
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'''Name''' : Karine Jean<br />
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'''Title''' : GIS Analyst and Event Organizer ([http://2014.visiongeomatique.com/ VisionGEOMATIQUE], GIS Day...)<br />
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'''Location''' : Sherbrooke, Canada<br />
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'''Organization''' : Centre de geomatique du Quebec ([http://www.cgq.qc.ca/ www.cgq.qc.ca])<br />
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'''Contact :''' kjeancgq AT gmail DOT com<br />
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'''Twitter :''' [https://twitter.com/karineje twitter.com/karineje]<br />
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'''Linkedin''' : [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/karinejean linkedin.com/in/karinejean]<br />
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'''Personnal blog''' : [http://noussommesvoyageurs.com/ Nous sommes voyageurs]</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=File:KarineJean.jpg&diff=96994File:KarineJean.jpg2016-03-02T17:57:06Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: Somewhere in Russia, 2015</p>
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<div>Somewhere in Russia, 2015</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Karine_Jean&diff=96993Karine Jean2016-03-02T17:55:08Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: </p>
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Karine is a GIS Analyst for the Centre de geomatique du Quebec in Chicoutimi, Canada. She's interested by Open Source as well and new technologies. <br />
<br />
'''Name''' : Karine Jean<br />
<br />
'''Title''' : GIS Analyst and Event Organizer ([http://2014.visiongeomatique.com/ VisionGEOMATIQUE], GIS Day...)<br />
<br />
'''Location''' : Sherbrooke, Canada<br />
<br />
'''Organization''' : Centre de geomatique du Quebec ([http://www.cgq.qc.ca/ www.cgq.qc.ca])<br />
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'''Contact :''' kjeancgq AT gmail DOT com<br />
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'''Twitter :''' [https://twitter.com/karineje twitter.com/karineje]<br />
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'''Linkedin''' : [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/karinejean linkedin.com/in/karinejean]<br />
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'''Personnal blog''' : [http://noussommesvoyageurs.com/ Nous sommes voyageurs]</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Seal_contest&diff=96992Seal contest2016-03-02T17:14:30Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: /* Submissions */</p>
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<div>= OSGeo Seal Design Contest =<br />
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OSGeo just turned 10 and as a gift to ourselves, we would like to invite the artistic minds in our community to develop the official [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_seal seal] for our foundation (in line with [http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html our bylaws]). <br />
This seal will be used on official documents, such as the student award certificates at FOSS4G Events.<br />
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Anyone may submit artwork. We are looking for the best, so spread the word to your family and friends.<br />
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The winning designer will receive a free pass to FOSS4G-2016. <br />
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== Contest Parameters ==<br />
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All artwork must be uploaded to the OSGeo wiki and listed on this site by '''11:59pm GMT, March 5th, 2016'''.<br />
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A short list of submissions will be selected before the general vote.<br />
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While designing, please keep in mind that your design has to work as a seal in '''black and white'''.<br />
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== Submission Format ==<br />
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Upload a high resolution (at least 1200x1200 px) version of your design to the OSGeo wiki and list it on this site. Additional SVG versions will be appreciated. <br />
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== Legal ==<br />
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The Open Source Geospatial Foundation will acquire ownership of the winning design by assignment of copyright, and the winning designer will disclaim any trademarks and without limitation all other rights related to the design (paperwork will be required).<br />
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By submitting a design for entry in the competition, the designer acknowledges that he/she is the person that made the design and is its rightful owner.<br />
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The designer also certifies that the design is completely original and does not infringe upon the rights of any third party and that it does not violate any copyright.<br />
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== Voting ==<br />
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All members of OSGeo (anyone with an account on the OSGeo.org website) will be allowed to place a single vote. In the case of a tie, the Board will have the final say.<br />
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Details will be announced once the design has been accepted and placed online for review.<br />
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==Submissions==<br />
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Source images, in various formats: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/<br />
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File:OSGeo_compass.png|Submission 1<br />
File:OSGeo seal.png|Submission 2<br />
File:OSGeo seal cw.png|Submission 3<br />
File:OSGeo-Seal-small.png|Submission 4<br />
File:Seal Silvia Guerini.png|Submission 5<br />
File:OSGeo-Seal2-small.png|Submission 6<br />
File:OSGeo_seal_BenF_simple.png|Submission 7<br />
File:OSGeo_seal_BenF_date.png|Submission 8<br />
File:OSGeo_seal_BenF_full.png|Submission 9<br />
File:Seal KarineJean Osgeo10years.png|Submission 10<br />
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===Submission 1===<br />
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I propose that the existing OSGeo Compass (or one of the existing variants) be considered as the OSGeo Seal. My reasoning is that our existing logo is good, works well as a seal, and is consistent with OSGeo's branding with helps retain a recognisable image leading to strong branding. <br />
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As I've done no work creating this image, I'm taking myself out of the running for accepting any awards. <br />
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Cameron Shorter <c amer o n.sho r terA Tgm ai lcom><br />
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===Submission 2===<br />
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I propose to use the compass but add our foundation name as well. <br />
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If you want to edit this one, you can get if from https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/OSGeo_seal.svg<br />
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Since I'm involved in running this contest, I'm taking myself out of the running for accepting any awards. <br />
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[[User:Anitagraser|Anita Graser]]<br />
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=== Submission 3 ===<br />
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I think Anita's submission is great, but I don't like the interruption between the 'O' and the 'S' of 'OSGeo', so I propose a small modification to Anita's submission. <br />
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Since I just did a little modification to an existing proposal, that took me just 5 minutes, I do not want to be considered for any awards too.<br />
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You can find the SVG version from here: https://oc.cwillmes.de/index.php/s/eGUlRqCbsPaKOXf<br />
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[[User:Cwillmes|Christian Willmes]]<br />
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=== Submission 4 ===<br />
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This submission is made out of the official OSGeo vector logo and the bold Bitstream Vera Font (available from [http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/ GNOME] and BitStream Inc.). <br />
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SVG, PDF and PNG versions are available from [http://cartogenic.com/OSGeo-seal/ here]. <br />
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[[User:Nbozon|Nicolas Bozon]]<br />
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=== Submission 5 ===<br />
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Designed by the creator of the [http://www.geoforall.org/resources/images/geoforallC.png GeoForAll logo], this version of the seal is again made out of the official OSGeo vector logo but it introduces a new graphical element around the small central compass, which recalls what OSGeo is: a community of people.<br />
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SVG, PDF and PNG versions can be downloaded from [http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/seal_Silvia_Guerini.zip here].<br />
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Silvia Guerini <silvia.guerini AT polimi DOT it><br />
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=== Submission 6 ===<br />
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Another try with more details, using both Bitstream Vera Roman and Bitstream Vera Bold fonts.<br />
[http://cartogenic.com/OSGeo-seal/img/OSGeo-Seal2.svg SVG], [http://cartogenic.com/OSGeo-seal/img/OSGeo-Seal2.pdf PDF] and [http://cartogenic.com/OSGeo-seal/img/OSGeo-Seal2.png PNG] versions available.<br />
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[[User:Nbozon|Nicolas Bozon]]<br />
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===Submission 7, 8, 9===<br />
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I propose different designs, where I try to arrange nicely the words around the compass.<br />
SVG are also available. <br />
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[[User:Ben.fournier|Ben]]<br />
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===Submission 10===<br />
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I propose something a little different using WebSleek and Pacifico Regular as fonts.<br />
SVG are also available https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4y8egd4l0qnd7c/Osgeo_seal_KarineJean.svg?dl=0<br />
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[[User:karineje|Karine Jean]]</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=File:Seal_KarineJean_Osgeo10years.png&diff=96991File:Seal KarineJean Osgeo10years.png2016-03-02T16:51:04Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: Fonts : WebSleek UI and Pacifico Regular</p>
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<div>Fonts : WebSleek UI and Pacifico Regular</div>Wiki-Karinejehttps://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=File:KarineJeanOSGeo10years.png&diff=96990File:KarineJeanOSGeo10years.png2016-03-02T16:35:41Z<p>Wiki-Karineje: Logo for the 10 years of Osgeo Foundation.
Fonts : Nordica and Pacifico Regular.</p>
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<div>Logo for the 10 years of Osgeo Foundation.<br />
Fonts : Nordica and Pacifico Regular.</div>Wiki-Karineje