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European GIS Code Sprint

2007-11-16T09:54:19Z

Wiki-Napo: /* GDAL/OGR */

== European Code Sprint ==

This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September. After the great cooperation at the FOSS4G Sprint in Canada, and the interest shown in a European followup, the Sprint will be held.
It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.

=== Dates ===

* 16-17 Nov 2007: [http://www.sfscon.it/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007]
* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set
* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint

== Whom to contact for doubts, questions, ideas, volunteering ==

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]

(add yourself here if you would like to help)

== Code Sprint - what's that? ==

(The following is taken from the page describing the planned
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007].)

A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done.
They get the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking
life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project
for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...

Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:

* http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
* http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
* Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint

To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.

== Who should attend ==

* Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
* Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
* Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bug descriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
* Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.

== Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint ==

For developers:
* bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
* let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
* bugfixing

For Power Users:
* the possibility to meet the developer community and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
* the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproducible, only power user accepted)

For everyone out there:
* Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the OSGeo NC dataset of the [http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php grassbook] does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.

== Registration, Location and Accommodation ==

=== Where is it? ===
The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Merano (BZ), Italy.
* SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka High school, and can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ie=UTF8&ll=46.670753,11.158923&spn=0.004829,0.009956&z=17&om=1 here].

=== How to get there? ===
For trains and planes to get to the sprint please follow this:
[http://sfscon.it/2007/how-to-reach-merano how to reach Merano]

=== Registration and Accommodations ===

The registration process for the GIS Sprint has started. If you plan to participate at the Event please fill out the registration form, even if you
don't want to take advantage of one of our versatile [http://sfscon.it/2007/accommodation-packages accommodation packages].

'''Registering yourself helps us to improve the course of the event'''.

Here is the link to the SFSCon site, where you can follow the links to the registration form: [http://sfscon.it/2007/registration/view?set_language=en registration link]

'''Alternative accomodation''' at Meran (relatively cheap): http://www.kolping.it/meran/en/preise.php

== Who will organise the sprint ==

The [http://www.tis.bz.it/bereiche/free-software-1 Free Software Center] of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.

== The OSM datacollection event ==

As you can see on the [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page OSM wiki], the data collection will be held. Thanks to the OSM guys for their support in this.

Activities:
* mapping outside to gather an environmental dataset usable for simulations and analyses
* since the town of Merano will free its data to the OSM community, we will try to get some of the layers into osm

== Attending people ==

'''This list is by no means definitive. People interested in particular projects should contact the project leads below, in order to be sure that they will be present.'''

Projects without lead were crossed. To re-activate them, add yourself.

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* <s>[[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]</s>
* <s>[[User:JoWalsh | Jo Walsh]]</s>
* <s>[[User:Mloskot | Mateusz Loskot]]</s>
* [[User:Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
* [[User:Ominiverdi | Lorenzo Becchi]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:Pviskanic | Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]
* [[User:PaoloCavallini | Paolo Cavallini]]
* [[User:Landa | Martin Landa]]
* <s>[[User:Acuster | Adrian Custer]]</s>
* [[User:milovanderlinden | Milo van der Linden - The Netherlands]]
* <s>[[User:fpenarru | Fran Peñarrubia]]</s> (Sorry, I can't)
* <s>[[User:perriger | Stefan Steiniger]]</s> (seems to be difficult for me too)
* [[User:simboss| Simone Giannecchini (probably only a day of the code sprint)]]
* [[User:aaime| Andrea Aime]]
* [[User:SchuylerErle | Schuyler Erle]]
* [[User:Groldan | Gabriel Roldan]]

We feel that there is a huge need for a developer meeting that could
bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
they want to have a glorious future.

== What do I need for the sprint? - wishlist ==

Please add useful ideas for things that we might miss during the organisation:

* flipcharts
* a good and stable internet connection
* enough network cables
* enough extension cords
* some way to do good remote participation (any idea? IRC will be there)

== Virtual participation via IRC etc. ==
Too far away? Get virtually connected through IRC ([irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo #osgeo])! No IRC client software or strange firewall? Use the [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi Web based IRC client] (choose your Nickname and the #osgeo channel).

== Projects attending the sprint plus involved people ==

Projects without lead were crossed. To re-activate them, add yourself.

=== GIS Scripts Repository ===
==== Goals ====
Start the project to create a website/repository for gis-scripts used with the gfoss software (GRASS, Qgis, gvSIG, GDAL, uDIG ...)

A collaborative tool where anyone can:
* upload scripts
* download scripts
* use tags descriptions
* search
* comment
* vote
* have API
* ...
For example look [http://userscripts.org/ | userscripts.org]

==== Attending ====
* [[User:Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]

=== GDAL/OGR ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]]
* [[User:simboss| Simone Giannecchini ]] I have got a ouple of question on Java SWIG bindings

==== Goals ====
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin

=== GRASS ===
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Landa | Martin Landa]]
* [[User:bradd | Brad Douglas]] Attending via IRC #grass

==== Goals ====
* populate GRASS 7 SVN with content
* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
* work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
* continue Italian translation of software
* work on [http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/WxGRASS wxPython GUI]
* finish lib/gmath linear algebra updates

=== <s>gvSIG</s> !! NO LEAD !! ===

==== <s>Attending</s> ====

* <s><del>[[User:fpenarru| Fran Peñarrubia]] </del></s> (Sorry, I can't assist. Maybe some other from the team can go. I will ask and let you know) :-(

==== <s>Goals</s> ====
* <s>Driver to connect with GRASS vectorial data?</s>
* <s>Cooperation with JGrass?.</s>
* <s>Develop some useful examples to start working with gvSIG.</s>

=== JGrass / uDig ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Silli | Silvia Franceschi]]
* [[User:ChristianTiso | Christian Tiso]]
* [[User:Acuster | Adrian Custer]]
* [[User:simboss| Simone Giannecchini ]]
* [[User:Landa | Martin Landa]]
* Emanuele Lattanzi
* Mauro Giavazzi

==== Goals ====

{| style="width:75%;" border="1"
|-
! style="background:#efefef;" height="75px" | Topic
! style="background:#efefef;" | Description
! style="background:#efefef;" | Involved
|-
| GRASS vector datastore
| Cooperation with the GRASS team to support the GRASS vectors as a datastore in JGrass/Udig
| Andrea Antonello with support of Martin Landa and hopefully Jesse Eichar in remote
|-
| Finish consolidation
| In Victoria we started the consolidation engine, i.e. a mechanism to move all data related to a project into its project folder to make it transportable. Hope to finish that.
| Andrea Antonello, Jesse Eichar in remote (Jesse, will you stay up all night? :))
|-
| JGrass Homepage
| JGrass needs definitively a decent homepage with the most important tools.
| Gianluca Campanella, Christian Tiso
|-
| Location Map View
| Creation of a location map view
| Emanuele Lattanzi, Mauro Giavazzi
|-
| Help new developers
| Help new developers to get through the docu and do first steps hand in hand. '''This will be no course however, we all want to code''' ;)
The used docu will probably be the newest supplied by Jody Garnett. At the same moment the docu has to be extended.
| Ask Andrea Antonello. We will use the same IRC channel we use to include remote developers
|-
| Support GRASS symbology
| Write the code to support [http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/IconSymbols GRASS's simbology] for udig's point layers.
|
|-
| BUG FIXES
| scale issue on lat/long maps - ''add your issue here''
| Everybody
|-
| '''Add ideas here...'''
|
|
|-
|}

=== MAPBENDER ===
[[Mapbender]] currently is mainly driven by German developers and use cases from the public administration. Participation in this event is an attempt to broaden interest at a European level as there is a lot of potential in the Mapbender project to solve issues raised by [[INSPIRE]].

==== Attending ====
''This is a preliminary set of participants who might be able to attend. Please add yourself.''
* [[User:Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:Pviskanic|Paolo Viskanic]]
* [[User:hopfgartner|Peter Hopfgartner]]

==== Goals ====
''This is a preliminary set of ideas, one or two of them might have a chance to get acted upon.''
* plan to set out on a RESTful path
* further develop i18n activities (which has been spawned in the region that this development sprint is planned to happen)
* use Mapbender as a web based configuration tool for OpenLayers

=== <s>OpenJUMP GIS / JUMP Pilot</s> !! NO LEAD !! ===

==== <s>Attending</s> ====

* <s>[[User:perriger| Stefan Steiniger]]</s> - as it will be to difficult for me to come down from Berlin on Sunday/Monday I have decided not to join for now. (but I may show up...)

==== <s>Goals</s> ====
* <s>not yet specified</s>

=== Openlayers ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:SchuylerErle|Schuyler Erle]]

==== Goals ====

The inexorable march to OpenLayers 2.6?

=== <s>QGIS</s> !! NO LEAD !! ===

==== <s>Attending</s> ====

==== <s>Goals</s> ====
* <s>get rid of annoying bugs from [http://svn.qgis.org/trac bug tracker]</s>

[[Category:Proposed Events]]

European GIS Code Sprint

2007-11-16T09:53:28Z

Wiki-Napo: /* Projects attending the sprint plus involved people */

User:Napo

2007-08-25T21:13:29Z

Wiki-Napo:

[[http:www.linux.it/~napo]]

European GIS Code Sprint

2007-08-25T21:12:40Z

Wiki-Napo: /* Interested in Coming */

== European Code Sprint proposal ==

This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September.
It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.

== Code Sprint - what's that? ==

(The following is taken from the page describing the planned
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007].)

A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done.
They get the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking
life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project
for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...

Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:

* http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
* http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
* Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint

To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.

== Who should attend ==

* Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
* Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
* Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bugdescriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
* Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.

== Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint ==

For developers:
* bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
* let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
* bugfixing

For Power Users:
* the possibility to meet the developer comunity and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
* the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproductable, only power user accepted)

For everyone out there:
* Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the dataset of the [http://www.grassbook.org/grasslocations/nc_spm_06_contents.html grassbook] does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.

== The Location ==

The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Merano (BZ), Italy.
* SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka Highschool, and can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ie=UTF8&ll=46.670753,11.158923&spn=0.004829,0.009956&z=17&om=1 here].

== Planned Dates ==

* 16-17 Nov 2007: [http://www.sfscon.it/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007]
* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set (somewhere in South Tyrol)
* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint

== Who will organise the sprint ==

The [http://www.tis.bz.it/bereiche/free-software-1 Free Software Center] of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.

== Interested in Coming ==
Time is rather short and we would like to understand how much interest
there is in such an event and more or less how many developer would
like to attend.

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:JoWalsh | Jo Walsh]]
* [[User:Mloskot | Mateusz Loskot]]
* [[User:Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]

We feel that there is a huge need for a developer meeting that could
bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
they want to have a glorious future.

== Projects attending the sprint ==

TODO: order alphabetically

=== QGIS ===

==== Attending ====

==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from [http://svn.qgis.org/trac bug tracker]

=== GDAL/OGR ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]]

==== Goals ====
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin

=== GRASS GIS ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User: Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
* work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
* continue Italian translation of software

=== JGrass / uDig ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]

==== Goals ====

* cooperation with the [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS] team for GRASS Vector integration in [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] / [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]
* Italian translation of the project

[[Category:Proposed Events]]

User:Napo

2007-08-25T21:07:34Z

Wiki-Napo:

[http:www.linux.it/~napo]

User:Napo

2007-08-25T21:07:18Z

Wiki-Napo:

http:www.linux.it/~napo

European GIS Code Sprint

2007-08-25T21:06:58Z

Wiki-Napo: /* GRASS GIS */

== European Code Sprint proposal ==

This event is planned as European follow-up of the Canadian [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]] in September.
It is thought for those who for whatever reason did miss the Canadian sprint, but also for those who started something in Canada and need to meet again once more after a few months.

== Code Sprint - what's that? ==

(The following is taken from the page describing the planned
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint Canadian Code Sprint at Foss4G2007].)

A code sprint is usually organized by a group that is using an open source project and wants to see something done.
They get the developers to a single location and feed them for a couple of days with the necessities of the hacking
life (internet, caffeine, electricity). The communication that happens from face to face hacking usually lasts the project
for a year or more. You see this a lot in projects like Drupal etc...

Is this your First Sprint? Here is some background information to get you started:

* http://www.infrae.com/about/activities/sprintathon/tips
* http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/10/19/running-a-sprint.html
* Example Sprint (from same people who do GeoServer): http://www.openplans.org/projects/bbq-sprint

To participate, start a section at the bottom of your page for your project.

== Who should attend ==

* Developers that need to meet the community and discuss issues about a particular project.
* Developers that have the feeling that knowing the different projects communities gives added value and often saves from doing things twice
* Power users that are able to contribute documentation, decend bugdescriptions and perhaps even help to fix minor issues.
* Web experts that want to contribute to their favorite projects by helping to set up the web page.

== Aims of the SFScon 2007 Code Sprint ==

For developers:
* bring different projects to know each other and build up some standard interaction
* let the teams of each project meet, discuss, design and code together fulltime and non-remotely for a few days (this often pushes projects more than months of email and IRC working)
* bugfixing

For Power Users:
* the possibility to meet the developer comunity and help (and be helped) with documentation and translation
* the possibility to propose important bugfixes (prior documented and reproductable, only power user accepted)

For everyone out there:
* Collaborate on the creation of a free dataset by wandering in an ordered way through a defined region with GPS. The dataset should contain as many data as possible, as for example the dataset of the [http://www.grassbook.org/grasslocations/nc_spm_06_contents.html grassbook] does. Moreover climatic and hydrologic/hydraulic data should be integrated in order to support different analyses.

== The Location ==

The code sprint will be organized as a post-event of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007 held in Merano (BZ), Italy.
* SFScon location and GIS Code Sprint location is in Merano, at the "Franz Kafka Highschool, and can be found [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&ie=UTF8&ll=46.670753,11.158923&spn=0.004829,0.009956&z=17&om=1 here].

== Planned Dates ==

* 16-17 Nov 2007: [http://www.sfscon.it/ South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2007]
* 18 Nov 2007 (Sunday): Outdoor GIS data collection for Free data set (somewhere in South Tyrol)
* 19-21 Nov 2007: GIS Code Sprint

== Who will organise the sprint ==

The [http://www.tis.bz.it/bereiche/free-software-1 Free Software Center] of Bolzano, Italy, will take care of the organisative part of the event and investigate sponsorings for some parts of the free dataset.

== Interested in Coming ==
Time is rather short and we would like to understand how much interest
there is in such an event and more or less how many developer would
like to attend.

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:JoWalsh | Jo Walsh]]
* [[User:Mloskot | Mateusz Loskot]]

We feel that there is a huge need for a developer meeting that could
bring together different projects, that really need to interact if
they want to have a glorious future.

== Projects attending the sprint ==

TODO: order alphabetically

=== QGIS ===

==== Attending ====

==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from [http://svn.qgis.org/trac bug tracker]

=== GDAL/OGR ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]]

==== Goals ====
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin

=== GRASS GIS ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* [[User: Napo | Maurizio Napolitano]]
==== Goals ====
* get rid of annoying bugs from bug tracker
* work with JGrass/uDig on GRASS Vector integration
* speed up GRASS/GDAL plugin
* continue Italian translation of software

=== JGrass / uDig ===

==== Attending ====

* [[User:Moovida | Andrea Antonello]]

==== Goals ====

* cooperation with the [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS] team for GRASS Vector integration in [http://www.jgrass.org JGrass] / [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]
* Italian translation of the project

[[Category:Proposed Events]]

Italiano

2006-12-25T11:32:14Z

Wiki-Napo: /* Gli interessati */

[[Local_Chapters|<< Back to the Local Chapters page]]

== Comunità GFOSS italiana ==
E' attualmente in corso un tentativo di proporre agli utenti di lingua italiana la creazione di un Local Chapter di Osgeo.
La discussione è sulla mailing list di GFOSS.it :
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/listinfo/gfoss/

Si invitano le persone interessate ad aggiungersi alla lista alla voce [[#Gli interessati]].

== Links==
''(siti in italiano)''

* Il portale: http://www.gfoss.it
* Il Wiki: http://wiki.gfoss.it
* La mailing list: http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/
* Il canale IRC: #gfoss su irc.freenode.net irc://irc.freenode.net/#gfoss
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/PagineJabber Qui] gli indirizzi Jabber della comunità GFOSS italiana.

==Gli interessati==
* Paolo Cavallini
* Lorenzo Becchi
* Stefano Costa
* Maria Antonia Brovelli
* Francesco P. Lovergine
* Ivan Marchesini
* Giovanni Allegri
* Domenico Aliotta
* Andrea Scianna
* Luca Casagrande
* Luca Delucchi
* Maurizio Napolitano

== Guidelines ==
=== Chapter Roles ===

* Provide member networking opportunities for support and job opportunities - '''OK'''
* Software Internationalization and Localization - '''OK'''
* Development of prototype applications to demonstrate Open Source geospatial capabilities to local and regional audiences - '''OK'''
* Software Packaging and Customization for local and regional needs - '''OK''' ( GFOSS live CD)
* Training, Support and Development of e-Learning Contents in local languages - '''OK'''
* Support Open standards and Open access to geospatial data in region '''OK'''
* Promoting OSGeo and enhancing visibility in various forums

=== Chapter Responsibilities ===

* “OSGeo Chapter” officially represents OSGeo and is formally recognized as OSGeo Project.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must support the OSGeo Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must hold regular meetings (at least annual) and provide annual report of activities to chapter membership and OSGeo Board. '''OK'''
* “OSGeo Chapter” will not entail any financial commitment from or on-behalf of OSGeo. OSGeo will also not provide any budget assistance to the “OSGeo Chapter”.
* “OSGeo Chapter” is encouraged develop and maintain “Directory Listing” of companies, people, universities and organizations involved with or using OSGeo projects.
* “OSGeo Chapter” must strive at networking with organizations to enlist participation and support for OSGeo.
* OSGeo reserves the right to terminate its relation with an “OSGeo Chapter” if OSGeo has reasons to believe that the activities of the “OSGeo Chapter” are contrary or detrimental to the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.

===Chapter Formation ===

In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
# "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter. - '''READY'''
# "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic extent for instance). - '''READY''' (lang:it)
# “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative will be an officer of OSGeo. - '''TODO''' -> Planned for January-February 2007.
# “OSGeo Chapter” should submit an official expression of interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members, mission, representative and other supporting information. - '''TODO''' -> Planned for January-February 2007.
# The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer. - '''TODO'''

In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
* Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation? - '''NO'''
* Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation? - '''YES'''
* Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg. if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one country) - '''YES'''

==Italian community contributions==
This part shows what the italian community is already contributing on internet.
===Community===
* [http://www.gfoss.it GFOSS site] - the site of the first italian Geospatial Free and Open Source Software community.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it GFOSS wiki] - the wiki page of GFOSS.it , contains many howto in italian and other resources.
* [http://www.faunalia.com/pipermail/gfoss/ GFOSS mailing list] - the first meeting point of the community.

===Data===
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/download#outline_regioni_d_italia_e_grecia Italian and greek VMAP0 elaboration] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://www.dirap.unipa.it/~scianna/gis_software.htm Fedora and Debian GRASS Packages] - contribution by Andrea Scianna
*[http://paros.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/tecnica/gps_cartografia_gis/strade Italian Open Street project] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci
*[http://debian-gfoss.rigacci.org/ a Debian Free GIS repository] - contribution by Niccolò Rigacci

===Contents===
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Guida_Utente_QGIS_in_italiano Qgis 0.7 User Manual] - The italian translation. Complete.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GRASS_6.0.2_Reference_Manual GRASS 6.2 Reference Manual] - The italian translation. Still a lot to be done.
* [http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/GFOSS_presentazioni GFOSS presentations] - A repository of links to presentations on Gis FOSS.
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/ many useful university courses slides] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano].
*[http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/workbooks Geomatic Workbooks] - From [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it Geomatica, Politecnico di Milano] (free registration).
*[http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS main site] - from [http://www.itc.it L'Istituto Trentino di Cultura]

===Events===
*[http://gislab.dirap.unipa.it/grass_meeting/index.htm VIII GRASS and GFOSS annual Meeting] - February 14-15-16 2007, Palermo Univesity.

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