Francophone Chapter Report 2007 - Revision history

Neteler: /* Conclusion */

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Wiki-Marie: /* 2007: creation of the Francophone local chapter */

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2007: creation of the Francophone local chapter

Wiki-Tbadard: /* Conclusion */

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Wiki-Tbadard: /* Conclusion */

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Wiki-Tbadard: /* Conclusion */

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Wiki-Tbadard: /* Conclusion */

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Wiki-Tbadard: /* 2008 : one year to improve our organisation */

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2008 : one year to improve our organisation

Wiki-Tbadard: /* 2007: creation of the Francophone local chapter */

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2007: creation of the Francophone local chapter

Wiki-Tbadard: /* 2007: one year to create the Francophone local chapter */

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2007: one year to create the Francophone local chapter

Wiki-Tbadard: /* Introduction */

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 The Francophone local chapter is now organized in three sub-committees. They respectively deal with “free organization”, “free data” and “free software”. A steering board with 4 persons has been elected in 2007 for a one year mandate. The board manages the Francophone Local Chapter projects. For time-consuming projects and specific questions, a dedicated manager can be assigned by the board. He or she is selected among volunteer active members of the mailing list. In September 2007, the OSGeo Board has accepted the proposal for the creation of a Francophone Local chapter. It is now an official local chapter of OSGeo.
-In 2007, actions have mainly focused on increasing OSGeo visibility in Francophone countries, aka marketing missions. Two projects have thus been carried out: 1) important participation and communication in two major geospatial tradeshows (GeoEvenement 2007 and GeoTunis 2007) where several presentations about OSGeo, OSGeo-fr and OSGeo projects have been performed and information to a large public have been provided; 2) the translation of the OSGeo journal. The first two volumes of the OSGeo journal have been translated and are now published. They can be downloaded from the OSGeo Journal home page.
+In 2007, actions have mainly focused on increasing OSGeo visibility in Francophone countries, aka marketing missions. Two projects have thus been carried out: 1) important participation and communication in two major geospatial tradeshows (GeoEvenement 2007 and GeoTunis 2007) where several presentations about OSGeo, OSGeo-fr and OSGeo projects have been performed and information to a large public have been provided; 2) the translation of the OSGeo journal. The first two volumes of the OSGeo journal have been translated and are now published. They can be downloaded from the OSGeo Journal home page. In addition, all the news and approximately half of the web site have been translated in 2007.
 Participation to the 2008 edition of the GeoEvenement tradeshow is planned and the organisation of a more important open source village than the one set up during the 2007 edition is anticipated. The number of conferences given during this tradeshow should increase too.

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 == Conclusion ==
-As abovementioned, a lot of actions are planned for year 2008 and demonstrate the increasing involvement of the local chapter to promote geospatial FOSS and free data. The local chapter will thus:
+As abovementioned, many actions are planned for year 2008. It demonstrates the increasing involvement of the local chapter to promote geospatial FOSS and free data. The local chapter will thus:
 * participate to GeoEvenement 2008 (the major geospatial tradeshow in France) and will organise a more important open source village than the one set up during the 2007 edition of this conference;
 * try to organise a Francophone FOSS4G conference, in France;

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 * work on free data opportunities;
 * perform further translation works in addition to pursue the translation of the OSGeo journal on a regular basis;
-* initiate new and exciting projects to promote free and open source software and data in French language.
+* initiate new exciting projects to promote free and open source software and data in French language.
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 * work on free data opportunities;
 * perform further translation works in addition to pursue the translation of the OSGeo journal on a regular basis;
-* initiate new and exciting other projects to promote free and open source software and data in French language.
+* initiate new and exciting projects to promote free and open source software and data in French language.
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 Participation to the 2008 edition of the GeoEvenement tradeshow is planned and the organisation of a more important open source village than the one set up during the 2007 edition is anticipated. The number of conferences given during this tradeshow should increase too.
-== 2008 : one year to improve our organisation ==
+== 2008: one year to improve our organisation ==
-This year, as we already said, we would like to finalize the creation of the legal OSGeo Francophone association. This will help us manage sponsorship, organize events in the name of a legal entity, plus many other benefits.
+Year 2008 will be dedicated to the creation of a legal representation (as a French association with legal status) for the OSGeo Francophone local chapter. Such a legal organisation will help to manage sponsorship, to organize various events in the name of a legal entity, etc.
-To finish with, we compiled a list of actions for 2008, which will be put to vote, so as to determine the most important of them. The result will be our roadmap for 2008 !
+We would also like to improve our internal working, decision and communication processes, by creating dedicated working groups on specific subjects such as translation, event organization, sponsorship, and so on.
 == Conclusion ==

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 to the GFOSS French-speaking community easier.
-== 2007: one year to create the Francophone local chapter ==
+== 2007: creation of the Francophone local chapter ==
-After joining into the mailing list, it was necessary to organize ourselves:
+With the creation of the Francophone mailing list a large number of interested people in organising a local chapter to promote GFOSS in French language has been gathered. Year 2007 was dedicated to the organisation of the local chapter and to make it an official OSGeo local chapter. Several points have thus been addressed and numerous questions had to be answered:
-* local chapter structure : who manages the local chapter? how?;
+* Definition of the local chapter structure and its organisation: definition of a steering board and of sub-committees in charge of thematic and specific aspects, election of board members, internal rules, membership, etc.;
-* write clearly on the wiki our goals;
+* Clear and consensual definition of the goals of the local chapter;
-* how could we organize ourselves and who people could join the local chapter.
+* Definition of the communication processes through the wiki;
+It was not an easy task but guidelines and help provided by the OSGeo have contributed to achieve it in a reasonable amount of time. Indeed, most of the questions or problems the Francophone local chapter has faced were the same for all other OSGeo representations. So answers were often very similar.
-This was not easy but OSGeo Guidelines and OSGeo organization helped us a lot: most questions were the same for all of us, and so the answers were always similar. We are now organized in three committees: free organization, free data, and free software committee. A Board with 4 people has been elected, which manages the Francophone Local Chapter projects. For time-consuming projects, a dedicated manager can be elected by the board.
+The Francophone local chapter is now organized in three sub-committees. They respectively deal with “free organization”, “free data” and “free software”. A steering board with 4 persons has been elected in 2007 for a one year mandate. The board manages the Francophone Local Chapter projects. For time-consuming projects and specific questions, a dedicated manager can be assigned by the board. He or she is selected among volunteer active members of the mailing list. In September 2007, the OSGeo Board has accepted the proposal for the creation of a Francophone Local chapter. It is now an official local chapter of OSGeo.
+In 2007, actions have mainly focused on increasing OSGeo visibility in Francophone countries, aka marketing missions. Two projects have thus been carried out: 1) important participation and communication in two major geospatial tradeshows (GeoEvenement 2007 and GeoTunis 2007) where several presentations about OSGeo, OSGeo-fr and OSGeo projects have been performed and information to a large public have been provided; 2) the translation of the OSGeo journal. The first two volumes of the OSGeo journal have been translated and are now published. They can be downloaded from the OSGeo Journal home page.
-In September 2007, OSGeo Board accepted the Francophone Local chapter proposal.
+Participation to the 2008 edition of the GeoEvenement tradeshow is planned and the organisation of a more important open source village than the one set up during the 2007 edition is anticipated. The number of conferences given during this tradeshow should increase too.
 == 2008 : one year to improve our organisation ==

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 == Introduction ==
 This report summarises the actions undertaken by the Francophone Local
-Chapter and milestones achieved during year 2007. This report covers the
+Chapter and milestones achieved during year 2007. It covers the
 period from January to December 2007.