2024.05.01

Minutes: May 1, 2024

6.45pm: ONLINE LOBBY (https://meet.jit.si/OSGeoAlbertaChapterMonthlyMeetup)

• Phone: 647.243.6108 | MeetingID: 2203355915

7.00pm: Attendee Introductions

Following

Presentations

Stefan, Harsingh, Scott, Abdelrahman, Kaitlyn, Estefania, Ray, Nero, Gabriel, Kate, Lavanya

• Kate Bazunova joined to discuss Test Tribe - Calgary Tester community - and, more specifically, their event - Tech Opportunity Fest, May 24,25 at Platform Calgary: https://techopportunityfest.dorik.io/
  • Test Tribe meets 3rd Wednesday of each month. Next Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-test-tribe-calgary-meetup/events/300625499/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link

• Devin shared OSGeo Live: A USB bootup that provides you all of the OSGeo offerings without having to install or configure : https://www.azavea.com/blog/2015/12/21/tools-for-getting-data-out-of-openstreetmap-and-into-desktop-gis/

• Talked about Paul Ramsey's, "What We Owe One Another: The Political Economy of Open Source" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfunxBysmg&t=1921s
• Harsingh is presenting a lightning talk on his Plus 15 navigation project: From Lost to Local in the Heart of Calgary: Mastering the Plus 15 Maze - Harsingh Sekhon, Join me for my Lightning Talk https://www.meetup.com/calgary-software-crafters/events/300772478/
• Stefan shared a number of events:
  • https://2024.europe.foss4g.org/
  • https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/foss4g-2024-has-been-awarded-to-belem-brazil/
  • https://foss4gna.org/
  • https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-April-2024

Some suggestions from the chapter for presentations include:

• Show us your side hustle
• Bring us your problems ( stuff you're working on and issues )
• teach something new ( OS Geo projects or other ).

Chat & any proposed Chapter business or initiatives:

• We have an invitation from Jonathan Murphy to participate in the next GoGeomatics Expo in October: www.gogeomaticsexpo.com

• Personal note: I'm changing my mission.
  • Since restarting the chapter in 2019, this group, for me, has been about simply holding open a space where people in the Open Source and Geospatial community could engage as frictionlessly as possible. My goals for the meeting were that people would share problems and solutions. If the problems were geospatial, even better. If the solutions were open source, even better still.
  • Those goals remain, but there are some other things I will be striving to accomplish in addition to those, including:
    • Forming a larger and more formal team - it's really been just Stefan and I - to drive the chapter/meetups
    • More formal engagement with potential partner groups
    • Increased OSGeo membership and engagement in Alberta (and, elsewhere, of course)
  • There's no specific ask of this group at the moment. I will be polling the Meetup.com membership (I'll also look to extend that polling to industry folks and those NOT using open source) more formally in the coming months to get a much deeper understanding of what they're trying to do in GIS generally (personally and professionally) and what they feel the community here in Alberta is needing most. From there, I hope to help this group design itself to play the greatest part possible in providing that.

This event is open to all. Feel free to bring your topics, projects, or presentations.