Quebec Chapter Report 2009

Quebec Local Chapter Report for 2009

• Contact name: Daniel Morissette (for the Quebec Local Chapter Steering Committee)

Key Accomplishments

• Held regular local meetings around the province with 2-3 15 minute presentations each time:
  • March 19, 2009: 5 à 7 in Trois-Rivières (More info...)
  • May 19, 2009: 5 à 7 in Quebec City (More info...)
  • September 17, 2009: 5 à 7 in Montreal (More info...)

• OSGeo presence in the April 30 and September 29 AGMQ conferences where ~50% of the talks were on the topic of free and open source geomatics (More info...)

• Open Source track in the Geomatics 2009 program on Wednesday October 21

• Made the decision at the end of 2009 to organize Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16) (Planning will take place in 2010 and is tracked in the wiki at Journée OSGeo-qc Juin 2010)

• Added 2 new members to steering committee for a 2 year term as was initially planned in 2008. The current steering committee members for 2009-2010 are:
  • Daniel Morissette (2008-2010)
  • Thierry Badard (2008-2010)
  • Nicolas Gignac (2008-2010)
  • Simon Mercier (2009-2011)
  • Martin Fafard (2009-2011)

Areas for Improvement

• We need to keep the momentum, there is growing interest for Open Source Geospatial software (and data) in Quebec, we had a great start in 2008-2009 and need to continue to take advantage of that
• The big challenge of 2010 will be the planning of the June 2010 event

Opportunities to Help

• Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec 2010 offers lots of opportunities for people interested in contributing:
  • Join the organizing committee
  • Answer the upcoming call for presentations and share your work with your peers
  • Help with specific tasks
  • Register for the event and join us in Saguenay in June!

Outlook for 2010

• The main activity of 2010 will be the Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16)
• We will also continue to hold local meetings ("5 à 7") around the province with 2-3 15 minute presentations each time