PDX OSGEO 20110928 Minutes

PDX-OSGEO meeting 9/28/2011 6-7 Location: OpenSourcery in NW Portland & Across the street afterwards

Agenda

Regular meeting business

(e.g., Upcoming GIS events/conferences, next meeting presenters or topics, discussions, updates, etc.)

• FOSS4G and other reports. Discussions on...
  • routing talks
  • gamification of maps and data collection (Skobler). Utilized OSM data.
  • GIS going to an IT field; education curriculum not going to that. Job hires versus educational experience.
  • Mini FOSS4G in North America; possibly piggy-backing off another conference.
• OSGeo discuss announce - we need an announcement.
• OSGeo Annual Report - need annual report for funders.
• WhereCamp around corner. Stack demo? Other involvement. Announcements made to PDXOSGEO group, GIS_Info, and other groups.
• GIS In Action call for presentations - this Fall but will be hosted in Spring, Jantzen Beach.
• Nov and Dec meetings? Rob mentioned meeting with Seattle meetings.

Let it be known: Rob Denner bought beer.

Presentations

1. Jonathan Karon (fightingmonk) is coming to present his OSBridge 2011 session

Remaining schedule (every fourth Wednesday)

• October 26th (Lev Tyspin from ThinkShout is coming to talk about some Drupal mapping work they've done)
• November 30th (likely canceled)
• December 28th (likely canceled)