Alberta Chapter

GETTING STARTED

Monthly meetups are first Wednesday of every month - now ONLINE ONLY - and found at Meetup.com/OSGeo-Alberta-Chapter

Learn about Open Source Geospatial Foundation at OSGeo.org

Join the Alberta Chapter Mailing List: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta

Join us on the #osgeo-alberta channel on The Spatial Community Workspace on Slack.

Add yourself as a member here OSGeo Alberta Members after requesting your wiki credentials https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount

Chapter Objectives (Points of Interest and Objectives noted as meetings progress)

Connect the Community in Building Tools

Lightning Talk style meetups with several builders/speakers per event
Project Pitch/Workshops where folks can bring their problems to the group for discussion or just show how they've accomplished certain things to elicit better/best practices or new approaches

Connect the Community in Learning Tools

Evangelizing OSGeo projects and applications
Project Overview sessions
Workshop sessions ( install app, shared learning )

Setup the Chapter for Ongoing Success

This has not been discussed since the December 2019 meeting. Most recent attendees have encouraged a very informal environment.

Develop a chapter leadership structure
Review Chapter best practice / Touch base with other chapters
Leverage Lessons Learned

Contribute to OSGeo Projects

Execute Code-Sprints culminating in pull requests
- Please reach out if you are interested in championing specific projects

Create Resources for Ongoing Use

Open Source Geospatial Community Stakeholders Directory
- Scott McHale would like to get feedback on creating a directory here of people and organizations with contributions to, and needs of, the geospatial community. The intent is to connect presenters with learners and users with creators.
Open Data
- Develop a well-understood, well-curated repository of open data sources ( not a one-time list of links thrown on a page )

Members

see the page OSGeo Alberta Members (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount)

Projects

Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre

Members: Yui, Nabila, Tomas, Armando, Tanya

Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area

Members: Stefan, Shubhreet

Communications

Our email list is active and monitored. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
SLACK: Everyone is welcome to join us on the #osgeo-alberta channel of The Spatial Community Slack workspace. Information about joining The Spatial Community can be found here: https://thespatialcommunity.org/
Adding to Wiki: Request a Wiki account here - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount
Meetup.com: All of our Meetups will be administered through meetup.com for the time being. Join Alberta Chapter group here: https://www.meetup.com/OSGeo-Open-Source-Geospatial-Consortium-Alberta-Chapter/

Chapter Meetings

Monthly Meetups are held the first Wednesday of each month at Assembly Coworking Space from 6pm to 8pm. (CURRENTLY ONLINE ONLY)

Our meetings are online using Jitsi Meet at this link: https://meet.jit.si/OSGeoAlbertaChapterMonthlyMeetup
- Join by phone: 647.243.6108 | Meeting ID 2203355915

Meetups are posted to Meetup.com as well: https://www.meetup.com/OSGeo-Alberta-Chapter/

Past Meetings and the Next Agenda: Alberta Chapter/Meetings

Edmonton

We are looking to hold events in Edmonton and the Calgary-based organizers are willing to travel to host an event, if needed. Help in identifying Edmonton ( and surrounding area ) speakers, sponsors, and venues would great.

Other Places in Alberta

C'mon, Lethbridge! You're the remote sensing capital of Canada!

Other Geospatial Groups of Interest

Alberta Geomatics Group - https://www.albertageomaticsgroup.ca

Resources

see the same section in Calgary IG on GIS software and Alberta GeoData