Francophone Chapter Report 2008

Francophone local chapter

• Contact name: Yves Jacolin

Key Accomplishments

• Géoévénement tradeshow 2008 : april 2008 (open source village, booth, conferences)
• new board elected : june 2008
• Legal association : august 2008
• OSGeo Journal translation
• IGN (France) - OSGeo-fr meeting : november 2008

Areas for Improvement

• encourage people to contribute more to translation projects
• create a marketing package and help people in organizing booth on events
• attract additional contributors and project managers
• improve communication in the francophone geospatial community

Opportunities to Help

• help in translating QGIS documentation and OSGeo Journal: need for translators and proof readers
• help in organizing OSGeo-fr booth on different events: OGRS 2009, Rencontre Sig la Lettre, Paris Capital du Libre, etc.
• help in marketing duties: flyer, booth, OSGeo-fr website

Outlook for 2009

• continue and achieve the set up of the legal association
• work on new projets: doc translation, datas, etc.