Ireland
Mission
The mission of the Irish OSGeo Local Chapter is to promote the development and use of free open-source software within the Irish geospatial community. The Irish LOC will also serve to promote GIS Education using OSGeo software in Irish third-level institutions and industry.
Objectives
- To increase and promote awareness of OSGeo Software within the Irish geospatial (industry & research) community.
- To provide a forum to discuss and gain experience with OSGeo Software
- To help educate people in the use of OSGeo Software in Ireland.
People
People interested in forming part of the Irish Local Chapter should include their names below:
- Daniel McInerney (Coillte Teoranta)
- Peter Mooney (Maynooth University)
- Mel McIntyre (OpenApp)
- Dave Corley (OpenStreetMap Ireland)
- Ozan Emem (Compass Informatics)
- Mark Foley (Dublin Institute of Technology)
- Declan Dunne (University College Cork)
- Brian O'Hare (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Cadasta Foundation)
- Magdalene Marron (Coillte Teoranta)
- Pádraig Fitzmaurice ( EPA Ireland/Compass Informatics )
- Seth Girvin (Compass Informatics)
Communication
- mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ireland
List of Meetings
- Teleconference: 24.09.2015 Minutes
- Teleconference: 17.11.2015 Minutes
- Teleconference: 04.02.2016 Minutes
- Dublin Meet-Up: 18.06.2016 Minutes
- Teleconference: 15.11.2016 Minutes
- Teleconference: 26.01.2017 Minutes
- Teleconference: 10.02.2017 Minutes
- Teleconference: 24.03.2017 Minutes
- Teleconference: 12.04.2017 Minutes
- Teleconference: 17.05.2017 Minutes
- Symposium 2017: 26.05.2017 Minutes
Next Steps
The following is an informal list of potential items to address
Formalise Irish LOC's mission statement and objectivesOrganise Irish Local Chapter Meet-upEstablish mailman listLogoOrganise First OSGeo IE Symposium in 2017- Plan further events in late 2017 and Second Symposium in 2018