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)
- Richard Cantwell (Gamma)
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, Meeting Summary and Photos
OSGeo Symposium 2018
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