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 - OSGeo-fr meeting : november 2008

Areas for Improvement

• more people for translating
• better marketing package and people to organize booth on events
• more contributors and projecter manager
• better communication to the french spatial world

Opportunities to Help

• list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report

Outlook for 2009

• this is the motivational part that is meant to inspire readers to keep their eyes open for great stuff in 2008 :)