Francophone Chapter Report 2008

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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

  • welcome more people for translation projects
  • create marketing package and help people to organize booth on events
  • welcome more contributors and projecter manager
  • improve communication to the francophone gespatial world

Opportunities to Help

  • help in translating QGIS documentation or OSGeo Journal : translators or proof reader
  • help in organize OSGeo-fr booth on event : conference and booth
  • help in creating marketing package : flyer, booth, OSGeo-fr website

Outlook for 2009

  • finalize legal association
  • work on new projet : doc translation, datas, etc.