Brazilian Chapter Report 2009

Brazilian Chapter

Key Accomplishments

• Geolivre 2009 - The most important FOSS GIS conference in Brazil. The 2009 edition, we have more than 150 people in "real presence" and more than 1.500 participating on Internet.
• Unofficial OSGeo meeting at Latinoware 2009.
• Unofficial OSGeo meeting at FISL (International Free Software Forum) 2009. The FISL is the most important FOSS event in Latin America, with more than 7.000 users.
• Voting Members Definition.
• Definition of a coordination group.
• New objetctives and mission for the chapter.
• Creation of workgroups.

Areas for Improvement

• Chapter organization.
• More activity.

Local Projects - FOSS GIS

• I3Geo
• [www.prefeituralivre.com.br Prefeitura Livre] - Open Source solution to manage municipal services/utilities integrated FOSS GIS components.

Contributions to OSGeo Projects

• QGIS Plugins created by Luiz Motta
• Patch for Geotools by Rafael Soto. WMS Request Timeout bug.

Opportunities to Help

• More meetings and events in Brazil.

Outlook for 2010

• Crate a visual identity for the chapter.
• Solidify the Brazilian Chapter.
• Promote work experience exchance from members.