Twin Cities Chapter Report 2009
- Period covered: January - December, 2009
- Contact name: Pericles Nacionales
Key Accomplishments
- Participation--several workshops and presentations--at the annual Minnesota GIS/LIS conference
- Birds of a Feather discussion of open source applications at the MN GIS/LIS conference
- Participated at the OSGeo code sprint in Toronto (GeoMoose and MapServer representatives)
- Members actively involved in Red and Mississippi Rivers flood response
- Helped promote use of the US National Grid
- Recognized the relevance of Open Street Map and its uses in private, and local and state government agencies
- Increased member participation in local chapter meetings and social events
Areas for Improvement
- Need more effort in promoting local chapter
- Need more effort in promoting open source geospatial tools
- More outreach to end users (as opposed to developers, although that is also desired)
- Be more inclusive (reach out to other open source projects)
Opportunities to Help
- Help with GeoMoose project
- More Open Street Map participation needed
- Help to secure booth space at the 2010 MN GIS/LIS conference
- Help to promote OSGeo and open source geospatial tools at said conference, and other local conferences
- Spread the word to increase local chapter membership
- Identify local open source geospatial projects and resources
Outlook for 2010
In 2010, we can look forward to:
- Paul Ramsey as keynote speaker for 2010 MN GIS/LIS conference
- Participation at the 2010 OSGeo Code Sprint in New York
- More presentations of important geospatial topics in meetings
- More outreach to local open source geospatial projects and resources
- Demo/Installfests
- Collaborations with other open source groups in the twin cities area
- Increase use of social networks
- Mapping parties