Quebec Chapter Report 2009
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Quebec Local Chapter Report for 2009
- Contact name: Daniel Morissette
Key Accomplishments
- Held regular local meetings around the province:
- March 19, 2009: 5 à 7 in Trois-Rivières (More info...)
- May 19, 2009: 5 à 7 in Quebec City (More info...)
- September 17, 2009: 5 à 7 in Montreal (More info...)
- OSGeo presence in the April 30 AGMQ conference where ~50% of the talks were on the topic of free and open source geomatics (More info...)
- Open Source track in the Geomatics 2009 program on Wednesday October 21
- Added 2 new members to steering committee for a 2 year term as was initially planned in 2008. The current steering committee members for 2009-2010 are:
- Daniel Morissette (2008-2010)
- Thierry Badard (2008-2010)
- Nicolas Gignac (2008-2010)
- Simon Mercier (2009-2011)
- Martin Fafard (2009-2011)
- Made the decision at the end of 2009 to organize Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16) (Planning will take place in 2010 and is tracked in the wiki at Journée OSGeo-qc Juin 2010)
Areas for Improvement
- any weaknesses in process, software, management, etc. that you plan to address or recognise need some help
Opportunities to Help
- list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report
- RdvOSGeoQc planning, committee, Call for presentations
Outlook for 2010
- The main activity of 2010 will be the Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16)
- We will also continue to hold local meetings ("5 à 7") around the province with 2-3 15 minute presentations each time