AfricaGEO 2014
AfricaGEO 2014 OSGeo presence organising page
Purpose
Organise activities around the AfricaGEO 2014 event being held 1-3 July 2014 in Cape Town. See http://www.africageo.org/ for event details.
Dates and Times
30 June: FOSS GIS Unconference
Jul 1-3 at the conference: Hang around the 1Map stand or the GISSA stand. There are various FOSS-related talks and sessions too.
Venue
FOSS GIS Unconference: NGI Head Office, Mowbray
AfricaGeo: The Cape Town International Conference Center.
Communication
Please join the Africa mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa
Participants
FOSS GIS Unconference
update: By 26 June lots of people have replied by email and phone that they are coming. Add your name here and ideas here if you like but it sounds like it's going to be a nice turnout
AfricaGeo FOSS champions
We don't have our own OSGeo stall at the main conference but will hang an OSGeo banner either at the GISSA or 1Map stand.
| # | Participant | Home | Man Booth | Preparation of materials | Other contributions | contact | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Sutton | Swellendam, South Africa | yes | yes | Not sure what yet | tim@linfiniti.com | No notes yet |
| 2 | Tobi Sowole | Lagos, Nigeria | no | yes | Funding | tobi.sowole@spatialmatrix.com | No notes yet |
| 3 | Frank Sokolic | Cape Town, South Africa | yes | yes | Funding, workshops | sokolic@worldonline.co.za | No notes yet |
| 4 | Jeff McKenna | Canada | yes | (my experience with Nottingham is that it is easier for locals to print materials etc.) | workshop | jmckenna(at)osgeo.org | MapServer workshop? |
| 3 | Hanlie Pretorius | Cape Town, South Africa | no | yes | Poster with myths about FOSS GIS software | hanlie.pretorius@gmail.com | No notes yet |
FAQ
- **Do I need to be a FOSS GIS guru?** It will help if you know your way around the FOSS GIS stack, but nobody needs to be a guru.
- **Will I earn money for doing this?** In the afterlife maybe, in this one you will probably need to part with some of your hard earned cash to cover conference fees and perhaps chip in for goodies for the stand.
Social Activities
Lets get together for a OSGeo Africa Chapter meetup while we are there!
Budget
TBD
Materials
QGIS Flyers: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/qgis20_brochure_screen.pdf QGIS Poster: https://t.co/OaotY8dHir (needs updating a little)