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Organise activities around the AfricaGEO 2014 event being held 1-3 July 2014 in Cape Town. See http://www.africageo.org/ for event details.
 
Organise activities around the AfricaGEO 2014 event being held 1-3 July 2014 in Cape Town. See http://www.africageo.org/ for event details.
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== Dates and Times ==
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'''30 June: FOSS GIS Unconference'''
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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 ==
 
== Venue ==
  
The Cape Town International Conference Center is a top notch international class venue.
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'''FOSS GIS Unconference: NGI Head Office, Mowbray'''
  
== Dates and Times ==
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AfricaGeo: The Cape Town International Conference Center.
 
 
Jul 1-3 2014 (possibly we could hold events before and after the conference center
 
  
 
== Communication ==
 
== Communication ==
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== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
  
We are planning to man a stall for each day of the conference. We need volunteers to man the stall, to
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=== FOSS GIS Unconference ===
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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
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=== AfricaGeo FOSS champions ===
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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.  
  
 
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<!-- | # || Participant || Home  || Man Booth ||  Preparation  of materials  ||  Other contributions  || contact || Notes -->
 
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== FAQ ==
 
== FAQ ==
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* **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.
 
* **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.
 
* **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.
* **Who will pay for the stand.** We are looking for donors.
 
  
 
== Social Activities ==
 
== Social Activities ==
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QGIS Flyers: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/qgis20_brochure_screen.pdf
 
QGIS Flyers: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42637169/qgis20_brochure_screen.pdf
 
QGIS Poster: https://t.co/OaotY8dHir (needs updating a little)
 
QGIS Poster: https://t.co/OaotY8dHir (needs updating a little)
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[[Category:Local Chapters]]
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[[Category:Africa]]

Revision as of 13:28, 26 June 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.

Participants
# 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)