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| + | First meeting of Group: Oct 17th, 2007, 7pm | ||
| + | * 8 attendees | ||
| + | * hosted by MIT museum | ||
| + | * Next meeting Nov 14th, 7pm | ||
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| + | == Old as of Oct 17th, 2007 == | ||
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Currently canvassing community to determine level of interest in regular meetings of a Boston area OSGeo users group. | Currently canvassing community to determine level of interest in regular meetings of a Boston area OSGeo users group. | ||
Sent email to: | Sent email to: | ||
| − | + | * MassGIS Web Services Mailing List | |
| − | + | * Geomancers mailing list | |
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| + | Positive responses: | ||
| + | * Allan Doyle | ||
| + | * Guido Stein | ||
| + | * Tracy Rolling | ||
| + | * Lucia Lovison | ||
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| + | Email sent: | ||
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| + | I'm Christopher Schmidt, a charter member of the Open Source Geospatial | ||
| + | Foundation. (This title basically just means I'm a participant that | ||
| + | people recognize the name of ;) I'm also a core developer for | ||
| + | OpenLayers, and the maintainer of http://boston.freemap.in/, which is an | ||
| + | online map built using MassGIS data. As part of an effort to seek out | ||
| + | Open Source Geo people in the Boston area, I'm canvassing the local | ||
| + | community for interest in a regular open source geospatial interest | ||
| + | group meeting. | ||
| + | |||
| + | For those of you who don't know, OSGeo is a non-profit organization | ||
| + | which is seeking to fulfill an umbrella organizational role for a number | ||
| + | of Open Source Geospatial software projects, including projects like | ||
| + | GeoServer and OpenLayers. It is currently entering its third year of | ||
| + | operation, and has a number of projects undergoing incubation currently | ||
| + | to become "OSGeo projects", including everything from uDig and QGIS to | ||
| + | GRASS to GeoServer. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The goal of having regular meetings would be: | ||
| + | * Create Networking oppourtunities: allow users of open source | ||
| + | geo software to meet with creators of open source geo software where | ||
| + | possible. | ||
| + | * Share knowledge: meetings could have a presentation from a particular | ||
| + | person on everything from how to use a certain tool, to types of data | ||
| + | available, to anything else. | ||
| + | * "Chill out": spend social time with other like-minded individuals -- | ||
| + | either users of open source geosoftware, or just people interested | ||
| + | in learning more about it. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Essentially, I personally envision this as being very similar to a Linux | ||
| + | Users Group meeting: go someplace, here a 45 minute presentation with 15 | ||
| + | minutes of questions on a particular related topic, then head out, get | ||
| + | beers someplace, and relax. | ||
| + | |||
| + | If such a thing were to take place in the Bostonish area, would anyone on | ||
| + | this list be interested in attending? Anything in particular that | ||
| + | strikes your interest? | ||
| + | |||
| + | Looking forward to hearing from anyone interested in creating a local | ||
| + | group of OS Geosoftware users... | ||
Latest revision as of 22:04, 17 October 2007
First meeting of Group: Oct 17th, 2007, 7pm
- 8 attendees
- hosted by MIT museum
- Next meeting Nov 14th, 7pm
Old as of Oct 17th, 2007
Currently canvassing community to determine level of interest in regular meetings of a Boston area OSGeo users group.
Sent email to:
- MassGIS Web Services Mailing List
- Geomancers mailing list
Positive responses:
- Allan Doyle
- Guido Stein
- Tracy Rolling
- Lucia Lovison
Email sent:
I'm Christopher Schmidt, a charter member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. (This title basically just means I'm a participant that people recognize the name of ;) I'm also a core developer for OpenLayers, and the maintainer of http://boston.freemap.in/, which is an online map built using MassGIS data. As part of an effort to seek out Open Source Geo people in the Boston area, I'm canvassing the local community for interest in a regular open source geospatial interest group meeting. For those of you who don't know, OSGeo is a non-profit organization which is seeking to fulfill an umbrella organizational role for a number of Open Source Geospatial software projects, including projects like GeoServer and OpenLayers. It is currently entering its third year of operation, and has a number of projects undergoing incubation currently to become "OSGeo projects", including everything from uDig and QGIS to GRASS to GeoServer. The goal of having regular meetings would be: * Create Networking oppourtunities: allow users of open source geo software to meet with creators of open source geo software where possible. * Share knowledge: meetings could have a presentation from a particular person on everything from how to use a certain tool, to types of data available, to anything else. * "Chill out": spend social time with other like-minded individuals -- either users of open source geosoftware, or just people interested in learning more about it. Essentially, I personally envision this as being very similar to a Linux Users Group meeting: go someplace, here a 45 minute presentation with 15 minutes of questions on a particular related topic, then head out, get beers someplace, and relax. If such a thing were to take place in the Bostonish area, would anyone on this list be interested in attending? Anything in particular that strikes your interest? Looking forward to hearing from anyone interested in creating a local group of OS Geosoftware users...