Dutch Chapter Report 2012

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OSGeo Dutch Language Chapter Activity Report 2012

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Key Accomplishments

  • Events
    • New Year's Party with OpenStreetMap NL Community - about 40-50 people
    • Open Source Seminar at Geospatial World Forum
      • Date: April 25, 2012
      • Venue: RAI, Amsterdam
      • Organizer: OSGeo Dutch Language Chapter
      • Keynote Speakers : Arnulf Christl
      • The event was highly successful with around 40-50 participants. If we had more room we could have seated twice the amount.
    • OSGeo.nl Day 2012 : The first annual OSGeo Dutch Language Chapter conference.
      • Date: June 30, 2012
      • Venue: Hogeschool Larenstein, Velp
      • Organizer: MapWindow Conference/Hogeschool Larenstein with OSGeo Dutch Language Chapter
      • Keynote Speakers : Just van den Broecke
      • The event was highly successful with around 160 participants. (more text needed)
  • Localizations & Translations
    • GeoServer translations
    • members working on QGIS plugins and Dutch translations
    • OpenLayers contributions

Areas for Improvement

  • Still, too much dependency on too small key members. More active members should be involved.
  • How to involve the community more
  • (possibly many more)

Opportunities to Help

  • any help is welcome, especially financially, organizing events and practial things like the website

Outlook for 2013

  • We may see very prosperous year in 2013 as we are becoming a legal entity, attracting sponsors and organizing great events
  • Legal entity and first board elected
  • More outreach in other Dutch Language countries, already in progress with Belgium and the Antilles
  • New: GeoStammtisches, small local city events with 5-minute lightning talks, already two organized
  • In 2013, we may attract more members to our chapter and could run our chapter in more systematic way. We hope that 2013 is the year that OSGeo Dutch Chapter remains flourishing and expanding.