Francophone Chapter Report 2009

Francophone Local Chapter Report for 2009

• Contact name: Yves Jacolin

Key Accomplishments

• We translated & published QGIS documentation release 1.0.0, and began translating QGIS release 1.4.0 doc,
• We worked on the translation of OpenLayers documentation. We're currently at the proof-reader step,
• We assisted the french OpenStreetMap community importing data from the public sector,
• We celebrated our first birthday as a Legal Association

Areas for Improvement

• We need people to help translating documentation & writing information for the future OSGeo-fr website
• We need more people to advocate OSGeo and Free and Open Source software and data to the francophone world! (but there are already some, out there ;-)

Opportunities to Help

• Get Involved! All contributions are welcomed.

Sign up for the mailing list http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/francophone and say hello to the francophone world!

• Spread the "free geodata & free sotware" word !

Outlook for 2010

• Stronger contact and link with the french OpenStreetMap community - act as a Legal Association for them, if they ask us to. Discussions are underway on this possibility.
• Incentive to free more geodata from the public sector, with an eye on OpenStreetMap,
• Create and develop the OSGeo-fr website,
• Open Source village at the "Rencontre SIG La Lettre" Tradeshow with conferences and OSGeo-fr booth,
• "RMLL 2010" Tradeshow: a booth and several presentations to expect.