Difference between revisions of "German Language Chapter Report 2009"

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The FOSSGIS e.V. (registered association) has been approved as OSGeo local chapter D-A-CH at the end of 2008. Therefore in 2009 one of the main focuses was to establish the FOSSGIS e.V. as lc D-A-CH and to merge the structures to integrate the new function into the FOSSGIS e.V., existing since 2000. The following listing sketches the activities 2009:
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* Host and organizer of the established FOSSGIS conference:
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** [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/2009 FOSSGIS 2009] (2009/03/17-2009/03/19) in Hannover with approx. 500 participants, a bunch of exhibitors, practical workshops and speeches
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** Developing a concept to integrate the OpenStreetMap-community into the FOSSGIS-conference to make it the OSM-conference for the german language community and to connect the OSM-community with OSGeo activities.
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** Planning [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki FOSSGIS 2010] conference in Osnabrück (2010/03/02-2010/03/05)
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* Participtaion and coordination of OSGeo presence at various conferences and exhibitions
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** [http://www.fossgis.de/node/64 LinuxTag] (2009/06/23-2009/03/27)
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** [http://www.fossgis.de/node/67 AGIT]
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** Intergeo (2009/09/22-2009/09/24) (coordination of community part of [http://www.flickr.com/photos/osgeohackingevent2009/3969299175/in/set-72157622365217951/ OSGeo Park])
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* Financial support of various code sprints and developer meetings:
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**[http://www.fossgis.de/node/71 OSGeo code sprint Bolsena]
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**[http://www.fossgis.de/node/84 QGIS developer meetings] in Hannover and Vienna
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**[http://www.fossgis.de/node/82 Mapbender developer meeting]
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*Launching own Webserver to host the associations own
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**[http://www.fossgis.de CMS]
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**[http://www.fossgis.de/wiki FOSSGIS-Wiki]
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**[http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki Wiki of FOSSGIS-conference]
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**Various other services (email, listserver, trac, svn, ...)
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*Improvments of profile and PR:
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**New FOSSGIS-logo to solicit the new name (FOSSGIS, formerly known as GRASS Anwender Vereinigung) and the new tasks of FOSSGIS e.V.
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**Development of a booth-concept and partly implementation (already tested on Intergeo 2009)
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*Projects of lc D-A-CH (abstract):
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**Further development of GISlive - FOSSGIS' own LiveDVD project used on conference for workshops and as give away
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**Redesgn of [http://www.freegis.org FreeGIS-portal] - relaunch coming soon in 2010
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**Promoting OSM-community by being contract partner for donation of data and IT-services
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*Increase of members of FOSSGIS e.V. as lc D-A-CH about 50%. In a absolut numbers from 60 to 90 including private, institutional and corporate memberships
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*Outview 2010:
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**FOSSGIS-conference 2010
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**FOSS4G in Barcelona
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**INTERGEO, AGIT
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**Connect local working groups with OSGeo internationals
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**Increase donations
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**Work in preparation for own office (implementation after 2010 ;-)

Revision as of 15:04, 31 January 2010

The FOSSGIS e.V. (registered association) has been approved as OSGeo local chapter D-A-CH at the end of 2008. Therefore in 2009 one of the main focuses was to establish the FOSSGIS e.V. as lc D-A-CH and to merge the structures to integrate the new function into the FOSSGIS e.V., existing since 2000. The following listing sketches the activities 2009:

  • Host and organizer of the established FOSSGIS conference:
    • FOSSGIS 2009 (2009/03/17-2009/03/19) in Hannover with approx. 500 participants, a bunch of exhibitors, practical workshops and speeches
    • Developing a concept to integrate the OpenStreetMap-community into the FOSSGIS-conference to make it the OSM-conference for the german language community and to connect the OSM-community with OSGeo activities.
    • Planning FOSSGIS 2010 conference in Osnabrück (2010/03/02-2010/03/05)
  • Participtaion and coordination of OSGeo presence at various conferences and exhibitions
    • LinuxTag (2009/06/23-2009/03/27)
    • AGIT
    • Intergeo (2009/09/22-2009/09/24) (coordination of community part of OSGeo Park)
  • Financial support of various code sprints and developer meetings:
  • Launching own Webserver to host the associations own
  • Improvments of profile and PR:
    • New FOSSGIS-logo to solicit the new name (FOSSGIS, formerly known as GRASS Anwender Vereinigung) and the new tasks of FOSSGIS e.V.
    • Development of a booth-concept and partly implementation (already tested on Intergeo 2009)
  • Projects of lc D-A-CH (abstract):
    • Further development of GISlive - FOSSGIS' own LiveDVD project used on conference for workshops and as give away
    • Redesgn of FreeGIS-portal - relaunch coming soon in 2010
    • Promoting OSM-community by being contract partner for donation of data and IT-services
  • Increase of members of FOSSGIS e.V. as lc D-A-CH about 50%. In a absolut numbers from 60 to 90 including private, institutional and corporate memberships
  • Outview 2010:
    • FOSSGIS-conference 2010
    • FOSS4G in Barcelona
    • INTERGEO, AGIT
    • Connect local working groups with OSGeo internationals
    • Increase donations
    • Work in preparation for own office (implementation after 2010 ;-)
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