Ireland

Mission

The mission of the Irish OSGeo Local Chapter is to promote the development and use of free open-source software within the Irish geospatial community. The Irish LOC will also serve to promote GIS Education using OSGeo software in Irish third-level institutions and industry.

Objectives

• To increase and promote awareness of OSGeo Software within the Irish geospatial (industry & research) community.
• To provide a forum to discuss and gain experience with OSGeo Software
• To help educate people in the use of OSGeo Software in Ireland.

People

People interested in forming part of the Irish Local Chapter should include their names below:

• Daniel McInerney (Coillte Teoranta)
• Peter Mooney (Maynooth University)
• Mel McIntyre (OpenApp)
• Dave Corley (OpenStreetMap Ireland)
• Ozan Emem (Compass Informatics)
• Mark Foley (Dublin Institute of Technology)
• Declan Dunne (University College Cork)
• Brian O'Hare (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Cadasta Foundation)
• Magdalene Marron (Coillte Teoranta)
• Pádraig Fitzmaurice ( EPA Ireland/Compass Informatics )
• Seth Girvin (Compass Informatics)

Communication

• mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ireland

List of Meetings

• Teleconference: 24.09.2015 Minutes
• Teleconference: 17.11.2015 Minutes
• Teleconference: 04.02.2016 Minutes
• Dublin Meet-Up: 18.06.2016 Minutes
• Teleconference: 15.11.2016 Minutes
• Teleconference: 26.01.2017 Minutes
• Teleconference: 10.02.2017 Minutes
• Teleconference: 24.03.2017 Minutes
• Teleconference: 12.04.2017 Minutes
• Teleconference: 17.05.2017 Minutes
• Symposium 2017: 26.05.2017 Minutes

OSGeo Symposium 2018

• Preannouncement

Next Steps

The following is an informal list of potential items to address

• Formalise Irish LOC's mission statement and objectives
• Organise Irish Local Chapter Meet-up
• Establish mailman list
• Logo
• Organise First OSGeo IE Symposium in 2017
• Plan further events in late 2017 and Second Symposium in 2018