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== Opportunities to Help == | == Opportunities to Help == | ||
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== Outlook for 2008 == | == Outlook for 2008 == | ||
Revision as of 14:26, 24 February 2008
Italiano Local Chapter
- Period covered by report: Jan-Dec 2007
- Contact name: Massimiliano Cannata --Maxi71 11:55, 22 February 2008 (EST)
Key Accomplishments
- “back office”/administrative management
- Wiki, IRC, mailing list set up and maintain
- productions of howto, help ecc.
- created a debian.gfoss.it package
- ECDL freeGIS, (The European Computer Driving License (ECDL) is the European-wide qualification demonstrating competence in computer skills.)
- works on open geodata
- elaboration Italian toponimi ISTAT database
- participation to petition and license definition
- Support to mapping parties initiatives (Pavia, Arezzo, ...)
- Extension of network contact (OpenStreetMap, Italian PostgreSQL User Group)
- Public relations
- presence in the press (radio, journals)
- developed presentation material (flyer, presentation layout, Youtube spot, gadgets)
- started the population of the Italian web service on FOSS4G users (mapserver, grass, pmapper, etc...)
Areas for Improvement
- try to set up a more effective decision making processes, with activity areas and teams
Opportunities to Help
- having educational material, courses and tutorial for the different OSGeo project, in order to organize workshops at the Italiano annual meeting and disseminate OSGeo products
Outlook for 2008
- this is the motivational part that is meant to inspire readers to keep their eyes open for great stuff in 2008 :)