Italiano Chapter Report 2008
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(DRAFT)
Please use 2nd level heading for your project name
Project Name
- Contact name: Massimo di Stefano
Please use the triple single quotes to make contact name bold, above
Please use 3rd level headings for your main headings:
Key Accomplishments
- the top 5-10 key items that the project or PSC accomplished this period
- substantial grassroots activities (with 20 events in one year, mostly in Northern and Central Italy)
- First edition of the GFOSS day held in Pontedera in November (130 participants).
This event does not replace the traditional GRASS/GFOSS meeting, typically held in the first months of the year with a focus on research & development and a strong participation of
- media coverage (include note)
- increase in registered members (+x%)
- formal action (ISTAT), with the support of ASSOLI
- ECDL GIS (one-liner to describe)
- substantial support to the OpenStreetMap project in the first part of 2008 (January-July)
- liaison to other organizations and institutions (OpenStreetMap, ITPUG (Italian PostgreSQL user group), Politecnico di Milano / Dipartimento di Architettura e Pianificazione, AGA Verona
, May 2008: 3° Workshop Open Source, Free Software e Open Format nei processi di ricerca archeologica. - http://www.perseo.lettere.unipd.it/workshop08/doku.php?id=partners)
Areas for Improvement
- any weaknesses in process, software, management, etc. that you plan to address or recognise need some help
- OSGEO liaison
- aligning available resources
- some administrative issues still to be cleared.
Opportunities to Help
- list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report
Outlook for 2009
- this is the motivational part that is meant to inspire readers to keep their eyes open for great stuff in 2008 :)
- Hackmeetings are in the process of being planned. We expect to hold one or two events during 2009.
- Second edition of the GFOSS day to be held in Bolzano, 11 Nov 2009 (abbiamo già un link ?)
- Interest in providing additional momentum in Italy, and in connection with other European chapters, towards FOSS4G 2010