Difference between revisions of "Italiano Chapter Report 2009"

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=== Key Accomplishments ===
 
=== Key Accomplishments ===
  
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* Substantial grassroots activities (over 20 events in one year), slowly increase in registered members  
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* Substantial grassroots activities (numerous events in one year, following the numerous events in the previous years)
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* Legal Action towards ISTAT (with ASSOLI), QGIS (and GRASS) funding initiative (see qgis hackfest 2009 in Vienna)
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* slowly increase in registered members  
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* New server hosted by Regione Toscana, improved Relationship to OpenStreetMap community.
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* Legal Action towards ISTAT (with ASSOLI), then translated to committee for evaluation of geospatial requirements
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* Great succes for the second edition of the GFOSS day held in Bolzano in November (XXX participants). The event  has its focus on Free and open spource software in business and public amministration.  
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* QGIS (and GRASS) funding initiative (see qgis hackfest 2009 in Vienna)
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* During the year we had also a GFOSS.it partecipation writing articles for an italian magazine "rivistageomedia" [16]
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* New GFOSS.it server hosted by Regione Toscana (for wiki, main web site, and sample data sets)
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* Google Summer of Code partecipation with 4 student-projects approved [17-20].
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* improved Relationship to OpenStreetMap community.
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* Great succes for the second edition of the GFOSS day held in Bolzano in November (approx. 260 participants).
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* During the year we had also a GFOSS.it partecipation writing articles for "Rivista Geomedia", with quasi-monthly contributions. This is currently the only hard copy publication on the GIS market in Italy [16]
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GFOSS.it related events in 2009 :
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GFOSS.it-related events in 2009 :
  
 
* 10th Italian GRASS/GFOSS meeting [1]
 
* 10th Italian GRASS/GFOSS meeting [1]
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* First National Meeting about OpenStreetMap : OSMit [5]
 
* First National Meeting about OpenStreetMap : OSMit [5]
 
* Italian conference about free-libre software - Bologna CONFSL [6]
 
* Italian conference about free-libre software - Bologna CONFSL [6]
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* Portofino's mapping party [7]
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* Portofino mapping party [7]
 
* OSGeo Hacking event Bolsena [8]
 
* OSGeo Hacking event Bolsena [8]
 
* Dolomity Mapping Party [9]
 
* Dolomity Mapping Party [9]
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* 2nd Meeting of Free Software for GIS (SASIG) Portugal [13]
 
* 2nd Meeting of Free Software for GIS (SASIG) Portugal [13]
 
* QGIS Hackfest - Vienna [14]
 
* QGIS Hackfest - Vienna [14]
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* 2th Gfoss Day [15]
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* 2nd GFOSS Day [15]
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* Google Summer of Code partecipation with 4 student-projects approved [17-20].
  
 
===  Areas for Improvement : ===  
 
===  Areas for Improvement : ===  
  
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* Recent discussion in GFOSS.it point attention to the Association directive structure (new board in 2010)
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* Opportunities to consolidate relationships with other associations with focus on open source software (not only GEO-)
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* Opportunities to consolidate relationships with other associative reality with its focous on open source software (not only GEO-)
 
  
  
 
=== Outlook for 2009 : ===  
 
=== Outlook for 2009 : ===  
  
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* More Hackmeetings, more mapping-party, study a "common letter" to request data libeartion to the Public Amministration.
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* The new board will be elected in February 2010
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* More workshop dedicated to gis-programking issue.
 
 
* Interest in providing additional momentum in Italy, and in connection with other European chapters, towards FOSS4G 2010
 
* Interest in providing additional momentum in Italy, and in connection with other European chapters, towards FOSS4G 2010
  

Revision as of 06:10, 18 January 2010

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Italian Chapter

  • Contact name: Massimo di Stefano

Key Accomplishments

  • Substantial grassroots activities (numerous events in one year, following the numerous events in the previous years)
  • slowly increase in registered members
  • Legal Action towards ISTAT (with ASSOLI), then translated to committee for evaluation of geospatial requirements
  • QGIS (and GRASS) funding initiative (see qgis hackfest 2009 in Vienna)
  • New GFOSS.it server hosted by Regione Toscana (for wiki, main web site, and sample data sets)
  • improved Relationship to OpenStreetMap community.
  • Great succes for the second edition of the GFOSS day held in Bolzano in November (approx. 260 participants).
  • During the year we had also a GFOSS.it partecipation writing articles for "Rivista Geomedia", with quasi-monthly contributions. This is currently the only hard copy publication on the GIS market in Italy [16]


GFOSS.it-related events in 2009 :

  • 10th Italian GRASS/GFOSS meeting [1]
  • 4th Workshop Open Source, Free Software e Open format adopted in archaeological search [2]
  • GFOSS.it and OSGEO sponsorship at the Matera's barcamp [3]
  • Bettersoftware Conference [4]
  • First National Meeting about OpenStreetMap : OSMit [5]
  • Italian conference about free-libre software - Bologna CONFSL [6]
  • Portofino mapping party [7]
  • OSGeo Hacking event Bolsena [8]
  • Dolomity Mapping Party [9]
  • Contribute to the FOSSFG live-dvd project [10]
  • FOSS4G - Sydney [11]]
  • ITN 09 "Infrastructure Telematic & Navigation" [12]
  • 2nd Meeting of Free Software for GIS (SASIG) Portugal [13]
  • QGIS Hackfest - Vienna [14]
  • 2nd GFOSS Day [15]
  • Google Summer of Code partecipation with 4 student-projects approved [17-20].

Areas for Improvement :

  • Opportunities to consolidate relationships with other associations with focus on open source software (not only GEO-)


Outlook for 2009 :

  • The new board will be elected in February 2010
  • Interest in providing additional momentum in Italy, and in connection with other European chapters, towards FOSS4G 2010


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