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** GIS going to an IT field; education curriculum not going to that. Job hires versus educational experience.
 
** GIS going to an IT field; education curriculum not going to that. Job hires versus educational experience.
 
** Mini FOSS4G in North America; possibly piggy-backing off another conference.
 
** Mini FOSS4G in North America; possibly piggy-backing off another conference.
* OSGeo discuss announce
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* OSGeo discuss announce - we need an announcement.
* OSGeo Annual Report
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* OSGeo Annual Report - need annual report for funders.
 
* [http://www.wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCamp ] around corner.  Stack demo?  Other involvement. Announcements made to PDXOSGEO group, GIS_Info, and other groups.
 
* [http://www.wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCamp ] around corner.  Stack demo?  Other involvement. Announcements made to PDXOSGEO group, GIS_Info, and other groups.
* GIS In Action call for presentations
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* GIS In Action call for presentations - this Fall but will be hosted in Spring, Jantzen Beach.
* Nov and Dec meetings?
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* Nov and Dec meetings? Rob mentioned meeting with Seattle meetings.
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Let it be known: Rob Denner bought beer.
  
 
=== Presentations  ===
 
=== Presentations  ===

Revision as of 19:54, 28 September 2011

PDX-OSGEO meeting
9/28/2011 6-7
Location: OpenSourcery in NW Portland & Across the street afterwards

Agenda

Introductions

Regular meeting business

(e.g., Upcoming GIS events/conferences, next meeting presenters or topics, discussions, updates, etc.)

  • FOSS4G and other reports. Discussions on...
    • routing talks
    • gamification of maps and data collection (Skobler). Utilized OSM data.
    • GIS going to an IT field; education curriculum not going to that. Job hires versus educational experience.
    • Mini FOSS4G in North America; possibly piggy-backing off another conference.
  • OSGeo discuss announce - we need an announcement.
  • OSGeo Annual Report - need annual report for funders.
  • WhereCamp around corner. Stack demo? Other involvement. Announcements made to PDXOSGEO group, GIS_Info, and other groups.
  • GIS In Action call for presentations - this Fall but will be hosted in Spring, Jantzen Beach.
  • Nov and Dec meetings? Rob mentioned meeting with Seattle meetings.

Let it be known: Rob Denner bought beer.

Presentations

  1. Jonathan Karon (fightingmonk) is coming to present his OSBridge 2011 session

Misc

Remaining schedule (every fourth Wednesday)

  • October 26th (Lev Tyspin from ThinkShout is coming to talk about some Drupal mapping work they've done)
  • November 30th (likely canceled)
  • December 28th (likely canceled)

Other