OSGeo Conferences & Local Chapters Around the World Jeff McKenna Director, OSGeo Rendez-vous OSGeo Québec 15 juin 2010

From Where? Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg: More Than Just Fish

Local Challenge: Providing Broadband Access to Rural NS “Every Nova Scotian will have broadband access by the year 2010.”

Reality of High Speed Access in NS

Open Source Geospatial: In the Beginning

Getting the Community Together Ottawa 2004

Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial

Welcome, NeoGeographers

FOSS4G Workshops Capetown, South Africa 2008

FOSS4G Friendships Victoria, 2007

FOSS4G Attendance

Good Problems to Have ● FOSS4G2010 had 360 abstracts submitted with only 120 slots available ● Difficult to make sure that all OSGeo projects and OSGeo sponsors are represented

FOSS4G Budget ● The focus has not been on 'making money' ● Each hosting committee is expected to generate $20,000 for OSGeo

FOSS4G Lessons Learned

OSGeo Local Chapters

What Can Local Chapters Do?

● Brought 5 international representatives to this event ● Possibly one of the largest and most active chapters in North America ● Recommendations: ● Also participate in Canadian chapter? ● FOSS4G 201x international?

● Each year funds international representatives to travel to their events ● Possibly one of the largest and most active chapters in the world ● Use own infrastructure ● Extremely active, but separated from global community

OSGeo4W Translations

Conclusion

Making a Local Impact

Thank you! Chicoutimi, 2004

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