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OSGeo AGM 2009 OSGeo-fr annual report Thierry Badard (replacing Yves Jacolin). Sydney, Australia, October 21, 2009. 2008-2009 activities. Creation of the legal association Creation of the bank account Registration of members to the association
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OSGeo AGM 2009 OSGeo-fr annual report Thierry Badard (replacing Yves Jacolin) Sydney, Australia, October 21, 2009
2008-2009 activities • Creation of the legal association • Creation of the bank account • Registration of members to the association • Board election (all members have been reelected) • A Google apps has been set up • Management of members, budget, etc. • Participation in international/national tradeshows • OGRS (Nantes, France) via IGN, France • Geography festival of Saint Dié (flyers were distributed) • …
2008-2009 activities • Evolution of the number of subscribers to the OSGeo-fr mailing list
2008-2009 activities • Some interesting partnerships are investigated • With IGN (the French NMA) • Translation in French • OSGeo journal (volume 4) • QGIS 1.0.0 User guide • In progress: OpenLayers, GvSIG, … • Free geospatial data • Some members follow the activity in this domain and have initiated some discussions • Licenses, cadastral data, possible collaborations, etc. • Especially with the OSM Community
Outlooks for 2010 • Try to involve more members in the different day to day activities of the local chapter • http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Actions_2010_fr • Try to increase the participation on the mailing list • Try to increase the number of members in the legal association • Pursue the promotion of OSGeo and OSGeo-fr • In different organizations • In different conferences • In journals, mailing lists, … • Pursue the translation initiative • Strengthen and create new collaborations between OSGeo-fr and other communities • OSM, OSGeo-qc, etc. • Organization of a Francophone FOSS4G?