OSGeo AGM 2009 OSGeofr annual report Thierry Badard

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 o o • 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 o OGRS (Nantes, France) via IGN, France o Geography festival of Saint Dié (flyers were distributed) o…

2008 -2009 activities • Evolution of the number of subscribers to the OSGeo-fr mailing list

2008 -2009 activities • Some interesting partnerships are investigated o With IGN (the French NMA) • Translation in French o o o OSGeo journal (volume 4) QGIS 1. 0. 0 User guide In progress: Open. Layers, Gv. SIG, … • Free geospatial data o Some members follow the activity in this domain and have initiated some discussions § o 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 o o o 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 o o o In different organizations In different conferences In journals, mailing lists, … • Pursue the translation initiative • Strengthen and create new collaborations between OSGeofr and other communities o OSM, OSGeo-qc, etc. • Organization of a Francophone FOSS 4 G?

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