OSGeo - User contributions [en]

California/Exhibition Pack

2010-06-07T14:33:03Z

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The California [[Exhibition Pack]] is available for OSGeo marketing purposes at any events sponsored by the Chapter or OSGeo in general.

=Contents=
==Durable Items==
{|border="1"
!Item!!Description!!Photo!!Date Aquired!!Notes
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|Table Skirt
|8' black with the old logo printed on it, fire info sewn into one corner.
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|Table Runner
|Green 30"x80" printed plastic with sewn edges, should be replaced with a cloth version. Fire info attached
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|[[Image:CaRunner.JPG|thumbnail]]
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|Banner and Stand
| Lightweight 30"x80" printed plastic with protective coat, stand is a tripod lower 1/2 with tent stake upper half, banner held by screws threw grommets.
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|[[Image:CaPopup.JPG|thumbnail]]
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|Literature Stand
| 3 tier, dividable(plastic dividers taped to it) hold up to 8.5x11 sheet
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|[[Image:CaTableitems.JPG|thumbnail]]
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|Business card holder
| 2x plastic business card holders, holds ~100 cards each
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|[[Image:CaTableitems.JPG|thumbnail]]
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|Sign Holder
|Holds a single sheet of paper at easy veiwing angle for passerby, for announements like GSOC, Sessions at a conference, Mapping Parties
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|[[Image:CaTableitems.JPG|thumbnail]]
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|-
|}
==Consumable Items==

{|border="1"
!Item!!Description!!Photo/Link!!Quantity(Orig/Current)!!Notes
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|FOSS4G Sydney Postcard
|1/3 sheet laminated card stock postcards
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|100/~75
|Sent from the Sydney organizers
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|OSGeo Brochures
|Full sheet, 1/2 folded
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|1000/~600
|Sent from Marketing, some might be mailed to other chapters.
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|Business Cards
|Generic OSGeo cards with website, email and project list
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|1000/~950
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|-
|Magnets
|Business Card sized OSGeo logo, white background.
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|20/~10
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|-
|Stickers
|OSGeo logo on black, white or clear
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|50/~40
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|-
|OSM Buttons
|1" OpenStreetMap logo buttons
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|~100
| Quantity is a guess, not sure how many they sent from CloudMade
|-
|}

=Usage=
==How to get it==
The items are currently stored at the [http://ice.ucdavis.edu Information Center for the Environment(ICE)] in Davis, CA
* Primary Contact [[User:Wildintellect| Alex Mandel]]
* Secondary Contact [[User:Hollander| Allan Hollander]]
We plan to hand deliver or use snail services as necessary to move it to events.

In a pinch if both of us are unreachable you can also contact Dave Waetjen or Jim Quinn. Please see the [http://ice.ucdavis.edu ICE website] for details.

==Appropriate usage==
Any chapter approved event or OSGeo marketing approved event is welcome to use the materials. You may need to come up with the shipping costs if the chapter has insufficient funds. To get an event approved you need to email the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/californiachapter mailing list] and we need to decide as a group if we have the funds and volunteers for an event.

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: California]]

Getting Started

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=== Introduction ===
So you've read the [http://www.osgeo.org/faq FAQ], joined the [http://www.osgeo.org/mailinglists mailing lists], and found your way to this Wiki (where the action is), all ready to help the foundation goals, but you're wondering, so what do I do now?

=== Add Yourself to the Member List ===
Well, the first thing you can do is introduce yourself and let people know what you're about, and what you're interested in. The best way to do this is to create an account in this Wiki (top right of this page) and add some information about yourself. Since you've read the FAQ and the [http://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/getting_started.html Member Area], you know that everyone participating is a member, so adding yourself to this Wiki is the first thing to do. To add information about yourself simply log in with your new account and edit your Wiki user page (click on your user name that appears at the top once you are logged in). Please observe that you must add an email address when creating your account so that OSGeo can send you the confirmation string that is needed before you can edit. For more general information about using a Wiki, see [[Help:Contents]].

=== Join the OSGeo Main Site ===

Joining the main site is primarily useful if you want to use authenticated services like Trac (for submitting bug reports against OSGeo projects) or Subversion. To get an "OSGeo Userid" for the main site and these services, follow the instructions on the [http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid OSGeo Userid] page.

=== Find a Project to Work on ===
The easiest place to start is the [[Volunteers Needed]] page, as projects will put up their requests of what they're looking for. You also can email the discuss list directly to let people know what you're interested in, and where you could slot in. You can also go to the [[https://www.osgeo.org OSGeo website]] which links to projects and committees that are fully started. After you click on a project you'll be taken to their main page, where you can learn more about how to become involved. You can also subscribe to various OSGeo [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo mailing lists] or browse their archives.

=== Join a Mailing List ===
On many projects there are 5 or so mailing lists. The best email list is often named the same as the project (like incubator@incubator.osgeo.org), or sometimes discuss. Some lists can be avoided at first, like commits, cvs, and issues (which are automatic email lists from the source repositories and project trackers). The announce list will generally be low traffic. The dev and users lists may have good traffic if they are programming projects, in which case the users list is probably the place to start. Jump on a list for a project and introduce yourself, ask where you can help out.

=== Jump on IRC ===
Many of us hang out on IRC at irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeo. Or in more verbose terms, on the osgeo channel of irc.freenode.net. There are a variety of IRC clients:

* Use the OSGeo [http://irc.telascience.org/ Web interface to IRC] (no installation needed)
* If you're running firefox [https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=16 ChatZilla] is very straightforward.
* If you're used to living in a terminal then the [http://f0rked.com/articles/irssi irssi client combined with screen] is a setup a lot of people like.
* There are many others as well (could people add links to their favorite clients?): [http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ Gaim].

With IRC you can informally get to know people, what they're working on, and how to help out. Many of the projects in the open source geospatial community also have channels where people discuss development and offer social support; there are (at least) #mapserver , #gdal , #geotools , #qgis , #openlayers , #zco , and #publicgeodata channels on irc.freenode.net. Read an [http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/How_to_participate_in_IRC_communication introduction to IRC].

IRC is one of the media used for committee and other meetings. If you missed a meeting on IRC or just want to read up on what happened you can go to the archives at http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/. There is also an [http://frot.org/osgeo/irc experimental IRC blog] which publishes URLs posted on IRC.

=== Hack on the Wiki ===
This Wiki is where a lot of action takes place. Collaboration is much easier here, so we'll start up new documents here, and transition them over to the osgeo site when we're happy with how they look and what they say. Documents on osgeo.org reflect OSGeo's positions, while on the Wiki we work out what those positions are. You can find out where the action has been on the Wiki by clicking on [[Special:Recentchanges]]. Feel free to add new pages, propose new projects and ideas.

To add a new Wiki page, just take the standard URL http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ and add a page name behind it (even spaces are possible in the URL):

Example (please choose a reasonable page name!):
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Newpage

and voila` the empty page appears. Then click on the "edit this page." link. Please put
<tt><nowiki>[[Category:FAQ]]</nowiki></tt> at bottom of the new page. (Really, we mean that! Wiki pages without a category are easily getting "lost" in the wealth of this Wiki...)

=== Wiki Syntax Converter ===

* Table nightmare? Just use the [http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi Copy & Paste Excel/Openoffice to Wiki syntax Converter]...
* http://diberri.dyndns.org/wikipedia/html2wiki/ converts HTML files to Wiki syntax.
* Workaround for other formats: Most text processing software can save documents in HTML syntax. Copy and paste the content to this tool. The visual result is surprisingly good, but the 'source code' is somewhat overloaded with format tags (<font>, etc.).

Volunteers Needed

2010-06-07T14:13:09Z

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Community members are often interested in lending a hand with the foundation or its projects, but aren't sure where to start. This page attempts to point out efforts in need of support. It is primarily aimed at the foundation organization itself, but pointers to per-project volunteers needed pages are also welcome.

All potential volunteers are encouraged to join the [https://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/mailing_lists.html discuss@osgeo.org] mailing list.

* The [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Committee] (WebCom) is always looking for active volunteers with HTML, language and design skills.
* [[WebCom]] is also in need of people able to translate web pages and documents and bridge language barriers. Read the [[OSGeo Portal Translations]] if you are interested.
* Those interested in broadening [[International Outreach]] should consider joining the Marketing committee ([[Marketing]]).
* The [[Core Curriculum Project]] needs support from those familiar with preparing academic training materials. Please see the efforts around the [[Free GIS Book]], especially the Spanish version [[Libro SIG]], which currently sees a lot of activity.
* The [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] needs help with open geodata advocacy. European activity related to the INSPIRE directive has already shown some results, but further support is also needed on a national agency level. Use the growing OSGeo network to find like-minded people and organizations.

== Software Development ==
Obviously OSGeo is a lot about software. If you are good at using one of OSGeo's software packages consider joining the corresponding user mailing list and helping people. If you want to get more involved consider joining the documentation processes or even becoming a developer yourself.

== Representing OSGeo's Projects ==
If you are good at giving presentations (entertaining people) at conferences, trade shows, exhibitions, meetings and so on, consider becoming a representative of a software projects or committee or simply talk about OSGeo's goals and mission. This can happen in any language and at any location. If you need slides, posters, flyers, info sheets or a full fledged booth please contact [[VisCom]] for further information.

Volunteers Needed

2010-06-07T14:10:32Z

Wiki-Sbrumb: Fixed minor errors

Community members are often interested in lending a hand with the foundation or its projects, but aren't sure where to start. This page attempts to point out efforts in need of support. It is primarily aimed at the foundation organization itself, but pointers to per-project volunteers needed pages are also welcome.

All potential volunteers are encouraged to join the [https://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/mailing_lists.html discuss@osgeo.org] mailing list.

* The [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Committee] (WebCom) is always looking for active volunteers with HTML, language and design skills.
* [[WebCom]] is also in need of people able to translate web pages and documents and bridge language barriers. Read the [[OSGeo Portal Translations]] if you are interested.
* Those interested in broadening [[International Outreach]] should consider joining the Marketing committee ([[Marketing]]).
* The [[Core Curriculum Project]] needs support from those familiar with preparing academic training materials. Please see the efforts around the [[Free GIS Book]], especially the Spanish version [[Libro SIG]], which currently sees a lot of activity.
* The [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] needs help with open geodata advocacy. European activity related to the INSPIRE directive has already shown some results, but further support is also needed on a national agency level. Use the growing OSGeo network to find like-minded people and organizations.

== Software Development ==
Obviously OSGeo is a lot about software. If you are good at using one of OSGeo's software packages consider joining the corresponding user mailing list and helping people. If you want to get more involved consider joining the documentation processes or even become a developer yourself.

== Representing OSGeo's Projects ==
If you are good at giving presentations (entertaining people) at conferences, trade shows, exhibitions, meetings and so on, consider becoming a representative of a software projects or committee or simply talk about OSGeo's goals and mission. This can happen in any language and at any location. If you need slides, posters, flyers, info sheets or a full fledged booth please contact [[VisCom]] for further information.