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<div>==Ottawa OSGeo Local Chapter Initial Meeting==<br />
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===Location===<br />
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DM Solutions' office<br />
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===Attendees===<br />
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Dave Sampson<br />
Jeff McKenna<br />
Frank Warmerdam<br />
Peter Brimacombe<br />
Debbie Pagurek<br />
Dave McIlhagga<br />
Shawn Barnes<br />
Yewondwossen Assefa<br />
Zak James<br />
Girma Gebrehana<br />
Mark Sunohara<br />
Robert Roberts<br />
Paul Spencer<br />
Dave Howlett<br />
Christy Nieman<br />
Regie Alam<br />
Richard Alam<br />
Grahame Cole<br />
Pedram Karimi<br />
Mike Adair<br />
Scott Mitchell<br />
Peter Pulsifer<br />
Jean-Francois Doyon<br />
Xiaoyuan Geng<br />
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===Project Representation===<br />
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[http://grass.itc.it GRASS]<br><br />
[http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu MapServer]<br><br />
[http://communitymapbuilder.org Mapbuilder]<br><br />
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===Discussion===<br />
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====Introductions====<br />
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* round table introductions<br />
** diverse backgrounds, including government, private, academic, NGOs, contractors, general interest<br />
** background on Ottawa GRASS users group (OGUG) by Dave Sampson<br />
** background on Ottawa MapServer users group (OMSUG) by Jeff McKenna<br />
** background on Mapbuilder project by Mike Adair<br />
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====OSGeo Foundation Background====<br />
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Frank Warmerdam, the president of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGF), gave some background on the foundation:<br />
* OSGF now gives member projects credibility<br />
* OSGF is a common vehicle for open source geospatial projects<br />
** projects and members have a stronger voice in the corporate world<br />
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Frank also discussed the possible benefits of creating a local chapter:<br />
* builds interest in the groups, and can sustain longer<br />
* as part of the umbrella organization, the groups gain instant credibility<br />
* chapter can use and build on the existing OSGF infrastructure (site, wiki, mailing lists etc.)<br />
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====OGUG Background====<br />
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Dave Sampson gave some backgound on the Ottawa GRASS users group:<br />
* currently packaging a new GRASS [https://ottawa.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=86</div>Wiki-UjrY87