Today, about 24 people gathered in two offices for a videoconference to kick off the Open Source Geospatial Foundation BC Local Chapter (In-Waiting.. we still have to apply for official recognition by OSGeo)

I was really impressed by the number of people who showed up to help us get started, and by the level of energy. We had attendees from all three levels of government, private industry, and geospatial consultants. The official minutes, goals, and objectives will be posted shortly, but my impression is that we are going to be working on regional advocacy and acting as a local support group for sharing ideas and solutions around open source software and data, and open standards.

Bright shiny future, etc, etc… Come join us :)

-J