Met with DZ 10/30/2008 to talk about first steps for getting an OSGeo chapter off the ground.

Who:

• Avencia folks
• Try to find other folks through commercial interest
• Try to reach out through other user groups
  • DrupalCamp
  • PLUG
  • OS projects with large communities
  • PANMA
  • OSM chapter
  • NJ GIS user group (Sean)
  • other?
• Advertise at schools (Penn, Drexel, Temple). Tamara, Dana contacts?
• LinkedIn

Steps:

• Set up wiki page
  • Model from other OSGeo wiki pages
• Set up mailing list
• Identify mailing list audience and get to them
• Come up with list of goals for group? Maybe a basic context for user list (list of topics/guidelines).
• IRC room, meeting time