[OSGeo-Discuss] Quick set of updates for FOSS4G NA in March

2015-01-16 Thread Andrew Ross
Dear Everyone, FYI, this post has a bunch of quick & hopefully interesting updates for you about FOSS4G North America 2015, running March 9th to 12th. http://42aross.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/foss4g-north-america-is-going-to-be-awesome/ It's going to be great! We encourage you to join us in Ca

[OSGeo-Discuss] Minutes of Board meeting 2014-01-15

2015-01-16 Thread Anne Ghisla
Hello all, here are the minutes of last Board meeting: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2015-01-15#Minutes The Board has been discussing about the following topics: - OSGeo finances: current status, opening of US bank account, conference money transfers, IRS update - FOSS4G Seoul updat

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please participate in Map Competitions at FOSS4G events globally to support the International Map Year

2015-01-16 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform that there will be Map competitions at the various FOSS4G conferences worldwide in support of the International Map Year. For FOSS4G North America 2015 (March 9-12th , 2015) in San Francisco, California , USA the Call for Maps & Posters is now live at

[OSGeo-Discuss] GRASS GIS 7.0.0 RC1 released

2015-01-16 Thread Markus Neteler
We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming GRASS GIS 7.0.0 version. Between 7.0.0beta4 and the current 7.0.0RC1 about 200 updates have been applied. MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES in RC1: * Completion of the major efforts in standardization of parameter and flag names for a b