\title{British Columbia, Canada}
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\begin{description}
	\item  [Period covered by report:] Jan-Dec 2007 
	\item  [Contact name:] Martin Kyle 
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\subsection*{ Key Accomplishments }

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	\item  Held initial meeting of unofficial OSGeo chapter to gauge interest 
	\item  Twenty-two people in attendance linked across two geographies (Vancouver and Victoria) 
	\item  Democratically established direction for local chapter charter 
	\item  Setup Local Organizing Committees to individually plan alternating meetings for each location. 
	\item  Submitted charter and received official approval of local chapter 
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{ Areas for Improvement }

\begin{itemize}
	\item  So new...nothing, everything. 
	\item  Probably need to relax Robert's Rules of Order a bit 
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{ Opportunities to Help }

\begin{itemize}
	\item  Talked about organization of Prince George (and other) group to link into the BC meeting. \begin{itemize}
	\item  Any interested people in that area with a Video Conference link could join in with Vancouver and Victoria. 
\end{itemize}

	\item  Presentation ideas welcome 
	\begin{itemize}
		\item  Currently focused around two streams: application and technical 
	\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{ Outlook for 2008 }

\begin{itemize}
	\item  Meetings held quarterly 
	\item  Presentations and project ideas to gel the community have begun. 
	\item  First real presentation-based meeting to be held February 29, 2008. 
	\item  Project possibilities include live demo and outreach program. 
\end{itemize}
