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\title{Quebec Chapter}
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\item  Contact name: \textbf{Daniel Morissette} (for the Quebec Local Chapter Steering Committee)
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\section{Key Accomplishments}
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\item  Held regular local meetings around the province with 2-3 15 minute presentations each time:
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\item  March 19, 2009: 5 � 7 in Trois-Rivi�res (More info{\dots})
\item  May 19, 2009: 5 � 7 in Quebec City (More info{\dots})
\item  September 17, 2009: 5 � 7 in Montreal (More info{\dots})
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\item  OSGeo presence in the April 30 AGMQ conference where \(\sim\)50\% of the talks were on the topic of free and open source geomatics.
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\item  Open Source track in the \href{http://www.geomatics2009.com/}{Geomatics 2009} program on Wednesday October 21
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\item  Made the decision at the end of 2009 to organize \href{http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/}{Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16)} (Planning will take place in 2010 and is tracked in the wiki at Journ\'ee OSGeo-qc Juin 2010)
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\item  Added 2 new members to steering committee for a 2 year term as was initially planned in 2008. The current steering committee members for 2009-2010 are:
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\item  Daniel Morissette (2008-2010)
\item  Thierry Badard (2008-2010)
\item  Nicolas Gignac (2008-2010)
\item  Simon Mercier (2009-2011)
\item  Martin Fafard (2009-2011)
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\section{Areas for Improvement}
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\item  We need to keep the momentum, there is growing interest for Open Source Geospatial software (and data) in Quebec, we had a great start in 2008-2009 and need to continue to take advantage of that
\item  The big challenge of 2010 will be the planning of the June 2010 event
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\section{Opportunities to Help}

Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec 2010 offers lots of opportunities for people interested in contributing:

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\item  Join the organizing committee
\item  Answer the upcoming call for presentations and share your work with your peers
\item  Help with specific tasks
\item  Register for the event and join us in Saguenay in June!
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\section{Outlook for 2010}
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\item  The main activity of 2010 will be the \href{http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/}{Rendez-vous OSGeo-Quebec 2010 (June 15-16)}
\item  We will also continue to hold local meetings ("5 \`a 7") around the province with 2-3 15 minute presentations each time
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