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\title{United Kingdom Chapter}
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\item  Contact name: \textbf{Jo Cook}
\item Website: \url{http://osgeo.org/uk}
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\section{Key Accomplishments}
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\item  2009 was the year in which the UK Local Chapter was officially recognised.
\item  Membership of our mailing list has grown to 80 members, and we have our own website at \url{http://www.osgeo.org/uk}
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In 2009 we co-organised OSGIS 2009, the UK's first open source GIS conference, with the Centre for Geospatial Sciences at the University of Nottingham. This was a big success that we hope to repeat in 2010.

\section{Areas for Improvement}
We need people to organise small-scale get-togethers such as lunch-time talks all over the country to keep the momentum going, so we don't rely too much on one or two people speaking at national conferences.

We need to set the local chapter up as a voluntary organisation. This gives us the option to have a bank account and raise money for promotion, printing publicity materials and transport to and from events.

\section{Opportunities to Help}
Get Involved! Visit our web site and sign up for the mailing list.\footnote{UK mailing list:  \url{http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk}} If you think of an event that could benefit from an OSGeo presence then let us know.


\section{Outlook for 2010}
Look out for OSGIS 2010 in Nottingham, this June.\footnote{OSGIS 2010: \url{http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/}} This will be bigger, better, and shinier then OSGIS 2009!

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