There are currently three realistic suggestions for the location of the
upcoming AGM (April 7th)
- Basel-Stadt
- Lucerne
- Solothurn
If you have a preference, or a possible venue in one of the cities,
please speak up. I would like to have a definitive solution by the end
of this week.
Simon
Dear SOSM members
As already indicated the 2017 AGM will take place in Fribourg on April the 8th, 11:00. The venue is at the University Fribourg, Geography Unit, Room 226, Chemin du Musée 4
Many thanks to the Geography Department of the University for supporting us. The location can be found here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/138363300#map=18/46.79370/7.15680 and instructions on how to get there are here: http://www.unifr.ch/geoscience/geographie/en/general-information
The event will follow our proven formula with a roughly one hour formal part starting at 11:00, with lunch following and a fairly unstructured mapping party as the activity in the afternoon from 13:30 onwards.
Guests, including such that simply want to learn something about OpenStreetMap, are welcome to both parts. Could however both members and guests indicate to info(a)sosm.ch if they plan to attend, particularly for lunch, so that we can inform the restaurant how many guests they can expect.
Please find the agenda for the AGM enclosed.
Looking forward to seeing you in Fribourg
Simon Poole
Liebe SOSM Mitglieder
Wie bereits angekündigt findet die 2016 Generalversammlung der SOSM am 8. April, 11:00 in Fribourg statt. Die Veranstaltung findet an der
University Fribourg, Geography Unit, Zimmer 226, Chemin du Musée 4
statt.
Wir danken dem Geographie Institut für die freundliche Unterstützung. Die Räumlichkeiten befinden sich hier: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/138363300#map=18/46.79370/7.15680 , eine Wegbeschreibung hier: http://www.unifr.ch/geoscience/geographie/en/general-information
Wir behalten unseren bewährten Ablauf bei und werden nach einem kurzen, ca. einstündigen formellen Teil zu Mittag essen und ab 13:30 eine relativ unstrukturierte Mapping-Party veranstalten.
Gäste sind bei beiden Teilen willkommen – auch solche, die einfach etwas über OpenStreetMap erfahren wollen. Allerdings wäre es hilfreich, wenn sich sowohl Mitglieder wie auch Gäste bei info(a)sosm.ch anmelden würden, insbesondere für das Mittagessen, so dass wir dem Restaurant die erwartete Anzahl Gäste mitteilen können.
Die Agenda für die GV liegt bei.
Ich freue mich darauf euch in Fribourg zu treffen.
Simon Poole
Dear SOSM members
The 2017 SOSM annual general meeting will take place on April the 8th in
Fribourg, venue to be determined.
We will likely keep the format from the previous events: formal meeting
before lunch, lunch, mapping and back to the venue.
If you have suggestions for or contacts with a suitable venue please get
back to me.
The formal announcement will be published towards the end of March.
Looking forward to seeing you in Fribourg.
Simon Poole
Dear Fellow Mappers,
I would like to share information about one of the first RPAS (Remotely
Piloted Aircraft System) schools in Europe, Fly & Film SA
<http://www.rpas-school.com/>. The school is situated in the town of
Sierre <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierre> in the canton of Valais.
I studied for one week at this school and received a RPAS pilot
certificate (1). The course was in French language, and the certificate
is in two languages French and English, since the latter is the de facto
language of civil aviation.
I fly RPAS for quite a while already, nevertheless this training was
interesting and useful. Among instructors were helicopter & RPAS pilots,
a director of an international airport, an ornithologist. Five days of
intensive training were followed by a theoretical exam and a practical
(piloting) exam, which I passed both successfully. It is mentioned in
the certificate that the piloting exam was with and without GPS
stabilization, and that is why the certificate has got a "no
restrictions" clause (fr. Restrictions: aucune).
We studied legal and insurance issues, environment protection, general
aviation topics, meteorology, maintenance and safety. The practical
training was focused on precision flying, safety procedures, etc.
I fly mostly to produce oblique low-altitude aerial photographs, which I
add to the OSM map via an /image/ tag. You can see how much additional
information provides such an aerial image on an example of the UEFA
headquarters (2) on the map or a Colovray Stadium in Nyon (3) (the
clickable /image/ link is in the left part of a page).
Perhaps, there are other approaches of using RPAS for mapping and data
fusion. In this respect I think it would be a good idea to create in
future an OSM Aviation working group, similar to the HOT Aviation
working group, but for general mapping, not only for mapping of disaster
areas. In such a working group we could share know-hows, technics,
ideas, organize workshops, etc.
(1) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwIBJzM0u50qOEVkUWVyaGJENUk
(2) http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/258913915
(3) http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/245395546
With best regards,
Oleksiy (Alex-7)
As a reminder: we will be voting on signing the OSMF local chapter
agreement
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Template_agreement at
the AGM. As mentioned before the OSMF has accepted our application and
is ready to sign the agreement once we are ready.
Given the limited amount of time we have at the meeting it would be
preferable if you could read the agreement before hand and if possible
pose any questions here in advance.
Zur Erinnerung: an der GV werden wir über die Unterzeichnung eines
Vertrages
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Template_agreement
mit der OSMF über den Status eine "OSMF local chapters" abstimmen. Wie
bereits schon erwähnt hat die OSMF unseren Antrag dazu angenommen und
wäre bereit den Vertrag mit uns zu unterzeichnen.
Da wir an der GV nur begrenzt Zeit haben, wäre es von Vorteil wenn der
Text schon vor der Sitzung gelesen würde und, falls möglich, allfällige
Fragen dazu schon vorher hier gestellt würden.
Simon
Dear SOSM members
As already indicated the 2016 AGM will take place in Sankt Gallen on
April the 2nd, 11:00. The venue is the Hotel am Spisertor,
Moosbruggstrasse 1, 9000 St. Gallen. The event will follow our proven
recipe with a roughly one hour formal part starting at 11, with lunch
following and a fairly unstructured mapping party as the activity in the
afternoon. Guests are welcome to both parts, could however both members
and guests indicate to info(a)sosm.ch if they plan to intend, particularly
for lunch so that we can indicate to the restaurant how many guests they
can expect.
Please find the agenda for the AGM enclosed.
Looking forward to seeing you in Sankt Gallen.
Simon Poole
Liebe SOSM Mitglieder
Wie bereits angekündigt findet die 2016 Generalversammlung der SOSM am
2. April, 11:00 in Sankt Gallen statt. Die Veranstaltung findet im Hotel
am Spisertor, Moosbruggstrasse 1, 9000 St. Gallen statt. Wir werden
unser bewährter Ablauf beibehalten und nach einem kurzen ca. 1 stündigen
formellen Teil, zu Mittag essen, und dann eine relativ unstrukturierte
Mapping Party veranstalten. Gäste sind bei beiden Teilen willkommen,
allerdings wäre es hilfreich wenn sowohl Mitglieder wie auch Gäste sich
bei info(a)sosm.ch anmelden würden, speziell für das MIttagessen so dass
wir dem Restaurant die erwartete Anzahl Gäste mitteilen können.
Die Agenda für die GV liegt bei.
Ich freue mich darauf euch in Sankt Gallen zu treffen.
Simon Poole
Dear SOSM members
As every year we will have our annual general meeting in the 1st half of
the year. Our plan is to convene on Saturday, April the 2nd, most likely
in Sankt Gallen.
A formal announcement and invitation will follow in a couple of days, we
however still need to find a suitable venue, if any of you have a
suggestions could you please send it to me asap (typically we have been
around 20 attendees, if you intend to come, an informal notice to me
would be a good idea).
Other points for the meeting that we can already pre-announce:
- Pascal will be stepping down as treasurer and we will need a
replacement, stepping in Pascals footsteps will be really easy given the
good work he has done, and the quite positive state of our financials.
If you have a minimal working knowledge of accounting please consider
volunteering for the position.
- As discussed at the last AGM the SOSM board submitted an application
for OSMF local chapter status which in the mean time has been accepted
by the OSMF board. As promised we will be holding a vote at the AGM on
the matter before actually signing the agreement. I've been assured that
the agreement will simply be a completed version of
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Template_agreement so
you can already refer to that for details.
Kind regards
Simon
Liebe Mitglieder
Im Vorfeld der Vereinsversammlung in Biel möchte ich euch fragen, ob ihr
gewisse services noch vermisst, welche SOSM anbieten könnte. Schreibt
doch eure Vorschläge an board(a)sosm.ch.
Grüsse
Michael
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Dear Members
Now that the annual general meeting is soon to take place in Bienne, I
ask you if you are still missing a service which SOSM could offer.
Please write your Suggestions to board(a)sosm.ch.
Cheers
Michael