#OSGEO IRC Log - 2008-11-11

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09:31:30 TylerM: @seen yjacolin
09:31:30 sigq: TylerM: yjacolin was last seen in #osgeo 15 weeks, 6 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes, and 31 seconds ago: <yjacolin> ? que tal ? : )
09:46:27 crschmidt: If a person is interested in contributing a small sum of money towards a project like OpenLayers through OSGeo, is there a way to 'earnmark' that money if it's a small amount?
09:46:51 FrankW: crschmidt: not currently.
09:47:04 FrankW: They can paypal it, and add a comment, but our accounting system is not going to segregate it.
09:49:26 crschmidt: Thanks.
10:10:08 : * TylerM celebrates 11h11 on 11-11-2008 ; )
10:19:26 pramsey: boom, boom
10:19:38 pramsey: still firing the guns down at the harbour
10:41:14 adoyle: Is OSGeo anywhere close to getting its 501c3 designation yet?
10:42:00 FrankW: yes
10:42:07 FrankW: but it is hard to judge how close.
10:42:26 adoyle: FrankW - has the application been submitted?
10:42:50 FrankW: I think so, but TylerM would know.
10:42:58 FrankW: It was held up for quite a while for some last details.
10:46:18 TylerM: hi guys
10:46:25 TylerM: adoyle: yes, application went in a couple months ago
10:46:43 TylerM: got one confirmation letter back so far.. the one that says they'll be in touch : )
10:46:43 adoyle: Great!
10:46:57 adoyle: I guess it depends on how busy they are
10:47:14 TylerM: application got held up for several months with the contractor that was helping us.. but i'm glad it's in now : )
10:49:30 adoyle: " Cases received as of May, 2008* are currently being assigned. " -- http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=156733,00.html
10:49:31 sigq: Title: Where Is My Exemption Application? ( at www.irs.gov )
10:50:35 TylerM: ours went in at start of october
10:50:38 TylerM: boy, feels like a long time ago : )
11:43:49 HyperJohnGraham: hi all
11:44:23 HyperJohnGraham: anyone know of any plume modeling software ??
11:45:01 HyperJohnGraham: I am trying to predict dust plumes from a mining operation
12:21:22 wildintellect: HyperJohnGraham, I think there might be some general GIS algorithms
12:23:59 wildintellect: I see some sutff in R
12:27:18 wildintellect: HyperJohnGraham, also see abstract 26 on http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/proceedings/proceedings/abstracts.html
12:27:20 sigq: Title: Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Abstracts ( at www.ing.unitn.it )
13:13:19 FrankW: TylerM: Will you take the "Schools" request to info@osgeo.org?
13:13:40 FrankW: It would be really nice to tie this person to the folks interested in education in SouthAfrica who seemed to have similar issues.
13:37:19 TylerM: FrankW: yes, just looking now
18:00:29 sigq: osgeofeed: Ticket #312 ( task created ): Russian locale <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/312>
22:17:37 CameronShorter: hello, sorry I'm late for the marketing meeting. Caught up in a meeting.
22:19:31 CameronShorter: um, there was an OSGeo marketing meeting now, right? TylerM?
22:19:33 TylerM: CameronShorter: different day, mate : )
22:20:07 CameronShorter: ah, when?
22:20:08 TylerM: i delayed it in my message, to give the rest some more time to plan
22:20:30 TylerM: +48 hours
22:20:36 CameronShorter: ok
22:20:41 TylerM: that's friday for you, right?
22:20:57 CameronShorter: yes
22:21:26 TylerM: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=14&year=2008&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=0
22:21:27 sigq: Title: The Fixed Time World Clock ( at timeanddate.com )