[Aust-NZ] Fwd: FOSS4G in Melbourne 2018

[John Bryant]

In the interest of seeking participation from the Oceania region for the
conference we're planning...

See below email with thoughts from our friends & neighbours in the Pacific
Islands, who are also planning a FOSS4G event for 2018. I hope we'll be
able to work together on our regional event. If people have contacts in the
Oceania region who might be interested in participating in this conference,
either by helping to plan it or attending, please get them in the loop!

Cheers
John

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
Date: 11 December 2017 at 07:49
Subject: Re: FOSS4G in Melbourne 2018
To: Edwin Liava'a <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>
Cc: Nomeneta Saili <nome.saili at gmail.com>, Vasiti Soko <
vasiti.soko at yahoo.com>, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>


Thanks, it's very good to hear your thoughts.

Re: competing, I couldn't agree more: why compete? This kind of event is
all about building community, and when we cooperate we are a stronger
community. Our goals & objectives are to bring people interested in open
source spatial stuff (software, data, community) together. The main
audience will include GIS people, software developers, and students,
particularly for the FOSS4G component, but we also are planning to hold a
State of the Map as part of our event - so there will be interest from the
OpenStreetMap community as well.

We're planning our event for November 2018, so it sounds like there is
plenty of time between events to make sure they aren't in conflict.
Hopefully someone can represent the Melbourne event at FOSS4G Pacific
Islands Region in July (and vice versa)!

I will be very interested to follow the progress of your event. We're
committed to as much transparency as we can achieve, so please feel free to
keep an eye on our event as it unfolds, and make your opinions known on our
mailing list. And again, if any of you (or others in your region) are
interested to participate in the organisation of our event, we would love
to have your region represented. At present, we're composed of people from
Australia and New Zealand, but this feels like the perfect opportunity to
make FOSS4G stronger in our region by working together.

In solidarity...

John

On 11 December 2017 at 07:22, Edwin Liava'a <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> In a nutshell, I do not see any conflict since Oceania and Pacific
> Islands region are basically overlapping the same boundaries.
>
> 1. Why should we compete? Basically what is main Goal and Objectives
> of Australia/NZ FOSS4G? and who are your main audience? Target Group?
>
> 2. We should plan our Initiatives separately to be focused and NOT
> overlap our goals and objectives.
>
> 3. We planning to have FOSS4G Pacific Islands Region July 2018 at The
> University of Fiji, Lautoka, FIJI.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Edwin
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:58 AM, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all, thanks for replying! The event is definitely open to the public
> and
> > it would be wonderful to have your participation.
> >
> > So a couple of questions -
> >
> > 1) Would our event, if organised to be inclusive of the entire Oceania
> > region, be considered complementary to your event in Fiji? Or would it
> > conflict? We want to make sure we're supporting each other and not
> competing
> > :) (When is your event?)
> >
> > 2) Are any of you (or others in your region) interested in participating
> in
> > the planning of our event to make sure it is truly inclusive of the
> region?
> > If so, I encourage you to join our mailing list and write to it.
> >
> > Thanks, and look forward to growing the regional community with you!
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Dec 11, 2017 5:54 AM, "Nomeneta Saili" <nome.saili at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > If this event is open to anyone to attend I would or one of my staff
> would
> > most likely attend. Been wanting to attend a FOSS4G event but they were
> > generally held in Europe or the US. Next year is in Africa which is also
> > quite far. If there is one closer by and open to anyone we will
> definitely
> > look at attending.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Nome
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 1:12 AM, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Pacific Island neighbours! I just want to draw your attention to a
> >> FOSS4G event we are planning for 2018 in Melbourne. Currently, the
> planning
> >> committee is composed of people in Australia and New Zealand, but we
> want
> >> our event to be inclusive of the Oceania region, if people in the
> Oceania
> >> region wish to be included.
> >>
> >> I just tonight discovered your OSGeo mailing list, so thought I would
> >> reach out and see if our initiative is something you are interested in
> >> participating in.
> >>
> >> It's very early in the planning stages, so it's definitely not too late
> to
> >> join us! But if you prefer to work independently, that is totally
> >> understandable and we are certainly able to adjust our plans to respect
> >> that.
> >>
> >> I want to open the channels of communication here, so please be in touch
> >> and let us know what you think.
> >>
> >> Our mailing list is here:
> >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/OSGeo-Australia-New-Zeal
> and-Local-Chapter-f3721347.html
> >>
> >> There is more information on the event we're planning in Google Drive
> >> here:
> >> https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1sA9MEWmp96oIJoQs
> -zNCbVIh60HbGrNU
> >>
> >> And we've got the very beginning of a wiki here:
> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-SOTM-Oceania
> >>
> >> Please let us know what you think!
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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