[Aust-NZ] FOSS4G-ANZ?

Mon Nov 27 22:25:59 PST 2017

Just updated sharing settings, I think I had inadvertently only shared a
couple of docs before. The folder is now shared here
<https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1sA9MEWmp96oIJoQs-zNCbVIh60HbGrNU>.
Be aware, it's set so that anyone with the link can view - if we are going
to put anything that should remain confidential in there, we should update
the sharing settings.

Cheers
John

On 28 November 2017 at 13:00, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John
>
> I think creating it on the shared Drive is ideal.
>
> Did you create a folder? If so, can you share it with me again? I’ll try
> to find time to draft something and share with the group.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 at 11:40 am, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 from me on approaching SSSI, with the caveat that it's important to
>> retain independence as a community-driven event.
>>
>> Prospectus sounds like a good idea, would it be appropriate to generate
>> one in the shared Google Drive folder for all to see?
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
>>
>> On 28 November 2017 at 09:48, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> I know we’re going to have 10 people and 10 opinions sometimes, but I
>>> think video conferencing is quite effective and efficient these days. Zoom
>>> is excellent.
>>>
>>> I agree with Cameron’s two motions.
>>>
>>> And just in case it was missed, I’m a SSSI Board member and, if we
>>> choose to, I am confident I can get the support of SSSI to manage the
>>> “books”. I think we aim for the event to make a modest surplus, say, aim
>>> for a few thousands. And since SSSI might take the risk of a small loss, we
>>> should return some of the surplus to them.
>>>
>>> Can I get an indication of support to approach SSSI? We should probably
>>> put together a one page prospectus, if so, and it would be great to see if
>>> we can document in-principle support from organisations.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 at 9:02 am, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 from me on motions A & B. I'm not *totally* clear on what the wiki
>>>> is for yet, but I can imagine a couple of potential uses, and it's good for
>>>> transparency.
>>>>
>>>> We may also wish to set up a nice conference website, my partner
>>>> Cholena Smart is a Drupal developer (see foss4gna
>>>> <https://2018.foss4g-na.org/> page, built with Drupal) and is keen to
>>>> do this, if it's something we want. All in good time.
>>>>
>>>> Re: comms channels, this feels a bit tricky. We've already started a
>>>> conversation off-list, but feels like there is value in the additional
>>>> transparency of this public list. I've noticed a couple of glitches though
>>>> (some emails not coming through in a timely fashion). But I'm in favour of
>>>> holding group conversations in the open by default. I propose we hold
>>>> conversations in the existing list for now unless it becomes a problem.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On 28 November 2017 at 06:17, Cameron Shorter <
>>>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> My sincere apologies for missing almost all of the FOSS4G kickoff
>>>>> meeting. I was away from my desk at work and missed my alarm and then am
>>>>> embarrassed to admit that I forgot until the meeting was almost over.
>>>>>
>>>>> From reading the meeting logs I have a few comments:
>>>>>
>>>>> * I learned from FOSS4G 2009 that we in Australia/New Zealand should
>>>>> not use US/Europe metrics as an indicator of potential attendance. FOSS4G
>>>>> draws much of its attendance from a local audience. US/Europe has a large
>>>>> local and regional audience to draw upon. Aust/NZ have a lot of fish (and
>>>>> sheep) within our region.
>>>>>
>>>>> * I'd err on aiming small and low cost for the first event. Probably
>>>>> in the order of the 60 to 120 range. I'd suggest we see if we can keep
>>>>> price: $0<price<$100 per person. (This will be hard if we get big).
>>>>>
>>>>> * Re managing the books: I'd approach SSSI and ask if they wish to
>>>>> process the books for us, and if they do, what would be their conditions.
>>>>> If conditions are too onerous we look elsewhere. We could potentially have
>>>>> a University or a friendly government department or private company manage
>>>>> the books. Now is a good time to put out feelers to the friendly people you
>>>>> know to see if they are interested.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Re location: I'd look out for Universities in the first instance,
>>>>> but would also consider government departments, or friendly companies who
>>>>> often have a meeting room we could use for free or cheaply if we keep the
>>>>> event small. Again, worth putting out feelers.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Re communication channels. I suggest it is best to make use of a
>>>>> public archived forum for any decision making discussion (Hence sending
>>>>> this email to a public forum). I'm mildly in favour of our existing OSGeo
>>>>> Aust-NZ email list, backed by an irc channel on freenode. Probably irc://
>>>>> freenode.net#foss4g-austnz. It seems there is a preference for slack,
>>>>> and I'm ok with that. I suggest that decisions are backed up by the public
>>>>> email list. Ie, for any major decision send a MOTION:... to the email list,
>>>>> with a set period to respond (1 week usually, or 48 hours if urgent), and
>>>>> get all committee members to vote: +1 +0 0 -0 -1. Adopt a process like:
>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Management
>>>>>
>>>>> * Re using a wiki.Yes, there will be no problems in using the OSGeo
>>>>> wiki and I think that is a good idea. We should officially ask the OSGeo
>>>>> Conference committee. I'd suggest a motion of:
>>>>>
>>>>> Motion A: to send to OSGeo Aust-NZ email list
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. That the OSGeo-Aust-NZ local chapter set up a
>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-Aust-NZ. After the conference, we
>>>>> will migrate this page to be a jump page to have a separate page for each
>>>>> year.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. That we will additionally make use of google sheets and google docs
>>>>> as required which will be referenced from the wiki.
>>>>>
>>>>> Motion B: Assuming the Aust-NZ list agree with motion A, move to
>>>>> Motion B, which is to request use of https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/
>>>>> FOSS4G-Aust-NZ from the OSGeo conference committee. (This is just a
>>>>> formal thing, as we could just go ahead and do it).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>> Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
>>>>> Open Technologies Consultant
>>>>>
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>>
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>
> Alex Leith
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