Hey John,<br><br>No official osgeo meetups in Perth. There had been talk of a <a href="http://georabble.org">georabble.org</a> type event but not sure if anyone's put their hand up to organise one.<br><br>SSSI WA sometimes hold social events, but i have no idea whats currently scheduled (see <a href="http://spatialsciences.org.au">spatialsciences.org.au</a>). There is a vast community of guys across the industry here so feel free to ping me via email or twitter when you touch down. Beers can always be had and I'm sure we'd get a few guys along to whatever is organised<br>
<br>Chris Tweedie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 September 2011 08:45, Ross Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rossgo@hotmail.com">rossgo@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Hi John,<br>
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Welcome - if your relatively new to Perth and want to get up to speed with spatial matters, I suggest you subscribe<br>
to WALIS's monthly e-news: <a href="http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/news/enews/newsletter.2011-08-31.6646839156" target="_blank">http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/news/enews/newsletter.2011-08-31.6646839156</a><br>
and join their LinkedIn Group: <span><a href="http://au.linkedin.com/pub/walis-office/24/1ab/887" target="_blank"><font color="#800080">http://au.linkedin.com/pub/walis-office/24/1ab/887</font></a></span><br>
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Ross<br><br>
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:06:32 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [Aust-NZ] Perth groups?<br>From: <a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a><br>
CC: <a href="mailto:aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org</a><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br>Hi Cameron, thanks for the welcome. Agreed, there's some affinity between the 2 countries despite the language barrier... it felt like a parallel universe my first trip to Aus!<br>
<br>My partner's from WA so we're looking to spend some time, around 4-5 months, with the family. We currently live in the Yukon so a few months out in the winter is always a good idea! I'm also looking at it as a great opportunity to get involved in a larger geospatial community.<br>
<br>Unsure as of yet what work opportunities will come my way, keeping my eyes open though. I have dual Canadian/Australian citizenship so no need to worry about work visas (fortunately! I've paid my dues through years of immigration paperwork...).<br>
<br>Any suggestions would be most welcome...<br><br>Cheers<br>John<br><br>
<div>On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi John,<br>Welcome to Australia. There seems to be a strong affiliation between Canada and Australia (we have hired 2 Canadians at LISAsoft already).<br><br>What brings you to Australia? What will you be working on?
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<div>Hi folks, I'm relocating to Perth from Canada in November and was wondering if you knew of any OSGeo/Open GIS oriented folks, groups, meetups or the like in that neck of the woods.<br><br>Cheers<br>John Bryant<br>
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