<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p>I'm not expecting to have bandwidth for most face-to-face
meetings, but will comment occasionally via email.</p>
<p>Re setting up a committee, I reckon we ideally should adopt an
existing mandate and processes of a similar (and good) committee.
Copying from OSGeo would be a good candidate for this. In
practice, I expect it won't go that smoothly, but copying as much
as we can will likely be a good start.</p>
<p>From my skimming of what has been written so far, I'm in favour
of suggestions, and I trust the people putting the proposals
together. <br>
</p>
<p>Cheers, Cameron <br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/12/18 9:10 pm, John Bryant wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAHY5hn8yOQaKZSiJ4yW9_R3S_37Xb74n+WmWpbuwb7DDTRy6Ow@mail.gmail.com">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<div dir="auto">
<div>Hear hear... It seems like a super esoteric discussion in
many ways, but if you have any thoughts, please share them...
as Adam suggests, we're feeling our way through this and your
opinion counts.<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">On Thu., 13 Dec. 2018, 5:56 pm adam steer
<<a href="mailto:adam.d.steer@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">adam.d.steer@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Great stuff John, Alex, Greg. Looking
forward to the discussion tomorrow!
<div><br>
</div>
<div>To anyone lurking on the list thinking ‘I’d love to
have a say but…’ - dive in. Turn up at the meeting and
bring your ideas! We’re all learning as we go.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 17:47, Greg Lauer
<<a href="mailto:gregory.lauer@gmail.com"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">gregory.lauer@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px
0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">+1</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div><br>
</div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">My
only comment is though I am very comfortable
that the current 2018 committee (for want of
a better word) has a mandate to form an <font
color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">executive, in a similar vein to John;s comments,I would suggest that we make it an 'interim' executive, that is dissolved once/if a formal entity/structure is created. Of course it would be quite likely that the members of the interim </span></font></font><font
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">executive would become the formal executive, but it allows the 'membership' (again for want of a better word) to decide on the composition as per any proposed terms of reference etc. It would also allow us, as per John comments above, to encourage diversity in the board composition once the structure is in place.</span></font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 3:12 PM John
Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px
0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>Good point re: a formal org. My take is
there is sufficient support for the idea to at
least determine clear options. I like Greg's
suggestion of forming a small working group to
research the options, consult, and form a
recommendation we can implement. In the
meantime, we need a group to vest authority
in...<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
My reasoning for including step 2 is this: we've
typically referred to this group as the '<i>FOSS4G
SotM Oceania 2018 organising committee</i>',
it needs a fresh mandate & identity, and
there may be some people who wish to retire (and
possibly some desire to bring in new people, eg.
New Zealanders or Pacific Islanders?). However,
this could perhaps be easily achieved by
appointing a new group from those of us who wish
to continue serving, and calling it by a new
name with a new mandate, and making some
provision for new members.
<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
FOSS4G-Oceania mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<a
href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
FOSS4G-Oceania mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<a
href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br clear="all">
<div><br>
</div>
-- <br>
<div dir="ltr"
class="m_9067902561923024822gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>Dr. Adam Steer</div>
<div><a href="http://spatialised.net"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://spatialised.net</a></div>
<div><a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer</a><br>
<a href="http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer</a></div>
<div><a
href="http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236</a><br>
+61 427 091 712<br>
skype: adam.d.steer</div>
<div>tweet: @adamdsteer</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
FOSS4G-Oceania mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org">FOSS4G-Oceania@lists.osgeo.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
M +61 (0) 419 142 254</pre>
</body>
</html>