[Foss4g2009] Re: International Community wanting to network with Government at FOSS4G

[Cameron Shorter]

Thanks Pia,
Senator Kate Lundy would be the perfect person to moderate a discussion 
about Government Initiatives. As we get closer, we can start putting 
this into place.

Waugh, Pia (Sen K. Lundy) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd be interested in participating, but don't have time (and it probably isn't appropriate) for organising it. If such a session happens, let me know and I'll let Senator Lundy know as she'd likely be interested too.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pia Waugh
> ICT Policy Advisor 
> Office of Senator Kate Lundy 
> Phone    02 6277 3334 
> Fax        02 6277 3884 
> Mobile    0400 966 453
> www.katelundy.com.au 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, 26 July 2009 9:32 AM
> To: César Medina; Bruce Bannerman; Arnold Wong; Darren Mottolini; Ben Searle; Adam Cooper; Liz; Waugh, Pia (Sen K. Lundy); foss4g2009
> Subject: Re: International Community wanting to network with Government at FOSS4G
>
> Cesar (from Chilli),
>
> You have noted your interest in meeting Australian Government interested 
> in Geospatial Open Source at the FOSS4G conference, and I have CCed a 
> few of the people who would be likely to want to coordinate the 
> introduction of the international community to Australian/New Zealand 
> initiatives.
>
> Bruce, Ben, Arnold, Kylie, Darren, Adam, Liz, Pia,
> I expect that there will be a number of other people like Cesar, who 
> will want to meet Australian & New Zealand government representatives to 
> find out what we are doing with regards to Open Source and Open 
> Standards here.
>
> How do you suggest we accommodate this?
> One forum we have at FOSS4G is our unstructured "Birds of a Feather" 
> sessions where anyone can coordinate discussion around a particular topic.
>
>  From an Australian/New Zealand government point of view, this would be 
> valuable as it provides an opportunity for us to network and build 
> valuable international contacts.
> For Landgate (who have built a state government SDI based upon Open 
> Standards, and uses a lot of Open Source) this is an opportunity to 
> export some of this expertise.
>
>
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