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I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting
of an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting,
or if you can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on
email before hand.<br>
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Location: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo">irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo</a><br>
Time:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224</a><br>
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<th>Location</th>
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<td><a
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264"
title="Current local time in Wellington">Wellington</a> <span
class="small">(New Zealand)</span></td>
<td>Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM</td>
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<td><a
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240"
title="Current local time in Sydney">Sydney</a> <span
class="small">(Australia - New South Wales)</span></td>
<td>Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM</td>
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<td><a
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215"
title="Current local time in Rome">Rome</a> <span
class="small">(Italy)</span></td>
<td>Monday, 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM</td>
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<td><a
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179"
title="Current local time in New York">New York</a> <span
class="small">(U.S.A. - New York)</span></td>
<td>Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM</td>
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<td><a
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224"
title="Current local time in San Francisco">San Francisco</a>
<span class="small">(U.S.A. - California)</span></td>
<td>Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM</td>
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The current proposal is here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador</a><br>
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This topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing
and board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my
suggestions:<br>
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1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been
categorising under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"<br>
a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and
the like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the
role.<br>
b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo
board. This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo
Board delegated to someone they see fit to do the job, on a
case-by-case basis.<br>
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2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role
which is exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an
volunteering. This is addressed by letting anyone who believes they
have OSGeo experience and thinks them self worthy can step forward
and volunteer.<br>
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3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is
too complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members,
Voted Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some
way to define OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key
criteria that conference organisors look for when selecting speakers
and key notes. We can potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by
moving it into the "Description" field rather than making a heading
out of it.<br>
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
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