<div dir="ltr">Hey Folks<div><br></div><div>Although I haven't seen the actual call for proposals come out, I feel like there isn't a surge in enthusiasm for running this proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm going to step back, and focus on the Hobart proposal for FOSS4G SotM Oceania for now, but I'm happy to help out if someone wants to lead this process.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 at 16:15, Emma Hain <<a href="mailto:emmahain@gmail.com">emmahain@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>HI Alex</div><div>I am keen to be involved as an advisor on the committee due to my experience as Program Chair and will probably be involved with that sub-group - but not as chair. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Em<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 7:48 PM Alex Leith via Oceania-Board <<a href="mailto:oceania-board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">oceania-board@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hey John<div><br></div><div>I think the 'keep in the loop' opportunity is that we will commit to communicating in the open, and will carry out organising on these lists and on Slack as appropriate.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 at 11:35, John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Alex, thanks for sharing this information.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I've only just re-joined the OO board and don't know yet if I can join this committee. But I'm very interested in the discussion and would like to stay informed. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There are quite a few people in this community who have been involved in organising global FOSS4G events and could have valuable input, but may not be able to join a committee right now.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is there some way people like this can be kept in the loop as this progresses?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div><div dir="auto">John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 8 Dec 2023, 1:08 pm Alex Leith via FOSS4G-Oceania, <<a href="mailto:foss4g-oceania@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">foss4g-oceania@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hey Folks<div><br></div><div>A group of us from this year's Auckland conference are interested in putting a bid together to host the 2025 global FOSS4G event, probably in conjunction with the global SotM conference.</div><div><br></div><div>The call for proposals is about to be announced, and the letter of intent is likely to be due by the 8th of January, 2024, which means that we have to move fairly quickly to take this initial step. The Auckland University of Technology have already indicated they can provide the venue.</div><div><br></div><div>This is obviously a massive commitment and not something we would enter into lightly, but I think it would be wonderful to welcome the global open geospatial community to our corner of the Earth, and I hope that you agree!</div><div><br></div><div>So, the call to action is to get in touch if you'd like to join the committee that is putting the bid together.</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you'd like to be involved, and we'll work together to get a letter of intent together.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Alex</div><div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Alex Leith</b><br></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">m: +61 419 189 050</font><div><a href="https://auspatious.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">https://auspatious.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div>
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