<div dir="ltr">Hi John<div><br></div><div>I haven't seen what's explicitly in the MOU, it's still being drafted by GCA. Only thing I can refer you to is the letter we drafted together.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 11:26, John Bryant via Oceania-Board <<a href="mailto:oceania-board@lists.osgeo.org">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">The GCA crew were supportive of the idea of making it free to attend, they have run free webinars before. They need to look at some kind of cost recovery; it sounds like the related expenses are fairly modest so this may not be a very big deal. Perhaps something OO could even consider funding?<div><br></div><div>The question of whether the recordings could be made available for free seemed a little more complicated, at least in part because of the technical hurdles of opening up a closed platform.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd support making it all as free as possible but of course it's GCA's platform and webinar series, we can decide if we participate or not.<br><div><br></div><div>Alex, it would be good to hear more about the proposed MOU, does it relate to activities like this?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>John</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 04:51, 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="auto">Hey Folks</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I agree with Ewen here.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We could ask for our members to get a reduced rate for attending the webinar live, and it may be reasonable if we’re providing the content, to get a recording to put on our YouTube.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also, FYI, we are in talks with GCA on an MOU, which is progressing. Please let me know if you’d like to be involved in this process.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><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" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">https://auspatious.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 7:43 am, Ewen Hill 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">Hi all,<div> Sorry for the delay in responding and thank you for all the comments. I see GCA having a completely different way of seeing the world which is fine. They have a platform that hosts a number of webinaires for their membership and the membership need to review some of these to keep their credit points healthy so they see this as a way to finance or cost-recover and the organisation needs to be stable.</div><div><br></div><div>For GCA to open up their platform to our members to view the recordings is probably a step too far so as long as the initial live edition is open to all on an easy to use platform throughout the pacific, then I am happy for it to be retained by GCA or only stored for a limited time. This is about working together and getting our name out there.<br><br>Regards<br><br>Ewen</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 at 22:06, Renee M 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">I agree. It should be free. Afterall, it's part of the FOSS ethos. I've attended some discussions through GCA that have been free based on the topic. It's a no brainer to me.<div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">Bonus points for basically free marketing by way of cross promotion too.</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 11:10 AM John Bryant 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">Thanks Martin! Yes, that's a very good point (re: free vs paid) and I agree, we should consider very carefully where we stand on this (as a FOSS organisation).<div><br></div><div>IMO the community should be welcome to discuss on this channel. If anyone thinks I should post this on the oceania channel I'd be happy to do it!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 at 11:01, Martin Tomko <<a href="mailto:tomkom@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">tomkom@unimelb.edu.au</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>
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at 1:49</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black">pm<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Oceania-Board] Discussion re: webinars with GCA GIS and Digital Analytics Working Group<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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