[OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

[Adam Steer]

Hey OSGeo Oceania

The Geospatial Council of Australia formally launched recently -
merging SSSI and SIBA/GITA: https://geospatialcouncil.org.au/

I'm curious about their level of interaction with the open geospatial
community, does anyone have any thoughts / input / news? Should OSGeo
Oceania seek to form an MoU with GCA about how the organisations can
collaborate?

I think there's a lot of potential for raising the profile of open
source geospatial approaches, especially in professional development
and mentoring, given the depth of expertise existing in the OSGeo
Oceania community - and also a lot of potential to return value
(maintenance $$) to the open source community that might not otherwise
flow back.

Maybe the OSGeo Oceania board has already reached out, or the GCA has
already reached out?

Thoughts and discussion welcome :)

Cheers

Adam
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OSGeo director
https://iamadamsteer.com