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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thank you John for bringing up this very important issue. Pacific Island countries should wake up now and find ways forward for the survival of the FOSS4G and
SotM. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> pacific-islands [mailto:pacific-islands-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Bryant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 8 August 2019 6:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> foss4g-oceania <foss4g-oceania@lists.osgeo.org>; oceania@lists.osgeo.org; pacific-islands@lists.osgeo.org; OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au@openstreetmap.org>; talk-nz <talk-nz@openstreetmap.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pacific] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi all, please see the following message below:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“What should we do about upcoming conferences for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) and State of the Map (SotM) within
our Oceania region?”</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img width="348" height="246" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ifAcUXyv6ZBjqmJfZMTgBE-yXOdjjFe85mbWlelAdHPpYMLqA7U67Fnr4hZvVKskFhqivf6mtg4FjDoNACnKhzRcln4_GMPSROX0PhcKJMfoSUkmsWipCPVBOunoD0l7ijxrvHBi"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/mapmakerdavid/status/1151068594438123520"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC">Image by @mapmakerdavid</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We didn’t have an answer to this question at the last OSGeo Oceania board meeting. At the moment, no one is volunteering to chair. No one is
backing a city with commitment, and that is a problem we hope to solve.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Pertinent is that the international FOSS4G will be held somewhere outside of Europe or North America in 2021 and a call for a two-page Expression
Of Interest is </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2021_Bid_Process"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC">coming in September</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
We have a very </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-oceania/2019-May/001399.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC">compelling case</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
for bringing the international community to our region, if we try.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Are you keen to see FOSS4G & SotM continue in our region? Do you have ideas about where and how? Would you like to help make it happen? Are
you interested in mentoring or being mentored by a bunch of committed volunteers who have worked on prior FOSS4G events? If so, why don’t you talk to us? Come join our
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1155CC">email list</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
and introduce yourself. We particularly want to hear ideas about what we should do about FOSS4G in the next two years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Some history:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2009: FOSS4G-International in Sydney. During the global financial crisis, we had lower attendance than expected, but managed to stay profitable when similar
conferences were losing money.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2018: FOSS4G SotM Oceania in Melbourne. Exceeded expectations for size, sponsorship, activities, and engagement.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://2019.foss4g-oceania.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC">2019: FOSS4G SotM Oceania Wellington</span></a>: Has already exceeded sponsorship
targets and sold out early bird tickets within a week.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">2020: FOSS4G SotM Oceania: Where?</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">2021: FOSS4G-International Should we bid for it?</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are looking forward to hearing from you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">John Bryant (OSGeo Oceania president) and Cameron Shorter (scribe).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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