<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div>Hi all, sharing this call for joining/helping the Comms Working Group.<br><br>Cheers</div><div class="gmail_quote">John<br><div class="msg6709763015126783938"><u></u><div style="word-spacing:normal;background-color:#f4f4f4"><div style="background-color:#f4f4f4"><div style="background:#ffffff;background-color:#ffffff;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background:#ffffff;background-color:#ffffff;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0 0 0 0;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:20px;text-align:center"><div class="m_6709763015126783938mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="vertical-align:middle" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="background:#ffffff;font-size:0px;padding:10px 25px 10px 25px;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:370px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:10px 25px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Ubuntu,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><h1 style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-weight:normal">OSGeo Oceania needs you!</h1></div></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:0 0 0 0;padding-top:0px;padding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Ubuntu,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p style="margin:10px 0;margin-top:10px"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">Dear Oceania open geospatial community,</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">We're revitalising the Communications Working Group (the "CWG"), and we need several volunteers to join us and help with tasks like:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">providing technical support</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">writing, proofreading, and delivering content</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">managing our web, social media, instant messaging, and other channels</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">guiding strategy and developing policy</span></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:24px"><br></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:24px">Why is this important?</span></h2><p style="margin:10px 0"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">OSGeo Oceania's purpose is to support the regional open geospatial community. We're a big beautiful community spread across a huge geography, so communication is absolutely critical to delivering this mission! To stay connected, we need to communicate with each other, and OSGeo Oceania can play a role in this. By joining the CWG, you will have the opportunity to make a direct impact and drive engagement across Oceania, helping us all stay connected.</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"><br></span></p><h2 style="margin-bottom:10px;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:24px">OK, I'm interested, what do I do?</span></h2></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="text-align:start;font-size:0px;padding:10px 25px;word-break:break-word"><br></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="font-size:0px;padding:0 0 0 0;padding-top:0px;padding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Ubuntu,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p style="margin:10px 0;margin-top:10px"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">Great! Please get in touch ASAP at </span><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none" href="mailto:admin@osgeo-oceania.org?subject=Comms%20Working%20Group%20inquiry" target="_blank"><span style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"><u>admin@osgeo-oceania.org</u></span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"> and let us know! Do you have something specific you want to do? Can only do a couple of hours here and there? No problem, tell us what works for you.</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">Whether you want to become an active member of the CWG, or just drop in occasionally to proofread, we appreciate any contribution. Many hands make light work and we will try to find something you can do to help.</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">That said, we would very much like to invite passionate individuals to join the CWG and help us make this aspect of our organisation shine. Some time in the next few weeks, we'll meet to discuss next steps, and we'd love to see you there!</span><br> </p><p style="margin:10px 0"> </p><p style="margin:10px 0"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">John Bryant & Ewen Hill </span><br><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">Communications Working Group,</span><br><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">OSGeo Oceania</span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div>