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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just a note – not much better in Aus, where Science and Tech and Research deserved 0 note in the entire campaign form the major parties ( same as environment,
really).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">ARC envelope will not change ( not applicable here anyway), NCRIS – who knows, so moving something here may not be for the long term…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This seems to need more than hosting – it need devops/sysadmin pay ( at least 0.6FTE). Not sure where this would be found these days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">M><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Oceania <oceania-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Simon Nitz via Oceania <oceania@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 1 May 2025 at 5:57</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">am<br>
<b>To: </b>Adam Steer <adam.d.steer@gmail.com>, OSgeo - Oceania <Oceania@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXT] Re: [OSGeo Oceania] OSGeo infrastructure - call for support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:red">External email:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:red">Please exercise caution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Maybe it’s a good time to think a little bit out of the square and stand up our own system using nextcloud if we can secure some infrastructure
in AU</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><a href="https://nextcloud.com/">https://nextcloud.com/</a></span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Simon</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Oceania <oceania-bounces@lists.osgeo.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Adam Steer via Oceania<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 1 May 2025 7:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSgeo - Oceania <Oceania@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo Oceania] OSGeo infrastructure - call for support</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">Hi everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">A lot of OSGeo's services rely on the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University - and it is currently facing an uncertain future. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">See this post from Regina Obe (long timeOSGeo system admin):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@robe/114428365405157722">https://mapstodon.space/@robe/114428365405157722</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">This post in the OSGeo system admin committee list:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/sac/2025-April/016732.html" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/sac/2025-April/016732.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">...and this article from OSL:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/">https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">What can we do in Oceania? I see two things: apply funding to the problem; and/or apply infrastructure (we do have aome very large computers that call themselves national infrastructure lurking
about in Australia).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">If you're in a position to influence in either (or some other way, noting that OSGeo and all the other projects are well aware of commercial cloud providers and the risks involved) - please
get in contact directly with OSL by 14 May (see details in the OSL article).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ">Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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