<div dir="auto">+1 </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 20 Jul 2020, 9:18 am Edoardo Neerhut, <<a href="mailto:eneerhut@gmail.com">eneerhut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Thanks John. Glad to see the Pacific mailing list up and running. </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 10:50 pm, John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi all, see below regarding the establishment of a regional chapter of the OpenStreetMap foundation. If there are people in the Pacific interested in growing the OSM community, this is a good opportunity to help make it happen!</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Edoardo Neerhut</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:eneerhut@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">eneerhut@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020, 2:49 pm<br>Subject: [OSGeo Oceania] Show your support of OpenStreetMap in our region: OSMF Application 🗺🌏<br>To: <<a href="mailto:Oceania@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Oceania@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, OSM Australian Talk List <<a href="mailto:talk-au@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">talk-au@openstreetmap.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:talk-nz@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">talk-nz@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>Cc: Rory McCann <<a href="mailto:rory.mccann@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rory.mccann@osmfoundation.org</a>>, Joost Schouppe <<a href="mailto:joost@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">joost@osmfoundation.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_6243178530128880117m_3715332430293508708m_-1049230747996691561gmail-docs-internal-guid-4957e85c-7fff-a4e7-d05f-d4ad4198715b"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi Oceania,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TLDR: Show your support for OpenStreetMap in Oceania by </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16jnD0aNuiJA2lCi94G_wRye1-arPsqJCbiD__Q_UWlM/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">filling in this brief form</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and if you're interested, volunteering to help create an OSM Oceania working group.</span></b></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The purpose of this email is to gather support and volunteers to establish a local chapter of the</span><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> OpenStreetMap Foundation</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (OSMF) in Oceania.</span><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> OSGeo Oceania</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> has been supporting the application, and the benefits and objectives of this Local Chapter have been shared with the</span><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2020-May/013840.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Australia</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-nz/2020/000197.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> New Zealand</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and</span><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/2020-May/002291.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Oceania</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> talklists in earlier emails and on the</span><a href="https://join.slack.com/t/maptimeoceania/shared_invite/enQtNDU3MTU3ODkyMjU2LThiMWU4MjZjNjM0ZWRiMWZlNWE2OTZjYjM0ZTMzZDEwMzc5MTAzN2Q2MzMyZDMzYTMwNjc5NGIxYjY4MDRiMjM" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Maptime Oceania Slack</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You can find the local chapter application that was</span><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Oceania" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> submitted to the OSMF here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4"><b>Application review</b></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As part of the application review process, the OSMF Board, namely Joost Schouppe and Rory McCann, have already reached out to the community via various channels to gauge the level of community support for the application. While they received positive responses, the response was limited. I think we can do better.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4"><b>Establishing an OpenStreetMap working group</b></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One of the concerns raised by the OSMF Board and others is that OSGeo Oceania might not be truly representative of the OSM community. One solution to address this concern is to establish an OSM focused working group made up of representatives from across the region. While I hinted at this in May, I am now formally proposing that we establish a working group. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The working group is a good solution because it will allow a wider range of voices from the region, without the requirement that those voices have any affiliation with OSGeo Oceania. At the same time, the working group would be able to benefit from the resources, structure, and conference platform that OSGeo Oceania has already established.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>I propose the following:</b></span></p><br><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An initial meeting of interested parties at</span><a href="https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NjJzZ2o5ZjBrNmkzN2s0bmRodG5pdmU5MTQgZW5lZXJodXRAbQ&tmsrc=eneerhut%40gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 12:00 pm AEST/2pm New Zealand/Fiji time</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> this Thursday, July 23rd. The Google Meet link is in the calendar invite. If you're unable to make this time, let me know and I will arrange an additional meeting. Discussion via email is also acceptable.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Formal establishment of an OSM working group and nomination of a leader to coordinate these efforts.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Notification to OSGeo Oceania that this working group has been established.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Notification to the OSMF that this working group has been established and that it will seek to understand and represent stakeholders in Oceania's OSM community.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Consultation period where the working group gathers input from throughout the region.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Documentation of the working groups first priorities.</span></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The OSMF Board can then make a determination on whether to recognise OSGeo Oceania and by extension this working group as the local chapter for OpenStreetMap in Oceania.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for your time and I hope you'll lend your support to this initiative.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Edoardo Neerhut</span></p></font></span><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto">
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