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    <p>Thanks Bruce.</p>
    <p>Van, is there anything you require from me to complete the
      process? <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/7/19 6:08 am, Bruce Bannerman
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      <div dir="ltr">Hello Van,</div>
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      <div dir="ltr">We would like to nominate Cameron Shorter for our
        remaining OGC OSGeo membership.</div>
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      <div dir="ltr">Kind regards,</div>
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      <div dir="ltr">Bruce Bannerman</div>
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        Begin forwarded message:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Bruce Bannerman <<a
            href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>><br>
          <b>Date:</b> 17 July 2019 at 12:15:27 AEST<br>
          <b>To:</b> Cameron Shorter <<a
            href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>><br>
          <b>Cc:</b> "<a href="mailto:standards@lists.osgeo.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">standards@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a
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            moz-do-not-send="true">standards@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
          <b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [OSGeo-Standards] Request of the
            OSGeo's OGC Standards membership slot</b><br>
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          OK by me Cameron.
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          <div class="">As an aside:<br class="">
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                <li class="">I have not heard WGS84 referred to as a
                  dynamic datum before. I do know of several WGS 84
                  Epochs though. This dynamic datum issue will not be a
                  simple issue to resolve.</li>
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                <li class="">Personally, I don’t believe that it will be
                  viable for many, many years (if ever) to manage our
                  data within the context of a dynamic data as is
                  proposed by some. </li>
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                <li class="">As a former spatial data manager with a
                  data inventory in the PB, I believe that it is just
                  too impractical currently to use a dynamic datum to
                  control our vast global holdings and software. </li>
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                <li class="">When we consider the widespread, global
                  ignorance of the need to manage and utilse data within
                  an appropriate SRS framework, it is an issue that will
                  not be resolved either easily, or in the short term.</li>
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                <div class="">@Standards list,</div>
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              <div class="">FOR ACTION:</div>
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              <div class="">We have one spare OGC Membership slot
                avalable currently.</div>
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              <div class="">Do we have any objections to Cameron using
                this slot?</div>
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              <div class="">If so, please advise this list by 1400hr
                24th July 2019 UTC and I’ll start a selection process.
                If not, I’ll advise OGC of Cameron’s nomination for this
                slot.</div>
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              <div class="">Kind regards,</div>
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              <div class="">Bruce Bannerman</div>
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                    <div class="">On 14 Jul 2019, at 08:20, Cameron
                      Shorter <<a
                        href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" class=""
                        moz-do-not-send="true">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>
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                      <div dir="ltr" class="">Hi OSGeo standards folks,
                        <div class="">I'd like to request access to one
                          of OSGeo's OGC standards slots. From now until
                          the end of the year, I'm planning to help
                          address a problem with web-mapping. </div>
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                        <div class="">The world is using the dynamic
                          WGS84 datum as it were static - which is
                          resulting in map misalignment problems. This
                          is an international problem, which should be
                          done with the collaboration of the OGC, and
                          I'd like to engage within OGC forums as part
                          of this.</div>
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                        <div class="">A more detailed description of the
                          problem is here:</div>
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15uBX2qICODRkiHXeksT0zEy6TuysanIxuc4anV0o5F0"
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                                            <div class="">Technology
                                              Demystifier</div>
                                            <div class="">Open
                                              Technologies and
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                                              142 254</div>
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant

M +61 (0) 419 142 254</pre>
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