[Aust-NZ] Fwd: Where to now?

[pcreso at pcreso.com]

Hmmm...

I'm not the quietest member here, but to kick this off, I'd like to see formal registration of the chapter as a legal entity move forward.

Normally as part of this process, the defining deed for any reistered non-profit organisation will require rules & info about intent/purpose, etc.

While in our case much of this can come from the OSGEO parent organisation, it is also where we add any stuff about our particular intents & purposes.

If we are going to collect comments on this, I think it would be useful to do so bearing in mind what information/forms etc are required for whatever registration we apply for. 

Representing OSGEO at events is pretty simple, but it would be nice to 
be able to represent the Aust-NZ Chapter (as a registered organisation) at events such as SSSI, as we have discussed recently. 

If we do want to enhance our local (Australasian & Pacific Island) presence, it will be easier if we have some actual legal status.


Cheers,

   Brent Wood


--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Aust-NZ] Fwd: Where to now?
> To: Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 3:47 PM
> 
> We have around 120 members on the list.
> 
> I've sent this around again, because I'd like to
> hear some thoughts from some of our other list members who
> normally passively receive email distributed to the list.
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> OSGeo AustNZ is your community too.
> 
> What directions would you like to see OSGeo AustNZ go in?
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> 
> Bruce
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> From: Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com>
> 
> Date: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:20 PM
> Subject: Where to now?
> To: Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org
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> 
> Now that FOSS4G-2009 is finished and has been well
> received, it may be time to start thinking about which
> directions we want to take OSGeo-AustNZ.
> 
> 
> There appears to be a definite desire for information and
> workshops on OSGeo projects in our region.
> 
> 
> Perhaps Shaun Kolomeitz and Simon Hope have hit on a good
> way of building the Australian and New Zealand communities
> by targeting local groups? However I feel we should keep the
> AustNZ focus to keep the overall momentum going (as per Open
> Source Industry Australia).
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> 
> Alternate between informal sessions at the pub and info
> sessions hosted by kind benefactors?
> 
> Borrowing from a successful format that I saw in the early
> 1990's (G.T.), for info sessions, it may be good to
> focus on demonstrating solutions to problems and finishing
> with "oh and by the way, we used these OSGeo projects
> to do this". This could be followed by dedicated
> "under to hood" [1] sessions for more detail if
> required.
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> For 2010, a few of us have volunteered to help Ben Searle
> with Spatial at Gov. We will probably have an OSGeo presence
> and workshops there.
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> 
> Lets get some thoughts going...
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> On another note, at FOSS4G, Arnulf Christl suggested that
> we may wish to consider running another regional FOSS4G
> event in two years time.
> 
> I canvased a few people at FOSS4G and believe that we'd
> get a few key Developers / Vendors back here if we did.
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> I think that if we were to do this, running it in New
> Zealand this time would be ideal.
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> Is there any interest in this? This could become a regular
> event if there is sufficient interest.
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> Bruce
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> [1] I hope you don't mind my using the term Ian and Ben
> J
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