[Aust-NZ] FOSS4G-ANZ?

Mon Nov 27 18:00:24 PST 2017

Hi John

I think creating it on the shared Drive is ideal.

Did you create a folder? If so, can you share it with me again? I’ll try to
find time to draft something and share with the group.

Regards,

Alex
On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 at 11:40 am, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 from me on approaching SSSI, with the caveat that it's important to
> retain independence as a community-driven event.
>
> Prospectus sounds like a good idea, would it be appropriate to generate
> one in the shared Google Drive folder for all to see?
>
> Cheers
> John
>
> On 28 November 2017 at 09:48, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I know we’re going to have 10 people and 10 opinions sometimes, but I
>> think video conferencing is quite effective and efficient these days. Zoom
>> is excellent.
>>
>> I agree with Cameron’s two motions.
>>
>> And just in case it was missed, I’m a SSSI Board member and, if we choose
>> to, I am confident I can get the support of SSSI to manage the “books”. I
>> think we aim for the event to make a modest surplus, say, aim for a few
>> thousands. And since SSSI might take the risk of a small loss, we should
>> return some of the surplus to them.
>>
>> Can I get an indication of support to approach SSSI? We should probably
>> put together a one page prospectus, if so, and it would be great to see if
>> we can document in-principle support from organisations.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 at 9:02 am, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 from me on motions A & B. I'm not *totally* clear on what the wiki
>>> is for yet, but I can imagine a couple of potential uses, and it's good for
>>> transparency.
>>>
>>> We may also wish to set up a nice conference website, my partner Cholena
>>> Smart is a Drupal developer (see foss4gna <https://2018.foss4g-na.org/> page,
>>> built with Drupal) and is keen to do this, if it's something we want. All
>>> in good time.
>>>
>>> Re: comms channels, this feels a bit tricky. We've already started a
>>> conversation off-list, but feels like there is value in the additional
>>> transparency of this public list. I've noticed a couple of glitches though
>>> (some emails not coming through in a timely fashion). But I'm in favour of
>>> holding group conversations in the open by default. I propose we hold
>>> conversations in the existing list for now unless it becomes a problem.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On 28 November 2017 at 06:17, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> My sincere apologies for missing almost all of the FOSS4G kickoff
>>>> meeting. I was away from my desk at work and missed my alarm and then am
>>>> embarrassed to admit that I forgot until the meeting was almost over.
>>>>
>>>> From reading the meeting logs I have a few comments:
>>>>
>>>> * I learned from FOSS4G 2009 that we in Australia/New Zealand should
>>>> not use US/Europe metrics as an indicator of potential attendance. FOSS4G
>>>> draws much of its attendance from a local audience. US/Europe has a large
>>>> local and regional audience to draw upon. Aust/NZ have a lot of fish (and
>>>> sheep) within our region.
>>>>
>>>> * I'd err on aiming small and low cost for the first event. Probably in
>>>> the order of the 60 to 120 range. I'd suggest we see if we can keep price:
>>>> $0<price<$100 per person. (This will be hard if we get big).
>>>>
>>>> * Re managing the books: I'd approach SSSI and ask if they wish to
>>>> process the books for us, and if they do, what would be their conditions.
>>>> If conditions are too onerous we look elsewhere. We could potentially have
>>>> a University or a friendly government department or private company manage
>>>> the books. Now is a good time to put out feelers to the friendly people you
>>>> know to see if they are interested.
>>>>
>>>> * Re location: I'd look out for Universities in the first instance, but
>>>> would also consider government departments, or friendly companies who often
>>>> have a meeting room we could use for free or cheaply if we keep the event
>>>> small. Again, worth putting out feelers.
>>>>
>>>> * Re communication channels. I suggest it is best to make use of a
>>>> public archived forum for any decision making discussion (Hence sending
>>>> this email to a public forum). I'm mildly in favour of our existing OSGeo
>>>> Aust-NZ email list, backed by an irc channel on freenode. Probably irc://
>>>> freenode.net#foss4g-austnz. It seems there is a preference for slack,
>>>> and I'm ok with that. I suggest that decisions are backed up by the public
>>>> email list. Ie, for any major decision send a MOTION:... to the email list,
>>>> with a set period to respond (1 week usually, or 48 hours if urgent), and
>>>> get all committee members to vote: +1 +0 0 -0 -1. Adopt a process like:
>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Management
>>>>
>>>> * Re using a wiki.Yes, there will be no problems in using the OSGeo
>>>> wiki and I think that is a good idea. We should officially ask the OSGeo
>>>> Conference committee. I'd suggest a motion of:
>>>>
>>>> Motion A: to send to OSGeo Aust-NZ email list
>>>>
>>>> 1. That the OSGeo-Aust-NZ local chapter set up a
>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-Aust-NZ. After the conference, we
>>>> will migrate this page to be a jump page to have a separate page for each
>>>> year.
>>>>
>>>> 2. That we will additionally make use of google sheets and google docs
>>>> as required which will be referenced from the wiki.
>>>>
>>>> Motion B: Assuming the Aust-NZ list agree with motion A, move to Motion
>>>> B, which is to request use of
>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-Aust-NZ from the OSGeo conference
>>>> committee. (This is just a formal thing, as we could just go ahead and do
>>>> it).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Open Technologies Consultant
>>>>
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>>
>> Alex Leith
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>>
>
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