[Board] EOI - formation of Oceania regional chapter

[John Bryant]

Thanks María :)

Let us know if we can add any info for the board meeting...

Cheers!
John

On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 11:46, María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi John!
>
> Good to hear this!
>
> We should discuss this on the next Board meeting. But I think you already
> proved you are an already running community with a lot of success!!
>
> Regards,
> María.
>
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 2:55 PM John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi OSGeo Board,
>>
>> We'd like to submit an expression of interest to formalise a regional
>> chapter of OSGeo in the Oceania region. We want to call it OSGeo Oceania,
>> and it would supersede the existing Aust-NZ chapter (we've consulted widely
>> and this course of action is favoured by the community).
>>
>> Following on the success of the first FOSS4G SotM Oceania in November
>> 2018, we decided to form a legal entity so we could more fully manage the
>> affairs of an ongoing conference series, and foster the ongoing growth of
>> our regional open geospatial community. We've consulted with the community
>> via OSGeo mailing lists, and we appear to have strong support, considerable
>> engagement, and no dissent.
>>
>> We already have wide participation from across Oceania. Last year's
>> conference in Australia drew 250 attendees from Australia, New Zealand,
>> Fiji, Samoa, PNG, and Timor-Leste (and 8 other countries outside the
>> region), helped in part by a successful Travel Grant Program. This year,
>> we're holding the conference in New Zealand, we're doubling the size of the
>> Travel Grant Program, and one of our keynote speakers is from a Pacific
>> Island nation. We hope this sends a clear signal to the community that
>> we're looking for participation from the entire region.
>>
>> Please see the OSGeo Oceania wiki page
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania> [1] for details on our terms of
>> reference, initial membership, our mission, and a section on how the
>> community can get involved. Suggestions welcome :)
>>
>> It would be great to have confirmation of support from the OSGeo board at
>> its earliest convenience. If we can provide any further information, please
>> let us know.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> John
>> on behalf of OSGeo Oceania
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania
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