[FOSS4G-Oceania] Melbourne Georabble last night

[John Bryant]

Hi all, FYI:

Last night I gave a very short (2 or 3 min) presentation at Melbourne
GeoRabble about FOSS4G SotM Oceania. I've saved the slides here
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YHJRYxEzkeFex2iztFOcBIWcbPcKNd2iXgBYKyabsSM>,
feel free to re-use, re-purpose, share as you see fit.

It went very well, and seemed to generate a fair bit of buzz. I gave away a
bunch of stickers, and had some interesting conversations with keen people
afterwards. There were ~100 people there (biggest GeoRabble I've ever
seen!), and it felt like a very effective way to get the word out.

So, some important outcomes to share:

   - I met a woman named Vasiti Soko, from Fiji, who is currently living,
   working, & studying in Melbourne. We've had a few email exchanges in the
   past regarding the conference, but I hadn't realised she is currently based
   here. In any case, she's enthusiastic about this event, and would be
   pleased to contribute somehow. *I recommend we invite her to join our
   committee, if she's willing - I believe she would have a lot to contribute.*
   - Student pricing: I was asked twice why we don't have student pricing -
   as you'll recall, we recently decided to introduce a student discount, but
   we haven't publicised this yet. I will update the website today, and I
   think we should put out some info about this change ASAP. *Does anyone
   want to help with that, today? I will put something out this weekend, one
   way or the other. Martin, Sarah - are there academic track considerations
   here, or do we just put the word out and let it happen?*
   - DELWP: I met a number of people in the Vic state gov department of
   DELWP <https://www2.delwp.vic.gov.au/>, who are very enthusiastic about
   open source spatial, and some of whom had never heard of this event. I've
   been trying to get through to DELWP, but haven't been able to make it past
   my original contact. I will follow through on these new contacts today, and
   try to secure a meeting at their offices. DELWP is probably one of the
   biggest employers of spatial people in Melbourne, and represents a big
   opportunity to spread the word within a major influencing body.

Also, Phillip Mallis gave a presentation on Maptime Melbourne's work doing
humanitarian OSM mapping, which was well received and will hopefully add to
the buzz around MM's events as well as ours.

All in all, it felt like a great way to let people know about our event...
I would encourage any of you who have a GeoRabble coming up in your
hometown to try and get the chance to spread the word!

Cheers
John
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