[FOSS4G-Oceania] Melbourne Georabble last night

[Alex Leith]

Nice work John!

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 09:20 John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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