[FOSS4G-Oceania] [Pacific] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania

Thu Aug 8 14:55:01 PDT 2019

Thank you John for bringing up this very important issue. Pacific Island countries should wake up now and find ways forward for the survival of the FOSS4G and SotM.

Regards

From: pacific-islands [mailto:pacific-islands-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of John Bryant
Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2019 6:19 PM
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Subject: [Pacific] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania

Hi all, please see the following message below:

“What should we do about upcoming conferences for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) and State of the Map (SotM) within our Oceania region?”

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Image by @mapmakerdavid<https://twitter.com/mapmakerdavid/status/1151068594438123520>

We didn’t have an answer to this question at the last OSGeo Oceania board meeting. At the moment, no one is volunteering to chair. No one is backing a city with commitment, and that is a problem we hope to solve.

Pertinent is that the international FOSS4G will be held somewhere outside of Europe or North America in 2021 and a call for a two-page Expression Of Interest is coming in September<https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2021_Bid_Process>. We have a very compelling case<https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-oceania/2019-May/001399.html> for bringing the international community to our region, if we try.

Are you keen to see FOSS4G & SotM continue in our region? Do you have ideas about where and how? Would you like to help make it happen? Are you interested in mentoring or being mentored by a bunch of committed volunteers who have worked on prior FOSS4G events? If so, why don’t you talk to us? Come join our email list<https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania> and introduce yourself. We particularly want to hear ideas about what we should do about FOSS4G in the next two years.

Some history:

·         2009: FOSS4G-International in Sydney. During the global financial crisis, we had lower attendance than expected, but managed to stay profitable when similar conferences were losing money.

·         2018: FOSS4G SotM Oceania in Melbourne. Exceeded expectations for size, sponsorship, activities, and engagement.

·         2019: FOSS4G SotM Oceania Wellington<https://2019.foss4g-oceania.org/>: Has already exceeded sponsorship targets and sold out early bird tickets within a week.

·         2020: FOSS4G SotM Oceania: Where?

·         2021: FOSS4G-International Should we bid for it?

We are looking forward to hearing from you,

John Bryant (OSGeo Oceania president) and Cameron Shorter (scribe).
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