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

[John Bryant]

Hi Edwin, thanks a lot for that. Great to hear from you & Dominic that
there is energy for FOSS4G & SotM in the Pacific :)

One of the critical components for conference success is a group of
energetic people who will lead the way. At this stage we're looking for
those people, willing to do the hard work to bring the conference to their
region. We don't have a formal process at this point, but last year the
Wellington team put in a Letter of Intent [1], which was very helpful... I
think something like this would help a lot! But we're also happy to just
begin a conversation around what would be involved.

Cheers
John

[1] https://gist.github.com/dwsilk/1ee1f0347a0c386438504c3e20022df7

On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 03:18, Edwin Liava'a <etuini.liavaa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Very well received and please find herewith my proposed answer to your 2
> questions.
>
> 2020: FOSS4G SotM Oceania: Where?
>
> * How about Fiji?
>
> 2021: FOSS4G-International Should we bid for it?
>
> * Yes
>
> Best regards,
>
> Edwin
>
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 21:20, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?”
>>
>> 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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>
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