[FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G Global: Call for Oceania Committee

[Alex Leith]

Hey John

I think the 'keep in the loop' opportunity is that we will commit to
communicating in the open, and will carry out organising on these lists and
on Slack as appropriate.

Cheers,

On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 at 11:35, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Alex, thanks for sharing this information.
>
> I've only just re-joined the OO board and don't know yet if I can join
> this committee. But I'm very interested in the discussion and would like to
> stay informed.
>
> There are quite a few people in this community who have been involved in
> organising global FOSS4G events and could have valuable input, but may not
> be able to join a committee right now.
>
> Is there some way people like this can be kept in the loop as this
> progresses?
>
> Thanks
> John
>
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2023, 1:08 pm Alex Leith via FOSS4G-Oceania, <
> foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey Folks
>>
>> A group of us from this year's Auckland conference are interested in
>> putting a bid together to host the 2025 global FOSS4G event, probably in
>> conjunction with the global SotM conference.
>>
>> The call for proposals is about to be announced, and the letter of intent
>> is likely to be due by the 8th of January, 2024, which means that we have
>> to move fairly quickly to take this initial step. The Auckland University
>> of Technology have already indicated they can provide the venue.
>>
>> This is obviously a massive commitment and not something we would enter
>> into lightly, but I think it would be wonderful to welcome the global open
>> geospatial community to our corner of the Earth, and I hope that you agree!
>>
>> So, the call to action is to get in touch if you'd like to join the
>> committee that is putting the bid together.
>>
>> Please let me know if you'd like to be involved, and we'll work together
>> to get a letter of intent together.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
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