[Oceania-Board] 2022 Call for venues

[John Bryant]

How committed to the November dates are we? I heard comments from a couple
of people in academia that this was a difficult time for them, being at the
tail end of a very busy period.

On Sat, 13 Nov 2021 at 05:37, Jonah Sullivan <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think it's a safe bet in 2022. I used the word "bet" because there is
> still some financial and reputation risk.
>
> Locate22 is in Canberra as a big centralised geospatial conference in May (
> https://locateconference.com/).
>
> I haven't seen any big in-person international conferences advertising
> yet, but I'm sure they will be coming soon.
>
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2021, 02:55 Edoardo Neerhut, <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thrilled that local hubs were able to put on events yesterday,
>> complemented by the regional program. Seeing photos come through on
>> Twitter, Slack, and email and I expect more will come through soon. Take a
>> look at a few from Perth and Kiribati here
>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10gUp8c_h_TcQ-7NLqtaPT8V4TDp9qCNz?usp=sharing>
>> .
>>
>> With this energy, what do we all think about creating a Call for Venues
>> for 2022? It's uncertain what the global environment would look like, but
>> at the very least it will get local hubs thinking about 2022.
>>
>> I love what local hubs have been able to achieve and want to see it
>> continue, but I would also like to bring back the traditional
>> conference concept with one location in November. This is important to
>> foster regional ties, get people more involved, and ensure the financial
>> longevity of our organisation.
>>
>> Perhaps local hubs would take place every second year or we find a way to
>> support them during the year so that they can put on events at a time of
>> their choosing.
>>
>> Keen to hear your thoughts,
>>
>> Ed
>>
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