[Oceania-Board] Endorsement by OSGeo Oceania

[Edoardo Neerhut]

I agree that OO should never endorse products or services.

There might be times where it is legitimate to refer to an open source
geospatial product or service though. This should be done carefully and
within suitable context. Maybe worth fleshing this out.

I disagree that OO can't seek sponsorship. I see this as in the community
interest.


On Mon, 7 Feb 2022, 13:57 Jonah Sullivan, <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My position on endorsement of commercial (or free) services is that OSGeo
> Oceania doesn't do it...at all. We financially support the Oceania
> community's grass-roots initiatives (mainly events), and OSGeo's
> initiatives, but we don't endorse commercial service providers. One of the
> grass-roots initiatives OSGeo Oceania supports is the FOSS4G SotM Oceania
> Conference, which is administered by a separate committee: that group seeks
> sponsors and endorses service providers, but OSGeo Oceania doesn't.
>
> Is that a controversial position? Should OSGeo Oceania endorse service
> providers?
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