[Oceania-Board] Endorsement by OSGeo Oceania

[Emma Hain]

 How would this fit in to a marketplace where OS economical endeavours are
supported ?

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022, 8:37 am Edoardo Neerhut, <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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