[Oceania-Board] Endorsement by OSGeo Oceania

[Martin Tomko]

Dear all,
This is a very interesting and relevant discussion for the community ( I presume triggered by some ongoing board discussion). I am not sure why I am still on the Board mailing list, but as I am not a member of the board, I should probably not respond here. Can I please ask we move this to the general list of the community, as this is an item of general interest? Cc-ing oceania at osgeo.

I believe there will be hot takes on this topic, and it would be preferrable to have a broad agreement in the community ( although maybe not consensus, at least a compromise).

M.


From: Oceania-Board <oceania-board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, 8 February 2022 at 9:44 am
To: Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com>
Cc: OSGeo Oceania Board <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Oceania-Board] Endorsement by OSGeo Oceania
 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<mailto: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<mailto: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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