[Oceania-Board] [OSGeo Oceania] Endorsement by OSGeo Oceania

[Greg Lauer]

Hi Martin

I believe this is the public board list so everybody (i.e community) has 
access.

Cheers

Greg

------ Original Message ------
From: "Martin Tomko" <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>
To: "Emma Hain" <emmahain at gmail.com>; "Edoardo Neerhut" 
<eneerhut at gmail.com>
Cc: "OSGeo Oceania Board" <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>; 
"Oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: 8/02/2022 8:47:29 AM
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] [Oceania-Board] Endorsement by OSGeo 
Oceania

>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.
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>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).
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>M.
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>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 ?
>
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>On Tue, 8 Feb 2022, 8:37 am Edoardo Neerhut, <eneerhut at gmail.com> 
>wrote:
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>>I agree that OO should never endorse products or services.
>>
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>>
>>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.
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>>I disagree that OO can't seek sponsorship. I see this as in the 
>>community interest.
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>>On Mon, 7 Feb 2022, 13:57 Jonah Sullivan, <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com> 
>>wrote:
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>>>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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