[Oceania-Board] FOSS4G 2022 - Talk on OSGeo Oceania

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Hi all,

Thanks for the positive sentiment. I submitted a talk and added Elisa as a
co-presenter as she is aiming to be there as well. Happy to add anyone else
planning to attend.

The abstract I submitted is:





*OSGeo has existed in Oceania in various forms for quite a while now. Some
of the major contributors to projects such as QGIS are based in Oceania and
open geo events have been organised in the region for many years. It is
only in more recent times however that we have started to support these
efforts through the creation of a local chapter. When a group of us came
together to organise Oceania’s first regional FOSS4G SotM conference in
Melbourne, 2018, it became clear structure was needed to sustain the
momentum we had created.Structure was established by forming an entity and
completing all the tasks that go along with that. This included creating a
constitution, financial policies, forming a board of directors,
establishing a membership policy, consulting with the community, working
out what the entity’s primary purpose is and so much more. We’ve made
plenty of mistakes along the way, but we’ve also learned a lot. There are
many successes too, such as the establishment of a Microgrant program to
support initiatives across the region, the continuation of annual regional
conferences, funding travel so that people without the financial means to
do so could attend conferences, and the welcoming of new members from far
and wide.This talk is an insight into the journey of OSGeo Oceania. It is
not meant to be a how to guide or a pat on the back, but rather a chance to
facilitate discussion among the FOSS4G community so that we can find ways
to support the use and understanding of open geospatial software in our
respective regions.*

Happy to make adjustments and of course any input from John (CCed) is
always welcome!

Cheers,

Ed


On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 at 15:07, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> Wonderful, Edoardo. Maybe loop John into it, in my eyes the driving force
> in the community at the beginning.
>
> He may have a unique perspective.
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> M.
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> *From: *Oceania-Board <oceania-board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
> of eli <elipuccioni at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Monday, 14 March 2022 at 7:39 am
> *To: *Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *OSGeo Oceania Board <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Oceania-Board] FOSS4G 2022 - Talk on OSGeo Oceania
>
> yes, totally!!! would love to hear that talk. Let me know if you need any
> info/pictures/anything, happy to help!
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> Il giorno lun 14 mar 2022 alle ore 09:21 Jonah Sullivan <
> jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
> I reckon it's a good idea.
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> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, 05:49 Edoardo Neerhut, <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
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>
> Last minute idea, but I am thinking about submitting a talk to FOSS4G 2022
> walking through OSGeo Oceania's journey. I hope it would prompt some
> interesting discussions with other local chapters and encourage us to learn
> more from each other.
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>
>
> Call for submissions close tomorrow, but wanted to gauge sentiment in this
> group. Happy to put other names down if people are attending.
>
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>
> Some areas that might help other chapters include:
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>    - Forming an entity
>    - Board dynamics
>    - Conference organisation
>    - Supporting OpenStreetMap
>    - Distributing funds
>    - Trying to balance and incorporate diverse backgrounds from across
>    the region
>
> This would not be a talk about how great we are and why everyone else
> should learn from us, but more "here was our journey and the struggles and
> successes we had along the way".
>
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>
> What do you think about submitting such a talk and is anyone else going?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Ed
>
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