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

[Alex Leith]

Nice work, Ed.

I'm hoping to get there, but won't know whether I will or not for a while.

On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 at 07:36, Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
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> *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,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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