[Oceania-Board] [FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G Global: Call for Oceania Committee

[Emma Hain]

HI Alex
I am keen to be involved as an advisor on the committee due to my
experience as Program Chair and will probably be involved with that
sub-group - but not as chair.

Cheers
Em

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 7:48 PM Alex Leith via Oceania-Board <
oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hey John
>
> I think the 'keep in the loop' opportunity is that we will commit to
> communicating in the open, and will carry out organising on these lists and
> on Slack as appropriate.
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 at 11:35, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex, thanks for sharing this information.
>>
>> I've only just re-joined the OO board and don't know yet if I can join
>> this committee. But I'm very interested in the discussion and would like to
>> stay informed.
>>
>> There are quite a few people in this community who have been involved in
>> organising global FOSS4G events and could have valuable input, but may not
>> be able to join a committee right now.
>>
>> Is there some way people like this can be kept in the loop as this
>> progresses?
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>>
>> On Fri, 8 Dec 2023, 1:08 pm Alex Leith via FOSS4G-Oceania, <
>> foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Folks
>>>
>>> A group of us from this year's Auckland conference are interested in
>>> putting a bid together to host the 2025 global FOSS4G event, probably in
>>> conjunction with the global SotM conference.
>>>
>>> The call for proposals is about to be announced, and the letter of
>>> intent is likely to be due by the 8th of January, 2024, which means that we
>>> have to move fairly quickly to take this initial step. The Auckland
>>> University of Technology have already indicated they can provide the venue.
>>>
>>> This is obviously a massive commitment and not something we would enter
>>> into lightly, but I think it would be wonderful to welcome the global open
>>> geospatial community to our corner of the Earth, and I hope that you agree!
>>>
>>> So, the call to action is to get in touch if you'd like to join the
>>> committee that is putting the bid together.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you'd like to be involved, and we'll work together
>>> to get a letter of intent together.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
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