[Oceania-Board] [OSGeo Oceania] Draft Letter to Geospatial Council of Australia

[Adam Steer]

Hey Alex,

Nice work. +1 from me!

On Thu, 4 May 2023 at 11:30, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ok, I've had a go at redrafting, and incorporated many suggestions from others.
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> Please have another read: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CMm6zuY8ZSPmg19EK5-Br8qp3CyOTk2WMpNt8liLao/edit
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> I would like to send this to Paul tomorrow, so I can discuss it with him next week at Locate.
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> Thanks for your input so far, I think it's already much better!
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> On Wed, 3 May 2023 at 18:49, Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hey Alex
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>> Thanks for having a go at this, a couple of suggestions suggested  -
>> and I think Emma's comment is great about recognising open source
>> contributions to all the things - just couldn't see how to work it in.
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>> Is it possible to shy away from membership benefit discussions? OSGeo
>> Oceania and GCA ideas about what it means to be part of the community
>> are quite likely to be incompatible, I see only complications there -
>> the model of OSGeo / OSGeo Oceania (if you do open source things
>> you're already a member of the community, just say you want that
>> formalised in OSGeo or OSGeo Oceania both and it'll be formalised ) is
>> key to maintaining a diverse and vibrant community.
>>
>> Also, an encouragement for everyone to take the long view on an MoU,
>> it might take years to create - and stay in place for years. Be
>> audacious, OSGeo Oceania is a first class geospatial citizen!
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>> Cheers,
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>> Adam
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>> On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 08:56, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Hey Folks
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>> > As discussed in the other thread about a potential MOU, I have drafted a letter here to send to Paul Digney, from GCA.
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>> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CMm6zuY8ZSPmg19EK5-Br8qp3CyOTk2WMpNt8liLao/edit
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>> > This is open for comments, so please make suggestions on this list or directly in the document. I will send the letter at the start of next week and will talk to Paul about the potential MOU at Locate.
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>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > Alex
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