[Oceania-Board] Discussion re: webinars with GCA GIS and Digital Analytics Working Group

[John Bryant]

Thanks Martin! Yes, that's a very good point (re: free vs paid) and I
agree, we should consider very carefully where we stand on this (as a FOSS
organisation).

IMO the community should be welcome to discuss on this channel. If anyone
thinks I should post this on the oceania channel I'd be happy to do it!

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 at 11:01, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> Just my 2c – I believe the Geospatial council charges for (some of) the
> webinars. Those should, in my eyes, pay for the speakers. Alternatively,
> they must at least be free to attend outside the membership .
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> I see this as a positive direction to follow up on, but thread carefully.
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> Not sure if I can respond here, as I am no longer on OSGEO Oceania board…
> should this be in a discuss channel?
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> Martin
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> *From: *Oceania-Board <oceania-board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
> of John Bryant via Oceania-Board <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Date: *Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at 1:49 pm
> *To: *Oscar So <oscar.so at outlook.com>
> *Cc: *OSGeo Oceania Board <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Oceania-Board] Discussion re: webinars with GCA GIS and
> Digital Analytics Working Group
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> Thanks Oscar! Appreciate the input. Do you think it's too early because
> the GCA audience wouldn't be ready for it?
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> Cheers
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> John
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> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 at 16:15, Oscar So <oscar.so at outlook.com> wrote:
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> +1 open-source panel
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> I think it might be a bit too early to do a QGIS or OSM technical webinar
> IMO.
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> But open to what others think.
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> Kind Regard,
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> Oscar
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> *Sent:* Monday, February 26, 2024 18:13
> *To:* OSGeo Oceania Board <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [Oceania-Board] Discussion re: webinars with GCA GIS and
> Digital Analytics Working Group
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> Hi all, just a quick update...
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> Ewen and I just joined an exploratory chat with the Geospatial Council of
> Australia GIS and Digital Analytics Working Group. They're working on a
> webinar series and they suggested collaborating on a webinar with open
> source related content.
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> By coincidence, Ewen and I had been discussing the idea of an OSGeo
> Oceania webinar series, perhaps via the Communications Working Group.
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> There was a suggestion of an MOU, we let them know that there's already a
> discussion happening between OO and GCA regarding a potential MOU, so they
> said they would follow that up. My thought is that it's probably not
> required yet - we need a U before we have an MOU.
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> One question that came up was whether the webinar would be free of charge.
> It's a possibility but there may be a need for cost recovery, perhaps
> through sponsorship.
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> Anyway, it was a very preliminary discussion, there's nothing concrete on
> the table yet. More details to come. Potentially a great way for us to
> reach a wide audience that's very open-curious!
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> Should it progress further, any ideas on potential topics? QGIS and OSM
> technical sessions came up, and there was a suggestion of an "open source"
> panel of some kind.
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> Cheers
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> John
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