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

[Renee M]

I agree. It should be free. Afterall, it's part of the FOSS ethos. I've
attended some discussions through GCA that have been free based on the
topic. It's a no brainer to me.

Bonus points for basically free marketing by way of cross promotion too.

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 11:10 AM John Bryant via Oceania-Board <
oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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 .
>>
>> I see this as a positive direction to follow up on, but thread carefully.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not sure if I can respond here, as I am no longer on OSGEO Oceania board…
>> should this be in a discuss channel?
>>
>>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>> Thanks Oscar! Appreciate the input. Do you think it's too early because
>> the GCA audience wouldn't be ready for it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 at 16:15, Oscar So <oscar.so at outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>> +1 open-source panel
>>
>>
>>
>> I think it might be a bit too early to do a QGIS or OSM technical webinar
>> IMO.
>>
>>
>>
>> But open to what others think.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind Regard,
>>
>> Oscar
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* Oceania-Board <oceania-board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
>> of John Bryant via Oceania-Board <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all, just a quick update...
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> By coincidence, Ewen and I had been discussing the idea of an OSGeo
>> Oceania webinar series, perhaps via the Communications Working Group.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> John
>>
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