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

[Ewen Hill]

Hi all,
   Sorry for the delay in responding and thank you for all the comments. I
see GCA having a completely different way of seeing the world which is
fine. They have a platform that hosts a number of webinaires for their
membership and the membership need to review some of these to keep their
credit points healthy so they see this as a way to finance or
cost-recover and the organisation needs to be stable.

For GCA to open up their platform to our members to view the recordings is
probably a step too far so as long as the initial live edition is open to
all on an easy to use platform throughout the pacific, then I am happy for
it to be retained by GCA or only stored for a limited time. This is about
working together and getting our name out there.

Regards

Ewen

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 at 22:06, Renee M via Oceania-Board <
oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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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Warm Regards

Ewen Hill
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