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

Thu Feb 29 16:25:54 PST 2024

The GCA crew were supportive of the idea of making it free to attend, they
have run free webinars before. They need to look at some kind of cost
recovery; it sounds like the related expenses are fairly modest so this may
not be a very big deal. Perhaps something OO could even consider funding?

The question of whether the recordings could be made available for free
seemed a little more complicated, at least in part because of the
technical hurdles of opening up a closed platform.

I'd support making it all as free as possible but of course it's GCA's
platform and webinar series, we can decide if we participate or not.

Alex, it would be good to hear more about the proposed MOU, does it relate
to activities like this?

Cheers
John

On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 04:51, Alex Leith via Oceania-Board <
oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hey Folks
>
> I agree with Ewen here.
>
> We could ask for our members to get a reduced rate for attending the
> webinar live, and it may be reasonable if we’re providing the content, to
> get a recording to put on our YouTube.
>
> Also, FYI, we are in talks with GCA on an MOU, which is progressing.
> Please let me know if you’d like to be involved in this process.
>
> Cheers,
>
> *Alex Leith*
> m: +61 419 189 050
> https://auspatious.com
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 7:43 am, Ewen Hill via Oceania-Board <
> oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> --
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>>
>> Ewen Hill
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