[Aust-NZ] FOSS4G-ANZ?

[John Bryant]

Hi all, I can see the below message on the online version of the thread,
but it didn't come through to my email. I see it was posted early this
morning, but I couldn't see it online until this evening. In case I'm not
the only one who didn't get it, I'll paste it here:

Apologies for the cross posting, but I figured it was worth making sure a
> few key people/groups are aware of this discussion.
>
> I second Daniel's comments.
>
> As an intro, I work at NIWA and have been active in the NZ FOSS GIS
> community for some years (QGIS, Postgis, Geonetwork, GMT, GDAL, etc...),
> and a semi-regular at FOSS4G when I can.
> There are a few events that this could link in with, and a few local SIGs
> & forums that may also be interested, but if TechnologyOne are interested
> in linking this to their QGIS workshops, I think that would be an ideal
> start, possibly even in both countries??
>
> Some other NZ groups/events we could perhaps work with:
>
> NZ Spatial Excellence awards
> Horizons Regional GIS forum
> NZOSA
> ALGIM
> NZ Emerging Spatial Professionals
> ...
>
> My time & availability is limited, but very happy to help where I can to
> progress this.
>
>
> Brent Wood
>

On 21 November 2017 at 22:50, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Daniel and others
>
> I think that sounds like a good plan, alternating between NZ and AU.
>
> Responding to Jeff, it's fantastic to know that OSGeo is supportive. And
> my earlier comments around 'organisation' really are around how we can have
> an account and seed funding to start from. I think doing that through an
> existing organisation sounds way better than creating an entity.
>
> Regarding John's steps, I think this is just about right. Somewhere in
> there needs to be the organising of a relationship with a body that can
> handle the money, though. Once we've got a bit of a prospectus, I can talk
> to SSSI, potentially. Are there other organisations may be interested?
>
> And again, I agree with John, so let's try to arrange some kind of video
> meeting soon. I suggest the week after next, so 5 or 6 of Dec.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 at 22:18 dwsilk <dsilk at linz.govt.nz> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> For those that don't know me, I work at Land Information New Zealand and
>> attended the QGIS Au meetup on Friday.
>>
>> On 21 November 2017 at 23:21, John Bryant <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> >
>> > I see the first steps, roughly, as:
>> >
>> > -form a committee & determine 'rules of engagement' (how do we work
>> > together as a group?)
>>
>> ..and as an extension of this, how do we work together as two countries?
>>
>> One idea that I raised with John when we discussed this was:
>> - sharing membership of an organising committee between Au/NZ
>> - alternating FOSS4G events between the two countries each year
>> - heavy lifting is taken on by the committee members from the host country
>>
>> As a bit of background, TechnologyOne has organised a QGIS user conference
>> in New Zealand for the last few years. That conference already consisted
>> of
>> 2 or 3 days of workshops + two days of conference (one day on QGIS, one
>> day
>> on Intramaps) and I'm guessing attracts around 100 attendees.
>>
>> There is certainly interest here in expanding this to a FOSS4G event and
>> I'm
>> keen to continue to be part of the discussion and work toward making that
>> happen.
>>
>> On 21 November 2017 at 01:49, Jeff McKenna <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> >
>> > - I think the future model of FOSS4G events can be seen in the recent
>> > FOSS4G-SotM-AR http://www.foss4g-ar.org/ (Argentina).
>>
>> That event looks great Jeff, and the additional guidance will be valuable.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>>
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