[Aust-NZ] Fwd: OSGeo Annual General Meeting - Local Chapters please join

[adam steer]

hey all

I’ve also put myself down as an AustNZ representative in Tanzania.

Immediate pros of formalising that I can see: independence, the ability to
run future conferences without needing a financial backer, clarity around
whos got what bucket of funding and why

cons: liability and a lot of messing around if we want to remove liability
from individuals which run the chapter; lots of messing around in case of
collapse

*note this is my somewhat limited view, and may inadvertently be repeating
many years of previous dscussion

I’m on the steering committee for Earth Observation Australia - I’ll
happily pass on lessons learned as that community interest group moves
toward a formal legal entity.

…and I’m certain that others in this group have plenty of experience
wrangling the setup of not-for-profit organisations. Bruce and Cameron have
likely discussed this to death, back to zombie status, perhaps a glimmer of
life and into hibernation.. where we come in :D

What about we organise a BoF in November and discuss - post-Tanzania and
perhaps with some answers to questions, especially around liabilities.

Cheers

Adam




On 8 August 2018 at 08:04, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I agree with Daniel. We have a really strong committee working on FOSS4G
> SotM Oceania, and I would love at the very least for that to continue, with
> different chairs/chair next year, and for there to be another conference
> organised in 2019. I'll certainly help on the next committee.
>
> Regarding formalisation, we need to look at it carefully. Yes, there's
> potential liability and a fair bit of overhead in setting it all up, but
> it's work looking at still, even if it does turn out to be too hard for now.
>
> Regarding the AustNZ chapter, I'll be in Tanzania and would be happy to
> represent, but if that's inappropriate, then I'm happy to step aside.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 at 19:22 Daniel Silk <dsilk at linz.govt.nz> wrote:
>
>> > On 7 Aug 2018, at 19:56, Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.
>> com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I don’t see the need to establish another local chapter for AustNZ.
>> >
>> > We already have one. Let’s just start using it.
>>
>>
>> I don't think anyone is suggesting establishing a competing local
>> chapter.. simply revisiting what "using it" actually means.
>>
>> There is a lot of energy and enthusiasm behind the FOSS4G SotM Oceania
>> event in Melbourne. If we just pull together a conference committee every
>> year to continue to organise this event, and that's it, then I think that's
>> great.
>>
>> However the conference does provide an opportunity to discuss the way
>> forward and just how structured or unstructured we should be about it. I'm
>> sure there are plenty of great ideas out there on how we can continue the
>> momentum throughout our region.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Daniel
>>
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