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

[Brent Wood]

+1 to Aus/NZ BOF at FOSS4G 2018 

I'm booked at Ramada Encore... where are other Australasians staying?
 Brent

      From: Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>
 To: adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> 
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Yeah, a meeting post-conference is probably a good idea. Perhaps on Friday, after the heavy lifting is over.
On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 at 09:23 adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

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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