[OSGeo Oceania] OSGeo local chapter status

[Edoardo Neerhut]

That's excellent news John. Well done coordinating this.

Registering for edit access. I think I was finally approved for the Wiki
recently also. Maybe a task for next week's down time.

On Sun, 25 Aug 2019 at 07:39, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all, a bit of exciting news to share from FOSS4G in Bucharest...
>
> As discussed over last several months [1], we've been working towards
> forming a local/regional chapter of OSGeo. We submitted a request for
> recognition to the OSGeo board in July [2]. At yesterday's board meeting,
> they approved our request, so OSGeo Oceania is now a full-fledged local
> chapter!
>
> Additionally, we requested funding for financial assistance [3] with
> obtaining professional advice on some outstanding questions on our legal
> entity and accounting, and this was also approved.
>
> We now have a page on the OSGeo website [4]. It could probably use a bit
> more content, so if anyone wants to help with this, please do! I encourage
> you to register as an OSGeo member on the OSGeo website and wiki... this
> will help build strong connections between Oceania and the rest of the
> world. See this page [5] for some tips on how to get started.
>
> Cheers!
> John
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/2019-May/002029.html
> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/2019-July/002036.html
> [3] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2019-August/012272.html
> [4] https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/oceania
> [5] https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo
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