[OSGeo Oceania] Show your support of OpenStreetMap in our region: OSMF Application 🗺🌏

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Hi again,

Andrew informs me that the calendar invite link doesn't work. I'll send out
invites to everyone who puts 'Yes' next to the question about volunteering
on the working group, or feel free to respond to this email requesting an
invite.

Cheers,

Ed

On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 16:49, Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Oceania,
>
> *TLDR: Show your support for OpenStreetMap in Oceania by filling in this
> brief form
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16jnD0aNuiJA2lCi94G_wRye1-arPsqJCbiD__Q_UWlM/edit>,
> and if you're interested, volunteering to help create an OSM Oceania
> working group.*
>
> The purpose of this email is to gather support and volunteers to establish
> a local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation
> <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page> (OSMF) in Oceania. OSGeo
> Oceania <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania> has been supporting the
> application, and the benefits and objectives of this Local Chapter have
> been shared with the Australia
> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2020-May/013840.html>,
> New Zealand
> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-nz/2020/000197.html>, and
> Oceania <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/2020-May/002291.html>
> talklists in earlier emails and on the Maptime Oceania Slack
> <https://join.slack.com/t/maptimeoceania/shared_invite/enQtNDU3MTU3ODkyMjU2LThiMWU4MjZjNjM0ZWRiMWZlNWE2OTZjYjM0ZTMzZDEwMzc5MTAzN2Q2MzMyZDMzYTMwNjc5NGIxYjY4MDRiMjM>.
> You can find the local chapter application that was submitted to the OSMF
> here
> <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Oceania>.
>
> *Application review*
>
> As part of the application review process, the OSMF Board, namely Joost
> Schouppe and Rory McCann, have already reached out to the community via
> various channels to gauge the level of community support for the
> application. While they received positive responses, the response was
> limited. I think we can do better.
>
> *Establishing an OpenStreetMap working group*
>
> One of the concerns raised by the OSMF Board and others is that OSGeo
> Oceania might not be truly representative of the OSM community. One
> solution to address this concern is to establish an OSM focused working
> group made up of representatives from across the region. While I hinted at
> this in May, I am now formally proposing that we establish a working group.
>
> The working group is a good solution because it will allow a wider range
> of voices from the region, without the requirement that those voices have
> any affiliation with OSGeo Oceania. At the same time, the working group
> would be able to benefit from the resources, structure, and conference
> platform that OSGeo Oceania has already established.
>
> *I propose the following:*
>
>
>    1.
>
>    An initial meeting of interested parties at 12:00 pm AEST/2pm New
>    Zealand/Fiji time
>    <https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NjJzZ2o5ZjBrNmkzN2s0bmRodG5pdmU5MTQgZW5lZXJodXRAbQ&tmsrc=eneerhut%40gmail.com>
>    this Thursday, July 23rd. The Google Meet link is in the calendar invite.
>    If you're unable to make this time, let me know and I will arrange an
>    additional meeting. Discussion via email is also acceptable.
>    2.
>
>    Formal establishment of an OSM working group and nomination of a
>    leader to coordinate these efforts.
>    3.
>
>    Notification to OSGeo Oceania that this working group has been
>    established.
>    4.
>
>    Notification to the OSMF that this working group has been established
>    and that it will seek to understand and represent stakeholders in Oceania's
>    OSM community.
>    5.
>
>    Consultation period where the working group gathers input from
>    throughout the region.
>    6.
>
>    Documentation of the working groups first priorities.
>
>
> The OSMF Board can then make a determination on whether to recognise OSGeo
> Oceania and by extension this working group as the local chapter for
> OpenStreetMap in Oceania.
>
> Thank you for your time and I hope you'll lend your support to this
> initiative.
>
> Edoardo Neerhut
>
>
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