[OSGeo Oceania] Ex-chair's perspective (OSGeo Oceania 2019-2020)

[John Bryant]

Yes, this is my contribution to the annual report. Please include it.

On Fri, 27 Nov 2020, 7:34 am Alex Leith, <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey John
>
> > I hope we as a board have the courage to add this to the annual report
> unedited
>
> Would you like your words in the original email to be included in the
> annual report? I assumed the intent was to send them to this list instead
> of for them to be included, but I'm happy to include them if you'd like.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 06:59, Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi John, all
>>
>> Thanks for being open about your experiences as the chair, and
>> director of OSGeo Oceania. I hope we as a board have the courage to
>> add this to the annual report unedited - acceptance of dissent and
>> criticism is a vital indicator of our organisational health.
>>
>> I also hope the next board brings a lot more discussion this list.
>>
>> And I want to reinforce your call for community members to engage with
>> the organisation, whether formally members of OSGeo Oceania or OSGeo
>> or OSMF or not. It should not matter. I also encourage everyone to
>> subscribe to the oceania-board list here:
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania-board - if nothing
>> else to listen in. Or at least know it exists and where you can see
>> discussion take place.
>>
>> On the last point about incoming board members: I will always be happy
>> to answer questions for incoming directors - so long as they come on
>> open channels ;)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> --
>> Move purposeful, and fix things
>> --Alyssa Wright, FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 keynote speaker
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