[OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

[Emma Hain]

Hey all
My thoughts exactly!
I think setting up a MOU would be a good step forward.
Cheers
Em

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 3:29 PM Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey OSGeo Oceania
>
> The Geospatial Council of Australia formally launched recently -
> merging SSSI and SIBA/GITA: https://geospatialcouncil.org.au/
>
> I'm curious about their level of interaction with the open geospatial
> community, does anyone have any thoughts / input / news? Should OSGeo
> Oceania seek to form an MoU with GCA about how the organisations can
> collaborate?
>
> I think there's a lot of potential for raising the profile of open
> source geospatial approaches, especially in professional development
> and mentoring, given the depth of expertise existing in the OSGeo
> Oceania community - and also a lot of potential to return value
> (maintenance $$) to the open source community that might not otherwise
> flow back.
>
> Maybe the OSGeo Oceania board has already reached out, or the GCA has
> already reached out?
>
> Thoughts and discussion welcome :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Adam
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