[OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

[Kate Fairlie]

YES! I would love to see this happen (as someone who has been very active
in SSSI previously, and not very active in OSgeo). I highly doubt SSSI/GCA
has previously reached out. Possibly worthwhile waiting until "areas of
practice" chairs are determined (to get a bit of a champion), though could
definitely sound out board in the meantime..

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 4:47 PM Emma Hain <emmahain at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> --
>> OSGeo director
>> https://iamadamsteer.com
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