[OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

[Adam Steer]

Hi Emma, Kate

Thanks for the support!

As a strategic approach I'd personally go straight for board <> board level
comms without delay - because honestly FOSS4G tools and OSGeo-championed
concepts of open-ness / inclusivity are in every aspect of geostuff, all
the areas of practice.

(in my opinion) we do ourselves, the community and industry a disservice if
we act as if open source geostuff is a special interest or niche subset
within the geospatial community.

Cheers,

Adam

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 21:22 Kate Fairlie <kfairlie at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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