[OSGeo Oceania] Draft Letter to Geospatial Council of Australia

[Martin Tomko]

+1, looking good!
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From: Oceania <oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 4 May 2023 at 11:44 am
To: Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
Cc: OSgeo - Oceania <oceania at lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo Oceania Board <oceania-board at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Oceania] Draft Letter to Geospatial Council of Australia
Ok, I've had a go at redrafting, and incorporated many suggestions from others.

Please have another read: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CMm6zuY8ZSPmg19EK5-Br8qp3CyOTk2WMpNt8liLao/edit<https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CMm6zuY8ZSPmg19EK5-Br8qp3CyOTk2WMpNt8liLao/edit>

I would like to send this to Paul tomorrow, so I can discuss it with him next week at Locate.

Thanks for your input so far, I think it's already much better!

On Wed, 3 May 2023 at 18:49, Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com<mailto:adam.d.steer at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hey Alex

Thanks for having a go at this, a couple of suggestions suggested  -
and I think Emma's comment is great about recognising open source
contributions to all the things - just couldn't see how to work it in.

Is it possible to shy away from membership benefit discussions? OSGeo
Oceania and GCA ideas about what it means to be part of the community
are quite likely to be incompatible, I see only complications there -
the model of OSGeo / OSGeo Oceania (if you do open source things
you're already a member of the community, just say you want that
formalised in OSGeo or OSGeo Oceania both and it'll be formalised ) is
key to maintaining a diverse and vibrant community.

Also, an encouragement for everyone to take the long view on an MoU,
it might take years to create - and stay in place for years. Be
audacious, OSGeo Oceania is a first class geospatial citizen!

Cheers,

Adam

On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 08:56, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com<mailto:alexgleith at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hey Folks
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> As discussed in the other thread about a potential MOU, I have drafted a letter here to send to Paul Digney, from GCA.
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CMm6zuY8ZSPmg19EK5-Br8qp3CyOTk2WMpNt8liLao/edit<https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CMm6zuY8ZSPmg19EK5-Br8qp3CyOTk2WMpNt8liLao/edit>
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> This is open for comments, so please make suggestions on this list or directly in the document. I will send the letter at the start of next week and will talk to Paul about the potential MOU at Locate.
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> Kind regards,
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> Alex
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