[OSGeo Oceania] OSGeo infrastructure - call for support

[Simon Nitz]

Maybe it’s a good time to think a little bit out of the square and stand up our own system using nextcloud if we can secure some infrastructure in AU
https://nextcloud.com/
Thoughts?
Simon


From: Oceania <oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Adam Steer via Oceania
Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2025 7:48 AM
To: OSgeo - Oceania <Oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: [OSGeo Oceania] OSGeo infrastructure - call for support

Hi everyone

A lot of OSGeo's services rely on the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University - and it is currently facing an uncertain future.

See this post from Regina Obe (long timeOSGeo system admin):

https://mapstodon.space/@robe/114428365405157722

This post in the OSGeo system admin committee list:

https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/sac/2025-April/016732.html

...and this article from OSL:

https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/

What can we do in Oceania? I see two things: apply funding to the problem; and/or apply infrastructure (we do have aome very large computers that call themselves national infrastructure lurking about in Australia).

If you're in a position to influence in either (or some other way, noting that OSGeo and all the other projects are well aware of commercial cloud providers and the risks involved) - please get in contact directly with OSL by 14 May (see details in the OSL article).

Cheers,

Adam
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