[OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial industry representation

[Adam Steer]

Hey Andrew

Personally, no. Like you, my general feeling has been "void? what void?"

...and from 20 000 feet away / outside the walls, all these new
organisations look like people who want to keep gates busily building new
gates to keep.

Yes, OSGeo Oceania was formed largely to function as a bank for FOSS4G SotM
Oceania. With some side effects! Because it was (is?) a community
supporting organisation rather than membership service organisation, the
value proposition was "what am I prepared to put in to this system of
things that I value?" rather than "what is OSGeo doing personally for me?".

While it's been a hot minute, I'd expect there's already representation
across geospatial things in the region in the OO board or people
identifying as OO supporters. A thing discussed way back at the start was
how to manage representation at events, and one idea was "well lets reach
out, find an OO identifying person already going, and ask them if they're
comfortable to say some things..." - rather than fly around the same few
people. That approach may still work?

I think a lot of people are going to see the SSSI/GCA/?? mess in a new way
now, and more or less sign up only if they have to for some surveying
registration or other. We're dealing with a pretty switched on sector in
the population. I don't think OO needs to spend energy on deliberate
engagement - rather focus on supporting its already vast and distributed
community. However, its hard to see the lay of the land from so far away...

With regards

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Dr Adam Steer
https://iamadamsteer.com
https://spatialised.net
Open for consulting / hire
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