[Pacific] Fwd: [OSGeo Oceania] Show your support of OpenStreetMap in our region: OSMF Application 🗺🌏

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Thanks John. Glad to see the Pacific mailing list up and running.

On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 10:50 pm, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all, see below regarding the establishment of a regional chapter of the
> OpenStreetMap foundation. If there are people in the Pacific interested in
> growing the OSM community, this is a good opportunity to help make it
> happen!
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020, 2:49 pm
> Subject: [OSGeo Oceania] Show your support of OpenStreetMap in our region:
> OSMF Application 🗺🌏
> To: <Oceania at lists.osgeo.org>, OSM Australian Talk List <
> talk-au at openstreetmap.org>, <talk-nz at openstreetmap.org>
> Cc: Rory McCann <rory.mccann at osmfoundation.org>, Joost Schouppe <
> joost at osmfoundation.org>
>
>
> Hi Oceania,
>
> *TLDR: Show your support for OpenStreetMap in Oceania by filling in this
> brief form
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16jnD0aNuiJA2lCi94G_wRye1-arPsqJCbiD__Q_UWlM/edit>,
> and if you're interested, volunteering to help create an OSM Oceania
> working group.*
>
> The purpose of this email is to gather support and volunteers to establish
> a local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation
> <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page> (OSMF) in Oceania. OSGeo
> Oceania <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania> has been supporting the
> application, and the benefits and objectives of this Local Chapter have
> been shared with the Australia
> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2020-May/013840.html>,
> New Zealand
> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-nz/2020/000197.html>, and
> Oceania <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/2020-May/002291.html>
> talklists in earlier emails and on the Maptime Oceania Slack
> <https://join.slack.com/t/maptimeoceania/shared_invite/enQtNDU3MTU3ODkyMjU2LThiMWU4MjZjNjM0ZWRiMWZlNWE2OTZjYjM0ZTMzZDEwMzc5MTAzN2Q2MzMyZDMzYTMwNjc5NGIxYjY4MDRiMjM>.
> You can find the local chapter application that was submitted to the OSMF
> here
> <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Oceania>.
>
> *Application review*
>
> As part of the application review process, the OSMF Board, namely Joost
> Schouppe and Rory McCann, have already reached out to the community via
> various channels to gauge the level of community support for the
> application. While they received positive responses, the response was
> limited. I think we can do better.
>
> *Establishing an OpenStreetMap working group*
>
> One of the concerns raised by the OSMF Board and others is that OSGeo
> Oceania might not be truly representative of the OSM community. One
> solution to address this concern is to establish an OSM focused working
> group made up of representatives from across the region. While I hinted at
> this in May, I am now formally proposing that we establish a working group.
>
> The working group is a good solution because it will allow a wider range
> of voices from the region, without the requirement that those voices have
> any affiliation with OSGeo Oceania. At the same time, the working group
> would be able to benefit from the resources, structure, and conference
> platform that OSGeo Oceania has already established.
>
> *I propose the following:*
>
>
>    1.
>
>    An initial meeting of interested parties at 12:00 pm AEST/2pm New
>    Zealand/Fiji time
>    <https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NjJzZ2o5ZjBrNmkzN2s0bmRodG5pdmU5MTQgZW5lZXJodXRAbQ&tmsrc=eneerhut%40gmail.com>
>    this Thursday, July 23rd. The Google Meet link is in the calendar invite.
>    If you're unable to make this time, let me know and I will arrange an
>    additional meeting. Discussion via email is also acceptable.
>    2.
>
>    Formal establishment of an OSM working group and nomination of a
>    leader to coordinate these efforts.
>    3.
>
>    Notification to OSGeo Oceania that this working group has been
>    established.
>    4.
>
>    Notification to the OSMF that this working group has been established
>    and that it will seek to understand and represent stakeholders in Oceania's
>    OSM community.
>    5.
>
>    Consultation period where the working group gathers input from
>    throughout the region.
>    6.
>
>    Documentation of the working groups first priorities.
>
>
> The OSMF Board can then make a determination on whether to recognise OSGeo
> Oceania and by extension this working group as the local chapter for
> OpenStreetMap in Oceania.
>
> Thank you for your time and I hope you'll lend your support to this
> initiative.
>
> Edoardo Neerhut
>
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