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

[Edwin Liava'a]

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2020, 9:18 am Edoardo Neerhut, <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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