[Pacific] Fwd: [OSGeo Oceania] The beginnings of an Oceania OSMF local chapter

[Edwin Liava'a]

Hi John,

+1

cheers,

Edwin

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 3:52 PM John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi everyone, please see below. It would be great to see anyone in the Pacific with an interest in OSM to get involved.
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> Cheers
> John
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> From: Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 at 13:24
> Subject: [OSGeo Oceania] The beginnings of an Oceania OSMF local chapter
> To: oceania at lists.osgeo.org <oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
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> Hi everyone,
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> There have been conversations in the OSM community about creating a more formalised group to coordinate OSM activities in the region. This would be important step to getting recognition as a local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation which would in turn allow us to collaborate more closely and potentially be eligible for grants and support going forward.
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> By formalised group, we were thinking of a working group that would be part of OSGeo Oceania. An initial discussion was initiated here: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2020-May/013823.html. Please note that this application relates to the application we made to the OSMF to have OSGeo recognised as a local chapter: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications.
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> Some of the objectives of a working group we discussed include:
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> Growing the number of people contributing to OSM as well as the overall number of edits in our region.
> Coordinating with authorities and companies in the region to get access to new data for OSM, but also to show how OSM can be used by these organisations.
> Introducing students and any interested members of the public to mapping
> Coordinating mapping events to focus on thematic mapping tasks such as humanitarian mapping, bushfire mapping, wheelchair accessibility etc.
> Serving as a point of contact for anyone around the world or locally interested in engaging the Oceania OSM community.
> Running and maintaining infrastructure such as tile servers that could help to grow OSM in our region.
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> To get things moving forward:
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> Do you think an OSM focused working group under OSGeo Oceania is a good idea?
> What other objectives do you think are important?
> Would you be willing to lead this working group or be part of it? Leading the working group would require a formalization of the objectives and the working group team.
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> Looking at the direction other countries and regions around the world have taken, I’m confident an OSM working group and eventually a local chapter would be a huge step forward for OSM as a whole in Oceania.
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> Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
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> Edoardo
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> Note: I will be sharing this message in multiple channels throughout Oceania to make sure we engage a wide and representative audience.
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