<html><head></head><body>What is the benefit of including these regions if there is no representation? (Based in the assumption that no one will claim representation)<br><br>What about an opt in/out for these regions? If at a later point in time a separate chapter wants to form they should be able to. Or maybe the general view is that a larger chapter can achieve more for these smaller regions.<br>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 June 2019 11:29:19 am GMT+08:00, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 at 20:08, John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Re: geographic extent, one of the definitions we've been using for other purposes (eg conference travel grants) is the UN geoscheme for Oceania: </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Oceania" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Oceania</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Interesting bit I just noticed off that map / list ...</div><div><br></div><div>Sub-regions are A-NZ, Micro-, Mela- & Polynesia, none of which include Hawaii, but Honolulu is listed as one of the largest cities? </div><div><br></div><div>I think we would definitely be stepping on toes if we tried to pinch Hawaii! :-) (although I don't know how Guam, New Caledonia etc would work - as mentioned, Oceania or US & France? I can see that there is a New Caledonia mailing list, but no separate list for Hawaii or any of the other Pacific nations.)</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">But I personally agree that we need to reach out and canvass any local communities that may exist, for their thoughts. We do have some reach via existing OSGeo community, mailing lists, travel grant program, and other networks.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">After putting in our best effort, if there are countries where there is no feedback, are we in a position to form a regional chapter including those countries, under the assumption that we aren't stepping on any toes?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would think we'd be OK, as long as we can show that we've made the effort?</div><div><br></div><div>& if, some years down the track, "Palau" (picking a name at random) wanted to form it's own chapter, I would think we would then offer them every assistance possible :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div></div></div>
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