[Osmf-talk] OSGeo Oceania Local Chapter application

[Christoph Hormann]

On Wednesday 12 August 2020, Edoardo Neerhut wrote:
> I don't think I implied that at all. Greg phrased it better than I
> did though:* "I would support 100% a local Pacific Island chapter
> emerging but really believe a supranational group would provide the
> building blocks for this to happen."*

As already said i would like to learn why you believe that.

> The reality is that there is very little local OSM activity in some
> of the countries of Oceania. There are multiple factors behind this
> including limited internet access, smaller populations, less
> established open source communities, and economies with a very
> different profile to Germany or Belgium. None of these are reasons
> why there can't be local OSM activity, but we believe a regional
> local chapter is a great platform to overcome them.

Again - i would appreciate if you'd share the reasoning behind that
belief.

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Christoph Hormann
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