[talk-au] Australian SOTM 2018 / Local OSMF Chapter

FlashKiwi kabul_or_bust at yahoo.co.nz
Fri Dec 22 09:33:51 UTC 2017


 Hi All,
Both myself and David Dean are part of the FOSS4G-SOTM-Oceania organizing committee. 
We are still put together the details and would really appreciate your feedback on things like presentations, pricing etc.
At this point we expect the conference to be over 4 days, with the first day dedicated to workshops, days 2 and 3 the conference itself, and day 4 (Saturday) code sprint and/or open mapping party.
Early next year will be the call for presenters so it would be great to get some mappers making some presentations.
David and myself will keep the group updated regularly, and we should have the website and social media sorted out early in the New Year.
Feel free also to email the committee directly at admin at foss4g-oceania.org
Cheers
Greg

    On Friday, 22 December 2017 2:02 PM, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com> wrote:
 

 Hi all,
This was mentioned in passing at https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2017-November/011537.html but I feel it warrants its own thread.

1. A FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) and SOTM (OpenStreetMap State of the Map) is being organised Melbourne in 21-24 November 2018.
Preliminary details are at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-SOTM-Oceania

There are few details at the moment, but it looks like it will be a paid even, half half split between FOSS4G and SOTM, include an academic stream, is aimed at both data contributors and consumers and all other interested parties in OSM Australia. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Personally I'd like to see the event pricing differentiate between community and business ticket just as the main SOTM event does to provide a cheaper option for volunteer OSM mappers.
2. It has been raised by someone to set up a local chapter OSM Foundation in Australia and have the formal incorporation meeting at the conference.
I feel both of these things are incredibly relevant to our local OSM community so I'm raising them here so no one feels like they've been left out of discussions._______________________________________________
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