[talk-au] Local Chapter

[Ewen Hill]

Andrew John, Ed et al,
   The proposal looks good however do we need to discuss the inclusion of
Hawaii and perhaps Guam as they may be more appropriate under a US auspices
or is it best to use the UN definition that excludes a number of these to
be succinctly clear what is in and what is not.

Ewen

On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 at 15:37, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 13:06, Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:
>
>> Simon, you raise a good point! What do you all think is an effective way
>> to get this input? Reach out to people we know are active mappers in
>> Oceania and see if they would like their country to be represented?
>>
>> On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 21:18, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 19:12, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think my immediate and largest concern if I was reviewing the
>>>> application (which I am not) would be: Oceania isn't just about
>>>> Australia.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would expect nothing less from the OSMF.
>>>
>>> Have OSM communities outside of AUS (and NZ) even been addressed? While
>>>> not totally cast in stone, there is an assumption that territorial
>>>> chapters are awarded exclusive rights for the territories in question
>>>> and I'm fairly sure the application will blow up in a big way if this is
>>>> not considered.
>>>>
>>>
> I agree that Simon has raised a very valid point, but, without wishing to
> sound rude or condescending in any way, would the various small island
> nations have the resources to set up their own Chapters?
>
>
>> I agree. There has been bit of discussion within the OSGeo Oceania
>>> committee regarding this.
>>>
>>> My opinion is we should only include countries where the local OSM
>>> community actively voice they want it.
>>>
>>
> Are there even any OSM mappers in some of them?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
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Ewen Hill
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