[talk-au] Local Chapter

[John Bryant]

Great questions...

Re: geographic extent, one of the definitions we've been using for other
purposes (eg conference travel grants) is the UN geoscheme for Oceania:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Oceania

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.

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?

John

On Sat., 1 Jun. 2019, 9:18 am Ewen Hill, <ewen.hill at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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